Lots of praise for young Sam on our board [Leigh, on the England thread, saying again what a fine game he had, well done Sam.

After his performance this evening and against Austalia last week, I think Sam's in with a real chance of winning the Golden boot this year, particularly if he can put in another sterling performance in the final. He's been nothing short of outstanding in every game so far in this year's 4N.

Thankgod the lad is ours (for now)

Amazing again tonight, the break in the 1st half was fantastic!!!

The best player in either code in this country by a mile.

Well done to your chairman for keeping him in RL.

Certainly he's the player of the 4 nations so far.

If he'd won the MOS that should have been his he'd have rightfully have been in for the Golden boot but sadly not due to that.

What a talent though.

One error tonight could have been costly and could have had us on the back foot early doors... but after that I thought he was man of the Match With Ben Westwood second ....

Sinfield improved on last week but he was no where near man of the match he didnt "guide" us round the pitch at all.....luckily some ordinary kicks that wouldnt have tested the Crusaders were dealt with terribly by the Kiwis, which is why some Leeds fans will say "ohhhh he set up every try and his kicking game was amazing...."

not for me at stand off i'm afraid....

cant argue with that.

brilliant tonight.

i don't see a better runner of the ball in rugby.

real natural ability.... its a pleasure to watch...normally im shouting 'SMASH HIM'...... you get a real feel for tomkins ability when you are cheering for him to do well.

I'm really pleased that Sam has done so well in this tournament so far. If it had all gone wrong for England then I'm sure Sam would have been at the forefront of most of the criticism. It's nice to see him getting deserved praise from opposition fans too. We Wigan fans have been lucky enough to get performances like we have seen over the last month, for the last two seasons and I hope they continue. Outstanding player.

Couldn't make it to Hull last night, was wandering if there was any boos from the crowd towards Sam? Didn't hear any on television. There were some at Wembley before the game. Will there be any next week from the morons or has he done enough now to silence the kn0bs?

Quote ="LovesToSpooge"Decent article on the man himself. www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/a ... um=twitter'" I'm not so sure about the way the booing was described, Saints didn't really boo as the Wigan crowed ironically booed on his first try. A couple of games with the Wigan crown booing knocked the opposition fan's boos on the head.

Quote ="LovesToSpooge"Decent article on the man himself. www.nzherald.co.nz/league/news/a ... um=twitter'" I'm not so sure about the way the booing was described, Saints didn't really boo as the Wigan crowed ironically booed on his first try. A couple of games with the Wigan crown booing knocked the opposition fan's boos on the head.

Another great performance last night. It seems even better watching him play like that when it is safe in the knowledge that he is going no where in the next few years.

Not towards Sam, Carvell got a few comedy ones though

Chairman on Sam and Joel. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news Some interesting tit bits in it.

Chairman on Sam and Joel. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news Some interesting tit bits in it.

Quote ="LovesToSpooge"Chairman on Sam and Joel. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news Some interesting tits in it.'" Edited

Quote ="LovesToSpooge"Chairman on Sam and Joel. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news Some interesting tits in it.'" Edited

A tit you were no doubt giddily cheering on last night, like we all were.

I wasn't giddy last night but I was cheering him on and thought he played very well.

I've never doubted his ability and have said he's world class a number of times.

I'm also glad he stayed in league.

I'm going to wash my mouth out now

should have been Roby .

Tomkins has recovered his early season form that seemed to desert him post cup-final , thank god .

Interesting to see how the crowd got agitated everytime he got smacked yesterday, welcome to our world!

He was carrying an arm injury for the last 5-6 weeks of the season

Funny how so many people have become fans of Sam.... Even our friends from Leeds.... Now they know why we have resented the abuse he has recieved.

I like how I keep reading that "his attitude has improved" or "he's not up to his usual tricks" He's playing exactly the same way as he does for us but people aren't moaning cos he's not playing against them for a change.

Yeah, in many of cases that could and should be directly translated as "because I now stand to gain from his skill, I am no longer behaving like a complete tw0t!"

Quote ="r a n c i d"I've been made to eat dirt on Tomkins. I've bagged him relentlessly, branding him an overhyped myth who was shining against lackluster opposition and unable to do the same against Aus and NZ. But he's been on fire. He looks world class. I used to say he was a poor mans Josh Dugan but it now looks like Dugan is a poor mans Tomkins. Great for the British game that he's stayed too. Even though I'd selfishly like to see him in the NRL. In fact, only a few weeks ago I think I said I wouldn't want Tomkins at either of my teams (Bradford and NZ Warriors). Mainly because he's a travelling friend - and in fairness, he still is - but he's a travelling friend who I'd happily take at either team now. I can't believe how wrong I was in my convictions about him.'" posting.php?mode=quote&f=2&p=16577600

Quote ="r a n c i d"I've been made to eat dirt on Tomkins. I've bagged him relentlessly, branding him an overhyped myth who was shining against lackluster opposition and unable to do the same against Aus and NZ. But he's been on fire. He looks world class. I used to say he was a poor mans Josh Dugan but it now looks like Dugan is a poor mans Tomkins. Great for the British game that he's stayed too. Even though I'd selfishly like to see him in the NRL. In fact, only a few weeks ago I think I said I wouldn't want Tomkins at either of my teams (Bradford and NZ Warriors). Mainly because he's a travelling friend - and in fairness, he still is - but he's a travelling friend who I'd happily take at either team now. I can't believe how wrong I was in my convictions about him.'" posting.php?mode=quote&f=2&p=16577600

Opposition fans don't like Sam because he is very good and he has an attitude. This is the very reason that Wigan and England fans love him. It was probably mostly Leeds fans who booed him in the exiles game but I guarantee you it wasn't exclusively Leeds fans. I found the whole thing very embarrassing for the English game, andI'm glad that people are getting behind him fully. I do get that Buzz of excitement when he gets the all in broken field, that run late on in the 1st half on Saturday was superb!