Lomax switches Super Rugby franchises for 2020
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One test All Black prop Tyrel Lomax will leave the Highlanders at the end of the season and join the Hurricanes.
Highlanders CEO Roger Clark confirmed to Stuff.co.nz, that the promising tighthead will leave the franchise for Wellington after his partner accepted a job in the capital.
For the Hurricanes, Lomax is a big boost for their 2020 squad with Jeff Toomaga-Allen set to depart the Wellington-based side to join former Hurricanes head coach Chris Boyd at Northampton Saints.
Lomax adds to a growing list of top Highlanders leaving the Dunedin side with Liam Squire, Luke Whitelock, Jackson Hemopo, Elliot Dixon, Waisake Naholo, Ben Smith, Marty Banks, Tom Franklin, Matt Faddes and Richard Buckman all taking up deals overseas.
"In our case realistically there's only probably a couple of players that we have lost that you'd say, 'we wish wish we hadn't'," Clark said.