Kevin Sinfield

English rugby player and coach (born 1980)

Kevin Sinfield
CBE

Sinfield in 2011

Personal information

Born|  (1980-09-12) 12 September 1980 (age 44)
Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
Height| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Weight| 14 st 5 lb (91 kg)[1]

Playing information

Rugby league

Position| Loose forward, Stand-off, Hooker
| Club

Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
1997–15  | Leeds Rhinos | 521  | 86  | 1792  | 39  | 3967
Representative
Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
2000–13  | England | 29  | 5  | 91  | 0  | 202
2001  | Lancashire | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
2001–07  | Great Britain | 14  | 1  | 15  | 0  | 34

Rugby union

Position| Fly-half
| Club

Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
2015–16  | Yorkshire Carnegie | 18  | 0  | 43  | 0  | 122

Coaching information

Rugby league

| Club

Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W%
2018  | Leeds Rhinos | 12  | 6  | 1  | 5  | 50

Rugby union

| Club

Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W%
2021–2022  | Leicester Tigers (defence coach)  |  |  |  |  |
2022- | England (defence coach)  |  |  |  |  |
| Total  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  |

Source: [2][3][4][5][6][7]

As of 14 October 2018

Children| Jack Sinfield
Relatives| Ian Sinfield (brother)

Kevin Sinfield CBE (born 12 September 1980) is an English rugby union coach, currently the skills and kicking coach for the England national team. He is a former professional rugby league player for Leeds Rhinos, England and Great Britain. His usual position was loose forward, although he played stand-off and hooker on occasion.

Sinfield played his entire professional career with Leeds and is one of the most successful players in Super League history, having captained the team to seven Super League championships and two Challenge Cup successes. He also earned individual accolades as winner of the Lance Todd Trophy (2005), Harry Sunderland Trophy twice (2009, 2012) and the Golden Boot (2012), one of only five British-based players to win the latter.[3][4][5][6][7] He holds records as the highest points-scorer in Super League history,[8] the third-highest points-scorer in British rugby league history and Leeds's record points scorer.[9] Sinfield is also only one of two players to have led a team to win three consecutive Super League titles.

He won 26 caps for England, which he captained, and 14 caps for Great Britain. He played rugby union for Leeds's sister club Yorkshire Carnegie in 2015-16, and retired from playing in 2016.

Since retirement he has also become a prominent fundraiser for charities associated with Motor Neurone Disease.

## Background

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Sinfield was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

## Playing career

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### Rugby league

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Sinfield starting his playing career at Waterhead ARLFC, who also produced talent such as Barrie McDermott, Paul Sculthorpe, Danny Sculthorpe, Paul Highton, Lee Jewitt, Marc Sneyd and Gareth Owen.[citation needed] He signed for Leeds in August 1997.

#### 1990s

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Sinfield made his first team début for Leeds aged 16 against the Sheffield Eagles, and made three further appearances during the 1997 and 1998 seasons, scoring his first try against the Huddersfield Giants in September 1998. 1999 was a breakthrough season for Sinfield, with 21 appearances and 2 tries. He was not selected for the 1999 Challenge Cup Final, when Leeds defeated the London Broncos.[10]

#### 2000s

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Sinfield was a member of the England squad for the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, scoring a hat-trick of tries in a 76–4 victory over Russia.[11] During the 2001 Kangaroo tour he played for Great Britain in all three Ashes tests against Australia. Sinfield played for Leeds at stand-off in the 2003 Challenge Cup Final against Bradford Bulls, kicking four goals in his side's defeat. He played for Great Britain in the 2nd and 3rd Ashes Tests of the 2003 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France. He kicked four goals for Leeds in their 2004 Super League Grand Final victory against Bradford. As Super League IX champions, Leeds faced 2004 NRL season premiers, the Bulldogs in the 2005 World Club Challenge. Sinfield captained Leeds, kicking five goals and one drop goal in their 39–32 victory.

Sinfield playing for Leeds in 2010

Sinfield played for Leeds in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final, kicking four goals in their loss against Hull F.C., but was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy as man of the match nonetheless.[12] He played at loose forward, kicking a goal in Leeds's 2005 Super League Grand Final loss against Bradford Bulls. He was also named in 2005's Super League Dream Team. Sinfield was selected to play for Great Britain in the end-of-season 2005 Tri-nations tournament. He was named in 2006's Super League Dream Team. In 2007, he became the first Leeds player to score in every round of a Super League season, a feat that he repeated in the 2011 season including kicking six out of seven goals in the Rhinos' fourth Grand final victory over St. Helens in five years. In the post-season Sinfield played for Great Britain against the 2007 All Golds Tourists.

Sinfield celebrated his testimonial season in 2008. He was man of the match, scoring seven points, as Leeds defeated Melbourne 11–4 at Elland Road. During the season Sinfield set a club record by scoring in 63 consecutive matches. He also set a Super League record by scoring in 52 consecutive Super League games. Sinfield scored his 2,000th point for the club as Leeds defeated St Helens for the second successive year in the 2008 Super League Grand Final. Leeds won 24–16, with Sinfield successfully kicking four goals. It was the first time Leeds had ever won back-to-back titles. It was also the first time that a Super League team had won both the World Club Challenge, and the Grand Final in the same calendar year. He was also selected for the England squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament in Australia. In England's first match against Papua New Guinea he played at loose forward and kicked four goals from six attempts in England's victory. During the 2009 season, Sinfield became only the second player, after Lewis Jones, to score 1,000 goals for Leeds.

Sinfield capped the 2009 season by winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy for his performance as he led Leeds to victory in a third successive Grand Final. Leeds defeated St Helens 18–10, with Sinfield scoring six points, including a drop goal. With victory, Sinfield became the first player in history to captain four championship-winning teams. He dedicated the win at Old Trafford to the recently deceased former Leeds player John Holmes.[13][14]

He played for England in the 2009 Four Nations tournament.

#### 2010s

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Sinfield was selected to play for England against France in the one-off test in 2010.

He played in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.[15][16]

Sinfield playing for England in 2011

He captained Leeds from stand-off in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Wigan Warriors at Wembley Stadium, kicking only one goal from four attempts in their loss.[17][18] At the end of the season he extended his record to captaining five championship-winning teams after Leeds Rhinos' victory over St Helens in the 2011 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.[19][20]

Sinfield played a pivotal role in the England team in the 2011 Gillette Four Nations, which involved games against Australia, New Zealand and Wales. They reached the Gillette Four Nations Final courtesy of coming second in the group table, with England losing out to Australia despite Sinfield kicking two goals.[21]

Sinfield became the all-time top points scorer for Leeds early in the 2012 season.[22]

He played in the 2012 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.[23][24][25][26]

In 2012, he extended his championship tally as Leeds again came from fifth in the regular season to triumph at Old Trafford – this time 26–18 against Warrington. Sinfield turned in a Man-of-the-Match performance in the final, winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy with a try, a penalty and four conversions.[27][24] Remarkably, he finished the five-match playoff campaign with a 100% goalkicking record.

It was announced in January 2013 that Sinfield had won the Golden Boot – only the fourth Englishman to do so. He beat off competition from Wigan full-back Sam Tomkins as well as Australians Cameron Smith, Ben Barba, Cooper Cronk and Nate Myles to claim the prize that is awarded annually by Rugby League World magazine to the game's top performer.[28]

Sinfield holds the record for being the highest-scoring kicker in Super League history.

On 17 July 2014, for the first time in his career, Sinfield was sent off against Castleford for a headbutt on Luke Dorn A month later he captained Leeds in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Castleford Tigers at Wembley Stadium,[29] the last remaining domestic trophy that he had yet to win.

On 31 March 2015, Sinfield announced that the 2015 season would be his last in rugby league and that he would finish his career with rugby union side Yorkshire Carnegie.[30]

He played in the 2015 Challenge Cup Final victory over Hull Kingston Rovers at Wembley Stadium.[31][32][33]

His last match in rugby league was the 2015 Super League Grand Final, in which he captained Leeds to victory and thus secured the treble for the first time in the club's history.[34][35]

### Rugby union

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Sinfield joined Leeds Rhinos' sister club Yorkshire Carnegie on an 18-month contract. Sinfield made his début at Headingley on 15 November 2015. He came on as a sub in the last 15 minutes in the British and Irish Cup, scoring a penalty but missing a conversion later on. In April 2016, Sinfield announced that he would retire from playing at the end of the season.[36] During the 2015–2016 season he played 18 games; kicking 37 conversions and 16 penalties, for a total of 122 points.[37]

## Coaching and management career

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In August 2016, Sinfield joined the Rugby Football League (RFL) as Rugby Director, responsible for reviewing and developing a performance strategy for the England national team until the 2021 World Cup.[38] In July 2018 he returned to Leeds Rhinos as their first ever director of rugby.[39]

Part way through the 2021 season, Sinfield left Leeds to become defence coach at rugby union club, Leicester Tigers.[40] After helping Leicester win the 2021–22 Premiership Rugby title, Sinfield moved to become defence coach to the England national rugby union team in December 2022, following Leicester head coach, Steve Borthwick, who was appointed England head coach.[41]

## Charity fundraising

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Sinfield at Old Trafford on 19 November 2022 at half-time of the 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup final, upon completing his seven ultramarathons in seven days challenging for Motor Neurone Disease awareness.

In November 2020, Sinfield announced that he would be running seven marathons in seven days to raise £77,777 for ex-Leeds teammate Rob Burrow, who had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) a year earlier, as well as the MND Association.[42] He began his first marathon on 1 December with the fundraising target already exceeded,[43] Sinfield described it as "completely overwhelming" that the target had been reached so quickly.[44]

By the time that he finished his seventh marathon on 7 December, more than £1.2 million had been raised.[45][46] At the conclusion, he said it had "probably been the most special week in my life".[47] and said it was his greatest achievement above all he achieved in rugby league.[45] By the following day, the total raised had surpassed £2 million.[48] Of the funds raised, £500,000 was earmarked for research projects, a figure doubled by a contribution from medical research charity LifeArc to create a £1 million fund for MND research projects.[49]

In October 2021, Sinfield announced his second fundraiser, running between Leicester Tigers' home ground Welford Road Stadium, and Leeds Rhinos' Headingley, a distance of approximately 101 miles (163 km), in under 24 hours.[50] With an initial goal of £100k, Sinfield was again raising funds for the MND Association, and described it as "the toughest challenge I have ever attempted",[51] and the run was to be split into 24 sections of 7km.[52] Upon completing what was dubbed the "Extra Mile Challenge" on 23 November, Sinfield had raised over £1 million.[53] He said that he would not stop fundraising until a cure had been found for the disease,[54] and described himself as "massively blown away" by the amount raised,[55] but said ideas of a knighthood were "really nice but we're a team".[56] By early December, the campaign had raised over £2 million.[57]

In September 2022, Sinfield announced his third fundraiser, in which he would run seven ultramarathons in seven consecutive days, beginning at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and concluding at Old Trafford in Manchester,[58] the final run concluding during the final of the Rugby League World Cup.[59] In addition to Burrow, Sinfield said he was now also fundraising in honour of former rugby union player Doddie Weir, and former footballer Stephen Darby, both diagnosed with MND.[60]

## Personal life

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Sinfield was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to rugby league,[61][62][63] Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to rugby league football and charitable fundraising[64] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to motor neurone disease awareness.[65]

On 20 December 2022, Sinfield, alongside former Leeds Rhinos teammate Rob Burrow, were awarded the Freedom of the City of Leeds for their services to the MND community.[66]

Sinfield became the first rugby league player to be nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, finishing in second place behind Andy Murray in 2015.[67]

Sinfield is a supporter of Oldham Athletic, and was a regular at games before his rugby career took off.

His son, Jack Sinfield, is a professional rugby league player who plays for Leeds Rhinos.[68]

Sinfield featured on the BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on 14 October 2022.

He published his autobiography, The Extra Mile: My Autobiography, in May 2023.[69]

## Records and statistics

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Sinfield set a number of club and league records during his rugby league career. At Leeds, he is the all-time leading points scorer (3,967), and he made the third highest number of appearances (521) for the club. With a combined total of 4,231 points at club and representative level, he is the third-highest points scorer in British rugby league history (behind Neil Fox and Jim Sullivan).[36] He is the Super League's second overall appearance holder (454) and the competition's record point scorer.[70]

Team  | Appearances  | Tries  | Goals  | Drop goals  | Points

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Leeds Rhinos[71] | 521 | 86 | 1,792 | 39 | 3,967
England  | 26 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 202
England (v Exiles)  | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 18
Lancashire  | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Great Britain[5] | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 34
Great Britain (non-Test)[72] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10
Career total  | 569 | 93 | 1,910 | 39 | 4,231

## Honours

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### Player

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#### Rugby League

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* Super League:

Champions (7): 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Runners up (1): 2005

* World Club Challenge:

Champions (3): 2005, 2008, 2012
Runners up (3): 2009, 2010, 2013

* League Leader's Shield:

Champions (3): 2004, 2009, 2015

* Challenge Cup:

Champions (2): 2014, 2015
Runners up (5): 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012

#### Rugby Union

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* British and Irish Cup

Runners up (1): 2015-16

### Coaching

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#### Rugby Union

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* Premiership:

Champions (1): 2021-22

### Individual

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* Rugby League World Golden Boot: 2012
* Harry Sunderland Trophy (2): 2009, 2012
* Lance Todd Trophy: 2005
* Super League Dream Team (4): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
* BBC Sports Personality of the Year
* Main award: Second Place, 2015
* Special Award, 2022[73]
* RLWBA Merit Award: 2015

### Orders

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* Order of the British Empire:
* MBE: 2014 (services to rugby league football)
* OBE: 2021 (services to rugby league football and charitable fundraising)
* CBE: 2024 (services to motor neurone disease awareness)

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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kevin Sinfield.

* Leeds Rhinos Director of Rugby profile
* (archived by web.archive.org) Leeds Rhinos profile

Leeds Rhinos squads

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Leeds Rhinos squad – 2004 Super League Grand Final winners

* 1 Richard Mathers
* 2 Mark Calderwood
* 3 Chev Walker
* 4 Keith Senior
* 5 Marcus Bai
* 6 Kevin Sinfield (c)
* 7 Danny McGuire

* 8 Ryan Bailey
* 9 Matt Diskin
* 10 Danny Ward
* 11 Chris McKenna
* 12 Ali Lauiti'iti
* 13 David Furner

* 14 Rob Burrow
* 15 Willie Poching
* 16 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 17 Barrie McDermott

* Coach: Tony Smith

see also Super League IX

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* t
* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2005 World Club Challenge winners

* 1 Richie Mathers
* 2 Mark Calderwood
* 3 Chev Walker
* 4 Keith Senior
* 5 Marcus Bai
* 6 Kevin Sinfield (c)
* 7 Danny McGuire

* 8 Ryan Bailey
* 9 Andrew Dunemann
* 10 Danny Ward
* 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 12 Chris McKenna
* 13 Gareth Ellis

* 14 Rob Burrow
* 15 Ali Lauitiiti
* 16 Willie Poching
* 17 Barrie McDermott

* Coach: Tony Smith

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* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2007 Super League Grand Final winners

* 1 Brent Webb
* 2 Scott Donald
* 3 Clinton Toopi
* 4 Keith Senior
* 5 Lee Smith
* 6 Danny McGuire
* 7 Rob Burrow

* 8 Kylie Leuluai
* 9 Matt Diskin
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 12 Gareth Ellis
* 13 Kevin Sinfield (c)

* 14 Ali Lauiti'iti
* 15 Ryan Bailey
* 16 Ian Kirke
* 17 Carl Ablett

* Coach: Tony Smith

see also Super League XII

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* t
* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2008 World Club Challenge winners

* 1 Brent Webb
* 2 Scott Donald
* 3 Clinton Toopi
* 4 Keith Senior
* 5 Lee Smith
* 6 Danny McGuire
* 7 Rob Burrow

* 8 Kylie Leuluai
* 9 Matt Diskin
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 12 Gareth Ellis
* 13 Kevin Sinfield (c)

* 14 Ali Lauitiiti
* 15 Carl Ablett
* 16 Ryan Bailey
* 17 Nick Scruton

* Coach: Brian McClennan

* v
* t
* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2008 Super League Grand Final winners

* 1 Lee Smith
* 2 Scott Donald
* 3 Carl Ablett
* 4 Keith Senior
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Danny McGuire
* 7 Rob Burrow

* 8 Kylie Leuluai
* 9 Matt Diskin
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 12 Gareth Ellis
* 13 Kevin Sinfield (c)

* 14 Ali Lauiti'iti
* 15 Ryan Bailey
* 16 Ian Kirke
* 17 Nick Scruton

* Coach: Brian McClennan

see also Super League XII

* v
* t
* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2009 Super League Grand Final winners

* 1 Brent Webb
* 2 Scott Donald
* 3 Lee Smith
* 4 Keith Senior
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Danny McGuire
* 7 Rob Burrow

* 8 Kylie Leuluai
* 9 Matt Diskin
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 12 Carl Ablett
* 13 Kevin Sinfield (c)

* 14 Ali Lauitiiti
* 15 Ryan Bailey
* 16 Ian Kirke
* 17 Luke Burgess

* Coach: Brian McClennan

see also Super League XIV

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Leeds Rhinos squad – 2011 Super League Grand Final winners

* 1 Brent Webb
* 2 Ben Jones-Bishop
* 3 Zak Hardaker
* 4 Carl Ablett
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Kevin Sinfield (c)
* 7 Danny McGuire

* 8 Kylie Leuluai
* 9 Danny Buderus
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 12 Brett Delaney
* 13 Chris Clarkson

* 14 Rob Burrow
* 15 Ali Lauitiiti
* 16 Ryan Bailey
* 17 Ian Kirke

* Coach: Brian McDermott

see also Super League XVI

* v
* t
* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2012 World Club Challenge winners

* 1 Brent Webb
* 2 Ben Jones-Bishop
* 3 Kallum Watkins
* 4 Zak Hardaker
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Kevin Sinfield (c)
* 7 Danny McGuire

* 8 Kylie Leuluai
* 9 Rob Burrow
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 12 Brett Delaney
* 13 Carl Ablett

* 14 Paul McShane
* 15 Darrell Griffin
* 16 Ryan Bailey
* 20 Chris Clarkson

* Coach: Brian McDermott

* v
* t
* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2012 Super League Grand Final winners

* 1 Zak Hardaker
* 2 Ben Jones-Bishop
* 3 Kallum Watkins
* 4 Carl Ablett
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Kevin Sinfield (c)
* 7 Danny McGuire

* 8 Kylie Leuluai
* 9 Rob Burrow
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
* 12 Brett Delaney
* 13 Ryan Bailey

* 14 Darrell Griffin
* 15 Stevie Ward
* 16 Shaun Lunt
* 17 Ian Kirke

* Coach: Brian McDermott

see also Super League XVII

* v
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* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2014 Challenge Cup Final winners

* 1 Zak Hardaker
* 2 Tom Briscoe
* 3 Kallum Watkins
* 4 Joel Moon
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Kevin Sinfield (c)
* 7 Danny McGuire

* 8 Kylie Leuluai
* 9 Rob Burrow
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Brett Delaney
* 12 Carl Ablett
* 13 Jamie Jones-Buchanan

* 14 Paul Aiton
* 15 Ryan Bailey
* 16 Ian Kirke
* 17 Liam Sutcliffe

* Coach: Brian McDermott

* v
* t
* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2015 Challenge Cup Final winners

* 1 Zak Hardaker
* 2 Tom Briscoe
* 3 Kallum Watkins
* 4 Joel Moon
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Kevin Sinfield (c)
* 7 Danny McGuire

* 8 Mitch Garbutt
* 9 Adam Cuthbertson
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Stevie Ward
* 12 Carl Ablett
* 13 Brett Delaney

* 14 Rob Burrow
* 15 Kylie Leuluai
* 16 Mitch Achurch
* 17 Brad Singleton

* Coach: Brian McDermott

* v
* t
* e

Leeds Rhinos squad – 2015 Super League Grand Final winners

* 1 Zak Hardaker
* 2 Tom Briscoe
* 3 Kallum Watkins
* 4 Joel Moon
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Kevin Sinfield (c)
* 7 Danny McGuire

* 8 Mitch Garbutt
* 9 Rob Burrow
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Carl Ablett
* 12 Brett Delaney
* 13 Brad Singleton

* 14 Kylie Leuluai
* 15 Adam Cuthbertson
* 16 Jimmy Keinhorst
* 17 Josh Walters

* Coach: Brian McDermott

see also Super League XX

* v
* t
* e

Great Britain squad – 2005 Rugby League Tri Nations

* Burrow
* Carney
* Cunningham
* Deacon
* Ellis
* Fielden
* Fozzard
* Gilmour
* Gleeson
* Harris
* Higham
* Horne
* Johnson
* Morley
* Peacock
* Pryce
* Raynor
* Senior
* Sinfield
* Thackray
* Walker
* Wellens
* Wilkin
* Wild
* Coach: Noble ((c) unknown)

England squads

* v
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* e

England squad – 2000 Rugby League World Cup

* Farrell (c)
* Anderson
* Deacon
* Fielden
* Fleary
* Forshaw
* Hay
* Howard
* Long
* McAvoy
* Morley
* Naylor
* Peacock
* Pryce
* Radlinski
* Rowley
* Sculthorpe
* Senior
* Sinfield
* Smith
* Spruce
* Stephenson
* Walker
* Wellens
* Coach: Kear

* v
* t
* e

England squad – 2009 Rugby League Four Nations

* Bridge
* S. Briscoe
* T. Briscoe
* Burgess
* Crabtree
* Eastmond
* Ellis
* Fox
* Graham
* Hall
* McGuire
* Moore
* Morley
* Myler
* Peacock (c)
* Roby
* Shenton
* Sinfield
* Smith
* Tomkins
* Westwood
* Wilkin
* Coach: Smith

* v
* t
* e

England squad – 2008 Rugby League World Cup Semi Finalists

* 1 Burrow
* 2 Calderwood
* 3 Ellis
* 4 Fa'asavalu
* 5 Gardner
* 6 Gleeson
* 7 Graham
* 8 Higham
* 9 Hock
* 10 Jones-Buchanan
* 11 Langley
* 12 McGuire
* 13 Morley
* 14 Peacock (c)
* 15 Pryce
* 16 Purdham
* 17 Roby
* 18 Senior
* 19 Sinfield
* 20 L. Smith
* 21 Sykes
* 22 Wellens
* 23 Westwood
* 24 Wilkin
* Coach: T. Smith

* v
* t
* e

England squad – 2011 Rugby League Four Nations

* Ablett
* Bailey
* Briscoe
* Carvell
* Chase
* Cudjoe
* Ellis
* Graham
* Hall
* Heighington
* Jones-Bishop
* Jones-Buchanan
* McGuire
* McIlorum
* Morley
* Peacock
* Reed
* Roby
* Sinfield
* Tomkins
* Westwood
* Widdop
* Wilkin
* Yeaman
* Coach: McNamara

* v
* t
* e

England squad – 2013 Rugby League World Cup

* Hardaker
* Tomkins
* Briscoe
* Charnley
* Hall
* Cudjoe
* Watkins
* Chase
* Sinfield
* Widdop
* Burrow
* G. Burgess
* S. Burgess
* T. Burgess
* Graham
* Hill
* Mossop
* McIlorum
* Roby
* Ablett
* Farrell
* Ferres
* Westwood
* O'Loughlin
* Coach: McNamara

* v
* t
* e

Harry Sunderland Trophy winners

* 1965 Terry Fogerty
* 1966 Albert Halsall
* 1967 Ray Owen
* 1968 Gary Cooper
* 1969 Bev Risman
* 1970 Frank Myler
* 1971 Bill Ashurst
* 1972 Terry Clawson
* 1973 Mike Stephenson
* 1974 Barry Philbin
* 1975 Mel Mason
* 1976 George Nicholls
* 1977 Geoff Pimblett
* 1978 Bob Haigh
* 1979 Kevin Dick
* 1980 Mal Aspey
* 1981 Len Casey
* 1982 Mick Burke
* 1983 Tony Myler
* 1984 John Dorahy
* 1985 Harry Pinner
* 1986 Les Boyd
* 1987 Joe Lydon
* 1988 David Hulme
* 1989 Alan Tait
* 1990 Alan Tait
* 1991 Greg Mackey
* 1992 Andy Platt
* 1993 Chris Joynt
* 1994 Sam Panapa
* 1995 Kris Radlinski
* 1996 Andy Farrell
* 1997 Andy Farrell
* 1998 Jason Robinson
* 1999 Henry Paul
* 2000 Chris Joynt
* 2001 Michael Withers
* 2002 Paul Deacon
* 2003 Stuart Reardon
* 2004 Matt Diskin
* 2005 Leon Pryce
* 2006 Paul Wellens
* 2007 Rob Burrow
* 2008 Lee Smith
* 2009 Kevin Sinfield
* 2010 Thomas Leuluai
* 2011 Rob Burrow
* 2012 Kevin Sinfield
* 2013 Blake Green
* 2014 James Roby
* 2015 Danny McGuire
* 2016 Liam Farrell
* 2017 Danny McGuire
* 2018 Stefan Ratchford
* 2019 Luke Thompson
* 2020 James Roby
* 2021 Kevin Naiqama
* 2022 Jonny Lomax
* 2023 Jake Wardle

* v
* t
* e

Lance Todd Trophy winners

* 1946 Billy Stott
* 1947 Willie Davies
* 1948 Frank Whitcombe
* 1949 Ernest Ward
* 1950 Gerry Helme
* 1951 Cecil Mountford
* 1952 Billy Ivison
* 1953 Peter Ramsden
* 1954 Gerry Helme
* 1955 Jack Grundy
* 1956 Alan Prescott
* 1957 Jeff Stevenson
* 1958 Rees Thomas
* 1959 Brian McTigue
* 1960 Tommy Harris
* 1961 Dick Huddart
* 1962 Neil Fox
* 1963 Harold Poynton
* 1964 Frank Collier
* 1965 Ray Ashby & Brian Gabbitas
* 1966 Len Killeen
* 1967 Carl Dooler
* 1968 Don Fox
* 1969 Mal Reilly
* 1970 Bill Kirkbride
* 1971 Alex Murphy
* 1972 Kel Coslett
* 1973 Steve Nash
* 1974 Derek Whitehead
* 1975 Ray Dutton
* 1976 Geoff Pimblett
* 1977 Steve Pitchford
* 1978 George Nicholls
* 1979 David Topliss
* 1980 Brian Lockwood
* 1981 Mick Burke
* 1982 Eddie Cunningham
* 1983 David Hobbs
* 1984 Joe Lydon
* 1985 Brett Kenny
* 1986 Bob Beardmore
* 1987 Graham Eadie
* 1988 Andy Gregory
* 1989 Ellery Hanley
* 1990 Andy Gregory
* 1991 Denis Betts
* 1992 Martin Offiah
* 1993 Dean Bell
* 1994 Martin Offiah
* 1995 Jason Robinson
* 1996 Robbie Paul
* 1997 Tommy Martyn
* 1998 Mark Aston
* 1999 Leroy Rivett
* 2000 Henry Paul
* 2001 Sean Long
* 2002 Kris Radlinski
* 2003 Gary Connolly
* 2004 Sean Long
* 2005 Kevin Sinfield
* 2006 Sean Long
* 2007 Paul Wellens & Leon Pryce
* 2008 Paul Wellens
* 2009 Michael Monaghan
* 2010 Lee Briers
* 2011 Jeff Lima
* 2012 Brett Hodgson
* 2013 Matty Smith
* 2014 Ryan Hall
* 2015 Tom Briscoe
* 2016 Marc Sneyd
* 2017 Marc Sneyd
* 2018 Tony Gigot
* 2019 Daryl Clark
* 2020 Richie Myler
* 2021 Niall Evalds
* 2022 Chris McQueen
* 2023 Lachlan Lam
* 2024 Bevan French

* v
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Golden Boot Award winners

Men|

* 1984 Wally Lewis
* 1985 Brett Kenny
* 1986 Garry Jack
* 1987 Hugh McGahan & Peter Sterling
* 1988 Ellery Hanley
* 1989 Mal Meninga
* 1990 Garry Schofield
* 1991-1998 No award given
* 1999 Andrew Johns
* 2000 Brad Fittler
* 2001 Andrew Johns
* 2002 Stacey Jones
* 2003 Darren Lockyer
* 2004 Andy Farrell
* 2005 Anthony Minichiello
* 2006 Darren Lockyer
* 2007 Cameron Smith
* 2008 Billy Slater
* 2009 Greg Inglis
* 2010 Benji Marshall
* 2011 Johnathan Thurston
* 2012 Kevin Sinfield
* 2013 Johnathan Thurston
* 2014 Shaun Johnson
* 2015 Johnathan Thurston
* 2016 Cooper Cronk
* 2017 Cameron Smith
* 2018 Tommy Makinson
* 2019 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
* 2020-2021 No award given
* 2022 Joseph Manu
* 2023 James Fisher-Harris

Women|

* 2018 Isabelle Kelly
* 2019 Jessica Sergis
* 2020-2021 No award given
* 2022 Raecene McGregor
* 2023 Georgia Hale

Wheelchair|

* 2019 Jack Brown
* 2020-2021 No award given
* 2022 Seb Bechara
* 2023 Jérémy Bourson

Super League Dream Team

* v
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Super League Dream Team – 2005

* 1 Paul Wellens
* 2 Mark Calderwood
* 3 Jamie Lyon
* 4 Martin Gleeson
* 5 Darren Albert
* 6 Paul Cooke
* 7 Rob Burrow

* 8 Jamie Thackray
* 9 Keiron Cunningham
* 10 Paul Anderson
* 11 Jamie Peacock
* 12 Ali Lauiti'iti
* 13 Kevin Sinfield

* v
* t
* e

Super League Dream Team – 2006

* 1 Paul Wellens
* 2 Justin Murphy
* 3 Jamie Lyon
* 4 Kirk Yeaman
* 5 David Hodgson
* 6 Danny McGuire
* 7 Sean Long
* 8 Stuart Fielden
* 9 Keiron Cunningham
* 10 Danny Nutley
* 11 Gareth Ellis
* 12 Jon Wilkin
* 13 Kevin Sinfield

* v
* t
* e

Super League Dream Team – 2008

* 1 Clint Greenshields
* 2 Scott Donald
* 3 Matthew Gidley
* 4 George Carmont
* 5 Ade Gardner
* 6 Leon Pryce
* 7 Rob Burrow

* 8 James Graham
* 9 Keiron Cunningham
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Gareth Ellis
* 12 Ben Westwood
* 13 Kevin Sinfield

* v
* t
* e

Super League Dream Team – 2009

* 1 Brett Hodgson
* 2 Peter Fox
* 3 Matthew Gidley
* 4 Keith Senior
* 5 Ryan Hall
* 6 Sam Tomkins
* 7 Michael Dobson

* 8 Adrian Morley
* 9 Scott Moore
* 10 Jamie Peacock
* 11 Ben Galea
* 12 Clint Newton
* 13 Kevin Sinfield

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