.NRL superstar Herbie Farnworth might become merely the sixth English gamer in history to win the reputable Golden Boot award after making the shortlist.The honor, which identifies the standout performers in global rugby organization each year, will be revealed in early December: and are going to be made a decision through a few of the game’s terrific players that have actually gotten to fifty international caps including England icon James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer as well as Petero Civoniceva, that worked with both Australia and Fiji on the worldwide performance.Dolphins centre Farnworth, who hails from the small town of Blacko in Lancashire, has actually been actually called on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Shoes honor after his standout functionalities in England’s 2-0 Test collection gain Samoa on home ground this autumn.Farnworth experiences tough competitors for the honor– with Australia trio Harry Grant, Tom Trbojevic as well as Isaah Yeo being chosen after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Cup win in addition to Tonga leader Addin Fonua-Blake and New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.Yet if Farnworth was to succeed this year’s award– with the victor being actually introduced in early December– he is going to come to be simply the 6th English player in past history to gain the gong.Famous quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield and Tommy Makinson are actually delighting in each other’s company in a special club of English gamers to be named Golden Footwear victors.The special club of English Golden Boot victors.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).QUIZ: Can you call every victor of the men’s Golden Boot award since 2000?The Golden Shoes honor was started in 1985 by the English publication Open Rugby as well as it was actually very first rewarded to Australian icon Wally Lewis for his functionalities throughout 1984– along with Garry Port (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 actually crowned rugby organization’s ideal player for those particular calendar years.No award was produced in between 1990 and also 1998 at the moment because of organisational problems– with Category Publications Ltd purchasing the civil rights to the honor in 1999 and also started granting the Golden Shoes coming from that year on.The International Rugby League obtained the civil rights to the award in 2017 and also introduced a ladies’s type in 2018– along with the wheelchair group coming a year later on.Whilst the Golden Boot was actually previously rewarded to rugby circle’s gamer for their efficiencies throughout the calendar year for club as well as country, the award was modified under the IRL’s role to shows entirely on the worldwide stage throughout claimed fiscal year.READ NEXT: Ranking every Super League group through number of confirmed brand new signings for 2025.