Eels re-sign Addo-Carr days after farewelling Lomax
Jasper Bruce |
Parramatta have signed Josh Addo-Carr to a new one-year deal only days after releasing their other superstar winger Zac Lomax.
The new contract continues Addo-Carr’s NRL comeback at the Eels, whom he joined after having his Canterbury contract torn up over a failed roadside drug test in 2024.
Addo-Carr found strong form in his first season at the improving Eels, passing 150 NRL tries and reaching 200 games.
The 30-year-old’s form earned him selection in all three Tests on the Kangaroos’ end-of-year Ashes tour.
Addo-Carr will now remain with the Eels until the end of the 2027 season, by which time he will be 32.
“Rylesy (head coach Jason Ryles) and the coaching staff have helped me become the player I always wanted to be, both on and off the field,” Addo-Carr said in a statement.
“I’m grateful for their belief in me and I’m excited for what we’re building together.”
The news comes less than a week after the Eels granted Lomax a release just one year into a four-year deal, with the 26-year-old heavily linked to breakaway rugby competition R360.
Bailey Simonsson and Jordan Samrani are leading options for the vacancy on the wing in Ryles’s second season as coach.
AAP
