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Golden Boot Contenders 2024

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Dunbar

Dunbar

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From each country with a nominee, I would go with:

 

England: Herbie Farnworth

Tonga: Addin Fonua-Blake

Australia: Harry Grant

PNG: Nene Macdonald

Samoa: Jarome Luai

Cook Islands: Esan Marsters (their only nominee)

Fiji: Taane Milne (their only nominee)

 

As for the winner, one of Fonua-Blake, Farnworth or Grant for me

 

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WN83

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The Aussie media, podcasters etc seem to think it'll be Farnworth and they're fine with that. Same people had a massive issue with Tommy Makinson winning it though.

Fancy the chances!

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Damien

Damien

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32 minutes ago, WN83 said:

The Aussie media, podcasters etc seem to think it'll be Farnworth and they're fine with that. Same people had a massive issue with Tommy Makinson winning it though.

Fancy the chances!

Makinson didn't play in the NRL though. 

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bobbruce

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Is this only for the rep season or does it include the season as a whole including the club game. If it does include the club season it would be very hard to look beyond Harry Smith who won every comp available to him before going on the be a key figure in Englands win over Samoa. 

sam4731

sam4731

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Just now, bobbruce said:

Is this only for the rep season or does it include the season as a whole including the club game. If it does include the club season it would be very hard to look beyond Harry Smith who won every comp available to him before going on the be a key figure in Englands win over Samoa. 

Neither. Just internationals meaning SOO as a rep game isn't counted.

Just Browny

Just Browny

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2 hours ago, bobbruce said:

Is this only for the rep season or does it include the season as a whole including the club game. If it does include the club season it would be very hard to look beyond Harry Smith who won every comp available to him before going on the be a key figure in Englands win over Samoa. 

The IRL Golden Boot is awarded to the best player in sanctioned rugby league international matches each year.

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StandOffHalf

StandOffHalf

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Farnworth for me. AFB or Grant could solidify their cases this weekend.

MacDonald could be a bolter. He's been great for PNG.

RTS, Marsters and Milne shouldn't have been nominated IMO.

bobbruce

bobbruce

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57 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

The IRL Golden Boot is awarded to the best player in sanctioned rugby league international matches each year.

 

3 hours ago, sam4731 said:

Neither. Just internationals meaning SOO as a rep game isn't counted.

Farnworth or Fonua Blake then. 

Hopie

Hopie

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1 hour ago, Just Browny said:

The IRL Golden Boot is awarded to the best player in sanctioned rugby league international matches each year.

Do games played to NRL rules instead of international rules count?

Either way I see the committee to decide has the usual "balanced" make up of 2 Aussies and 1 non-Aussie, I'm sure that won't affect the result.

sam4731

sam4731

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53 minutes ago, Hopie said:

Do games played to NRL rules instead of international rules count?

Either way I see the committee to decide has the usual "balanced" make up of 2 Aussies and 1 non-Aussie, I'm sure that won't affect the result.

I've not seen the same this year but I remember seeing that the IRL had sanctioned Pacific Championship matches as full test matches last year despite them being played under NRL rules.

Seems ridiculous to me especially given the Womens matches are played over 70 minutes.

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StandOffHalf

StandOffHalf

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2 hours ago, NRLandSL said:

Got to be Nene MacDonald

I wouldn't argue with that, although they're not going to give it to someone in the second tier.

Looking at how much one player has stood out and influenced games, I think MacDonald has got to be right up there in prime contention.

StandOffHalf

StandOffHalf

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If AFB goes well this weekend even in a losing team, I think there's a good chance he'll get it.

Two props on the panel in Big Petero and Jammer.

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sam4731

sam4731

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9 hours ago, StandOffHalf said:

I wouldn't argue with that, although they're not going to give it to someone in the second tier.

Looking at how much one player has stood out and influenced games, I think MacDonald has got to be right up there in prime contention.

If they can pull off a massive shock this weekend, they might.

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Damien

Damien

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Isaah Yeo the winner of the Golden Boot, hard to argue with that. Cracking player:

Isaah Yeo is the first Australian man to win the Golden Boot since 2017, with the Kangaroos skipper capping an incredible year that saw him win another premiership with Penrith, an Origin series with the Blues and the Pacific Championships title.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/yeo-ends-sevenyear-drought-as-kangaroos-skipper-caps-stellar-season-with-golden-boot/news-story/eb9fe9d7c891d303d9f7f0267a045997?fbclid=IwY2xjawHG-1tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXXZYyW4CPBHRYRgw1dUC9Cj4ooBN93U3FPcJMelKXApnXhSoLB8LcZ6wg_aem_I8HwzRwQ4CClYLaLZTeqVA

NRLandSL

NRLandSL

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55 minutes ago, Damien said:

Isaah Yeo the winner of the Golden Boot, hard to argue with that. Cracking player:

Isaah Yeo is the first Australian man to win the Golden Boot since 2017, with the Kangaroos skipper capping an incredible year that saw him win another premiership with Penrith, an Origin series with the Blues and the Pacific Championships title.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/yeo-ends-sevenyear-drought-as-kangaroos-skipper-caps-stellar-season-with-golden-boot/news-story/eb9fe9d7c891d303d9f7f0267a045997?fbclid=IwY2xjawHG-1tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXXZYyW4CPBHRYRgw1dUC9Cj4ooBN93U3FPcJMelKXApnXhSoLB8LcZ6wg_aem_I8HwzRwQ4CClYLaLZTeqVA

I think Herbie on average form but because he only played 2 games you can’t give it to him. Needs to be more internationals played for this award to become anything meaningful. Giving a “golden boot” off 2-3 games is pretty embarrassing IMO.

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