england fullback sam tomkins has been ruled out for up to six weeks with a knee injury the former wigan favourite, who celebrated his 26th birthday on monday, suffered a partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the new zealand warriors' round three win over parramatta at mount smart stadium at the weekend england fullback sam tomkins has been ruled out for up to six weeks with a knee injury  former wigan favourite suffered partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee  tomkins, who was an ever present for the warriors in his first season in the national rugby league in 2104, is expected back in either late april or early may 'the outcome is a lot better than it could have been,' coach andrew mcfadden told the club's official website wwwwarriorsconz 'sam will rehab the injury and should be available again in a few weeks obviously it's a setback being without a player of his quality but it's also a big opportunity for tui (lolohea)' warriors ever present tomkins is expected to return to action in either late april or early may 
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sam tomkins suffered a partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament . he suffered the injury in new zealand warriors' win over parramatta . injury will rule former wigan favourite tomkins out for six months . the warriors ever present  is expected back in either late april or early may 