.NRL superstar Herbie Farnworth could possibly come to be only the 6th English player in history to gain the prominent Golden Shoes award after making the shortlist.The honor, which recognises the standout performers in global rugby organization each year, will certainly be actually announced in very early December: and also will certainly be actually chosen through some of the game’s wonderful gamers that have actually gotten to 50 worldwide limits featuring England icon James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer and also Petero Civoniceva, that represented each Australia and also Fiji on the global scene.Dolphins center Farnworth, that comes from the small community of Blacko in Lancashire, has been called on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Shoes award after his standout functionalities in England’s 2-0 Test set sway Samoa on home soil this fall.Farnworth faces solid competitors for the award– along with Australia trio Harry Give, Tom Trbojevic as well as Isaah Yeo being actually nominated after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Cup win and also Tonga leader Addin Fonua-Blake as well as New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.However if Farnworth was to gain this year’s honor– with the victor being actually declared in early December– he will certainly come to be simply the 6th English player in background to succeed the gong.Famous quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield as well as Tommy Makinson are actually taking pleasure in each other’s provider in a special group of English players to become named Golden Boot champions.The exclusive nightclub of English Golden Footwear victors.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).TEST: Can you name every victor of the males’s Golden Footwear honor considering that 2000?The Golden Boot award was actually established in 1985 due to the English journal Open up Rugby and it was actually very first granted to Australian image Wally Lewis for his functionalities throughout 1984– along with Garry Jack (1985 ), Brett Kenny (1986 ), Hugh McGahan as well as Peter Sterling (1987 ), Hanley (1988 ), Mal Meninga (1989) as well as Schofield (1990) also recipients of being crowned rugby league’s absolute best gamer for those details calendar years.No honor was created in between 1990 and also 1998 at the moment due to organisational problems– along with Circle Publications Ltd getting the civil rights to the award in 1999 as well as began rewarding the Golden Boot from that year on.The International Rugby Circle bought the civil rights to the honor in 2017 and introduced a women’s type in 2018– along with the mobility device group happening a year later on.Whilst the Golden Footwear was actually previously rewarded to rugby category’s player for their functionalities throughout the calendar year for group and also country, the award was transformed under the IRL’s role to display screens exclusively on the international stage in the course of stated fiscal year.READ NEXT: Ranking every Super League group through amount of verified brand-new signings for 2025.