.NRL superstar Herbie Farnworth could end up being merely the sixth English player in past history to win the prestigious Golden Footwear award after making the shortlist.The award, which identifies the standout performers in global rugby league every year, will definitely be announced in early December: and also will certainly be decided by a few of the activity’s wonderful players who have reached out to 50 global hats consisting of England icon James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer and also Petero Civoniceva, who worked with both Australia as well as Fiji on the international scene.Dolphins center Farnworth, that hails from the small community of Blacko in Lancashire, has actually been actually called on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Footwear honor after his standout functionalities in England’s 2-0 Test set win over Samoa on home dirt this autumn.Farnworth faces tough competition for the award– with Australia trio Harry Grant, Tom Trbojevic as well as Isaah Yeo being nominated after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Mug gain as well as Tonga captain Addin Fonua-Blake as well as New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.But if Farnworth was actually to succeed this year’s award– with the champion being actually declared in very early December– he is going to come to be only the 6th English player in history to gain the gong.Fabulous quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield and also Tommy Makinson are actually enjoying each other’s company in an unique club of English gamers to become called Golden Shoes winners.The exclusive club of English Golden Footwear victors.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).QUIZ: Can you call every winner of the males’s Golden Footwear award because 2000?The Golden Boot honor was started in 1985 due to the British journal Open up Rugby as well as it was actually initial granted to Australian icon Wally Lewis for his performances throughout 1984– along with Garry Port (1985 ), Brett Kenny (1986 ), Hugh McGahan as well as Peter Sterling (1987 ), Hanley (1988 ), Mal Meninga (1989) and Schofield (1990) also recipients of being actually determined rugby organization’s ideal player for those specific fiscal year.No honor was helped make between 1990 and also 1998 at the moment due to organisational troubles– with Category Publications Ltd getting the liberties to the award in 1999 and started rewarding the Golden Boot from that year on.The International Rugby Rank purchased the civil liberties to the honor in 2017 as well as presented a ladies’s category in 2018– with the wheelchair classification coming a year later.Whilst the Golden Boot was earlier awarded to rugby circle’s player for their performances throughout the calendar year for group and also country, the honor was actually altered under the IRL’s guise to screens only on the worldwide stage during the course of said fiscal year.READ NEXT: Rank every Super Game club through variety of validated brand-new finalizings for 2025.