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| Both are different players with different styles. Personally Tompkins has always been a more natural rugby league player. Eastmond certainly has the speed which will suit him perfectly in Union however he lacks that natural side step and eye to create a gap that Tompkins has.
And the sad thing is, Eastmond will get far more column inches in the press when he plays Union than Sam will ever get playing rugby league. Eastmond has the chance to be a massive hit in Rugby Union - whether he takes that chance is yet to be seen.
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| Quote Phil-P="Phil-P"Both are different players with different styles. Personally [uTompkins[/u has always been a more natural rugby league player. Eastmond certainly has the speed which will suit him perfectly in Union however he lacks that natural side step and eye to create a gap that Tompkins has.
And the sad thing is, Eastmond will get far more column inches in the press when he plays Union than Sam will ever get playing rugby league. Eastmond has the chance to be a massive hit in Rugby Union - whether he takes that chance is yet to be seen.'"
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| Eastmond and Tomkins have a similar natural ability level but you can't coach toughness, heart, desire and a sheer will to win and only one of them has it.
Tomkins was always the better prospect because of it.
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| Too much was made of Eastmond being the next Jason Robinson; a lot of this was down to the physical similarities. I can't blame a RU coach wanting to uncover the next Jason Robinson and I can't blame Eastmond taking the option of RU
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| Quote stpatricks="stpatricks"Too much was made of Eastmond being the next Jason Robinson; a lot of this was down to the physical similarities. I can't blame a RU coach wanting to uncover the next Jason Robinson and I can't blame Eastmond taking the option of RU'"
As others have alluded to, the Union PR machine will gloss over all Eastmond's cracks, unless they feel they've been genuinely short-changed or if, like Henry Paul, he speaks out against Union's flaws (some chance).
There's no doubt that Robinson was a success in Union, but the way they go on you'd think he'd never had a career before then. When Robinson left Wigan, he'd won almost everything and was virtually a veteran.
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| Quote EastStandFaithful="EastStandFaithful"ECG come on dont spoil the fun, we've had some good chomps so far.'"
Sorry, I had me sensible hat on.
By the way, who's ECG???
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| Quote Cruncher="Cruncher"As others have alluded to, the Union PR machine will gloss over all Eastmond's cracks, unless they feel they've been genuinely short-changed or if, like Henry Paul, he speaks out against Union's flaws (some chance).
There's no doubt that Robinson was a success in Union, but the way they go on you'd think he'd never had a career before then. When Robinson left Wigan, he'd won almost everything and was virtually a veteran.'"
Robinson and Connelly had the spell in RU in the off season so Robinson had at least shown the impact he could have in RU.
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| Quote stpatricks="stpatricks"Too much was made of Eastmond being the next Jason Robinson; a lot of this was down to the physical similarities. I can't blame a RU coach wanting to uncover the next Jason Robinson and I can't blame Eastmond taking the option of RU'"
I don't think he has ever been anything like Robinson in either style or ability. A couple of years ago his style and strength reminded me a little of (and I'm almost embarrassed to say this now) The Black Pearl himself. But that was then and he has, quite literally, fallen to bits now.
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| Quote Pemps="Pemps"[size=200TOMKINS[/size'"
Are you sure?
So many on here seem to think otherwise...
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| Quote NickyKiss="NickyKiss"Eastmond and Tomkins have a similar natural ability level but you can't coach toughness, heart, desire and a sheer will to win and only one of them has it.
Tomkins was always the better prospect because of it.'" Eastmonds attitude let him down
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| Quote FearTheVee="FearTheVee"At the beginning of last year, Eastmond was the more impressive player IMO and had the edge on Sam form wise. No point even comparing the current shadow to Tomkins (or indeed himself of 12 months ago) as he's just waiting for a pay cheque at Bath.
Both cracking RL players, just a shame one is distracted and buggering off. Tomkins has been sensational in recent weeks, great to watch, and he's a tough little so and so which couldn't really be credited to Kyle.
Anyone who genuinely thinks Tomkins is anything other than a wonderful talent is just a jealous buffoon.'"
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