Why does he deserve it?

Good question, which equally applies to the other 11 nominees.

I've never had the chance to vote for an RL player before, and it could be another 50 year wait for the next opportunity, so I will be doing my bit for the bloke.

Stan beat me to it. There's 11 others you could say the same about. Why don't you tell me why he doesn't deserve it?!

2 votes from me so far....

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: [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.