Tomkins is a great free running RL player.

But he's not a silky centre like Carmont or Gleeson and I can't see him getting that good either.

For me he's the guy to replace Hoffman next season at 2nd row.

I am not. Charnley has always been primarily a winger throughout his time at Wigan, both at academy level and in the first team, and is a natural winger. He is doing well on the wing and he should stay there were he is most comfortable.

That's not strictly true. In fact he said he never classed himself as a winger, but he made his début on the wing against Widnes because that's where young backs were often put into the first team. He was always considered a centre.

and iirc sean edwards played on the wing early in his career.
i cant actually remeber senior playing wing....i just heard him state that he started by playing on the wing, then had a laugh about it.

ill bow to your better memory this time........

I think that might be a chicken and egg scenario. Are we more more comfortable going to right to left? Or is it a deliberate ploy because the coaches trust George and Pat (and to a lesser extent Hoffman who is usually our left-side 2nd rower) with the set move patterns more than Joel and Charnley? It would be understandable if that were the case because they are both new in those positions for us and neither started the season there

Whatever we say about Joel's form I think he'll stay at centre for the rest of the season barring injury so I think we'll get plenty of opportunity to see what he's capable of there. Like I've said before he has the physical attributes to be a world-beater at centre but whether he can master the intricacies of the position, only time will tell. I think we'll know one way or the other by the end of the season