He's the best fullback I've seen at Wigan in well over 60 years of watching.

Agreed. In my top three (British Wigan Players)

1. Hanley
2. Gregory
3. Tomkins

He’s so underrated it’s unbelievable.

Makes me laugh when people are putting all time dream teams together for super league and are debating Wellens/Radlinski/Webb etc. It’s Tomkins by a country mile.


The best ball runner in super league history. Electric.

Summed up nicely.

He’d underrated because he rubbed too many opposition players up the wrong way and even some of our own fans at times. He was majestic between 2009 and 2013 and I’m glad to see that whilst his style of play is totally different, he is back where he belongs as one of the leagues best players.

I’ve seen debates about who should be England’s fullback in the World Cup. Tomkins, Evalds, Ratchford, Hardaker and Connor all getting mentions. Do me a favour! He is streets ahead of those guys and his game nowadays may well suit international rugby more than it did in those years he was skinning everyone. His creative game has come on leaps and bounds.

Oh for sure, if we're going off 09-13 anyway. Although I tend to cheat and put him in at 6 to accommodate Radlinski

The more I think about it, he's the best I've seen by miles, not even close....
And I've grown up watching Mcguire and Burrow!

Gene Miles was the best centre and Offiah the best winger

The best, by far more than a country mile, was one William John Boston.

Radlinski is my favourite player of all time, i just loved watching his positioning in defence and attacking run..............

But, if i was picking a team of all the players I've seen i would probably, reluctantly, pick Tomkins before Radlinski.


For the oldies here, Peter Thompson was and is my favourite wendyball player of all time..

Agreed. I like Radlinski there because of his defensive capabilities. Tomkins wouldn't be capable of doing what Radlinski did in the 02 Challenge Cup Final for example, and there were times when he came unstuck under the high ball. Plus it's not like Radlinski was a poor attacker either, not as devastating as Tomkins but he was the League's top try scorer in 01. Tomkins is the better player but Radlinski is the better full back IMO, hence why I pick Tomkins in the halves in these debates.

I’m 30 and he’s the best I’ve ever seen, hands down.

i remember watching his 1st game for Wigan and phoned my dad as he was on holiday
dont want to get carried away but this Sam Tomkins looks pretty special

For me he would be in the top 5, but it has to be Ellery, and dont think anyone else comes close. I've seen lots of special players since i 1st went to Central Park in 1982, both from here, Oz & NZ, but Ellery stands out head and shoulders above the rest. He did it week in week out for Wigan, GB and Balmain.

In the SL era couple of standouts for me are Scully & Faz who were fantastic RL players