St George Illawarra’s Ben Hunt says teammate Zac Lomax desires to go away the Dragons

Ben Hunt has revealed Zac Lomax remains to be hoping to go away St George Illawarra regardless of the membership shifting to bar the winger from negotiating with NRL rivals.

Hunt, who had his personal launch request blocked final season, praised Lomax for persevering by way of the frustration of his positional swap to cement himself because the membership’s finest participant by way of two rounds.

New coach Shane Flanagan moved Lomax to proper wing within the preseason to permit Jack Hen to return to the centres reverse Moses Suli.

The extremely touted Lomax, primarily a centre by way of 95 first-grade video games, has been dissatisfied by the transfer to the wing and was linked with a switch to Parramatta amid the deadlock.

However the Dragons made it clear no launch could be entertained for Lomax, who’s on a big-money contract on the three way partnership by way of to 2026.

Hunt discovered himself in the same state of affairs final season when he hoped to safe a launch from the ultimate two-and-a-half years of his contract after the Dragons sacked coach and shut confidant Anthony Griffin.

The Saints finally talked their captain down, however he has been fast to test in on Lomax.

“Zac and I, we discuss a bit,” Hunt stated.

“I am conscious that he does need to go away however he is not displaying that he is sad and he looks as if he is having fun with himself.

“Each time he desires recommendation, he is aware of that I am all the time completely satisfied to offer it. He is very open, Zac, and he’ll all the time ask for one thing if he wants it.”

Hunt was fast to level out that Lomax had been in wonderful contact on the fitting wing for the Dragons by way of the opening two weekends of the season.

He ran for a game-high 265 metres within the 28-4 win over Gold Coast, scoring a attempt, and was once more his aspect’s high metre-eater within the hefty 38-0 loss to the Dolphins on Sunday.

“He is been our greatest participant the final two weeks, to be trustworthy,” Hunt stated.

“I can not fault both of his video games. He positively wasn’t the rationale we misplaced (in opposition to the Dolphins).

Hunt even urged the brand new place may very well be Lomax’s probability to lastly make good on his potential as a NSW State of Origin prospect.

Lomax has lengthy been rated a future Origin participant with new Blues coach Michael Maguire reportedly contacting him this week.

“He is positively the kind of participant that I reckon ‘Madge’ would really like,” Hunt stated.

“Madge is absolutely well-known for his arduous work and (liking) gamers that all the time give 100 per cent effort, and that is what Zac is.

Hunt admitted the newest loss to the Dolphins had raised previous issues in regards to the path during which the Dragons are heading.