Ahhh sorry I'm mixing him up with Ainscough, glad they both had blinders. Who would you pick at 6, 7, 9 and bench next week? Surely McIllorum deserves to come back into the squad and Tomkins deserves to stay there, but that means dropping a big name or playing someone out of position. I'd drop Riddell based on past performances but then I heard he had a decent game as well so maybe drop Smith.

They must be good

Dont worry Bill Athur did it aswell, Shaun Tomkins

Tomkins' defence was superb. Don't think he missed a single tackle.

Sam Tomkins was absolutly sensational, we have a real star but lets not expect too much, there will be games in the next few years when he will be out of his deapth and he will not know what to do with the ball, but overall he will be class.

What i was impressed with was the way he directed his runners, we actually saw him making his runners cut angles off him and support each other it was like we were a diffenent team, he took the line on then looked to pass, work a drop off which challenged the opposition in defence.



I really hope that the flair is not coached out of him.

that break was just a snippet of the class he has! weve got some talent in that side with ocarroll (sensational), ainscough- breathtaking, tomkins bros just to name a few, nobby knows that these are the lads who we want to be building our squad around.

Hock, Hansen, Lockers, Feka, Paaat, Leuluai as well

Sam Tomkins defence really impressed me last night. It was outstanding. In addition he impressed me far more with the ball than he has in the reserves where I think he is much too greedy at times, perhaps because the standard is so poor and it is so easy to make breaks.

There would be no complaints from me if this happened and everyone knows I am not Nobles biggest fan. If it takes suspensions and injuries to make Noble wake up and see the talent in the younger players who cares? It happened last season with J Tomkins and now it seems to happening with S Tomkins and Ainscough (though there is still plenty of scope for Noble to drop them both again).



I think the most telling thing is reading about how well Tomkins tackled by using good technique given people were worried about his size. Why can't Smith do the same?



Dave

That in itself is a great complement to the lad. The fact that he knows to change his game style and not continue his greed of the ball in the more challenging game.



That shows alot of maturity and few young players would do that

Noble better show faith in him. Ainscough looks very good as well. IMHO Tomkins is better than Smith already, going forwards and in defence.