Shaun Wane says Wigan would always be interested in signing a player like Sam Tomkins
Last Updated: 28/03/15 11:36am
Wigan Warriors coach Shaun Wane says the club would definitely be interested in re-signing former star Sam Tomkins.
However, Wane says he has not yet discussed the possibility of a return to the club with Tomkins.
The Warriors ran in nine tries at the DW Stadium on Friday night as they secured a comprehensive 52-10 victory over Wakefield.
However, much of the talk on the night centred around Tomkins, who has been linked with a move back to Wigan from New Zealand Warriors, following reports that he is homesick.
Following Friday’s win, Wane said of the Tomkins situation: “I have heard off my missus that it is all over social media but I don't read papers.
“I know there is stuff about it but I have been concentrating on this game.
"He is a great player and he is one of our lads. We would always be interested in great players and he is one of the world's best.
He is a great player and he is one of our lads. We would always be interested in great players and he is one of the world's best.
Shaun Wane
“I don't know what the situation is. I rang him last week when he got injured to see how he was and that was it. We never mentioned anything else."
Wigan will go into a massive Good Friday match against St Helens in good heart after the win over Wakefield but Wane was not getting over-excited about the display.
"I was pleased,” he said. “When we stuck to the system we tested them and we know that when we do that we are at our best. We were far from full strength but they were busted.
"It will be a different challenge for us next week and we are not going to be patting ourselves on the back all week on that performance.
“We just produced a really professional performance but there is loads of improvement in us yet."
Wakefield are missing players due to injury and coach James Webster said: "We did some good things well but were well and truly short in a couple of others. That is to be expected.
“We were well and truly outmatched. We were lacking experience today but I thought we tried hard.
"We are struggling to train well and prepare for games because we just don't have enough troops. We probably had 11 people training the other day, and that will probably continue this week and into the next game.
“We have got a lot of people not coming back for a long time. I don't think the next five or six weeks will determine our season, I think the backend of the season will, when we start getting players back."