.NRL celebrity Herbie Farnworth might become only the 6th English player in past history to succeed the prominent Golden Footwear award after making the shortlist.The award, which recognises the standout entertainers in global rugby game every year, will certainly be introduced in early December: and are going to be actually made a decision through some of the video game’s terrific gamers who have actually gotten to 50 global hats consisting of England symbol James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer and also Petero Civoniceva, who embodied each Australia as well as Fiji on the worldwide scene.Dolphins centre Farnworth, that comes from the small town of Blacko in Lancashire, has actually been actually named on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Shoes award after his standout performances in England’s 2-0 Exam series win over Samoa on home soil this autumn.Farnworth deals with powerful competitors for the honor– with Australia triad Harry Grant, Tom Trbojevic as well as Isaah Yeo being recommended after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Cup gain in addition to Tonga captain Addin Fonua-Blake as well as New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.However if Farnworth was to win this year’s award– along with the winner being actually introduced in very early December– he will certainly become simply the sixth English player in history to win the gong.Legendary quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield and Tommy Makinson are actually delighting in one another’s business in an unique group of English players to be called Golden Shoes champions.The exclusive club of English Golden Shoes winners.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).TEST: Can you name every victor of the males’s Golden Footwear award due to the fact that 2000?The Golden Boot honor was actually started in 1985 due to the English magazine Open up Rugby and also it was 1st awarded to Australian symbol Wally Lewis for his efficiencies throughout 1984– with Garry Port (1985 ), Brett Kenny (1986 ), Hugh McGahan and Peter Sterling (1987 ), Hanley (1988 ), Mal Meninga (1989) and Schofield (1990) likewise recipients of being actually determined rugby league’s ideal player for those specific calendar years.No award was actually made between 1990 as well as 1998 at the moment because of organisational challenges– along with Category Publications Ltd purchasing the legal rights to the award in 1999 and also started rewarding the Golden Footwear coming from that year on.The International Rugby Category obtained the legal rights to the honor in 2017 as well as presented a women’s type in 2018– along with the mobility device classification coming a year eventually.Whilst the Golden Footwear was actually formerly granted to rugby circle’s player for their functionalities throughout the calendar year for club as well as country, the award was actually altered under the IRL’s role to shows only on the worldwide stage during stated calendar year.READ NEXT: Rank every Super Organization club through lot of validated new signings for 2025.