.NRL superstar Herbie Farnworth could possibly end up being only the sixth English gamer in past history to win the prominent Golden Footwear honor after making the shortlist.The honor, which identifies the standout entertainers in global rugby organization each year, are going to be declared in early December: and are going to be decided through several of the game’s fantastic gamers that have actually connected with fifty global caps including England symbol James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer as well as Petero Civoniceva, who represented each Australia and also Fiji on the international performance.Dolphins centre Farnworth, who hails from the small town of Blacko in Lancashire, has actually been named on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Boot honor after his standout performances in England’s 2-0 Test collection get Samoa on home ground this fall.Farnworth experiences tough competitors for the honor– with Australia trio Harry Grant, Tom Trbojevic as well as Isaah Yeo being nominated after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Mug win along with Tonga captain Addin Fonua-Blake and New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.But if Farnworth was to win this year’s honor– with the champion being actually introduced in early December– he will certainly become just 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 enjoying one another’s company in an exclusive club of English gamers to be named Golden Shoes victors.The exclusive club of English Golden Footwear champions.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).TEST: Can you call every champion of the males’s Golden Shoes award since 2000?The Golden Shoes award was actually founded in 1985 due to the English magazine Open Rugby as well as it was actually first rewarded to Australian icon Wally Lewis for his performances throughout 1984– along with Garry Port (1985 ), Brett Kenny (1986 ), Hugh McGahan and Peter Sterling (1987 ), Hanley (1988 ), Mal Meninga (1989) and also Schofield (1990) additionally receivers of being actually determined rugby league’s best gamer for those particular fiscal year.No award was actually helped make between 1990 and 1998 at the moment as a result of organisational challenges– with Circle Publications Ltd acquiring the legal rights to the honor in 1999 and also started awarding the Golden Boot coming from that year on.The International Rugby Rank purchased the rights to the award in 2017 and also introduced a girls’s type in 2018– along with the wheelchair type happening a year later on.Whilst the Golden Boot was actually earlier rewarded to rugby circle’s player for their performances throughout the fiscal year for club and nation, the award was actually modified under the IRL’s guise to display screens entirely on the global stage during the course of said calendar year.READ NEXT: Rank every Super League group through variety of affirmed new finalizings for 2025.