Lomax defied injury and gravity for his 18-point haul

As Zac Lomax soared above Queensland’s Murray Taulagi to catch a Mitchell Moses’ bomb, you would have had no idea he needed to have his knee drained just 24 hours earlier. When Lomax put the ball down to score his first try of the night and help lead NSW to a 38-18 victory , the only indication something was wrong was the black brace on his right knee. Blues coach Michael Maguire downplayed the injury after the game, saying Lomax just had “a little bump” and “a little bruise”, but Lomax said he picked up knee issue in the Blues game one defeat in Sydney.

“I got a bit of a bursa, so I had to get it drained, but it’s all good,” Lomax said. A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that forms on a joint, usually from repetitive impact to a specific area. Lomax said he could feel it throughout the game, but it didn’t bother him enough to stop him from his kicking duties and an 18-point haul for the Blues.



Zac Lomax soars over Murray Taulagi to score his first try of the night. Credit: Getty Images When asked about his first try, the winger put it down to Moses’ eye for those game-changing moments - the Blues halfback could see the one-on-one between Lomax and Taulagi, and trusted his winger to get the job done. “‘Moey’ [Moses] is obviously one of the best halves in the game for a reason, so he sees it, he just makes his teammates around him better,” Lomax said.

“You don’t know whether you can beat someone [to the ball], but you just hope for the best really..