Quote: garyhulsefan "This sort of thing is going to happen now he's a big fish in a small pond, the opposition are going to be targeting him.'"
There is a big difference between marking / tackling a player out of the game so that you cut out his distribution or kicking skills, and getting him stretchered off. We do the former with Tomkins, because he is key to Wigans game, but we don't ensure he is stretchered off.