Well earned award, I should imagine his remarkable consistency for a number of years clinched it. Especially in big pressure games.

We all stayed away, as last time there was an Exiles game, we were tarnished with the 'Booing Sam' brush ....

Perhaps you might like to remind us exactly what the last British winner (Andy 'pan face' Farrell) did to get the award back in 2004 ?

It certainly wasn't a test series win over the Aussies for a start (Did he win ANY test series as GB captain, even ones against the Kiwis ?)

This is laughable, the 6 on the shortlist should have been, Barba, Slater, Smith, Thurston, Graham & Cronk.

Sinfield the world's best player? LOL.

go away yer stupid bu---ar and learn about the history of the game

And yet... it's true!

You must be hating this

There seems to be a common theme here, fans from all clubs applauding Sinny... and then there's the sour-faced bitter resentful Wigan bigots, most of whom will never be able to appreciate any aspect of the British game that isn't draped in a Cherry and White flag.

Well done Sir Kev. I can't remember a player so valuable to their team in 45 years of watching.

Congratulations on the award but considering the list of recent winners reads like the who's who of outstanding World Class RL performers of the 21st century - I never expected to see any current English player merit that same status - and IMO as an individual he still doesn't.

2006 - Darren Lockyer
2007 - Cameron Smith
2008 - Billy Slater
2009 - Greg Inglis
2010 - Benji Marshall
2011 - Johnathan Thurston
2012 - Kevin Sinfield

He's been consistently fantastic in SL and a talisman for his only pro club - a deserving Leeds legend - but I, like others have done, would question whether the Golden Boot is the right award to recognise his achievements given the lamentable International programme in 2012.

TVOC - Just publish the list. It looks good! The opinion is just that.
The bitterness on the Pie Board is hilarious. What a great start to a New Year!

if australia had bothered with a 4 nation event then the winner might have been smith but they didnt so can hardly complain when a british player dominates the tests he plays in on the back of a brilliant end of the season

i cant remember how many finals sinfield has led us too in the last 10 years but i'd wager the combined finals of wigan,wire and hull will struggle to match it

Thoroughly deserved, congratulations Sir Kev.

First of all Congatulations Sir Kev an award that is well deserved and long overdue, I feel a reflection of what the great man has achieved over the years not just last season.
Now I have just lost 20mins of my life (had to do a nappy change on my little girl half way through) reading the bitter bitter drivell over on the pie board, agree with some on here if samanther had won that award it would have been 50+ pages of masturbation by now. Can they not see that Sir Kev steered us though another grand final winning year, yes it wasn't great at times but Kev was there every game and at the back end of the season was outstanding as we marched on to glory. And to cap it all he was named as captain of his country and won the international series they were competing in.
Im sorry to upset all the pies but samanther cost you two cup final places last year, the CC by being 5hite and the GF by being injured becuase we all know he would have caught Sir kev's bomb......oh hang on!!!