Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Les William Boyd
- Nickname(s)
- Gum Leaves
- Born
- Saturday, 17th November, 1956
- Current Age
- 67 years and 160 days
- Place Of Birth
- Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Craven Mild Cup | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 142 | 38 | - | - | 117 | 87 | 49 | 6 | 61.27% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | 8 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 29 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 89.66% | List | |||
Test Series | 17 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 88.24% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 8 | 3 | - | - | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Lancashire Cup | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
English Championship | 61 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 40 | 18 | 3 | 65.57% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 10 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Premiership Trophy | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1978-82 | 17 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 88.24% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Firsts | 1979-81 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1979 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1981-83 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1983 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1979-1983 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1976 | 22 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1977 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1978 | 17 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 64.71% | List | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1979 | 20 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1980 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 46.15% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1981 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 61.90% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1982 | 23 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 78.26% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1983 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 86.67% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1984 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | 1976-79 | 67 | 24 | - | - | 72 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 53.73% | List | |||
Manly | 1980-84 | 75 | 14 | - | - | 45 | 51 | 21 | 3 | 68.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1976-1984 | 142 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 87 | 49 | 6 | 61.27% | List | |||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Warrington | 1985/86 | 33 | 13 | - | - | 52 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 72.73% | List | |||
Warrington | 1986/87 | 26 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 73.08% | List | |||
Warrington | 1987/88 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 58.33% | List | |||
Warrington | 1988/89 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 0 | 46.67% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Warrington | 1985-88 | 86 | 20 | - | - | 80 | 57 | 26 | 3 | 66.28% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Steven Russo, Bill Bates
Sources:
Match Video, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1986-87
Your Say
26/03/2012
What an absolute nutter but one of the most explosive forwards ever.Wouldnt last 5 minutes these days but always entertaining
26/04/2012
Know the bloke personally, and ya couldn meet ya better bloke. Was a hard man in a hard era.
16/09/2012
An extremely talented player who had a very short temper.I loved watching him play for Manly at Brookvale Oval in the 80s. A tough hard running ball player..
15/09/2014
The greatest second rower of all time . A true hard man . Todays forwards are pale in comparison.
29/05/2020
Loved watching him play against Kurt Sorenson, the youngsters on the terraces at Halliwell Jones would love him if he played for the Wire today. Absolute legend of the game.
17/07/2020
Remember this " bull" at Lidcombe Oval on a Sunday arvo in 1978,everyone waited for this bloke to run off the ruck. He was the best second rower of that era. Cannot believe it, it was just like yesterday. I think Roy Masters, had a "human sledge hammer"; and boy, Roy loved this young bloke in his armoury. I think, that Wests side in 1978, was the most "solid"; as they only knew one thing, belt the "opposing" side, into submission, THAT SIMPLE.
Les Boyd, hang your head high. You Sir, are a legend.
09/08/2020
Boyd was a talented player whose indiscretions, often overshadowed what a great player he was. A strong player who could carry the ball to make vital gains in attack and a solid defender. One of the best forwards of his era.
04/04/2021
Loved watching him play at Brookie. I modled my game on him when I played in the juniors for Beacon Hill. What a powerful runner.
06/06/2021
With out a doubt the best second row forward from either league or union I seen him play a game of rugby union in the centre’s in his junior years my god how good was he.He is certainly a legend not a villain
05/05/2022
The baby-faced assassin. I molded my running style on him when I played junior league for Beaco Hill in the 70's most dynamic forward ever.
07/06/2023
What’ a great player had it all never backed off anybody.the toughest and most skilful player of them all he had it all and no one got on top of him.best in his position of all time.to hard and to good for all those softies who thought they could play.good on you les.all the best great watching you mate
01/08/2023
I met Les through a mutual friend of ours, David Howell, both lovely decent men off the field.
Totally different creatures once they laced up the boots and ran onto the field.
l loved the absolute Havoc that Les created when he was playing for Manly
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