Boyd was one of the Broncos best players when Ben Hunt suffered his injury. The injury forced Boyd to accept more responsibility and the Broncos captain responded well leading the Broncos to six straight victories. It was the broken hand suffered in Origin II that set him back. After a quiet return in the Broncos disappointing loss against Parramatta in Round 21, Boyd's form has been up and down. He was strong in the Broncos demolition of the Gold Coast Titans and scored a vital try in the Broncos victory over the defending premiers Cronulla. That was followed by a below par performance against the Dragons and a horrific night against the Eels. That Eels game was the worst game Darius has played since his days at the Newcastle. In fact when Darius was having his struggles in 2014, I can't recall him serving up a performance like that, it was so out of character for the Kangaroo international.
I thought he was well on his way to redeeming himself against the Cowboys before that hamstring cut his night short.