TOMKINS' FINAL FAREWELL
By STEPHEN IBBETSON
FORMER England captain Sam Tomkins has announced his immediate retirement and said: "For good this time!"
The two-time Man of Steel winner initially retired at the end of 2023, only to reverse that decision and re-join Catalans Dragons the following year.
Tomkins has only made eight appearances this season, the last of them against Wakefield Trinity at the beginning of July.
He withdrew in the warm-up from Catalans' side to face Warrington Wolves the following week, after which his brother and Catalans coach Joel Tomkins revealed the 36-year-old "struggles to walk between games".