Articulate! Stephen fry is articulate. Tomkin gets a peanut for just about putting a sentence together.

I have no problem with it being part of the package to keep him in the game. Keeping a guy who is probably the only genuine star player SL has (i.e. with any kind of profile beyond fans of RL) is worth it.

I think he will fit neatly alongside his fellow pundits rather well.

Read into that what you will.

Just gaffer tape his arms round his back, he can't be trusted.

He's just doing a slot on the Super League Super Men show, not being a pundit at games. Bit of a mountain out of a molehill.

that's the Pie club all over

I'm 6ft4, is there a height restriction on cracking jokes over your way ?
Anyway we've got a new song for him next week,
(To the tune of the Rolf Harris song, Tie mi kangaroo down sport)

Who's the champions now, Sam
Who's the champions now
Who's the champions now, Sam
Who's the champions now.

That should bring a smile to his rodent -like face.

Rat boy + Phil "I love the Rugby Gods" Clarke = Wigan Jizzathon

This is no doubt a sly attempt by Wigan Warriors to once again cheat the salary cap. It is a disgrace that Sam is getting paid by a third party to stay at that horrendous club. A club that continues to drag the game into the gutter with there total disregard to the honest rules put in place to ensure a fairer sport.

Anymore misgivings like this by Wigan and they’ll goosestep rugby league into oblivion sooner rather than later.

Don't mince your words, tell us what you really think.

Classic Damo

Give it 10 minutes before we get some Wigan Goon shouting the odds at you....

I’ll tell you what I think.

Wigan would have offered the RFL a lot more than what Stobart had offered to call our top flight ‘Sam Tomkin’s Super League’ if it meant keeping him in the game. Sam Tomkins getting all the money is capitalism at it’s very worst. He’s a rugby player for Christ sake and he gets paid very well to do what he does for eighty minutes every weekend. But that’s not enough for poor Sam. Oh no.

I wish him all the best in his job as a pundit. But is it really morally right to take it on when so many people (unemployed ex-players, recently graduated university students etc) could have benefited from it more?

This could be an interesting season for Sam Tompkins .as the highest paid
Player at wigan he will be under pressure from his teammates to produce
The goods,also I think if things don't work out well he may regret not
Taking up the lucrative union offers.
If I was a wigan supporter I would be worried every time he pops on
Television watching high profile union games. Also if his brother makes the
Grade and makes the England union team this would be a big temptation
For him

How precious.

Were you worried that he at Leigh last Friday watching his brother play for Wigan?

Some people on here need to grow up a little if they're getting their knickers in a twist