If that's part of the criteria for winning then Sinfield can cite two of the biggest in Ablett & McGuire.

Tyson Fury and personality in the same sentance, the world is going mad, another Paul Sykes in the making.

He does have a personality......but it's a personality of a c**k.

Think people get too worked up with the word "personality" in the award. It was a name given to the title over 50 years ago and they've stuck with it. Really it could easily be "Person" but they aren't going to alter the name of it nowadays are they.

They never mean Andy Murray he's got as much personality as a piece of wood

Unlike 2014, it's very difficult to pick a clear cut favourite this year. Murray's leading role in the Davis Cup will probably swing it for him. Don't follow women's sport so no idea what Ennis-Hills claim to fame is other than attributes mentioned earlier and having a name that sounds like penis.
I'll give Sinfield my vote as he matches Ennis Hill by being both a tit and a dick.

Complete joke -surely?
In my opinion the SPOTY should be a credit to his sport and a role model for younger people.
Enough said.

Tell me you are joking?

I like Kev, he's a decent bloke and fiercely loyal to the team he's been with for 20 years. He's performed many roles on the field that he isn't especially well equipped for with total commitment. He has been utterly decent off the pith as well. I don't care who he plays for or what sport it is if that isn't SPOTY material I don't know what is.

I also think Leeds should win the team award though the Davis Cup is stiff opposition. Leeds may have more that their fair share of oafish fans the club is pretty sound.

Well said Vastman. Kevin Sinfield was the type of player you hated when he played against you (especially for Leeds!) but there's no doubting his qualities and I wish we had a Kevin Sinfield playing for us next season!

The oaf element seemed to increase when Leeds United dropped out of the top flight and went into free fall.

After my first post opening these pages I have decided to cast my vote for Kevin Sinfield. Like him or not (not in my case) a vote for him is a vote for Rugby League. After watching the video of Johnny Wilkinson and Paul Scholes who are voting for him I have had a rethink and looking back through the SPOTY archives cannot remember a Rugby League player receiving a nomination, which in my humble opinion is a disgrace so Mr. Sinfield you have my vote, not specifically for you but for the grat game of Rugby League.

Exactly stevie you are voting for rugby league, imagine if he won most of them at the BBC will be lost for words!!!

I'd like to see him win SPOTY and then be a guest on The One Show in the new year. It'd blow Alex Jones' half-witted mind that such a sport exists. In fact half-witted is an insult to halfwits, she's more of a quarterwit.

Andy Murray 361,446 votes
Kevin Sinfield 278,353 votes
Jessica Ennis-Hill 79,898 votes


Hamilton won the awards last year with less votes than Kev... Thanks to everyone who voted.