Having made the journey from Blacko in Lancashire to the intense lights of Brisbane, England’s Herbie Farnworth has emerged as an NRL star in Australia.
As arguably the most effective centre on the earth, he’s additionally the “cheat code” England hope can assist ship a primary Ashes collection victory over the Kangaroos since 1970.
Farnworth is one in all six males in Shaun Wane’s England squad who play in Australia’s premier competitors.
And his talents can’t be underestimated, whilst former Australia ahead Aaron Woods and different pundits from exterior the UK have supplied gasoline for Wane’s squad with withering feedback about their high quality.
A key member of the facet who reached the World Cup semi-final in 2022, Farnworth was named as one of many two Dally M centres of the yr in each 2023 and 2024 and was instrumental in England’s 2-0 win over Samoa 12 months in the past – scoring three tries and rising because the collection’ high metre maker.
Throughout 2025, Farnworth exhibited his class for the Dolphins, as he crossed for 12 tries in 19 appearances till a hamstring damage ended his season in early August and affected the Queensland facet’s push for the finals.
Wane has repeatedly referred to him as “among the finest centres on the earth”, a view endorsed by England captain George Williams, who seems set to be a club-mate of Farnworth’s within the close to future.
“Herbie is unbelievable,” stated the England stand-off. “He is without doubt one of the finest gamers on the earth on the minute. He’s a cheat code taking part in within the NRL so we welcome him into our group with open arms.
“He creates one thing from nothing. He is a very good lad too, who I’ve identified for a very long time. He kills it within the NRL.
“Within the final collection we performed towards Samoa, it was like he was taking part in a special recreation to anybody else. He was simply operating by way of like he was taking part in under-sevens.”
Gold Coast Titans again AJ Brimson, who’s a newcomer to Wane’s squad added: “In my view, he was the most effective centre [in the NRL] this yr.
“He has been the Dally M centre the final two years and missed out this yr by a smidge and I assumed this was his finest yr at centre. He is in advantageous type and is somebody I’m trying ahead to taking part in with.”
