Just like other bad news about retiring, here comes another. Captain of the Brisbane Broncos, Darius Boyd, announced that he wants to quit representative football.
And he won’t make himself available for a State of Origin recall. Besides, the professional rugby league footballer, Boyd claimed that claimed that he only stood down for a noble reason.
While announcing the shocking news, he said,
“My time’s done in rep footy,””I’ve had a great career. I have nothing to be disappointed about. I’m really happy with everything I’ve achieved in the rep arena.”
Darius Boyd mentioned his wants to allow younger players to play in the Origin arena. He said,
“I don’t think I have anything more to prove. It’s time for the younger fellas coming in. They have great players, really quality guys coming through.”
So, who is the captain of the Brisbane Broncos in real life? Let’s know more about him through his personal life including Darius Boyd age, parents, and his net worth details along with some of Darius Boyd wiki facts.
Is Darius Boyd Married, Who Is Darius Boyd Wife?
One of the main reasons for divorce is cheating on your partner of being unfaithful. After Darius Boyd wife found out that Boyd cheated on her, are they still in a relationship?
The wife of a professional rugby player, Darius Boyd is none other than Kayla Boyd. Not to mention Boyd and his wife share a daughter named Willow Kamila. The pair got married in the year 2012 and spent nearly three years together.
In an interview that aired on channel 9, his wife revealed that her husband had an affair along with her rocky marriage.
Kayla Boyd has broken her silence about how she and Broncos skipper Darius fought to keep their marriage together. @MyMateDobbo #9News pic.twitter.com/xrM8N2ruWl
— Nine News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) March 16, 2017
She opened up about the moment when her married life started to head downwards and cyberbullying. She told,
‘I don’t want to be looked at as ‘oh her marriage is perfect or she’s perfect’. Like there are flaws and there are many cracks.’
Boyd’s wife confessed to channel nine,
‘They weren’t great times,’ ‘I’m shocked that I’m sitting here and I’m talking about him and we’re still married.’
After learning that her husband, Boyd, cheated on her, his wife was ready to call it quits on their relationship. She said,
‘I was 100 percent done.’ However, Boyd and his wife decided to work out their marriage.
At that time she was battling mental health issues. She said,
‘I ended up meeting up with him and he looked so sick, he looked drained and exhausted. He hadn’t been eating and hadn’t been sleeping,’ ‘Everybody knows we have gone through the worst and everything that would tear a relationship apart.’
She continued,
‘And that’s why we both literally hold our heads extremely high because we can be 100 percent genuinely happy with where we are.’
And while responding to the interview, Boyd said that he felt terrible for what he put Kayla Boyd through. Speaking to ‘The Courier-Mail‘, he said,
‘It’s something no-one deserves to go through. No one deserved that at all.’
Moreover, he said that his wife was his biggest support saying,
‘I needed her to get through some tough times and issues.’
Darius Boyd Wiki Facts
Australian professional rugby league footballer Darius Boyd was born on 17 July 1987, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Currently, Darius Boyd age is 30 with a tall height of 184cm.
As for his parent, Boyd grew up with a single mother. From the very young age, Boyd used to play junior football for the Parkwood Sharks and later switched clubs to the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.
During this time, he attended Robina State High School. Later on, he shifted to another school called, Palm Beach Currumbin High School while he was just ten years old.
The now-captain of Brisbane Broncos debuted for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup. Before he quit representative football, Darius Boyd used to receive $3.5 million as his salary, so, we can only assume that his net worth might be in millions of dollars.
