David Boyle (rugby league)

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**David Boyle**
Personal information
Full name	David Boyle
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
School(s)	Stella Maris School^[1]
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Shellharbour Stingrays
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1982–1991	South Sydney Rabbitohs	164 (28)
Representative teams
1987	New South Wales	4 (4)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

David Boyle is a former professional rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. Boyle played in the forwards, chiefly in the front row, though he was lightweight even by the standards of the 1980s. His high workrate, however, made him part of one of the strongest defences in the NSWRL competition of the late 1980s under George Piggins. Boyle was a candidate for the 1986 Kangaroo tour and stands as one of the best forwards of his day who never played for Australia.

Boyle was selected to represent New South Wales as a forward for the three games of the 1987 State of Origin series as well as the fourth or 'exhibition' game of the year which was played at Veteran's Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, California. Boyle scored one State of Origin try in game III.

A one-club player, Boyle spent ten seasons with the Rabbitohs. Boyle later moved into sports fitness and worked with St. George Illawarra Dragons and then the Rabbitohs as a strength and conditioning coach.^[2]