Yorkshire Post Sports Hero 2015: Kevin Sinfield

He may have missed out on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year prize, but Kevin Sinfield is still able to celebrate after clinching scooping The Yorkshire Post Sports Hero of 2015 award.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Dec 2015, 10:42 BST
TOP MAN: Kevin Sinfield won your vote for The Yorkshire Post Sports Hero for 2015.TOP MAN: Kevin Sinfield won your vote for The Yorkshire Post Sports Hero for 2015.
TOP MAN: Kevin Sinfield won your vote for The Yorkshire Post Sports Hero for 2015.

The Leeds Rhinos legend, now playing for Yorkshire Carnegie, was an overwhelming winner of our readers’ poll, grabbing 73 per cent of the vote.

Yorkshire and England star Joe Root came in second, with Leeds snooker player David Grace in third.

A delighted Sinfield said: “I am honoured and humbled.

Joe Root passed 50 for the 13th time in 26 innings this year. Photo: PA WireJoe Root passed 50 for the 13th time in 26 innings this year. Photo: PA Wire
Joe Root passed 50 for the 13th time in 26 innings this year. Photo: PA Wire

“I’d like to thank everyone who voted and my team-mates.

“Any success I have is due to them.”

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We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the many hundreds of you who voted, we hope you;ve enjoyed our coverage of all the stars below throughout what has been a mdemorable year for all of them.

Final placings for The Yorkshire Post Sports Hero 2015 poll ...

David Grace's run to the final of the semi-finals of the UK Snooker Championship in York this month was enough to earn him third place in our 2015 poll.David Grace's run to the final of the semi-finals of the UK Snooker Championship in York this month was enough to earn him third place in our 2015 poll.
David Grace's run to the final of the semi-finals of the UK Snooker Championship in York this month was enough to earn him third place in our 2015 poll.

1. Kevin Sinfield

2. Joe Root

3. David Grace

4. Zak Hardaker.

5. Lizzie Armitstead

6. Jason Gillespie

7. Andrew Gale

8= Jessica Ennis-Hill

8= Danny Willett

10. Jamie Vardy

11. Matt Fitzpatrick

12. Hannah Cockroft.

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