2018 Golden Boot winner Tommy Makinson still has his sights set on one day making the trip over to Australia to play in the NRL, although his dream won't be realised until at least 2021.

Makinson is currently under contract with St Helen's until the end of the 2020 season, and although recent reports suggested Makinson could have already agreed to a deal in 2021 with an NRL club, he told sthelensstar.co.ukย that wasn't the case.

"It sparked a few rumours," Makinson said.

"I've always said it's a bit of a dream to play over there one day.

"But I'm still under contract with Saints for two more years and I don't think they'll let me go, which is fair enough."

Makinson's 2018 form was scintillating especially on the international stage, which was enough to see him win the Golden Boot.

Despite copping a little bit of a rubbing for the award from Australians, Makinson is pleased with the title, after working hard to improve his game last year.

"I got a bit of stick in Oz over it," Makinson said.

"People dubbed it as being one of the best players ever but I know I'm not in that category.

"It's a new award for international player of the year which I'll take with open arms because I worked a helluva lot last year on my game.

"I was able to hold my own with some of the best players in the game."

The 27-year-old is hoping to cement his spot in the England side this year, and is hellbent on growing into a better player.

"Ryan Hall is still there and there's so many good outside backs nowadays," Makinson added.

"It's always going to be hard.

"But I think I'm a good player and I want to prove to everyone how good I am.

"Just having a couple of good years is not acceptable, I want to carry on pushing to become a great player, which I know I can be.

"It was a memorable year in 2018 and a special few months for me but there's a few things to improve on, especially with not winning much at Saints.

"That's the main aim for me this year, to kick on and help this club win things."

13 COMMENTS

  1. Heโ€™s 27, contracted to 2020 so canโ€™t play nrl not until 2021 where he will be 29 going on 30. This year his golden boot scintillating form included 4 internationals and 4 tries and 32 club games and 11 tries (very poor for a winger). Ben Barba scored 28 tries to top the league, NRL flops Greg Eden (18) and Bureta Faraimo (17) both scored more. David Mead who was pretty handy at the Titans also scored more with 15. This guy had 11 and thinks he can come here all high and might at 30 and do something. Wouldnโ€™t pay him more than 200k a year

  3. Certainly find a job at souffths on the wing. With their two defensive deficient flankers letting in a heap of points surely this wanna be English import is a perfect fit at Souffths Sydney. Couldn’t get any worse than what they have already got in the number 5 and 2 jumpers.

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