You forget the volley of abuse towards match officials ....

Typo corrected

If he's an embarrassment to the game / nation ... Let's not bother watching him 'represent' us at the Four Nations then ?

That's if they can find him ....

Against the Southern Hemisphere sides last year, he was complete anonymous, despite the banana boots.

Can anyone remember the last time a player from any team of any colours contesting a final missed it due to an RFL suspension ?

Has anyone mentined Rat Boy's brother and his use of the knees on Hall when he was scoring?

I don't recall Lee Smith verbally abusing a match official .... Can you remind me of it ?

I remember Leeds player Gareth Stephens flicking them towards his own fans ...

When Robinson was a little off the rails he had a big old Christian to settle him down.

Is it possible that Sam T is a little immature? Does need some guidance. And perhaps needs some support and encouragement to deliver his undoubted talents on the big stages. Stop him going missing. Give him the confidence to express himself.

Personally I think he is an asset the game in the UK can use to promote itself. In my humble the vitriol and venom spouted at a young lad is actually exacerbating the situation, and furthermore is actually making the game look worse than any antics of one player.

Check out Tompkin's reaction towards Rob Hicks, the touch judge, after the last Leeds try and come back to me ....

he also grabbed benthams arm. thought this was illegal.was it hock who got banned for same thing. rugby league player= brill. person= arrogant chav.

I am pretty sure I asked a question about immaturity. .

Wigan seriously thought they might lose surely? Sam T might have reacted with the emotion of that.

And to be fair Hicks has been a chocolate fireguard all year. Useless.

I'm not offended by either my own fans dislike of McGuire and Bailey or other fans dislike of Tomkins. Disliking opposition players is what we do and it's perfectly normal, but if people are prepared to boo a player every week, even when he's playing for England, and incite violence and injury upon him, then they really have no moral high ground to claim when that player responds. I don't agree with what Tomkins did, by the way, I merely pointed out the hypocrisy in the reaction to it from people trying to justify their own abuse of him. I haven't justified what he has done at all, but I'm sure that doesn't matter as you were probably just dying to use the phrase "kn0b-jockey" on a forum so you can tell your pals at school what a dangerous little boy you are.

The answer to your question is no, Sam Tomkins is not exempt from respecting match officials, and I fully expect you'll be posting your condemnation of such things when any other player does it, including your own. What's that? It's only Sam Tomkins' transgressions you're interested in you say? Ah, I see. I fully understand mate, if I were trying to vilify a player I might be tempted to pretend he's the only one ever to have disagreed with a touch judge.