Five players who will take part in Saturday's Four Nations final between England and Australia are on the six-man shortlist to win the Golden Boot player of the year award.
This year's nominees for the honour, presented by 'Rugby League World' magazine, include three Australians - Greg Inglis, Billy Slater and Cameron Smith, two Englishmen - Gareth Ellis and Kevin Sinfield - and one New Zealander - Fuifui Moimoi.
But absent from the list is Australia's Jarryd Hayne who on Monday was named as the Rugby League International Federation's player of the year, an award that, unlike the older Golden Boot, has only been running for two years
Slater (2008) and Smith (2007) are the last two winners of the Golden Boot and, along with Inglis, tasted Grand Final glory with Melbourne this year and State-of-Origin success with Queensland for the fourth year in a row.
Final voting will take place after the Four Nations final, to be held at Leeds United's Elland Road football ground on Saturday.
The award ran from 1985 to 1990 before being revived in 1999.
Full list of Golden Boot winners:
1985 Wally Lewis (Australia)
1986 Brett Kenny (Australia)
1987 Garry Jack (Australia)
1988 Hugh McGahan (New Zealand) and Peter Sterling (Australia)
1989 Ellery Hanley (Great Britain)
1990 Mal Meninga (Australia)
1991-1998 No award given
1999 Andrew Johns (Australia)
2000 Brad Fittler (Australia)
2001 Andrew Johns (Australia)
2002 Stacey Jones (New Zealand)
2003 Darren Lockyer (Australia)
2004 Andrew Farrell (Great Britain)
2005 Anthony Minichiello (Australia)
2006 Darren Lockyer (Australia)
2007 Cameron Smith (Australia)
2008 Billy Slater (Australia)
Source: AFP Global Edition
