im guessing that the committee of world RL experts that decided the winner saw all of them play

I thought Barba was going to win it, mind you he won nothing else apart from the plate when you look at it, didn't even get a cap. While Sinfield won the WCC, Grand Final, 4 Nations, Harry Sunderland trophy, became the Leeds al time points scorer, and got given the England captaincy.

and poor old cam smith had a bad season?....sinfield has been great for leeds but to say he is the worlds best is just so wrong
won state of origin as captain
won aussie games as captain
won grand final as captain...

I'd like to know who has voted for this? Don't they have as many Australian journalists on the panel these days?

Whoa there! I didn't say I thought Sinfield would win it or should win it, i'm just saying the judges might see it that way, for me Cam Smith is the best player in the world bar none.

The reason I thought Barba would win it is because he was the player I looked forward to watching the most when I turned on the games, and I reckon that was the case for a lot of people.

barba did have a great year...and is better than sinfield

Let the Ignorant claim they know best over the judges.

Sir Kevin is a Legend!

Great for Kev, superb for the Rhinos, tremendous for the country.

ok lets see Barba play 6 and lead his team around the park and kick the other teams to death and convert match winning touchline conversions.

comparing Smith and Sinfield ok but a non kicking fullback to Sinfield is pointless

Like I said, Barba was really exciting to watch last year, that's why I thought he might win it, but he's still only the 3rd best Aussie full back at the moment.

Smith has 2 of the best players in the world around him in cronk and slater as well as other top class stars like Hoffman. Not to mention arguabley the worlds best coach. More so with QLD & Australia

The Leeds squad as good as it is doesn't offer that support to Sinfield.