Quick Facts
Biography
Matthew Boyd (born 27 August 1982) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL) He debuted in 2003. Prior to that he had played for Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup and Frankston in the VFL. He was able to consolidate a position in the senior team during 2004 and in 2005 could be considered as being in the Bulldogs' best 18, having played in 17 games for the year. He has mostly played in the midfield where he has proven himself to be a consistent ball winner as well as having the capacity to be a "run with" player. He currently has totalled 76 Brownlow votes. He played with the number 42 until 2007 when he took the number 5 from Rohan Smith who retired at the end of 2006.
The 2006 Record describes Boyd as having tenacious defensive skills while also possessing attacking flair.
Boyd is the grand nephew of Australian football vendor icon Johnny Boyd better known as the Peanut Man.
In 2009 Boyd was rewarded for a strong season with selection in the 2009 All-Australian Team & winning his first Charles Sutton Medal (best and fairest) award.
On 21 January 2011, he was announced as the new captain for the Western Bulldogs. Boyd relished the Bulldogs captaincy and continued his good form and was rewarded with his second All-Australian selection and second Charlie Sutton Medal.
In 2012, the Bulldogs failed to make the finals for the second consecutive season, Boyd won a third Charles Sutton Medal.
At the conclusion of the 2013 AFL season Boyd relinquished the captaincy of the Western Bulldogs to Ryan Griffen, who often captained the Bulldogs in 2013 when Boyd was unavailable for selection.
Statistics
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Western Bulldogs | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 12 | 9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | Western Bulldogs | 42 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 119 | 255 | 91 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 13.4 | 4.8 | 2.2 |
| 2005 | Western Bulldogs | 42 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 120 | 109 | 229 | 66 | 35 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 13.5 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
| 2006 | Western Bulldogs | 42 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 245 | 233 | 478 | 132 | 89 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 19.9 | 5.5 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 295 | 250 | 545 | 137 | 77 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 24.8 | 6.2 | 3.5 |
| 2008 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 315 | 314 | 629 | 133 | 94 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 25.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 2009 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 328 | 394 | 722 | 120 | 90 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 15.8 | 28.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2010 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 393 | 304 | 697 | 107 | 106 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 17.1 | 13.2 | 30.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 2011 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 398 | 303 | 701 | 85 | 113 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 18.1 | 13.8 | 31.9 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 2012 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 374 | 347 | 721 | 112 | 87 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 32.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 196 | 186 | 382 | 61 | 51 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 15.1 | 14.3 | 29.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2014 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 249 | 249 | 498 | 69 | 82 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 26.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 2015 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 321 | 195 | 516 | 148 | 40 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 16.9 | 10.3 | 27.2 | 7.8 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 407 | 246 | 653 | 161 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 10.3 | 27.2 | 6.7 | 2.0 |
| Career | 282 | 83 | 77 | 3802 | 3281 | 7083 | 1434 | 963 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 25.1 | 5.1 | 3.4 | ||
Honours and achievements
- Team
- AFL premiership: 2016
- Western Bulldogs captain: 2011-2013
- Pre-season premiership player: 2010
- Individual
- AFL Life Membership : (2017)
- 3× All-Australian: 2009, 2011, 2016
- 3× Charles Sutton Medal (Western Bulldogs B&F): 2009, 2011, 2012
- Brad Johnson Best Team Player : (2016)
- Bob Rose–Charlie Sutton Medal: 2007
Personal life
Boyd married his high school sweetheart Kate Jones in October 2007. In 2011 he and wife Kate had their first child daughter Chloe. He attended Mazenod College in Mulgrave.