Joel Tomkins was transferred from Wigan to which rugby union club in 2011?
"Joel agreed to switch codes and play rugby union for Saracens F.C. According to ""The Guardian"", the deal would make Sam Tomkins the highest paid player in Super League at £300,000 a year, and would rule out a cross-code transfer of his own for at least three years. Tomkins scored 36 tries in 30 games for Wigan in 2012. On 23 June 2013, the Sydney Morning Herald published news of Tomkins impending departure from Wigan to join the New Zealand Warriors of Australia's NRL competition. Further speculation regarding the move was sparked when Tomkins' mother was seen in Auckland in"
"the post's, after an eighty-metre sprint. Wigan Warriors won the game 28–18, giving Tomkins his first Challenge Cup 'Winners' Medal.' On 27 July 2007, the 20-year-old forward joined the Widnes Vikings. Initially on a month's long loan-deal, with a view to extending the deal to the end of the season. Widnes Vikings Head Coach Steve McCormack said, “It's a really good signing for the Club. Joel has tremendous ability and experience.” On 18 June 2014, the Wigan Warriors announced that they had re-signed Tomkins with immediate effect. Joel was victorious with the Wigan outfit in the 2016 Super League Grand"
"contract. With speculation that Tomkins might move to the National Rugby League or switch codes to rugby union, Wigan offered him a new five-year contract keeping him at the club until the end of the 2015 season. Tomkins made 34 appearances during the 2011 season: 28 in Super League XVI, 5 in the Challenge Cup, and one in the World Club Challenge, in which he scored a drop goal in Wigan's 15–21 loss to the St. George Illawarra Dragons. Tomkins received a match ban in round 6, for joining a fight in the previous match against Hull, meaning that for"
"a presence in the Warriors' 2009 Super League season. Joel was successful in the 2010 Super League season, lifting the League Leaders' Shield with the Wigan Warriors. Joel was part of the winning Wigan Warriors' side that defeated St. Helens 22-10, in the 2010 Super League Grand Final. He was then part of the Wigan Warriors' side that lost the 2011 World Club Challenge to the St. George Illawarra Dragons. Tomkins made five consecutive appearances at the start of the 2011 Super League season, including the opening fixture against St. Helens, before being sent-off in a game against Hull FC."
"Sam Tomkins Sam Tomkins (born 23 March 1989) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Catalans Dragons in the European Super League. An England international , he previously played in National Rugby League for the New Zealand Warriors. He won three Super League Grand Finals with Wigan in 2010, 2013 and 2018, as well as two Challenge Cup finals in 2011 and 2013. Tomkins was born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. He is the younger brother of Joel Tomkins, and the older brother of Logan Tomkins. After his family moved north in the early 1990s, he"
"Sam Tomkins winning young player of the year, Michael Maguire won the coach of the year award, Pat Richards won the Man of Steel award and the club won the club of the year award. On 6 August 2011, Wigan made it to the Challenge Cup final after beating St. Helens 18–12. On 27 August 2011, Wigan Warriors won the Challenge Cup final against Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium. The final score was Wigan 28–18 Leeds. The match was the first visit to Wembley for Wigan in 13 years. Until 1886, Wigan played in blue and white hooped jerseys before"
"Logan Tomkins Logan Tomkins is a rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Salford Red Devils in the European Super League. Tomkins made his début in Super League on 11 March 2012 in Wigan's away match at his former dual reg club Widnes. During 2011, Tomkins played 14 times on dual registration at Widnes. He scored 6 tries for the then Championship Side. In 2014, Logan joined Salford on a loan deal. He made his first appearance for the club against Bradford Bulls in Salford's 38-24 win. In his third appearance, against Leeds, Logan scored his team's only"
"He established himself as Wigan's first choice , and was named in the Super League Dream Team, as well as receiving the club's own Player of the Year and the Super League's Young Player of the Year awards. In 2010, Tomkins switched from to under Wigan's new head coach Michael Maguire, also appearing occasionally at . That season, Wigan won its first league title since 1998; it was Tomkins' first honour as a player. Appearing in every game of Wigan's 2010 season, he retained his place in the Dream Team, and also received the Rugby League International Federation's Rookie of"
"at Leeds, an incident which was criticised as ""disgraceful"" by Jamie Peacock, the England captain and Leeds forward, however Wigan head coach Michael Maguire claimed Tomkins had not been affected by the abuse. Following the completion of the rugby league domestic season, Tomkins was included in a pre-Four Nations test against France. In England's opening match of the 2011 Four Nations against Wales, he scored four tries, which for the second time in his international career equalled the record for the most tries by a player representing England. After playing against Australia at Wembley Stadium in a match which England"
"try in Salford's 32-4 defeat. On 22 April 2014, Logan agreed to stay with Salford for the rest of the 2014 season. Tomkins returned to Salford on loan again in 2015. Also in 2015, Tomkins played 2 games for Workington Town on dual registration from Wigan. Logan Tomkins made the permanent switch to Salford on 25 November 2015, signing a one-year deal for the 2016 season. Logan Tomkins is the youngest brother of former Wigan teammates Joel Tomkins and Sam Tomkins. Logan Tomkins Logan Tomkins is a rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Salford Red Devils in"
"was accepted by all parties involved. Tomkins' final game for the Wigan Warriors came in a 23-0 Challenge Cup Quarter Final defeat on 2 June 2018, at the hands of the Warrington Wolves. Following his resignation from the Wigan Warriors, due to the club said to be, “considering his future” in the wake of his 4-week suspension and £10,000 fine. After footage posted on Social Media went viral, of him abusing bar staff in a local Wigan public house. It was revealed on 11 June 2018, that Tomkins had signed an 18-month contract to play for Hull Kingston Rovers at"
"in rugby league whilst on loan at Harlequins in 2011's Super League XVI, coming off the bench in a 27-16 win over St. Helens in round five. On his return to Wigan, Joe Mellor was sent on loan to Widnes along with Dom Crosby and Logan Tomkins. Mellor featured at stand-off for the Chemics, scoring tries in the home fixtures against Barrow and Toulouse Olympique, and a brace away at Barrow. Mellor was once again loaned to Widnes in 2012, and joined the club on a permanent contract after being released by Wigan at the end of 2012. Since permanently"
"against Sheffield Eagles and Widnes. He also featured in all of Wigan's fixtures of 2010's Super League XV regular season, with the team finishing top of the league table and winning the League Leader's Shield. By virtue of this the team qualified for the play-offs, in which Tomkins made a further four appearances on the way to Wigan's Grand Final victory over St. Helens—the club's first league title since 1998's Super League III, and Tomkins' first honour as a player. Tomkins was played at scrum-half for Wigan's round 12 fixture against Harlequins with Sean O'Loughlin covering his position at stand-off"
"Jon Wilkin Jonathan David Wilkin (born 1 November 1983) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Championship. A Great Britain and England international representative forward, he previously played for Hull Kingston Rovers before moving to Saints. Wilkin has won The Observer's first Community Champion Award. Wilkin started his career at Hull Kingston Rovers . He made his debuet for the club in 2002 which was also his only season at his boyhood club as he signed for Super League side St Helens for the 2003 season. Wilkin soon broke into the"
"would leave the club at the end of 2015 due to injury and suffering from homesickness. Tomkins returned to Wigan after two seasons in the NRL with New Zealand Warriors for £200,000 signing a four-year contract as their marquee player. He underwent surgery on a posterior cruciate ligament injury in November 2015 ruling him out for the start of the 2016 Super League season, however due to complications he did not appear for Wigan until the 13th of May at home against Hull FC. He went on to make 16 appearances scoring 7 tries before under going more knee surgery"
"noted for the late challenge by Bradford's Gareth Raynor, on Sam Tomkins that knocked the Wigan man out cold as he scored Wigan's second try and wins over Warrington Wolves and St Helens R.F.C. to set up a Wembley Stadium showdown with Leeds Rhinos on 27 August 2011. In the final itself, Wigan would run out 28–18 victors to record their 18th success in the competition and lift the trophy for the first time at the new Wembley Stadium. Ian Lenagan continued on as chairman of the club which achieved a 'B' license under the Rugby Football League's franchise system"
"rugby league at the DW Stadium, which the club shares with Wigan Athletic F.C., since its opening in 1999. The international rugby league season took place between the 2009 and 2010 seasons, with the Four Nations being held in England and France, as well as a warm-up test match against Wales at Bridgend's Brewery Field. Two Wigan Warriors players—captain Sean O'Loughlin and debutant Sam Tomkins—were initially called up for the England squad. Sam Tomkins scored three times and assisted in a further two tries as England defeated Wales. O'Loughlin was forced to withdraw because of a fractured bone in his"
"started playing for Chorley Panthers amateur club when he was aged seven. To develop his career further, Tomkins' family moved to Wigan where he played for Wigan St. Patrick's, before receiving a scholarship from Wigan with whom he signed a full-time contract at the end of 2007. In 2008 he made his Wigan début in a Challenge Cup match against Whitehaven, becoming the first rugby league player to score five tries in a first-grade début. 2009 would prove to be Tomkins' breakthrough year. He made his league début against , and made 27 appearances during the season, scoring 15 tries."
"the Wigan inaugural awards evening. In 2009 Tomkins was awarded the Albert Goldthorpe Rookie of the Year Medal. The club played Warrington over the 2008 Christmas holidays, as a pre-season friendly to Wigan's 2009 season. Tomkins claimed a hat-trick as the team swept aside a young and inexperienced Warrington side 44–4. Tomkins also featured in the club's two other fixtures during the pre-season, firstly against Huddersfield, and then against Leigh. For 2009, Tomkins was given the number 25 jersey. Wigan faced their worst start to a season since 1966 after losing their opening three matches. Tomkins was brought into the"
"quarter of its players aged 21 or below. On 18 October 2009, having played less than thirty games for Wigan, Tomkins made his international début for Tony Smith's England team against Wales at Brewery Field in a warm-up match for the Four Nations tournament. The then-twenty-year-old scored a hat-trick in a 12–48 victory, with Iestyn Harris, the Welsh head coach and former dual-code rugby international, praising Tomkins' contribution to the winning England team. Despite this, Tomkins was left out of the squad that faced France in the opening Four Nations fixture. He replaced Richie Myler for England's defeat against Australia"
"Origin against the Exiles in 2011. Sam also went on to win the Man of Steel award in 2012 Tomkins was born on 23 March 1989 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Following the birth of Sam's older brother Joel in Warrington, the family had moved to Milton Keynes due to his father's work. In the early 1990s, his family moved to Chorley, where his younger brother Logan was born. Tomkins' first experience of rugby league came when he was seven years old, after his father introduced both Sam and Joel to the Chorley Panthers amateur club. By the time Tomkins"
"three-year deal in September 2009, following Richie Myler from Salford City Reds. Atkins played for Warrington Wolves in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final, and the 2012 Challenge Cup Final victories over Leeds Rhinos. League Leaders' Shield: 2 Challenge Cup: 2 Ryan Atkins Ryan Atkins (born 7 October 1985) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Warrington Wolves in the European Super League. An England international representative , he previously played for the Bradford Bulls and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1236). Atkins began his career with the Bradford Bulls but failed to make a first-team"
"(following the departure of Joel Tomkins to Saracens RUFC). Hock is well known for his aggressive and confrontational style of play and has begun to return to the high standard performances seen before his ban. On 22 January 2013, Wigan announced that Hock would be joining Widnes on a season-long loan. After a possible move to NRL side Parramatta Eels fell through, on 5 September 2013 Salford announced he would be signing for them for the 2014 Super League season on a 4-year deal. On 22 October 2013, England Rugby League issued the following statement: ""As a result of serious"
"a local boy and have come through the ranks at the club and loyalty is a far bigger currency to me than money"". For his outstanding performance in the 2011–12 Championship season he was voted by his fellow professionals into the PFA Championship Team of the Year, along with fellow Hammer Mark Noble. He was also voted runner-up Hammer of the Year by West Ham fans, losing out to Mark Noble. In 2015, Tomkins signed a new, long-term contract which would keep him with West Ham until 2020. Shortly after he dislocated his shoulder in training, an injury which was"
"play. He was dropped in round 15 for Wigan's match against Salford, but returned off the bench and scored against Hull Kingston Rovers in round 18. Tomkins played every game for Wigan thereafter, except for the final regular round fixture of the season against Huddersfield, until the team were knocked out of the Super League play-offs by St. Helens. Included in this run of appearances was a hat-trick and Tomkins' first drop goal against Castleford in round 25. In the same year he made his league début, Tomkins was named in the Super League Dream Team at stand-off, and was"
"league, he claimed four braces in total: once as a stand-off against Hull, and three times as a fullback against Salford, Hull again and Leeds. He also scored a try during the Grand Final against St. Helens. Despite finishing the season as Wigan's regular fullback, Tomkins maintained his place in the 2010 Super League Dream Team in the stand-off position. Also in the team was Joel Tomkins at . This was the first time a Super League Dream Team had featured two brothers. At 2010's Super League XV awards evening, where his Wigan teammate Pat Richards was voted by his"
"Ryan Atkins Ryan Atkins (born 7 October 1985) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Warrington Wolves in the European Super League. An England international representative , he previously played for the Bradford Bulls and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1236). Atkins began his career with the Bradford Bulls but failed to make a first-team appearance before joining Wakefield Trinity Wildcats midway through the 2006 season. His impressive form earned him a call-up and was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He signed for Warrington Wolves on a"
"Final. He also claimed victory in the 2017 World Club Challenge, against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks by a score of 22-6. On 4 June 2018, Tomkins was banned from playing for four-weeks and he was incidentally fined £10,000. After footage posted on Social Media went viral, of him abusing bar staff in a local Wigan public house whilst in the company of his brother Sam. Who was also fined £5,000, for his more limited-role in the incident. In light of his current situation with the whole incident, Tomkins himself tendered his resignation to Wigan Warriors' Rugby General Manager Kris Radlinski, which"
"meaning he missed the start of the 2017 season. Tomkins did not play for Wigan until the Challenge Cup quarter final against the Warrington Wolves where it was his drop goal that won the tie for Wigan. He quickly settled into the squad with two assists in his first two Super League games of the year before scoring a try against Catalan Dragons in Round 21. He continued his good form with tries against Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Giants. His fifth and last try of the season came against Castleford Tigers in the 6th Round of the Super 8's. After"
"league match since Harlequins in April. Sam Tomkins made his first appearance at fullback, where he was to stay for the rest of the season, as Wigan won against Harlequins thanks to a Richards brace. Mick Hogan was appointed as the new chief executive at rugby union side Sale Sharks, moving from a similar role he had occupied at Wigan since 2008. Mark Riddell announced his intentions to return home to Australia at the end of the season to be with his ill mother. Two tries from Clint Greenshields of the Catalans Dragons were not enough for victory as Wigan"
"Following the play-off loss to St. Helens, Noble announced his departure from the club after not being offered a new contract, and five days later Michael Maguire was revealed as the new head coach of Wigan. In Maguire's 2010 squad, Tomkins' position as Wigan's first choice stand-off was confirmed when he received the number 6 jersey from the departed Smith. The club also signed Wigan-born Paul Deacon during the pre-season, with the intention of having him mentor Tomkins in an assistant coaching role. Tomkins played in every match of Wigan's 2010 season. He started in three cup matches, scoring hat-tricks"
"for the first of his two caps for the second-string England Saxons rugby union team. Starting at outside centre in both tests, Tomkins enjoyed initial success against the Ireland Wolfhounds in a closely contested match, ending in a 14-10 victory for the England Saxons. However a week later, Tomkins experienced his first taste of defeat in a union white shirt at the hands of a strong Scotland A team, who ran-out winners 9-13, in a rain-swept match set in Newcastle. He won his début England cap in a 20-13 victory over Australia, in the 2013 Autumn International Series. Following Tomkins'"
"Matthew Watkins Matthew Jason Watkins (born 2 September 1978) is a former Wales international rugby union footballer who played as a centre. He is commonly known by the name Matthew J. Watkins to avoid confusion with another Welsh rugby union player of the same name. Born in Newport, Watkins began his rugby career with Newbridge and Pontllanfraith before going professional with Newport in 1997. After scoring 35 tries (175 points) in 121 appearances over five seasons with the club, Watkins was signed by Llanelli. He was then part of the team at the dawn of regional rugby in Wales in"