Some interesting comments on here about the Golden Boot.

I particularly concur with Big Jim Slade's view of Kevin Sinfield's performances during 2012.

One point worth making, when we compare Super League and the NRL, is that there were only two matches between clubs from the two competitions in 2012. Warrington defeated Souths in Sydney and Leeds defeated Manly at Headingley. And don't believe that the Aussie teams don't care about the results in those games.

If the Golden Boot was given to the most exciting player in the world, then I would guess that Ben Barba would have won it, closely followed by Sam Tomkins and Billy Slater.

So what do we mean by the best in the world?

It's hard to be sure. But a player who takes charge of his team on the pitch, inspires them to victory in the biggest games of the season, has a kicking game that creates try after try for a player like Ryan Hall, and is able to kick goals faultlessly, particularly when it counts in crucial matches, surely falls into that category by definition. And he could only be beaten by someone who could demonstrate the same qualities, but even more so.

Every aspect of Sinfield's play in the play-offs was superb. On the other hand, Cameron Smith's poor goalkicking in the play-offs could have cost Melbourne the title. Goalkicking isn't normally a criterion for determining the best player, but when other things are equal it can make the difference, and Sinfield clearly outshone Smith.

Smith and Cronk are a superb combination for Melbourne, Queensland and Australia, and if the Golden Boot were given to two players for their combined work together, I'm sure they would win it by a mile.

It's also worth pointing out, when we compare individual players from Super League and the NRL, that Luke Burgess struggled to get into the Leeds team in 2011, but then went to Oz and was a first choice prop forward for Souths in 2012.

I'm a great admirer of the NRL, but I don't think we should be intimidated by it.

Did Sinfield play on his own for the Leeds Rhinos? No wonder they've won that many SL titles from 5th

His international credibility is a subjective opinion, yours is he lacks it. Most people would probably think that your opinion lacks credibility, especially the corner you have painted yourself into regarding England and Leeds Rhino’s especially has led to some fairly incredulous opinions that you have put forth. But both my opinion on your credibility and yours on Kevin Sinfields are irrelevant because it is impossible to say what would have happened because they didn’t play, it is unarguable fact, that Australia’s decision not to play, and the disappointingly potical proposal from NZ did deprive Kevin Sinfield of the opportunity for international success against the major southern hemisphere sides and as such it is clearly correct to say that it wasn’t his fault he didn’t have success against those nations this year.

Sinfield did experience international success this year by the way. The international game doesn’t start and stop with the Australians, however much they, and their fanboys believe it does.

Perhaps he was denied. He's won MOM the last two times England have played New Zealand over here. If we could've had a 3 game England vs NZ series their's a good chance he might have been Man of the Series.

Who awarded him Man of the Match in the game played in England?