Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 11:49 am  

How good is Sam Tomkins going to get? I think he has improved on last year and plays a much more rounded game of rugby league, but still throws in moments of absolute brilliance. For me, the second "juggle try" against Saints is up with anything I've seen from Wigan over the years for sheer wizardry. We've had our legends at Wigan - this man is one of them!

It's perhaps easy to become a bit complacent and take what he does for granted - well having watched Wigan for over 40 years now, I've seen a few "special ones" and I am enjoying every chance I get to watch this one play.

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 12:07 pm  

don't get me wrong, that one was great try but more down to his amazing pace

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 12:11 pm  

nikos wrote:

don't get me wrong, that one was great try but more down to his amazing pace

Yes, definitely. If you exclude the step, the dummy, the change of direction....

Aaaaaanyway, he skinned and humiliated Paul Wellens, which makes the try even more amazing.

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 12:34 pm  

ROBINSON wrote:

Aaaaaanyway, he skinned and humiliated Paul Wellens, which makes the try even more amazing.

surely you mean LESS amazing, even I could skin and humilate Paul Wellens

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 12:37 pm  

Who isn't skinning Slug Wellens? Hock did it. Even Finch did it in the Cup Tie.

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 12:55 pm  

He's a future captain of our great club.

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 1:54 pm  

I was ridiculed for saying a year or two ago that he could be as good as Hanley and that he might even turn out to be a better player, such are his natural gifts.

I stand by that. This lad has everything.

He's a level above Farrell and Robinson already: they were great players but he is even more special.

I'm not old enough to have seen Murphy or Boston but in my lifetime there's only Hanley that I've seen that is above him as a British player and in my estimation he is closing on the great man.

Tomkins is the kind of player that comes along only once every few decades. I sense that the tide of opinion has turned now and even non-Wigan fans (other than die-hard Wigan hating nutters) have put aside their envy of Wigan and are starting to appreciate the rare talent of Tomkins.

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 2:20 pm  

nikos wrote:

surely you mean LESS amazing, even I could skin and humilate Paul Wellens

Wellens is the best fullback in the world according to our sky experts

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 2:37 pm  

Best I've personally ever seen play for our club in my 16 years watching the club. Not exaggerating, he's the most exciting player in world rugby for me at the moment along with Greg Inglis and Ben Barba

Re: Sam Tomkins - Onwards & Upwards : Thu May 31, 2012 2:47 pm  

I rate Billy Slater as the best in the world, but I wouldn't swap Sam,for him or anybody at this moment in time.