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Eels re-sign Addo-Carr days after farewelling Lomax

Parramatta veteran Josh Addo-Carr has signed a one-year contract extension. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

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 Parramatta until the end of the 2027 season, by which time he will be 32.

"I absolutely love this club," Addo-Carr said in a statement.

"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.

"Iโ€™m grateful for their belief in me and Iโ€™m excited for what weโ€™re building together."

Josh Addo-Carr.
Josh Addo-Carr races away to score a try against the Warriors in Auckland. (AAP PHOTOS)

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 union competition R360.

Bailey Simonsson and Jordan Samrani are leading options for the vacancy on the wing in Ryles's second season as coach.

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