Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"Murray shouldn't be in at all, he's failed miserably in singles so should only be in with team GB for a team award
Fury is a plastic champ in an era so devoid of talent it's ridiculous.
Ennis Hill will win but for me Peaty should get 2nd, absolute sensation in the pool, Whitlock as the first GB gold medal performance in the individual gymnastics at a world level is not to be sniffed at.
If Froome hadn't got knocked off his bike in the Vuelta and won it (as I reckon he would have done) and doing the double would have being in with a proper shout, as it is he won't.
Uness there are some shenanigans then Sinfield will be out of the running after the first round of shortlisting the short list.
Leeds would IMHO have won the team award were it not for the tennis lot...oh well'"
I appreciate the focus of this topic is RL but I just wanted to pick up on your point re Froome. He's more deserving a winner than Wiggins ever was. After all, Froome carried Wiggins on his back in 2012 and this years TDF was much tougher due to the parcours and quality of rider. Wiggins was favoured in 2012 due to the favourable ITTs.
As for Sinfield, it's great to see an RL player nominated. However, I can't help but feel it is merely tokenistic, with the BBC promoting one of the few sports that they televise.
