Who's Sam Tomkins? Is he a character from the latest Wallace and Gromit film?

OH DEAR!

We need more young stars in the media spotlight. The only issue i would have is if its a way cooked up by the rfl and sky to bung a bit more cash his way.

Corrective surgery costs more than you think.............

I don't remember all this outrage when Paul Sculthorpe was the face of Gillette, or when Kevin Sinfield, Robbie Paul and Rob Burrow appeared on the Supeleague show.

Well I certainly wouldn't call it an outrage.

Just been watching the sky coverage on the way to the match - now I've got no problems with Tomkins working on sky as a pundit, but the way they have just been talking about him being part of the Sky team was frankly embarrassing. It was ass kissing of the highest order, completely cringeworthy and uncomfortable to watch. I don't know who they were trying to convince about the appointment of ST as a Sky pundit/poster boy, but it was horrid watching.

I enjoyed it.
Seriously, lets wait and see.

He may well be good to watch, just thought the hype an drooling from Eddie in particular was way OTT. It was embarrassing, and any new viewer to RL will have been wondering what on earth it was all about. It was like watching a 12 year old girl being told their favourite boyband were coming around for tea...

It's probably because it's suggested it's part of a deal to keep him at Wigan. Which seems unfair to all other clubs as does the RFL buying odslum. Lots of people have commented on that. So it's not just people moaning about Tomkin/Wigan as you are suggesting. Frankly I couldn't care if he stays or goes. NRL or union, SL is bigger than one player and the Wigan club.

I recon nobody cares about the job but why it's been done and why other teams wernt helped to keep key players.

Not outraged although I was disappointed Ben Westwood didn't get the gig.

Yes Westwood does come across as a natural