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

2 horse race in the end:

It wasn't as football centric as I remembered, more Northern Irish centric, and a few other sports were covered. It wasn't the worst SPOTY I've watched.
The union segment was very nauseating tho. It wouldn't be the Beeb if there wasn't an over dramatic Union section. It's worth a look at how far Gabby Logan was up Dan Carters backside as well.

The Rugby league community against the whole of Scotland. They love voting these Scots.

Ah, my mistake, other than the Johnson affair, my main memory of those Olympics was watching Richie Woodhall come up short against Roy Jones Junior in the youth centre at South Holderness School.

Don't bother watching it on catch up Goose.

Liked the Sigma ft. Ella Henderson song to open up the show, loved the little lad with cerebral palsy triathlete bit who won the Helen Rolleson award and the 5 minutes devoted to showcasing Kevin Sinfield. Also Lizzie Jones singing at the end. 20 minutes of pure class in an otherwise 2 hour borefest. Ferret sexing is more exciting.

I voted for Kev. If the other 278000 who voted for him spread the RL mantra throughout the land as often as I get The Jehovahs Witnesses knocking on my door, we'll get a million votes next year for HKR as team of the year on SPOTY.

Believe!!

He probably deserved a lifetime achievement award tbf, great ambassador for the sport and a very good loser (not that he' had much practice) as well as winner. Think overall it was a fair result and a great bit of publicity for the sport. Think its a bit of a shame Greg Rutherford didn't do better , Olympic, world , European and commonwealth champion is one hell of an achievement for a guy who was classed as a bit of a fluke when he won in London.

I would temper the positives tho that when St's won team of the year it didn't cause too many ripples outside of the sport itself. Shame really as it does seem to be such a difficult task spreading the game even when positives get thrown at the sport.