.NRL celebrity Herbie Farnworth can come to be only the sixth English gamer in past history to gain the prestigious Golden Boot award after creating the shortlist.The award, which acknowledges the standout entertainers in worldwide rugby league every year, will be revealed in very early December: and will definitely be made a decision through some of the game’s great players who have actually gotten to fifty international caps featuring England image James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer as well as Petero Civoniceva, who stood for each Australia as well as Fiji on the international scene.Dolphins facility Farnworth, that hails from the tiny town of Blacko in Lancashire, has actually been actually named on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Shoes honor after his standout performances in England’s 2-0 Exam series sway Samoa on home soil this autumn.Farnworth deals with powerful competitors for the honor– with Australia triad Harry Give, Tom Trbojevic and also Isaah Yeo being nominated after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Cup gain and also Tonga leader Addin Fonua-Blake and also New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.However if Farnworth was to succeed this year’s award– along with the victor being revealed in early December– he is going to become simply the sixth English gamer in history to win the gong.Famous quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield and Tommy Makinson are actually taking pleasure in one another’s firm in an exclusive group of English gamers to become called Golden Boot victors.The special club of English Golden Shoes champions.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).QUIZ: Can you name every winner of the men’s Golden Footwear award since 2000?The Golden Boot award was founded in 1985 due to the British publication Open up Rugby and also it was actually very first awarded to Australian icon Wally Lewis for his functionalities throughout 1984– with Garry Port (1985 ), Brett Kenny (1986 ), Hugh McGahan and also Peter Sterling (1987 ), Hanley (1988 ), Mal Meninga (1989) and also Schofield (1990) also receivers of being actually determined rugby league’s finest player for those details fiscal year.No honor was produced in between 1990 as well as 1998 at the moment due to organisational problems– with League Publications Ltd getting the civil rights to the award in 1999 and also started rewarding the Golden Boot coming from that year on.The International Rugby Circle acquired the legal rights to the award in 2017 as well as offered a women’s category in 2018– with the wheelchair category happening a year later on.Whilst the Golden Footwear was actually formerly rewarded to rugby category’s player for their efficiencies throughout the fiscal year for club as well as country, the award was modified under the IRL’s semblance to display screens entirely on the global stage during the course of said calendar year.READ NEXT: Rank every Super Game club by variety of validated brand new finalizings for 2025.