Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\nBut just minutes later, Farnworth\u2019s sensational season may have come to a shuddering halt.<\/p>\n
With the score locked at 6-6 in the 18th minute, Farnworth received a ball from Kodi Nikorima on his own 10 metre line.<\/p>\n
With seemingly nothing on, the Englishman produced a huge step off his right and then his left to beat two attempted tackles before putting on the afterburners and accelerating into open space.<\/p>\n
Watch the injury in the video player above<\/p>\n
A try appeared there for the taking when Farnworth suddenly slammed on the brakes before falling to the turf and grabbing for his left hamstring.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow Farnworth has done it again, he\u2019s unstoppable. (Hamiso) Tabuai-Fidow is there \u2026 Farnworth has done an injury!\u201d Warren Smith said on Fox League.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s torn a hamstring. Can you believe that? This is potentially devastating for not just this game, but the Dolphins\u2019 season. He\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe old sniper got him in fresh air. He ran past (Samuel) Healey like he wasn\u2019t there \u2026 he\u2019s in about fourth gear and then boom, it just goes as quickly as that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Co-commentator Michael Ennis then said: \u201cOh this is devastating for the Dolphins. Exactly what Farnworth displayed there is what he\u2019s done all season for the Dolphins.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing on, set going nowhere, a bit of individual brilliance and class and incredible athleticism.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Farnworth, this close to the finals, this is a huge blow for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith replied: \u201cHe\u2019s done a hammy as cold as you like.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn a night when Kodi Nikorima returns from the one he did against the Rabbitohs back in round 17, they lose another of their stars.\u201d<\/p>\n
A short time later, Farnworth was seen limping to the sheds, with Smith saying: \u201cThat is a sad sight as he walks up the tunnel. <\/p>\n
\u201cHis night over, potentially, depending on the severity of it and how they finish, it could be season over for Herbie Farnworth.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Dolphins are sitting in eighth place on the NRL ladder and desperate to play finals for the first time in their short history.<\/p>\n
It will be a much tougher task without Farnworth, whose 12th try took him to equal sixth on the tryscoring charts for the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot just one of the stars, of the Dolphins but one of the genuine superstars of the NRL,\u201d compatriot James Graham said at halftime.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everybody just held their breath, it\u2019s absolutely devastating and adds to a growing injury list for the Redcliffe Dolphins.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to feel nothing but sorrow and all our thoughts go with Herbie. <\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully it\u2019s not too bad but the fact he left the field needing assistance, it didn\u2019t look good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Apart from the Dolphins\u2019 hopes of a first top-eight finish, Farnworth\u2019s England side is also hosting Australia in a three-Test Ashes series starting at Wembley in October.<\/p>\n
Plenty of fans and official accounts were taking that into account when they took to social media after the serious injury.<\/p>\n
Journalist Aaron Bower wrote on X: \u201cNot to alarm any England fans but Herbie Farnworth has just likely torn a hamstring playing for the Dolphins. <\/p>\n
\u201c12 weeks to go so you\u2019d think he\u2019d be fit \u2013 but will he be match fit if that\u2019s his season?\u201d<\/p>\n
The Castleford Tigers podcast tweeted: \u201cThe sniper\u2019s got Herbie Farnworth \u2026 Just torn a hamstring playing for the Dolphins. Let\u2019s hope he\u2019s back and in good nick before the Aussies arrive at Wembley.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NRL Allstars Podcast said: \u201cTerrible news for Herbie Farnworth with what looked like a severe hamstring injury. Helped from the field in what could be season ending.\u201d<\/p>\n
League Unlimited stated: \u201cMassive blow! Herbie Farnworth looks like he has done his hamstring and has gone straight up the tunnel!\u201d<\/p>\n
Another fan wrote: \u201cPretty sure Herbie Farnworth just blew his hamstring and put himself out of the Ashes. English Rugby League just cannot catch a single break at the minute.\u201d<\/p>\n
Farnworth will get scans when the Dolphins return to Queensland, but it was reported as a \u201cvery bad hamstring\u201d on Fox League.<\/p>\n
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