Outside centre. No size needed there.

but as said above. being a spectator will put him off so happy with that.

I'm not sure he's entertaing Union out of some romantic image of the sport as being entertaining. It's a money thing.

£10 free bet from Sky Bet on a Tomkins hattrick at 66/1. Come on!

I'm sure the money will ease some of that boredom.

From the wing against Australia in his first ever game? Good look with that.

You do realise that him doing well will mean he'll go sooner than his 3 year promise thing suggests?

im looking forward to this game on sat now..... it will be the first game of rugby union i have properly watched since the England world cup final win.... i hope he rips it up and scores a shít load of tries.

Not the kind of reaction I think the reverse psychology marketing experts on here would think.

Those fawning over Leneghan's PR genius and claiming this move was great for League need to think again. It's a fabulous thing for Union. The lack of progress in the North may well be changed around by this. It's the perfect game to get new viewers, it'll be less anal than normal high level Union games and probably a lot more entertaining.

Unions wins here, not League.

Quite. The spin will be (and has already been, in certain quarters) that RL's elite are so desperate to move away from the muddy northern cesspits to the bright lights and pristine pitches of the greater game that they're gagging to appear in exhibition games.

I think those celebrating this are almost exclusively the section of Wigan fans who have bought so heavily into Tomkins being the best RL player since Jesus played centre that they have become entrenched in the myth.

There is no upside for rugby league.

I think he was talking about cipirani's lifestyle.

Indeed he was.

The Rugby Union has always had, and still has, one aim as regards Rugby League.
Total supression.
No destruction.
Anyone getting into bed with Rugby Union and then spouting about how it is good for my game,the game I have followed and loved for over 50 years are only doing so for their own personal gain.

Way to waste a free bet.

He'll be lucky if he sees the ball three times, never mind scores three tries.

The days of touring sides treating the Barbarians game as an excuse to throw the ball around and have a bit of fun are dead and gone. He'll be spending most of the game looking up into the sky watching high kicks raining down on him then getting trampled if he does catch one.

He'll hardly get trampled, normally its only one person chasing a kick, and that is the kicker. If he plays an Ashton type role and wanders infield then he could have a lot of joy

Why dont you admit to not being current on Union. Do some research on the Aussie back line and how they play the game. Historically and currently they are weak in the pack and rely on the backs skill.They have some brilliant backs

Tomkins will be getting bombed more in league next year given his performances against NZ and Aus recently

Rugby union is in chaos at present, so why league should be giving them any positive publicity beats me. I am old enough to remember when union players used to play under 'A ANOTHER' on a league team sheet to avoid a life ban. Stuff them.

Indeed - it could be argued that IL has shown a significant degree of naivety by allowing his starlet to be associated with a sport that looks like it's about to implode.

RL may not have much of a media profile, particularly amongst the old boys network at the BBC, but quite frankly, I'd rather we never got a mention at all than were talked about in the way that Union has been for the past few weeks; the image of drunken, public school rugger-buggers has had an almost total resurgence and coupled with the stories of an inept and incompetent governing body and an international set-up that appears amateurish, corrupt and self-interested, the code is facing a huge crisis.

Let Wigan get dragged down with them I say - the rest of us should stay well out of it.

I can just see all the onion lot ing themselves laughing at the way RL fans are getting their knickers in a twist over this


As I said before the only winners are lenegan, the RFU & Tomkins to a lesser extent. There is absolutely no upside for RL at all, the RFL should have not sanctioned this & IMO are weakening the sport as whole by their own actions/inaction.

What might not have been a sell out due to the poor display at the union world cup, it's almost guaranteed with the amount of publicity this has drawn up. Whatever the fees paid by the RFU to IL/ST they will have been paid for a few times over already.

Dont see the problem with it at all. Great publicity for all concerned.

Edited for accuracy.

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Such a shame the Wigan fans can't see this for what it is.

haha.. love it.

An obvious forgery that is far too articulate to be written any Wigan player.

Surely given that 99.9999% of this here forum, think that rugby league is lightyears ahead of them there trouble makers who play rugby union, then Tomkins is likely to score a hat full of tries no?

Looks like sam knew he was playing before four nations final and the agent done the deal behind his back www.londonrugbyleague.co.uk/news ... ead-to-the

Looks like sam knew he was playing before four nations final and the agent done the deal behind his back www.londonrugbyleague.co.uk/news ... ead-to-the