RUMOUR Broncos deny Boyd will step down as Captain

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Brisbane deny Boyd will hand in captaincy
Brisbane Times
Sept 16 2019

Darius Boyd reacts after the siren during the Brisbane's record loss to the Parramatta Eels at Bankwest Stadium on Sunday.


Brisbane have refuted a claim that Darius Boyd will step down from the captaincy after their humiliating NRL finals exit.

But club great Willie Carne wants the Boyd to go one further and retire to help the Broncos rebuild after Sunday's 58-0 elimination final loss to Parramatta.

News Corp reported that Boyd had "almost certainly captained the club for the last time" with 200-game back-rower Matt Gillett set to take up the reins.

Brisbane on Monday said Boyd had no plans to relinquish the captaincy, with the veteran set to see out the final two years of his reportedly $800,000-a-season contract.

Boyd, 32, had come under fire since what many believed was an ill-fated switch from fullback to five-eighth this season.

And the chorus of disapproval only got louder after the Broncos appeared rudderless with Boyd and specialist hooker Jake Turpin in the halves as the Eels ran amok at Bankwest Stadium.

However, Carne believed it was time for Boyd to "take one for the team".

The two-time premiership player said No.1 Anthony Milford must replace Boyd in the halves next year if the Broncos are any chance of ending their longest premiership drought and recapturing their glory days.

"They will need to fast track Darius into retirement," Carne said.

"He might have to take one for the team.

"And fullback is not Anthony Milford's position. He is either good enough in the halves or he isn't (in the team)."

But Carne refused to point the finger at besieged coach Anthony Seibold who has vowed to undergo a full off-season review of the club.

Former South Sydney mentor Seibold had a turbulent start to his first Broncos season in 2019, enduring a messy coaching swap with Wayne Bennett.

But Carne was impressed that Seibold had turned around a horror 2-6 season start to ensure Brisbane made the finals, albeit in eighth spot.

"It was an absolute shocker against the Eels and they are going to have to let a few players go - someone has to be accountable," Carne said.

"But I don't think the coach is the problem. I don't think he has lost the respect of the playing group after they made the finals.

"I think Seibold has done the best he can."

Queensland winger Corey Oates, veteran utility Alex Glenn, back-up No.9 James Segeyaro, young gun Izaia Perese and injured halfback Sean O'Sullivan are off contract.

But Carne said Brisbane's priority should be announcing a long term deal for 19-year-old Queensland back-rower David Fifita, who is off contract next year but can be approached by rival clubs from November 1.

"He is someone you can build a team around," he said.

Oates hoped he had not played his last game for the Broncos after the crushing finals loss.

"I am hurting right now but I don't ever want to leave here," he told Nine Network.

AAP
 
Not even any quotes from the club. Worthless shit stirring.

I switched it to Rumour. Like the other one. Pretty much Fairfax vs News Ltd running opposite stories with no quotes.
 
I wonder what would happen if they both read the forums.. Would they both implode?

I'm certain they would use each thread and refer to them as "Sources close to the club".
 
This shit is a joke. They just recycled the bulk of a previous story about Willy saying Boyd should retire and then added a few lines saying the Broncos deny Boyd will step down.

I think the club knows how bad it is going to look if Boyd and even Macca are not moved on. There will either be an exodus or every home game will have Cherry Evans level booing when those blokes appear on the projectors.

There positions are unattainable in this team. The fans demand change.
 
This shit is a joke. They just recycled the bulk of a previous story about Willy saying Boyd should retire and then added a few lines saying the Broncos deny Boyd will step down.

I think the club knows how bad it is going to look if Boyd and even Macca are not moved on. There will either be an exodus or every home game will have Cherry Evans level booing when those blokes appear on the projectors.

There positions are unattainable in this team. The fans demand change.

I said shortly after full time that the time seems to have come where people are going to vote with their feet, and judging by how quickly White's message went out, I'm thinking it really has, in a big way.
 
This shit is a joke. They just recycled the bulk of a previous story about Willy saying Boyd should retire and then added a few lines saying the Broncos deny Boyd will step down.

I think the club knows how bad it is going to look if Boyd and even Macca are not moved on. There will either be an exodus or every home game will have Cherry Evans level booing when those blokes appear on the projectors.

There positions are unattainable in this team. The fans demand change.

Is Macca under the same scrutiny as Boyd outside of the his forum? I think most of the wider public have been too focused on Boyd to even notice Macca. Though I don’t exactly have my finger on the pulse .
 
Is Macca under the same scrutiny as Boyd outside of the his forum? I think most of the wider public have been too focused on Boyd to even notice Macca. Though I don’t exactly have my finger on the pulse .
FoxSports commentators were right onto Macca after the Eels game.

Ennis has been calling for him to be replaced since the start of this season.
 
Is Macca under the same scrutiny as Boyd outside of the his forum? I think most of the wider public have been too focused on Boyd to even notice Macca. Though I don’t exactly have my finger on the pulse .
Yep

Screenshot 2019 09 16 Chris Garry  ChrisGarry7 on Twitter
 
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Is Macca under the same scrutiny as Boyd outside of the his forum? I think most of the wider public have been too focused on Boyd to even notice Macca. Though I don’t exactly have my finger on the pulse .
I have seen it on instagram. All my mates have been. The media also have. Its not as heavy but it's our there.
 
Lol, meanwhile Dobbo reports Boyd ain’t going nowhere.
 
Do you really build a team around a 19 year old backrower? We need a professional half back and build a team around that.
 
I wish we had the ability to see facial expressions when users see the topic line.

I didn’t see the rumour tag at first and was fist pumping, followed by utter disappointment and despair.
 
Do you really build a team around a 19 year old backrower? We need a professional half back and build a team around that.

Funny how not that long ago we were saying Fifita won't go to a club like the Warriors because he'd be expected to win games on his own...lol
 
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