St Helens star Jonny Lomax wants to carry on playing for England but has learned to expect nothing.
The silky stand-off, 32, remains one of Betfred Super League’s top talents. And many fans reckon England could have won the World Cup last year if he’d been available. But after helping Saints to a fourth straight title, Lomax pulled out of the tournament for surgery on the bicep injury which had troubled him for most of the campaign.
He is in Shaun Wane’s extended squad preparing for the three Test series against Tonga at the end of the season which begins with a mouthwatering clash at his home ground of St Helens. But Lomax, who played in the 2017 World Cup final and also represented Great Britain two years later, sat out last month’s one-off game against France.
