Hull Kingston Rovers 28-36 Wigan Warriors A sparkling performance from the young stand-off Sam Tomkins helped Wigan recover from a week to forget in a pulsating encounter last night. Tomkins was forced into action after little more than five minutes but created three tries and scored one himself to push the Warriors back into a play-off position. Much of the week had focused on the suspension of Gareth Hock following his positive drugs test while the future of the coach, Brian Noble, continues to be a source of speculation. But Noble praised his players and the way they dealt with the Hock controversy. "It is a distraction if you allow it to be," he said. "It was national headlines and you can't hide the players from that but our focus was on our poor showing against Celtic Crusaders." Wigan's horrific week had looked like... [read full story]
