Quote Roy Haggerty="Roy Haggerty"This is great news. Tomkins is a proper star. Not a possible star, like Eastmond, or an overhyped star, like his brother Joel. He's the real deal. Very good news.'"
Saturday finally confirmed what Wigan fans had known for a while. This lad is the real deal. He's not a flash in the pan or a flat track bully but is the first genuine world class back England has produced in a very long time.
We've had world class forwards like Morley, Farrell, Sculthorpe and Peacock but our backs have never been more then standard.
We've now got a back that can rightfully be placed alongside guys like Marshall, Thurston and Inglis. Only people with a real inferiority complex when it comes to England would deny that (well those plus the odd jealous non Wigan fan).
We've not got 3 years breathing space to produce some more, grow the game and convince this lad he's in the right place.