Quote FireWire="FireWire"Agreed. Anyone who doesn't think Tomkins is world class is watching the wrong sport, seriously.'"
I'm not talking about Tomkins specifically here, but different people have different perceptions of 'world class'.
For me, 'world class' means they have consistently performed at the highest level and have, for a decent enough period, outperformed their peers and established themselves as one of the very best in the world.
For me, it's hard to say any player that's only played in SL has done that, as SL isn't the highest level. Tomkins has been a class above in his time here and he's clearly a talent, but how can you say he's outperformed the likes of Slater, Hayne, Stewart and Inglis every week? I don't watch the NRL enough to judge (I imagine there are plenty more full backs I left out) so I would never claim Tomkins as world class. Clearly, he's outgrown super league, he's clearly on another level compared to most of our backs, but he has a lot to prove to be 'world class' for me, but that's just my interpretation of it. Some people just expect the player to be pretty good and they'll say he's world class.
