- The Dolphins center dated his girlfriend Lily Pickles
- He won the center of the year award after a great season
Within minutes of Dolphins star Herbie Farnworth arriving at Dally Ms with his girlfriend Lily Pickles on Wednesday night, the words “I just saw someone fall to their knees in Bunnings” were all over social media , and we can explain why.
The 24-year-old won center of the year at the NRL’s night of nights, but all fans online were talking about was his turn on the red carpet with his glamorous partner.
They made comments including: “I just dropped my Snag watching someone fall to their knees at Bunnings”, “Someone help me pick the guy up off the floor at Bunnings” and “Why are there so many people at Bunnings on a Wednesday night ?”, among others. many other.
All the comments refer to the slogan “I just fell to my knees in a Walmart parking lot”, which refers to the huge American shopping chain and became a popular post on TikTok.
It was first used in a tweet in 2021 as a reaction when a user learned that two co-stars from the popular TV show You were dating, and has now grown into a way to express their surprise that their celebrity crush is already she is not single. or admiration for how attractive they look.
According to the website knowyourmeme, its popularity skyrocketed on TikTok in 2022, with a video using the phrase as a title garnering millions of views and likes that year.
Football fans simply replaced ‘Walmart’ with ‘Bunnings’ for the Australian audience when reacting to the couple’s appearance at the ceremony in Sydney.
Herbie Farnworth and his girlfriend Lily Pickles caused quite a stir online with their appearance on the Dally Ms red carpet on Wednesday night.
Many football fans refer to people who “fell on their knees at Bunnings” when they saw the couple arrive, and the strange phrase is actually quite a compliment.
The Dolphins star and his partner (pictured together) have been a couple for years.
Pickles, who wore a custom Oglia-Loro Couture dress, and Farnworth also attended last year’s Dally Ms together, but they didn’t cause the same stir among fans.
They also walked the red carpet at the Brisbane Broncos’ end-of-year celebrations last October before Farnworth left for the Dolphins.
That night, the England-born star drew laughter from the crowd when he cheekily shouted his new team’s slogan: ‘Phins up!’ to the microphone, only for then-Broncos coach Kevin Walters to take it away and add, “Phins down!”
He doesn’t share many photos of himself with Pickles on social media, but she is more forthcoming and has been posting photos of them together since October 2018.
Farnworth made his debut for Brisbane in 2019 and played 79 games for the club before moving to Redcliffe.
He has earned four caps for England, scoring three tries, after moving to Australia to pursue his rugby league career once he finished school.
Born in Lancashire, he was such a footballing talent that he signed for Manchester United when he was 10 or 11 and also held talks with Manchester City, but decided to focus on the league.