As much as I dislike the bloke cant Knock his ability. ( lets hope he goes out and celebrates for four days and has an off day Sunday ). Wishful thinking

But Chase has done it in a lacklustre team. It's easier to stand out when surrounded by average players. Big fish, small pond and all that.

But he has stood out playing AGAINST the best. He's proved time after time his ability which is hard for a H/B in a team where you wont win the up front battle very often. He has had to perform ofte without a platform being set.

It can also be easy to stand out playing with poor players....

Sams the best player in Super league simple as that , some of the plays he comes up with in BIG games are amazing and dare i say it Billy Slater / Jarred Hayne esc.Whats gonna happen on here IF he has a good 4 nations and rips the kiwis/ aussie to pieces are some rugby "fans" gonna cut him some slack "??

Trys.

AGAIN TRENT BARRETT DID THE SAME A FEW SEASONS BACK BUT DIDN'T GET MOS

Tomkins can score a double hat trick against the Aussies, he'll still only be seen as one dimensional and not as good as somebody else.

Well deserved!

Going to be interesting to see if he gets MoS. Plenty have said he won't because some players dislike his attitude. If that is true then long after Tomkins hangs up his boots plenty of top players who deserve it will be denied the award if the players vote for players who they [ilike[/i rather than the best. Shaun Edwards would never have won it if being liked was part of the criteria!

From what I've seen on Twitter he seems to be well liked amongst other players, even Saints players! After the Super Leagues Super Men show lots of tweets went out in support of Sam and congratulating him on a good interview

Trent Barrett didn't get it because the panel of judges "weren't giving it to an old Aussie".

I wonder if Stevo was on the panel, given that he fits that description too.

well deserved!

few players go through what he has this season, few players have his ability.

I think Roby must have come a very close 2nd!!!. Even though Sams not liked its hard to look past his talents with a ball in his hands. Earlier this season IMO he didnt help his popularity by niggling around at the play the ball and winning penalities for us, but some of his tries this season have been breathtaking. Sam and Roby are 2 different types of player and both do things an average player wouldnt be able to do. At the end of a game you walk off the ground in awa wondering just how Roby can put such a solid performace in for the full 80 minutes. Then with Sam after game you wonder how he seems to light up the game with one single opportunity. Both outsanding world class talents in their position and hope they stay fit for the 4 nations as they can both win a game single handedly.