Coach Shane Flanagan has shot down recommendations Zac Lomax could possibly be traded from St George Illawarra earlier than the tip of the season as a part of a participant swap.
The information comes as Trent Robinson confirms the Sydney Roosters won’t bid for the centre when he’s launched from the ultimate two years of his contract on the finish of this marketing campaign.
On Tuesday, weeks of agitation from Lomax’s camp culminated within the Dragons granting the State of Origin prospect his want for an early exit.
“We will not have folks that do not need to be right here,” Flanagan stated forward of Friday’s conflict with Newcastle.
“We have labored arduous to show him round. It simply hasn’t occurred so we have got to maneuver ahead.”
The choice has freed up roughly $1.6 million of wage cap area, with the membership agency on not pitching in any of Lomax’s pay packet for 2025 or 2026.
The Dragons have since been linked with Penrith’s off-contract winger Sunia Turuva, who could possibly be a like-for-like substitute for Lomax after Flanagan shifted him to the wing this season.
Melbourne prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona, languishing in reserve grade, seems another choice for a St George Illawarra pack that would use with some punch within the center.
“We’ve not recognized one specific participant as but,” Flanagan stated.
“(The discharge) has all simply occurred within the final week or two. We’ll assess the market and as soon as once more make a superb choice for the membership.”
One factor is for sure; Flanagan won’t entertain a mid-season participant swap regardless of a Dragons membership assertion suggesting in any other case this week.
“There isn’t any participant swap occurring,” Flanagan stated.
“Zac’s right here for the remainder of the 12 months, I do not know the place all that is come from.
“Hopefully that is the final time we discuss it as a result of this isn’t information. This has been occurring for weeks and weeks and weeks. All of the folks I discuss to are dead-set sick of it.”
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