Whist I find it highly amusing at the Moaning coming from Australia,in the cold light of day Sinfield is NOT a worthy winner of the Golden Boot,He only woke up in August when he steered Leeds to another Grand Final win.Any player could have guided England to the internetional series win.If he had anything resembling a half decent season he would at least been nominated for man of steel.Good captain and goalkicker,yes.Better player than Cooper Cronk or Cam Smith,I really dont think so.

Sinfield is a solid pro and nothing more,he can kick,he can cover a few positions but worlds best player ? never in a million years.

Surely the man of steel should have been SL's best candidate for the golden boot.
Having said that Tomkins lacks any kind of quality in fielding a high ball, indeed his defence leaves a lot to be desired, this will be sorely exposed in the World Cup matches.

It's blatantly obvious that Super League lacks any stand out players that can match their Aussie counterparts.

(Hurts me to say it)

The basic fact is that Kevin Sinfield is the biggest single factor (on the pitch) in Leeds winning the Superleague for 5 of the last 6 seasons.
Whilst his skills may not be as visibly tangible as other players, denying him any acolades that come his way is wrong imo.

I voted no. Super League is worlds away from the NRL in terms of quality and I don't think Sinfield wouldn't perform in Australia. The few SL players who have succeeded in the NRL (Burgess, Ellis, Graham) are big forwards who have made an impact over there, but I don't think Sinfield would get a look in in a big NRL pack. The likes of Gallen and Mateo (despite having no kicking game) are a class above any SL loose forward, including Sinfield. He may have stood out in a pretty average Leeds side, but as wirefox said, he wasn't even voted Man of Steel, so I can't understand he can even be considered or the Golden Boot



The Golden Boot should have gone to Ben Barba in my opinion.

with the MOS being the players vote its not the be all and end all for the golden boot, but the fact he wasnt on the short list, dream team or the world 13, seems backward that hes then the best in the world

But all these awards are subjective. If it is based purely on people's opinions then there will always be controversial decisions. For example in my opinion James Roby should have won the MOS by a mile. His contribution to the Saints team is much more complete than (in Tomkins case) scoring fancy/flashy tries for Wigan.

Great player, great kicker, great leader - played a massive part in everything Leeds have achieved in the last decade. I dearly wish Saints had him and would swap him for any of our players except Roby - I'd probably swap him for any 2 even.

But best player in the world? Utter, utter nonsense. I'm never a fan of awards at the best of times but this just makes a mockery...

To be honest I do believe Kevin Sinfield was a worthy winner. His tactical ability is superb and without him last year Leeds wouldnt have come near winning any of the two trophies they did or reach the Challenge Cup Final. Sinfield is a master of the tactical game and fully deserved his award.

Unfair to Chris Joynt.....