Shannon Boyd

Shannon Boyd
Personal information
Born (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 32)
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight122 kg (19 st 3 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–18 Canberra Raiders 111 9 0 0 36
2019–20 Gold Coast Titans 14 0 0 0 0
Total 125 9 0 0 36
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
2016 Australia 5 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 18 November 2020

Shannon Boyd (born 9 September 1992) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL, and has played for Australia at international level.

Boyd played for the Canberra Raiders and the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. He played for NSW Country in 2016.

Playing career

Boyd was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior football for the Cowra Magpies before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. He played for their NYC team from 2010 to 2012.[2] Boyd played for the New South Wales Under 18s team and, in 2012, the Under 20s team.[3]

2014

In Round 1, Boyd made his NRL debut for the Raiders off the interchange bench against the North Queensland Cowboys in a 28-22 loss at 1300SMILES Stadium.[4] In Round 6 against the Newcastle Knights, Boyd scored his first NRL try in a 26-12 loss at Canberra Stadium.[5] On 23 April, Boyd re-signed with the Raiders, keeping him at the club till the end of the 2017 season.[6] He scored one try from his 24 appearances in his debut season and was named the Raiders Rookie of the Year at the Meninga Medal presentation night.[7]

2015

In May, Boyd was selected as 18th man for New South Wales Country.[8] In Round 22 against the Wests Tigers, he scored his first career double in the first half of the match in the Raiders' 20-18 loss at Canberra Stadium.[9] He finished the season with 20 matches and 5 tries.[10] He was named in the Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad but was later ruled out due to injury.[11][12] On 27 October, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 3-year contract.[13]

2016

In the pre-season, Boyd was named in the Raiders' Auckland Nines squad.[14] On 8 May, Boyd started at prop for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City.[15] During the season, Boyd was being recognised as being one of the in-form props of the competition, showing some great performances up front to lead the Raiders to a 10-match winning streak towards the finals.[16][17] Boyd played in 26 matches and scored 2 tries for the Raiders. He was rewarded for his big season by being selected in the 24-man Australian Kangaroos squad for the Four Nations.[18] On 15 October, Boyd made his international debut for Australia against New Zealand, where he started at prop in the 26-6 win at nib Stadium in Perth.[19] Boyd played in 4 matches of the tournament including playing off the interchange bench in the Kangaroos 34-8 Final win against New Zealand at Anfield.[20][21]

2017

In April 2017, Boyd was selected to fill in the interchange bench for the Kangaroos after Raiders teammate Josh Papalii was axed for drink-driving but later was selected as 18th man after coach Mal Meninga opted to select Jake Trbojevic for the void bench spot in their 2017 ANZAC Test clash against New Zealand.[22] Boyd had a more of a less exciting 2017 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches for the Raiders.

2018

On 16 May, Boyd has signed a 4-year deal with the Gold Coast Titans starting at 2019.

2019

On 5 August, Boyd was ruled out for the rest of the 2019 NRL season after suffering a shoulder injury which required surgery. Boyd made a total of 13 appearances for the Gold Coast in his first season at the club.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Shannon Boyd - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Shannon Boyd player results, scores, news and statistics". rleague.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Shannon buoyed by his NSW selection". Cowra Guardian. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. ^ "NRL LATE MAIL: Raiders v Cowboys - Raiders". raiders.com.au. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Shannon Boyd Pictures - NRL Rd 6 - Raiders v Knights". Zimbio. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. ^ Lee Gaskin (23 April 2014). "Big Shannon Boyd re-signs with Canberra Raiders, but Anthony Milford will be big catch". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. ^ Chris Wilson (10 September 2014). "Canberra Raiders centre Jarrod Croker claims Mal Meninga medal". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. ^ Jon Tuxworth (1 May 2015). "Canberra Raiders prop Shannon Boyd 'can be a wrecking ball': Steve Roach". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Wests Tigers beat Raiders in thriller". NRL.com. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Custom Match List". Rugby League Project. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad". NRL.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  12. ^ Lee Gaskin (13 September 2015). "Kangaroos forward Josh Papalii one of four Raiders players ruled out of PM's XIII squad". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  13. ^ Kyle Mackey-Laws (27 October 2015). "Shannon Boyd re-signs with Canberra Raiders until end of 2018". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Raiders name 2016 Nines squad". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Young City side stun Country". NRL.com. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  16. ^ "NRL finals 2016: Canberra Raiders man-mountain Shannon Boyd hunting long career". Canberratimes.com.au. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Home | Live Scores & Latest News". Fox Sports. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Kangaroos squad: Shannon Boyd picked as Mal Meninga names seven rookies | Sport". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Canberra Raiders prop Shannon Boyd to make Kangaroos debut against Kiwis". Canberratimes.com.au. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  20. ^ "Australia v New Zealand; Four Nations final; Shannon Boyd; Sam Thaiday; Jake Trbojevic". News.com.au. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  21. ^ "Four Nations final: Australia hammer New Zealand 34-8". Smh.com.au. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Australian team to play New Zealand in Anzac Test in Canberra". Daily Telegraph. 26 April 2017.
  23. ^ "Proctor's apology to Titans fans". NRL. 6 August 2019.
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