Tomkins: Plays for the Barbarians this weekend

Tomkins will pull on the famous black and white shirt to make his union debut on the wing in Saturday's clash against the Wallabies at Twickenham.

But the 22-year-old, who played a starring role for England in the Four Nations, insists that his foray into the 15 man game is just a one-off.

"This is just a one-off opportunity for me," he told Sky Sports News.

"It's not a job interview, it's not me trying to get with a union club.

"I'll be straight back to Wigan as soon as the games finished and I'm there for another three years so there's no question of that.

"It's just an opportunity that I felt that I really couldn't miss."

Tomkins, whose older brother Joel recently completed a big money move from Wigan to Saracens, did not completely rule out a switch to union in the future though.

Asked whether he would consider following in the footsteps of his brother if he enjoyed himself on Saturday Tomkins said: "Maybe, in a few years' time. But until then certainly not."

For now though, he is concentrating on learning the nuances of a game he has never played before as he prepares to face the Tri-Nations champions.

"I'm as raw as you can get," he said after completing his first training session. "It's alright, you know I think there's a lot of differences, obviously with the ruck and mauls, but I won't be getting involved in to many of those I hope.

"But there's loads of similarities and hopefully with the ball in hand it's very similar."