Quote: OzWelsh "It's supposed to go to the best player on the planet. And that's not Sinfield. He's good, and should have gone to the NRL when offered, I can't believe someone would turn that down. It must be an English thing, or even a North of England thing.
I obviously watched every Storm match last year, and though Cronk won the Clive Churchill medal, without Smith and Slater we wouldn't have got there I doubt. Until Slater got injured I didn't realise how important he is to the Storm. He's much more important than Cronk. AND THAT'S ANOTHER DISGRACE, SLATER NOT BEING IN THE NOMINATIONS. It should be between Slater and Smith.'"
Its pretty easy to turn down the NRL. Oz isnt the land of milk and honey some on here would have you believe.
It is no more incumbent up Sinfield to 'prove himself' in the NRL than it is Cronk, Smith, Slater et al to 'prove themselves' in Super League.