Lots of praise for young Sam on our board [Leigh], on the England thread, saying again what a fine game he had, well done Sam.

After his performance this evening and against Austalia last week, I think Sam's in with a real chance of winning the Golden boot this year, particularly if he can put in another sterling performance in the final. He's been nothing short of outstanding in every game so far in this year's 4N.

Thankgod the lad is ours (for now)

Amazing again tonight, the break in the 1st half was fantastic!!!

The best player in either code in this country by a mile.

Well done to your chairman for keeping him in RL.

Certainly he's the player of the 4 nations so far.

If he'd won the MOS that should have been his he'd have rightfully have been in for the Golden boot but sadly not due to that.

What a talent though.

One error tonight could have been costly and could have had us on the back foot early doors... but after that I thought he was man of the Match With Ben Westwood second ....

Sinfield improved on last week but he was no where near man of the match he didnt "guide" us round the pitch at all.....luckily some ordinary kicks that wouldnt have tested the Crusaders were dealt with terribly by the Kiwis, which is why some Leeds fans will say "ohhhh he set up every try and his kicking game was amazing...."

not for me at stand off i'm afraid....

cant argue with that.

brilliant tonight.

i don't see a better runner of the ball in rugby.

real natural ability.... its a pleasure to watch...normally im shouting 'SMASH HIM'...... you get a real feel for tomkins ability when you are cheering for him to do well.

I'm really pleased that Sam has done so well in this tournament so far. If it had all gone wrong for England then I'm sure Sam would have been at the forefront of most of the criticism. It's nice to see him getting deserved praise from opposition fans too. We Wigan fans have been lucky enough to get performances like we have seen over the last month, for the last two seasons and I hope they continue. Outstanding player.

Couldn't make it to Hull last night, was wandering if there was any boos from the crowd towards Sam? Didn't hear any on television. There were some at Wembley before the game. Will there be any next week from the morons or has he done enough now to silence the kn0bs?

Another great performance last night. It seems even better watching him play like that when it is safe in the knowledge that he is going no where in the next few years.

Not towards Sam, Carvell got a few comedy ones though

Chairman on Sam and Joel. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news Some interesting tit bits in it.

Chairman on Sam and Joel. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news Some interesting tit bits in it.