Darius Boyd

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Darius Boyd
Personal information
Full name Darius Boyd
Date of birth July 17, 1987 (1987-07-17) (age 20)
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 14 st 4.5 lbs (91 kg)
School(s) Palm Beach Currumbin High School
Club information
Position(s) Wing / Centre
Current club Brisbane Broncos
Youth clubs
Years Club
2005
 Burleigh Bears
Mudgeeraba Redbacks
Youth representative teams
2005 Australian Schoolboys
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2006 - Brisbane 61 (100)
Representative teams
2008 - Queensland Maroons

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 30 May 2008.

Darius Boyd (born on 17 July 1987 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league wing, centre or fullback for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition.[1]

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[edit] Early career

After a watershed final year at Palm Beach Currumbin State School, where he was the Australian Schoolboys fullback and debuted for Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup.

[edit] Brisbane Broncos

[edit] Debut

Boyd made his debut for the Broncos against North Queensland in round 1 of 2006 on the wing and scored a try. He was a solid performer in his rookie season and even had an opportunity to play in his favoured fullback position from round 16 to 24 after Karmichael Hunt fractured a foot bone in round 15. Boyd was a member of the 2006 premiership team and subsequently won the Broncos' rookie of the year award.

[edit] 2007 and beyond

At the beginning of the 2007 season, Boyd was unable to perform to the same standard as he did throughout his rookie season. However, after being moved from the wing to the centres, Boyd began to once again perform consistently.

Boyd had revieved attention from other clubs which he is off contract end of this season. However, Boyd decided to exercise an option in his contract which allowed him to stay with the Broncos for one more year until the end of 2009.[2]

[edit] Representative career

Boyd made a strong start to his 2008 season by scoring a hat-trick in round one. After leading the NRL try-scoring table for most of the first half of the season, Boyd got his first State of Origin call up due to teammate Justin Hodges' suspension.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Brisbane Broncos - Darius Boyd", Brisbane Broncos. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 
  2. ^ "Broncos boss Cullen 'shocked' by Justin Hodges charge", The Courier Mail, 2008-06-03. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 
  3. ^ "Lockyer, Boyd in for Maroons", ABC Online, 2008-06-03. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 

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