I suspect that the RFL will "slap his wrists" . . . . even more so in light of this -> rlhttps://www.code13rugbyleague.com/2011/08/29/wigan-take-action-against-tomkins-for-gesture/rl

What it does show is that Tomkins was far more affected by the booing & the stick he got from Bulls fans after being knocked out by Raynor than he pretended. It wouldn't surprise me if he thought feck this I'm off to yawnion & megabucks where booing is just not the done thing old chap. Which would be devastating for RL.

Well the RFL are looking at the incident rlLinkrl

I just wonder if Wigan's move is trying to pre-empt any further punishment from the RFL

Obviously, I approve of their wording. Any club with any sense would try to get in first.

I am quietly impressed by the way Wigan have handled this situation. I can't think they could do much more.

All very true but I think the occasion, the where and when, is the reason the RFL will feel they have to do something. I'd only expect a fine and maybe a warning letter, but at what is, arguably, the biggest game of the season, with a large number of TV watchers the game is hoping to impress, some dolt slings a 'V' at the camera.
We're back to the damage done to the image of the game, not to forget the old argument about how many parents will be put off letting their kids go for RL training when they see 'superstars' of the game acting like that. Bright or not, he shouldn't have done it.

He's got off with a suspended fine I read elsewhere (find the link yourselves, IT is for geeks). Personally, if it had been, say, Charnley I would have said a fine & a warning was sufficient, so I think he has got off fractionally lightly, but I won't be frothing at the mouth about it. Cue disgrace/joke/bent etc etc.

Suspended fine of £1000 is not a strong message. Seems RFL caved in.

What is the point? Another stupid thing to be done by the idiots who run our sport. If I put what I really thought about them and Tomkins it would be deleted instantly, yet he makes the game look bad and he gets that. I think we need a change of management in our sport.

It was a stupid thing he did. He's been fined by his club and he has a suspended fine from the RFL.

There's no need to go over board with his punishment. The way some people have been acting, you'd think he'd killed someone.

Well they were very sharp pointed fingers!

Not to mention where they put them...

Where's Teresa May when you need her?

....and it's not as if he posted them on Facebook. That'd have been a 4 year stretch in the current climate.

First job is to get rid of Nigel "Pudding" Wood, that guy really needs to shed some timber, bet he took up 2 seats at Wembley.