Hope Darryl will be okay
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tiger05premier
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I was too young to remember Boyd playing
Does he deserve the HOF accolades ahead of other great forwards in the game??
Isn't he the only forward out of the 11??
If so he must have been a standout in the forwards
Does he deserve the HOF accolades ahead of other great forwards in the game??
Isn't he the only forward out of the 11??
If so he must have been a standout in the forwards
AmericanHistoryX
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Ansolutely. One of the toughest ever to play the game You have to remember football was different way back then. . Hence. Bring back the biff. He did his time in suspensions. He came back. Manly bought him. They didn't have any problems. Its only Darryl. It seems.
AmericanHistoryX
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I think Tony sums it up well...
He was a great player, and a thug, while most of his peers were just thugs.
I can think of 50 players more deserving for Hall of Fame status than Boyd, but I wouldn’t exclude him solely on the basis of the ruthless way he played the game. If we do that, we may as well rewrite history and put a line through half of the players in the Hall of Fame, including some immortals.
We can’t judge history by the standards of today.
What about you Tom...
Still maintaining the rage on HoF? No matter what people think of Boyd, objectively he was a hell of a player. Sure he was prone to brain explosions.. but there were plenty of others in that time who were no strangers to violence as soon as they crossed the white line. The difference being, he got pinged for two high profile incidents. In fact if you go back another generation, he was practically a choir boy by comparison.
He was a great player, and a thug, while most of his peers were just thugs.
I can think of 50 players more deserving for Hall of Fame status than Boyd, but I wouldn’t exclude him solely on the basis of the ruthless way he played the game. If we do that, we may as well rewrite history and put a line through half of the players in the Hall of Fame, including some immortals.
We can’t judge history by the standards of today.
What about you Tom...
Still maintaining the rage on HoF? No matter what people think of Boyd, objectively he was a hell of a player. Sure he was prone to brain explosions.. but there were plenty of others in that time who were no strangers to violence as soon as they crossed the white line. The difference being, he got pinged for two high profile incidents. In fact if you go back another generation, he was practically a choir boy by comparison.
Buttface
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IMHO.
He’s a sook and one of the more mediocre props to ever play the game. He was definitely not a player anyone ever went to a game to watch, but Boyd was, and if Boyd didn’t hit hit he would’ve been one of those players you barely remember.
For him to say it cost him a Oz jersey is rubbish, he was lucky he got an origin game.
Just as an old Magpie fan who saw Boyd's career at Wests:
Les Boyd was NEVER EVER once sent off as a magpie - and he was in that era where the "gloves were off."
Yes, he copped those noted suspensions in other games, served his time, and also paid agreed compensation.
How his past raises now 40 odd years later is pretty unfair, imo.
Les Boyd was NEVER EVER once sent off as a magpie - and he was in that era where the "gloves were off."
Yes, he copped those noted suspensions in other games, served his time, and also paid agreed compensation.
How his past raises now 40 odd years later is pretty unfair, imo.
Buttface
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Yep, it was manly’s fault.
He was a great clean player when he played for the Mighty Maggies. 😎
AmericanHistoryX
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What i will never forget about Brohman was the bitter taste i got in my mouth when on the radio on a Sunday afternoon on a footy call describing how he showers, washes the shower glass screen and something about soap and nakedness. Its seems the the big in Big Marn is his inflated ego. I tuned in listen to the footy. It was a loss of innocence.
dazza65
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It's the problem with current society in general. Trying to judge and punish past deeds and misdemeanours through current morals and standards. Can't be done.
pawsandclaws1
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Boyd was a fearsome player, a tough forward in a had nosed era. He was also skillful being able to play second row or prop despite being around 5ft 9inches tall. Bruce Maguire was another very tough forward, one of the best second row running forwards at that time, who joined Balmain from the Nowra Warriors. The Wok converted him into the prototype prop and the rest is history. I was watching at Leichhardt when he got among the tough Panther's pack.
Strider
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Darryl has problems with many people in his personal life..
tiger05premier
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I remember Bruce well
Very tough
And loved the tigers Panthers forward battles of the late 80's
Name some?
Saw Boyd play many times, he was a great player and I was really ticked off when he, Brown and Dorahy were poached by Manly. Whether or not he deserves Hall of Fame status is debatable, but Brohman jumping and down about his inclusion over an incident that happened in an era when rugby league was played tough and a lot differently to the over policed crap they play now, then that’s just sad. Build a bridge and walk over it Daryl, Boyd was 10 times the player you were.
Winston Churchill
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Lets put it this way, there isnt a single forward playing today that would EVER get on top of Boyd, theyd be off trying to get out of their contract and looking to play touch footy while crying to their barber and masseuse about how hard they got hit.
Its arguable though that he is above others of his era. Tough mongrels in the 60s 70s 80s.
AmericanHistoryX
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The standards and morals were way better back in the day off the field. In society general. Such a paradox on the field today. Something is amiss with society today. Something is not right.
AmericanHistoryX
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And plenty other immortals before Andrew Johns.
I’d have to go through the current list but a couple off the top of my head who aren’t in it are Paul Sironen and Greg Alexander.
