Sport

Tomkins enjoys a five-try debut as Wigan run riot in the Cup

13 April 2012

Teenage half-back Sam Tomkins scored five tries on his debut as chastened Wigan took their 'Millennium Magic' frustrations out on hapless National League part-timers Whitehaven in a mismatch of a Carnegie Challenge Cup fifth-round tie on Monday night.

Humiliated by arch-rivals St Helens in the Cardiff carnival last weekend the former 'cup kings' knew they owed their disgruntled supporters an apology.

All too easy: Tomkins goes over for his fourth try

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