Legends in awe of 'untapped' star after 'brilliant' play

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Rugby league legends Phil Gould and Andrew Johns person been near successful awe of Zac Lomax aft the centre led the Dragons to triumph implicit the Tigers.

Lomax laid connected a flick walk assistance to winger Mikaele Ravalawa successful the 65th infinitesimal to supply his broadside with the match-winner successful a 18-14 scoreline.

The centre scored his ain effort earlier successful the match, making for a superb performance, with Gould afloat of praise post-match.

"Complete engagement from the opening infinitesimal until the end, helium did each the soiled work, helium came retired and helped his forwards and ran the shot and helium was determination for a mates of large plays," helium said connected Nine's coverage.

Zac Lomax celebrates scoring a try. (Getty)

"He's a existent player, I don't cognize wherefore it hasn't gone amended for him astatine antithetic times ... but I ever thought helium was a rep subordinate astatine immoderate signifier of his career."

The Dragons were disconnected to a shocking commencement when Tigers winger Junior Tupou barged implicit Tyrell Sloan adjacent to the enactment successful the opening 10 minutes.

Despite going down early, the Dragons deed backmost with tries to Sloan and Lomax, holding a 12-4 lead.

Disaster struck erstwhile Sloan was sent to the misdeed bin successful the 33rd minute, with Tupou and Apisai Koroisau scoring to enactment the Tigers 14-12 up astatine half-time.

Neither broadside could interruption the crippled unfastened successful the 2nd fractional until Lomax became the prima of the amusement with his flick walk - a trademark play from the centre, and 1 he's been ridiculed astir previously.

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Gould was successful awe of the effort.

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"That mightiness beryllium 1 of the champion passes I've ever seen, helium makes things hap Zac Lomax ... That's brilliant," helium said.

Johns was arsenic impressed by Lomax's efforts and enactment his show down to simply "getting much ball".

"He's untapped Lomax, perfectly untapped," helium said.

"I was talking to Paul McGregor who coached him, helium said (he's a) large trainer, large attitude, the fittest astatine the club, you tin play him anywhere."

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