Quote: Backwoodsman "As a rhinos fan thanks for the majority of contributors who whilst acknowledging
Refereeing clangers agreed the rhinos were the better team.
One thing has puzzled me for some time is your playing of Tompkins at full back, without doubt he is the best attacking player in the super league so all his line breaks usually come from deep.thus giving defenses more time to haul him down.yes I know he murdered us at headingley from full back,but he is not a full back. He is not comfortable under a high ball,and his tackling is sometime suspect. I think yesterday's defeat will galvanize your team, and will result in a massive attempt in lifting the grand final trophy.'"
He's at fullback because it's his best position. Errors do happen but perhaps not as often as some non-Wigan fans seem to think. 90% of the time if he does make an error he does more than enough in attack to make up for it.
As many have said, it's harsh to criticise him for not catching Sinfield's kick for the opening try. He had to move across the field trying to keep his eyes on the ball, ignore the players coming towards him while trying to catch a ball that was always moving away from him. The credit should go to a fantastic kick that plenty of fullbacks would struggle with, even those world beaters down under.
So yes, he is a fullback, and most of the time he is comfortable under the high ball. In fact he's taken some excellent catches at times. He's certainly no more error prone than those who went before him in recent times, except perhaps Roberts at his very best.