I've voted.

Because I'm asking you to tell me why he does

Runner up to Andy Murray. Chuffed with that!

2nd place. Seems like thousands of other fans think like me. 3 trophies in a season as a captain of any team deserves my vote, especially in one of the toughest team games in the world.

Seems a good enough reason HR.

I voted for him just to irritate roversmad.

Because he has a cool game face in the tunnel before games, he's a bit of a socialist and he plays TGG.

On the flip side, he is from the wrong side of The Pennines.

I don't think he gives two tits tbh. Shame really. That result has put millions of people in touch with our sport, which is a great result all on its own.
I'd love to know what the vote split was.

Lizzie Jones brought the house down as well! Class.

I haven't watched it's irrated me the last few years, very Wendy ball centric.

The right person won, even though I voted for Sir Kev.

First time I've watched it in an age. Only watched it because of the RL exposure.

I was channel hopping between SPOTY & the darts. If there was a way to combine the 2 (Ally Pally crowd) it would work much better.

Doesn't irritate me at all. I never even said he didn't deserve it. I just wondered if there was another reason people thought he did deserve it other than 'he plays rugby league'

Is it worth watching on catch up squire?

Another reason I didn't tune in was because I seriously do not need to relive Wembley.

I used to like it when they'd do little off beat segments of minority sports, like when the GB men's hockey team got a bronze in Seoul and they got Bob Wilson to kit up in a hockey keepers kit with Sean Curly taking penalties against him.

Fair enough. He hasn't just "played" though has he? He has captained his side to win everything available in 2015, plus he's the most successful captain in his club's history. Whether he actually deserves it is not entirely the question, as it becomes hugely subjective. The fact he was put on the shortlist was all the incentive I personally needed to grab an opportunity to push our sport on a national stage.

Gold surely? It prompted the classic Barry Davies commentary"You have to ask where was the German defence, and frankly, who cares?"[/i