{"id":480439,"date":"2025-11-19T19:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=480439"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:20:55","slug":"lomax-eyes-french-rugby-after-manager-exits-r360-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=480439","title":{"rendered":"Lomax eyes French rugby after manager exits R360 talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zac Lomax<\/a> is in talks with a French agent to play in the Top 14 competition after\ufeff his manager, Clinton Schifcofske, withdrew from negotiations with R360 over the threat of a 10-year ban from the NRL.<\/p>\n

Schifcofske was a key figure in dealing with the rebel competition and had negotiated releases for Lomax and Ryan Papenhuyzen.<\/p>\n

Lomax and Papenhuyzen have been expected to join the new rugby competition since leaving their NRL deals,<\/a> but they'll have to ply their trade elsewhere given R360 has flagged an October 2026 start. The rebel tournament has provided little detail about other aspects of the competition.<\/p>\n

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That leaves both players in limbo\ufeff with Lomax looking at the French Top 14 rugby competition.<\/p>\n

The French rugby competition started in September and runs until June next year.<\/p>\n

"I'm stepping away," Schifcofske said on Wednesday, per The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"The rules have changed, so I have to play by the rules. I'm still doing all their NRL stuff if they choose to play in the NRL, and I will do all their rugby for every other sanctioned competition around the world.<\/p>\n

"[For R360], they can get another agent or my advice was to get a lawyer."<\/p>\n

While Lomax, Papenhuyzen and Warriors veteran Roger Tuivasa-Sheck have all been linked to R360 for months, Broncos star Payne Haas is R360's biggest target.<\/p>\n

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The NSW star has reportedly told a representative player close to him that he will remain at the Broncos.\ufeff<\/p>\n

His management\ufeff originally postponed an early October meeting with rugby officials to ensure they weren't breaching NRL rules.<\/p>\n

A week later, the NRL announced its 10-year ban.<\/p>\n

While there are reports\ufeff Haas would earn $3 million annually with R360, it's understood the premiership-winning forward has doubts over the financial viability of the competition and is yet to make a definitive call.<\/p>\n

\"Zac<\/p>\n

"I think people are starting to see that it's a massive risk," said ARLC Commission chairman Peter V'landys.<\/p>\n

"If it does get off the ground, will you get paid? That's the big question.<\/p>\n

"People are starting to look into it a bit more and the question is: why would you risk your whole career on some fly-by-night competition that might not survive?"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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