Les Boyd’s daughter Alicia has urged her father’s long-time rival Darryl Brohman to stop “carrying on” in yet another chapter to the ongoing feud between the pair.
Brohman last week hit out at the NRL over Boyd’s entry into the Hall of Fame, furious over the hard man’s on-field record of foul play.
Boyd was banned for nine months in 1983 when he broke Brohman’s jaw with a swinging arm, spoiling the Queenslander’s State of Origin debut.
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He also copped a 15-month ban for eye gouging, which came just three games after returning from the Brohman ban.
Brohman later attempted to sue the NSW forward, with the pair reaching an out-of-court settlement.
While Brohman fumes at the impending Hall of Fame induction, Boyd’s daughter took aim at Brohman for causing her family “stress, hurt and anxiety”.
Going against her “father’s wishes”, Alicia Boyd-Willoughby shared a lengthy post on social media labelling Brohman’s actions as “sad”.
“I feel the need to put it into writing after 40 years of not saying a word,” she wrote.
“The way in which Daryl Brohman feels the need to make everything ever mentioned about my dad (Les Boyd) about him is nothing short of sad really.
“Over the last forty years, every time Dad’s name is mentioned he manages to bully and harass Dad over an incident that not only occurred forty years ago but that he also got well compensated for and in my opinion is one of the reasons he is so widely known today.
“It was an incident that we as a family are very well aware happened and probably changed the course of our lives if we’re honest, but one incident does not define nor make a person.
“Again in my opinion, it was obviously the only highlight of Brohman’s career/life as it is something he clearly cannot move past, which is very sad. My brother and I have lived our whole lives just waiting for the next time Brohman will bring it up again because we all know he will, but as a parent, this time have decided (against Dad’s wishes) to have my say because I teach my children that bullying is NOT OKAY! But yet we have all sat back and watched this man bully my father on all forms of media for years.”
Boyd-Willoughby went on to say she has explained the incident in detail to her children.
“One of the things I say to my children is; Did it happen? Yes. Was it dealt with? Yes. Then let it go and move on. Perhaps something that Brohman’s mother should have taught him,” she continued.
“As the mother of a seventeen-year-old boy who plays a lot of rugby league in various competitions, I am aware that things happen on the football field that in no way reflect the player’s character off the field. And in the case of my father, this is definitely true and anybody who knows him personally knows that.
“Unfortunately, the nature of the sport does incur injuries of all types and yes Dad did probably go out that day with an elbow but never intentionally to break a jaw. The sport has changed so much over forty years, a lot of people have had a lot of different types of injuries but the only person to my knowledge to carry on so much about the same injury is Brohman.
“I would really like to make him aware of the stress and anxiety that his words and actions have had on Dad’s wife, children, grandchildren and other members of the family. I would really like to encourage him to think about what he says before he says it and who he is hurting and perhaps seek some advice to leave it behind and let it go.”
Boyd-Willoughby finished the lengthy post by saying how proud she is of her father.
Boyd was one of 11 men’s players appointed to the Hall of Fame last week, alongside modern-day greats Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk, Benji Marshall, Johnathan Thurston, Sam Burgess and Greg Inglis.
In a media release confirming his appointment, the NRL labelled Boyd as one of the game’s hard men.
“Boyd was one of the game’s hard men during one of the toughest eras, in the 1970s and 1980s, representing Australia in 17 Test matches,” the league said.
According to the NRL’s official website, players are considered for the Hall of Fame based on their “outstanding feats on and off the field” through their careers.
To be eligible, players must have completed the majority of their career in Australia and have been retired for at least five years.
The NRL then use a combination of metrics from a player’s career, a screening committee and voting panel to determine new entrants to the Hall of Fame.
– With AAP
