.NRL superstar Herbie Farnworth might end up being only the sixth English gamer in record to succeed the prominent Golden Shoes award after making the shortlist.The honor, which acknowledges the standout artists in international rugby league each year, will definitely be declared in very early December: and also will be actually decided by several of the activity’s fantastic players who have actually reached out to fifty global hats featuring England icon James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer and also Petero Civoniceva, who stood for each Australia and also Fiji on the worldwide scene.Dolphins center Farnworth, who hails from the little community of Blacko in Lancashire, has been called on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Shoes honor after his standout performances in England’s 2-0 Test set draw Samoa on home dirt this autumn.Farnworth experiences powerful competition for the honor– with Australia trio Harry Give, Tom Trbojevic as well as Isaah Yeo being actually nominated after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Cup gain and also Tonga captain Addin Fonua-Blake and also New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.Yet if Farnworth was to gain this year’s award– along with the winner being actually revealed in very early December– he will definitely come to be only the sixth English player in past to succeed the gong.Legendary quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield and Tommy Makinson are actually enjoying one another’s provider in a special group of English gamers to be named Golden Shoes champions.The unique club of English Golden Footwear winners.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).QUESTIONS: Can you call every champion of the males’s Golden Shoes award due to the fact that 2000?The Golden Shoes award was started in 1985 due to the British journal Open up Rugby as well as it was initial awarded 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) likewise recipients of being actually determined rugby game’s greatest gamer for those specific calendar years.No award was made in between 1990 and 1998 back then due to organisational difficulties– along with Rank Publications Ltd getting the civil rights to the award in 1999 and also began rewarding the Golden Boot coming from that year on.The International Rugby League purchased the rights to the award in 2017 and also launched a women’s category in 2018– along with the wheelchair classification coming a year later on.Whilst the Golden Footwear was recently granted to rugby rank’s player for their performances throughout the calendar year for club as well as country, the honor was transformed under the IRL’s role to shows solely on the worldwide phase throughout claimed fiscal year.READ NEXT: Rank every Super League group by number of confirmed brand-new finalizings for 2025.