Darius Boyd admitted to mental hospital

[Nashy]

Knights coach Wayne Bennett said fullback Darius Boyd was no certainty to play again this season after checking himself into a Sydney rehabilitation facility on Wednesday morning to treat depression. After media reports surfaced on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, that Boyd was being investigated for an incident in which $1500 worth of damage was done to a room in a Hunter Valley hotel he stayed at last Thursday, the Knights issued a statement on Wednesday saying Boyd had been admitted to a mental health facility seeking treatment for depression. Bennett said Boyd had only told him about that incident in a conversation on Wednesday, and believed it was unrelated to his condition.
"I'm pleased for Darius that he's recognised that he's obviously got a problem, it's a self-admission one and he's come to this conclusion himself, and he booked himself into rehab in Sydney this morning," Bennett told the media after Knights training on Wednesday. ‘‘He's always had different little issues, but no more than I've noticed in the past. I've always had a close relationship and good communication with him, but late last week he started to talk more about it. He obviously needed help and in the end he realised that he needed to get some professional help."
Describing the Queensland and Australian star as an introvert, Bennett said Boyd's admission "explains a little bit of maybe what we see in Darius and we all try to work out what's actually going on with him".
"It's tough for anybody," Bennett said. "It's a much more sensitive issue in our society than it has been, and there's a lot more respect shown for people who have it, and I think that's a wonderful thing. It's obviously an illness most of us want to avoid if we can."

Newcastle Knights Darius Boyd admitted to mental health clinic to treat depression



Wonder if he burnt some bridges at the Broncos and can't return, or if the club have told him flat out no.

Either way, I wish him the best. Hopefully they can calm his rotten arrogance too.

 

[Jaiden Edo]

Get well, Darius.

 

[vertigo]

I take it that's the end of his season at the Knights?

Guess he'll have to stay there since you need to at least be playing for another club to consider you.

 

[GCBRONCO]

I heard its related to relationship issues with his wife and other private ones as well, I don't condone his behavior but there maybe more to it and I'd wait before putting the boot in.

 

[Huge]

Lol...mental hospital.....been a long time since I've heard a mental health facility called that !!! Reminds me of the seventies and eighties when my dad ran the biggest one in Queensland

 

[Harry Sack]

I heard its related to relationship issues with his wife and other private ones as well, I don't condone his behavior but there maybe more to it and I'd wait before putting the boot in.

Agreed. Although I don't think anyone here has put the boot in and I don't expect they will.

 

[GCBRONCO]

Agreed. Although I don't think anyone here has put the boot in and I don't expect they will.

Yeah although I wasn't so much saying anyone was, just that with the current situation with Bennett coming back and talk of Boyd maybe joining the club, I think its best left alone at this stage.

 

[Harry Sack]

Yeah although I wasn't so much saying anyone was, just that with the current situation with Bennett coming back and talk of Boyd maybe joining the club, I think its best left alone at this stage.

Oh absolutely. Didn't mean you were saying anyone was.