Quote: JB Down Under "He played well. Hodgson is doing better than expected but his defence is being found out a bit. Tomkins had his best game for warriors since joining them. Cooper is avg. read is not playing well at moment. Tom burgess is improving but not as good as george. Luke is avg.'"
Samuel Tomkins was on the shortlist for the prestigious
Mazda BT-50 Man of the Match, worth $1,000. Unfortunately the judges baulked at giving two prizes in one afternoon to Englishmen, and at the last minute gave it to a sombre Kiwi named Benjamin Matulino. But that should not detract from the fact that Samuel Tomkins's attacking thrusts made him the key player in setting up 2 of the 3 Warriors tries.