As great a player as he is things like this is why a lot of rugby fans dont like him. There is no excuse for it and I hope the RFL do punish him for it.

Yes - Guidelines say it's a Grade D to Grade E offence so between 3 and 8 matches if he gets charged. Which of course he won't.

Section 15.1(i) at the following:

[urlhttp://www.therfl.co.uk/~rflmedia/docs/On%20Field%20Compliance%20Sentencing%20Guidelines%202010%20-%20Final.pdf[/url

I think they'll have to given the occasion. Particular if sufficient people complain about it.

RFL to investigate the Tomkins gesture. Tomkins has denied it! www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480

RFL to investigate the Tomkins gesture. Tomkins has denied it! www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480

Thought that Sam the Wigoon was cleaning up his act in the last couple of matches, but no once again his lack of sportsmanship comes to the surface.
What's disturbs me most is this goon is being considered as Man of Steal no matter what.

Quote ="Rugby"RFL to investigate the Tomkins gesture. Tomkins has denied it! www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480'" He's not very clever is he. Why not come out and say, "Yeah, it was stupid, I was over excited and getting stick blah blah blah". Denying it happened when about 1,000,000 people will have seen it is a tad silly. Knowing the RFL though they will dismiss it due to insufficient evidence.

Quote ="Rugby"RFL to investigate the Tomkins gesture. Tomkins has denied it! www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480'" He's not very clever is he. Why not come out and say, "Yeah, it was stupid, I was over excited and getting stick blah blah blah". Denying it happened when about 1,000,000 people will have seen it is a tad silly. Knowing the RFL though they will dismiss it due to insufficient evidence.

Quote ="Rugby"RFL to investigate the Tomkins gesture. Tomkins has denied it! www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480'" Why doesn't this surprise me? Totally classless family.

Quote ="Rugby"RFL to investigate the Tomkins gesture. Tomkins has denied it! www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480'" Why doesn't this surprise me? Totally classless family.

Quote ="Rugby"RFL to investigate the Tomkins gesture. Tomkins has denied it! www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480'" he can deny it all he wants, everyone saw it and many people no doubt have the match recorded. Not forgetting the BBC.this isn't primary school. What a twonk. I have thus far had no I'll feelings towards the guy, actively tried not to be annoyed by his incessent petulant,niggly crap but he has really annoyed me with this. Classic Tomkins, classic bell end.

Quote ="Rugby"RFL to investigate the Tomkins gesture. Tomkins has denied it! www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480'" he can deny it all he wants, everyone saw it and many people no doubt have the match recorded. Not forgetting the BBC.this isn't primary school. What a twonk. I have thus far had no I'll feelings towards the guy, actively tried not to be annoyed by his incessent petulant,niggly crap but he has really annoyed me with this. Classic Tomkins, classic bell end.

cant wait to watch the aussies and kiwis smashing him into a million tiny pieces.

I have another flag for wigan


100% Talent 0% Class

Are people forgetting Lee Smith's signing to fans last year? Are they forgetting Ryan Bailey's spitting at opposition fans earlier this season? Neither of those things were punished with bans, either.

Normally I would say yes, ban him, but since it would be unfair (especially with the spitting), I suggest the RFL implement McLaren_Field's Leeds fan board's policy... ban all the Leeds fans instead.

The same class Leeds fans showed by booing tomkins at the start of the game, or Ryan Bailey did by clouting him after the first half finished? If people want to treat him like a pantomime villain, they can hardly complain when he acts like one.

I suppose everybody on here is an angel and never ever swears.

Not into a BBC camera in front of a national audience, no.

What's Bailey got to do with this? Do Wigan fans make flags with Leeds players on too?

He has taken much worse stick than that.

Anyway, V for victory will do fine for me.

I'm kinda glad he did it rather than just taking all the stick he gets, despite it being a little silly. Other players have done much worse and got know ban.

What goes around, comes around.

You really are the biggest moron on RLFans

If I went on national television representing my employers and stuck two fingers up at the general public, I'd be sacked without question.

Unacceptable behaviour by Sam Tompkins.Maybe Wigan as a club should take a lead in this and discipline the player, unless of course the chairman and coaching staff condone this sort of behaviour.What sort of message does it send out about the 'family game'.Hurry up and leave for Rugby Yawnion Sam.

Regardless of how much of a twonk he is, I still want him to perform well for England.

Likewise, but he's not making it easy for himself is he? People don't hate him because he's good, they hate him because he's a smarmy, arrogant, childish little scrote. He thinks he's so funny, but those kind of characters in sport tend to have things happen to them somewhere down the line, which they won't like and which will make them think a little.

Wigan as a club could solve this quickly. Publicly announce he's been fined and given a warning. Regardless of how the childish Wigan fans on here will think it's such a cool thing to do, it's embarassing, for him, his club and the sport. He comes out weekly with these statements that the abuse doesn't bother him, but he makes it so clear that it does and he cannot handle it. The v isn't the most serious thing in the world, but it shows he isn't dealing with it well. How long before it's a bloke in a pub he reacts to or someone in the street? Along with Wigan's responsibility to deal with the issue, Tomkins himself also has a responsibility to come out and apologise for it.

Ian Millward got sacked for gross misconduct. I think that it’s only fair that Wigan do the same with Sam. It’ll be interesting to see who takes on Sam Tomkins. Only downside is that Millward was a shadow of his former self after he left Saints!

He stuck two fingers up to some morons - big deal.

It's no wonder he's considering a move to the dark side with RL supporters wanting his nads on a plate for stepping on cracks in the pavement.

FFS, he hasn't slit anyones throat!

No one is saying it's very serious. But the sport tries to present itself as a family sport and there is not really room in that for sticking the v up at the crowd.