Quote ="ToffeeLady"Twitter mainly (not a reliable source I know) and I have kiwi relatives who've said similar. Some probably were disappointed, but he couldn't play the same way he did at Wigan. NZW are a totally different machine (and not a dominant side) and he had to play second fiddle to Shaun Johnson most of the time who seemed reluctant to give him a pass. Johnson, incidentally, is such an odd player he's outstanding internationally but at club level looks like a headless chicken half the time.
I may be slightly biased but I actually have watched the majority of his games and he was still breaking the defence, setting up tries and confusing defences all the over the shop.
I'm just betting that the majority who are saying he was a failure in the NRL and couldn't hack it, didn't actually watch him very often, if at all.'"
I call bull on a few of your points. Tomkins has been garbage and nowhere near lived up to the price tag. If Warriors have been happy with him they'll be cartwheeling to matches next year with Tuivasa-Scheck. When he has been injured they have looked no worse for having Lolohea at 1. He's had no support game through the middle, instead playing like a 2nd 6 and he's probably been the worst defensive fullback in the comp. He hasn't been on the level of the Munsters, Tedesco's, Whitens and Moylans without even considering the top level 1's in the NRL like Slater, GI, Boyd, Dugan and Tuivasa-Scheck.-
Next point about Shaun Johnson. Headless chicken? Really? He single handedly dismantled several defences with his step and dummy when they looked out of options as well as offering them structured play and a cracking kicking game.
