‘I can’t do it much longer’: Sam Tomkins to retire at end of Super League season

11.03.2023 - 00:01 theguardian.com

England captain and two-time Man of Steel Sam Tomkins has announced that he will retire from rugby league at the end of the season.

The 33-year-old has yet to appear for his club Catalans Dragons so far this term, having undergone knee surgery in the wake of England’s shattering World Cup semi-final defeat to Samoa.

Tomkins made more than 200 appearances during two spells with Wigan, interspersed with a brief stint at New Zealand Warriors, and won the prestigious player of the year award twice, in 2012 and 2021.

After moving to France he was an integral part of the rise of Catalans, including their first appearance in a Grand Final in 2021.

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