.NRL celebrity Herbie Farnworth could possibly become only the sixth English player in past history to gain the famous Golden Footwear honor after creating the shortlist.The award, which acknowledges the standout performers in worldwide rugby game each year, will be actually revealed in early December: and will definitely be determined by a few of the game’s excellent players who have actually reached out to 50 international limits consisting of England symbol James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer as well as Petero Civoniceva, who stood for both Australia and Fiji on the international scene.Dolphins centre Farnworth, that comes from the tiny town of Blacko in Lancashire, has actually been called on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Shoes award after his standout efficiencies in England’s 2-0 Test collection sway Samoa on home soil this autumn.Farnworth experiences strong competitors for the award– with Australia trio Harry Grant, Tom Trbojevic and also Isaah Yeo being nominated after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Mug win as well as Tonga leader Addin Fonua-Blake as well as New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.However if Farnworth was to succeed this year’s award– with the winner being actually declared in very early December– he will definitely end up being only the 6th English player in past history to succeed the gong.Fabulous quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield and Tommy Makinson are actually enjoying each other’s company in an unique group of English gamers to be called Golden Footwear winners.The unique nightclub 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 victor of the guys’s Golden Shoes honor given that 2000?The Golden Shoes honor was actually founded in 1985 by the British publication Open Rugby and it was initial rewarded to Australian image Wally Lewis for his efficiencies throughout 1984– with Garry Jack (1985 ), Brett Kenny (1986 ), Hugh McGahan and also Peter Sterling (1987 ), Hanley (1988 ), Mal Meninga (1989) as well as Schofield (1990) also receivers of being crowned rugby organization’s greatest gamer for those certain fiscal year.No award was produced between 1990 and also 1998 at the time as a result of organisational difficulties– with League Publications Ltd getting the legal rights to the award in 1999 and began rewarding the Golden Shoes from that year on.The International Rugby Category bought the rights to the honor in 2017 and launched a females’s classification in 2018– along with the wheelchair classification coming a year later on.Whilst the Golden Boot was actually previously rewarded to rugby category’s player for their functionalities throughout the fiscal year for club and also country, the honor was actually changed under the IRL’s semblance to screens solely on the worldwide phase during stated fiscal year.READ NEXT: Rank every Super League club by amount of confirmed new signings for 2025.