.NRL celebrity Herbie Farnworth could end up being simply the sixth English gamer in background to succeed the reputable Golden Footwear award after making the shortlist.The award, which recognises the standout artists in international rugby league annually, will be actually announced in very early December: as well as are going to be determined through a number of the activity’s great players who have actually reached fifty global hats including England icon James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer and Petero Civoniceva, that worked with both Australia and Fiji on the worldwide scene.Dolphins centre Farnworth, that hails from the little village of Blacko in Lancashire, has actually been named on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Boot honor after his standout efficiencies in England’s 2-0 Examination set sway Samoa on home dirt this autumn.Farnworth encounters sturdy competitors for the honor– with Australia trio Harry Grant, Tom Trbojevic and also Isaah Yeo being chosen after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Cup succeed along with Tonga captain Addin Fonua-Blake and New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.Yet if Farnworth was to succeed this year’s award– along with the winner being introduced in early December– he is going to end up being merely the sixth English player in past to win the gong.Epic quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield and Tommy Makinson are appreciating one another’s company in a special group of English gamers to be named Golden Boot winners.The exclusive club of English Golden Boot champions.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).QUIZ: Can you name every winner of the guys’s Golden Footwear honor given that 2000?The Golden Boot award was established in 1985 by the British publication Open Rugby and it was very first awarded to Australian icon Wally Lewis for his performances throughout 1984– with Garry Jack (1985 ), Brett Kenny (1986 ), Hugh McGahan as well as Peter Sterling (1987 ), Hanley (1988 ), Mal Meninga (1989) and Schofield (1990) likewise receivers of being determined rugby league’s greatest player for those specific fiscal year.No honor was produced between 1990 and also 1998 during the time due to organisational problems– along with Rank Publications Ltd acquiring the civil rights to the award in 1999 as well as started rewarding the Golden Shoes coming from that year on.The International Rugby Circle obtained the rights to the honor in 2017 and also presented a women’s type in 2018– along with the mobility device category coming a year later on.Whilst the Golden Boot was formerly granted to rugby category’s player for their efficiencies throughout the calendar year for group as well as nation, the award was actually altered under the IRL’s guise to display screens only on the worldwide phase during mentioned fiscal year.READ NEXT: Rank every Super League group by amount of confirmed brand-new signings for 2025.