I don't think Wigan is his home town is it? I thought he was born elsewhere and lived elsewhere when he was young?

Such a shame he did it,no need to at all.
I hope his parents are proud.

He said in the interview he's grown up and supported Wigan since he was 8 I think. I moved to Wigan about the same time and after going to primary + Highschool I'd class Wigan as my hometown.

Surely Wigan should start focusing on developing their own talent, rather than picking up players from wherever!

He said he supported Wire had a shirt with Langer on the back, these bloody Wire fans eh

Everyone makes mistakes.

Ahhhh Mr Bailey.... How quickly he was out of the way after his snide late flop on Sam... When the going gets tough, Bailey gets running...

And i and many other's have acknowledged Sam's failings on this board, but like so many other things that don't suit your arguments, you don't see this....

mr bailey is quite good at unsportsmanship and picking on the little fellas , last years final he smashed riley at the final hooter

Oh yeah i remember that. Did he get a ban for it? Probably not, he gets away with everything, its about time the RFL grew some balls.

I hope the academy lads go to the police after the attack yesterday.

Once his rugby career is over he is just going to be a scumbag on the streets with no other skills in life.

OHHH you can imagine it on Tuesday in front of the disciplinary panel.

Disciplinary Officer - Mr Maguire any mitigating circumstances of why Mr Tomkins made the gesture which he is been accused of.

Maguire - He used to support Warrington.

Disciplinary Officer - Stop we have heard enough. Our Decision. Guilty but we will ban Matt King for 6 matches due to the Warrington like behaviour.

Sam Tonkins is disliked because he has class and skill. Putting on an england shirt, should get him praise, or encouragement. If the 2 finger salute was his signature then I would say, "you deserve all you get" but it isn't and he doesn't. The leeds team completely illustrated what bad loseres they really are, they tried to steal the moment of celebration by trying to kick off, and they failed miserably, they couldn't even do that. Now THAT IS unprofessional. What a disgrace to the game, nevermind the day.

Great win Wigan, next time Sam, blow them a kiss, it'll p--s them off as much, but the RL wont do a thing about it.

I agree with this.

Better still, concentrate on your game, forget about winding the crowd up - it had worked pretty well for him up to now.

Let's not have a player giving the odd mouthbreather in the crowd a 'reason' to hurl bottles / coins on the pitch or kick off with a rival speccie.

Only just read that Wigan have fined him and issued an apology to Leeds and their fans.

The correct thing to do not only because it's right but because it lessens the chances of a ban for Sam.

Now where's that apology by the Leeds club and it's fans for Sam over the shameful booing of him at the Exiles game........no thought not!

Quote ="NickyKiss"=#800000Only just read that Wigan have fined him and issued an apology to Leeds and their fans.The correct thing to do not only because it's right but because it lessens the chances of a ban for Sam. Now where's that apology by the Leeds club and it's fans for Sam over the shameful booing of him at the Exiles game........no thought not!'" Where? EDIT - On the official site, which took two minutes to load up. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... 389&type=1

Quote ="NickyKiss"=#800000Only just read that Wigan have fined him and issued an apology to Leeds and their fans.The correct thing to do not only because it's right but because it lessens the chances of a ban for Sam. Now where's that apology by the Leeds club and it's fans for Sam over the shameful booing of him at the Exiles game........no thought not!'" Where? EDIT - On the official site, which took two minutes to load up. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... 389&type=1

It's being Wellens-esque again then?

I have a problem with it for many reason, not least it shows that he's letting the "fans" get to him......that means they're winning. Sam's better than that. If the club have fined him and issued an apology then

That is a good statement. No excuses or mitigation, just a straight apology.

Well done to the Wigan club. Yet again we show that we are leaders in standards across the board.

Standards had slipped in many areas prior to IL taking over.

IL's leadership has turned the club around and got us back to where we should be, a club of the very highest standards. Being the very best in all areas is once again the goal of the Wigan club. That is why we are successful again, not because we have the best coach or the best players. Those things are the end result of setting the very highest standards. The Wigan ethos is back and it's great to see that even the best player in SL is being held to account for failing to behave properly.

Thank you, Mr Lenagan.

King did it the day after King knuckle shuffled, Sam took 2 days, is that Wire leading the way

But it's a bank holiday today! Praise our web masters for putting it on

I think it's something to do with that new bar they've put on it with shortcuts to the RSS feed and the Twitter and Facebook pages that's slowing it down. Never did it before that was there

Just messing mate about

So long as he gets the same punishment as Briers got for his 1 finger salute live on Sky Tv, then I'll be happy (i.e. the square root of bugger all).

Neutral viewers? Did the BBC ask them who they supported when they made the complaint just to make sure they were not the stay at home Rhinos fans? I am sure some of them were neutral but I think you are being very naive if you think at least some of them did not have an agenda.

That said Sam Tomkins should not have given them the ammunition.

The statement I have just read from Wigan on the BBC web site was inevitable given what he did and the way it was highlighted by the BBC. Equally it might be a good time now for Leeds to make a statement that excessive abuse of players is not part of the game. If Sam were black and he got that much abuse it would be called racists and Leeds would be in the dock over their fans behaviour. That is not an excise for ST but a bit of perspective.

Questions
How could booing a player possibly be seen as racism ? If , as DaveO suggested , 'he was black' , then surely any boos directed at him would have to be accompanied by something else to make the booing racist . ST has been booed by opposition fans simply because they don't like him as a player .

Was it only Leeds fans that did it at Headingley ? I am aware that the reports state that he was booed in 'the Exiles game by fans at Leeds' NOT 'by Leeds fans at the Exiles game' . Same seven words , just in a different order .
If he gets booed at Wembley in the international game I guess it must be by the Quins fans as they are the local SL team . What would the excuses be if he was booed in an international match held at Wigan ?
And finally .
Could somebody please explain what a flat track bully is ? Is there also an up-hill track bully , and a down-hill track bully ?