Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:29 am  

garyhulsefan wrote:

It's symptomatic of the media bias against rugby league that it takes him to have to move to union to be nominated.

Might be a bit of a broken record to say this but I must say I was thinking the exact same thing lol good for sinfield nonetheless but he doesn't stand a chance, Andy Murray for me all the way.

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:48 am  

garyhulsefan wrote:

It's symptomatic of the media bias against rugby league that it takes him to have to move to union to be nominated.

If that was the case then why didn't they include Sam Burgess 12 months ago? His move to Bath was already confirmed and he was always going to be in the England squad. Sinfield is too old to have England aspirations in RU and has played a couple of games for a 2nd tier team in the north of the country.

More likely because it was his final season, won a treble and Leeds will have to make way for the team award to Team Andy Murray.

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:30 am  

Whilst I appreciate it won't happen, it surely would be funny if he ended up winning (with 500k votes from RL fans? -hmm).

The BBC having to showcase Rugby League and one of our players winning it over all the other mainstream sports would be great.

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:46 am  

It could be a good night for RL as, Leeds will be right up there for team of the year and would have been nailed on winners if the GB"Team" hadn't won the Davies Cup.
Sadly, Sinfield wont win the main prize as there are too many higher profile "stars" in front of him but, excellent recognition for him and the sport.

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:53 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

It could be a good night for RL as, Leeds will be right up there for team of the year and would have been nailed on winners if the GB"Team" hadn't won the Davies Cup.
Sadly, Sinfield wont win the main prize as there are too many higher profile "stars" in front of him but, excellent recognition for him and the sport.

Yes dead right I wish my team had had him when he first came into the game and we had won has many games has he has has captain

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:59 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

It could be a good night for RL as, Leeds will be right up there for team of the year and would have been nailed on winners if the GB"Team" hadn't won the Davies Cup..

Pff team ... The Davis cup is as series of individual performances.

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:17 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

It could be a good night for RL as, Leeds will be right up there for team of the year and would have been nailed on winners if the GB"Team" hadn't won the Davies Cup.
Sadly, Sinfield wont win the main prize as there are too many higher profile "stars" in front of him but, excellent recognition for him and the sport.

Re team of the year, quite a fuss was being made of the England women's football team earlier this year. Even if Murray hadn't won the other day I think we'd have seen the women win the award.

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:49 am  

Clearwing wrote:

Re team of the year, quite a fuss was being made of the England women's football team earlier this year. Even if Murray hadn't won the other day I think we'd have seen the women win the award.

Looking at the early betting odds on a few sites last night and they had Leeds 2nd favourite for the team award behind Team Andy and in some cases the women well behind Leeds. Everyone had Sinfield as 5th favourite with Murray and Ennis Hill favourites and Fury and Hamilton behind.

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:51 am  

The BBC have had a real push on women's sport, and more specifically the women's football team this year. After the embarrassment of leaving the team award to the public vote in 2006 (the last time the RL community rallied round and got St Helens recognised) its now picked by panel. Their agenda will be continued by the award going to the English lasses. I've nowt against them or women's sport in general, but the amount of coverage devoted by the BBC needs to be reviewed in line with other minority sports.

Re: Sinfield - 1st ever RL player on the BBC SPOTY shortlist : Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:02 am  

Its nice that an RL player has been recognized but imo Leeds played their best rugby when Sinfield wasn't playing.