 He had his breakout game for the New Zealand club in the round 18 48 @-@ 0 victory over the Parramatta Eels . Tomkins scored two tries , one of which was directly from the lock position after a scrum win against the feed . The other of which , also from a scrum play , was down the short side where he broke four tackles in a fantastic individual effort . He also set up a brilliant try for captain Simon Mannering . In the first half , Tomkins recorded nine tackle breaks , a try assist , two line breaks , 84 running metres and two tries . His first half performance truly put him on the map in the National Rugby League after some debate previous to this game over whether he was worth the big money . 
