.NRL super star Herbie Farnworth can become merely the sixth English player in past history to win the respected Golden Boot honor after making the shortlist.The award, which recognises the standout artists in international rugby organization annually, will certainly be introduced in early December: as well as will certainly be actually decided through a number of the activity’s fantastic gamers that have actually gotten to 50 worldwide hats consisting of England icon James Graham, Australia legend Darren Lockyer and Petero Civoniceva, who exemplified both Australia and also Fiji on the global scene.Dolphins centre Farnworth, who comes from the tiny community of Blacko in Lancashire, has actually been named on the six-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Boot award after his standout functionalities in England’s 2-0 Examination set win over Samoa on home soil this fall.Farnworth faces strong competitors for the award– along with Australia triad Harry Give, Tom Trbojevic and also Isaah Yeo being recommended after the Kangaroos’ Pacific Cup succeed along with Tonga leader Addin Fonua-Blake and also New Zealand speedster Keano Kini.But if Farnworth was to win this year’s honor– along with the victor being actually announced in very early December– he will certainly become only the 6th English player in past history to gain the gong.Fabulous quartet Ellery Hanley, Garry Schofield, Andy Farrell, Kevin Sinfield as well as Tommy Makinson are delighting in one another’s firm in an exclusive group of English gamers to become named Golden Boot victors.The exclusive club of English Golden Footwear champions.Ellery Hanley (1988 ).Garry Schofield (1990 ).Andy Farrell (2004 ).Kevin Sinfield (2012 ).Tommy Makinson (2018 ).QUIZ: Can you name every winner of the men’s Golden Boot award because 2000?The Golden Boot honor was actually established in 1985 by the English publication Open Rugby as well as it was very first awarded to Australian image Wally Lewis for his functionalities throughout 1984– along with Garry Jack (1985 ), Brett Kenny (1986 ), Hugh McGahan as well as Peter Sterling (1987 ), Hanley (1988 ), Mal Meninga (1989) and Schofield (1990) likewise recipients of being crowned rugby league’s finest player for those particular calendar years.No honor was actually created in between 1990 as well as 1998 during the time as a result of organisational challenges– along with Category Publications Ltd purchasing the rights to the honor in 1999 and also started granting the Golden Boot coming from that year on.The International Rugby Category bought the legal rights to the honor in 2017 and introduced a females’s category in 2018– along with the mobility device type coming a year later.Whilst the Golden Boot was actually previously rewarded to rugby league’s gamer for their performances throughout the fiscal year for group and also nation, the honor was modified under the IRL’s semblance to screens solely on the international stage in the course of claimed calendar year.READ NEXT: Rank every Super Game club by amount of affirmed new signings for 2025.