Sinfield's goalkicking success rate in 2012 was 82.84 per cent,( compared to 69.64 per cent for Smith)...in a team that scores the vast majority of it's tries out wide.
He is by some distance the most composed and consistent kicker the game has ever seen under real pressure.

It's a shame your 'appreciation' of the game is so simplistic that it passes you by.

From what I've seen on here (couldn't be bothered to look through every page...) and on twitter the general consensus is that there is no doubting Sir Kev's ability - he is a fantastic player and a superb leader - but the problem lies with the fact that he has been picked as the 'best in the world' in 2012, which is a bit suspect given who was on the short-list with him. It's a bit like if Wayne Rooney won the Ballon d'Or - nobody would say Rooney is a bad player but they'd question the fact that he'd been THE BEST.

Seeing the Aussie Journalists go into meltdown has been hilarious - calls for an investigation into the voting I seen one of them tweet this morning! It's great to see them have a moan and get so worked up over it!

Did Andy Farrell deserve his award in 2004?

No, no, Smith and Slater make Cronk, you didn't watch every Storm, Origin and Kangaroo match of 2012, I did, I also watched some SL, Sinfield is a good place kicker, but this is Rugby League not rugby union.

King Warrior, Ive met some pricks but you sir are a cactus.

I was massively underwhelmed by Ben Barba in the Grand Final last year, I didn't see anything remotely special from the lad. He's looked good on a 30 minute NRL highlights programme every week but that's all it is.......highlights. I've watched Sinfield play every minute of nearly 40 club games last season,lift 2 trophies and receive 3 medals (2 winners,1 losers), and would say he's been as influential as any player in World Rugby. He fully deserves it and has been justifiably rewarded for his endeavours throughout a long ,hard season.

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Regardless of subjective individual opinions about the deservedness (is that even a word?) or otherwise of this award, it's great for the English game that a SL player has won it; he may be a moaning, arm-waving, ref-conning lover, but he's also an outstanding RL player who would add value to any SL side and plenty of NRL sides.

Fair play to the bloke and one in the eye for the whining Aussies.

hmmmm,congrats to him but my first reaction was to laugh.

cracking captain. best player in the world over the last 12 months? nobody can convince me of that. Scully won back to back mos and put in some cracking performances against aus.without getting a sniff of the golden boot

Unfortunately for Sculthorpe in those two years there was Andrew Johns and Stacey Jones. In 2001 Johns won the NRL GF, The Clive Churchill Medal, and an Ashes series, whilst Jones took an NZ side to the GF for the first time along with the drawn series in GB. It was also the year of GB's embarrassment in Sydney