 Wigan faced their worst start to a season since 1966 after losing their opening three matches . Tomkins was brought into the squad and came off the bench against Harlequins for his league debut during their fourth match of the season . Tomkins made a break early in the second half which allowed George <unk> to claim the equalising try . Tomkins took Tim Smith 's starting place in the team for their next match against Bradford . After scoring twice for a brace against Salford , he earned his first league tries . He also scored in a fourth round cup match against Barrow . For the round 10 fixture against Celtic Crusaders , Tomkins was relegated to the bench as Smith made his first start in eight games . However Tomkins came on as a substitute to score his second brace of the season . 
