Melbourne Storm could be dragged into legal stoush with former Parramatta Eels star Zac Lomax

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“Your honour, of course that was an unsanctioned global franchise-based rugby union competition, which was to create a rival league to traditional rugby with, one might say, a unicorn proposal big of money and promises featuring [playing] overseas,” Moses said.

“What we do know now, your honour, from documents that have been [produced] via subpoena is that he entered into a provisional contract with R360 conditional on him securing a release from the club.

“What we also know from the documents that have been subpoenaed is that prior to the Melbourne Storm approaching Parramatta for discussions to get consent that he [was in talks to] play for the Melbourne Storm in the competition this year, they had entered into, in effect, a contract that had been placed on the NRL portal, something called Gateway, prior to the Melbourne Storm approaching Parramatta.”

Moses added that documents produced by Lomax’s manager in relation to rugby offers had their financial details redacted, but could be relevant to the case.