article_snippet.sent: Sam Tomkins has been released by his New Zealand Warriors after feeling homesick .
article_snippet.sent: Rather than not settling into the New Zealand game, it is being apart from Sam Tomkins family and friends that has been niggling away at Sam Tomkins, unsettling Sam Tomkins and leaving Sam Tomkins longing for life back in the north of England.
article_snippet.sent: Sam Tomkins told Sky Sports News: 'I've enjoyed every minute of being amongst that group but New Zealand is pretty far from Wigan, where all my family live, so I want to be back in England around all my family.
article_snippet.sent: A replacement for Sam Tomkins has already been found by New Zealand Warriors, with Kiwi international Roger Tuivasa-Sheck agreeing a three-year contract that will take effect from next season.
article_snippet.sent: Kiwi international Roger Tuivasa-Sheck will join from Sydney Roosters, with New Zealand Warriors head coach Andrew McFadden describing the 21-year-old on Wednesday as 'a wonderful talent and a fantastic signing'.
article_snippet.sent: Sam Tomkins joined New Zealand Warriors for a world record transfer fee - thought to be in the region of £700,000. '
article_snippet.sent: They invested a lot into New Zealand Warriors head coach Andrew McFadden to get me over here which I appreciate,' Sam Tomkins said. '
article_snippet.sent: New Zealand Warriors managing director Jim Doyle said of Sam Tomkins: 'New Zealand Warriors managing director Jim Doyle came here excited about testing New Zealand Warriors managing director Jim Doyle in the NRL and also experiencing living in a new country but, in the end, New Zealand Warriors managing director Jim Doyle has found it too much of a challenge being away from home. '
article_snippet.sent: but reluctantly we have accepted there is no option but to allow New Zealand Warriors managing director Jim Doyle to return to England.'
article_snippet.sent: Tomkins in action for New Zealand Warriors during the round one NRL match between against the Parramatta Eels .
highlights_snippet.sent: Sam Tomkins has been homesick after moving to New Zealand .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Sam Tomkins joined Warriors after leaving Wigan who are interested in signing Sam Tomkins .
  