Munster table offer for All Blacks prop Lomax as tighthead crisis bites

Munster are facing an immediate crisis in the position requiring shorter-term fixes too.

Tyrel Lomax arrives during a Hurricanes Super Rugby training session at NZCIS on January 16, 2026 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Munster Rugby have tabled an offer to bring All Blacks tighthead prop Tyrel Lomax to the province following next year’s World Cup but they are facing an immediate crisis in that position requiring much shorter-term fixes.