 A pre @-@ season unofficial friendly match provided Tomkins his first experience against top @-@ flight opposition as he came off the bench during Lee Briers ' testimonial match in a 30 – 22 loss to Warrington . Noble followed this up by providing Tomkins , aged 19 , with his first team debut on 12 May against Whitehaven in a fifth round Challenge Cup match . Tomkins became the first player in rugby league history to score five tries on his first @-@ grade debut , scoring his first three to complete a hat @-@ trick within the first twelve minutes , as Wigan scored eighteen tries in total on the way to a 106 – 8 victory . 
