Shannon Boyd

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Shannon Boyd
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Boyd playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in 2013.
Personal information
Born (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 31)
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 122 kg (19 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– Canberra Raiders 52 7 0 0 28
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
As of 4 May 2016
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Shannon Boyd (born 9 September 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. A New South Wales Country representative, he plays at prop.

Playing career

Born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Boyd played his junior football for the Cowra Magpies before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. Boyd played for the Raiders' NYC team from 2010 to 2012.[2] Boyd has played for the New South Wales Under 18s team and, in 2012, the New South Wales Under 20s team.[3]

Playing career

2014

In Round 1 of the 2014 NRL season, Boyd made his NRL debut for the Canberra Raiders off the interchange bench against the North Queensland Cowboys in the Raiders 28-22 loss at 1300SMILES Stadium.[4] In Round 6 against the Newcastle Knights, Boyd scored his first NRL career try in the Raiders 26-12 loss at Canberra Stadium.[5] On 23 April 2014, Boyd re-signed with the Raiders for a further three years, keeping him at the club till the end of the 2017 season.[6] Boyd finished off the 2014 season with playing 21 matches and scoring a try in his debut year in the NRL for the Raiders. On 10 September 2014, Boyd was named the Raiders 2014 Rookie of the Year at the Meninga Medal presentation night.[7]

2015

In May 2015, Boyd was selected as 18th man for New South Wales Country.[8] In Round 22 against the Wests Tigers, he scored his first career double in the first half of the match in the Raiders' 20-18 loss at Canberra Stadium.[9] He finished the 2015 season having played in 20 matches and scoring 5 tries.[10] On 8 September 2015, he was named the 2015 Prime Minister's XIII train-on squad but was later ruled out due to injury.[11][12] On 27 October 2015, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 3-year contract.[13]

2016

On 30 January, Boyd was named in the Raiders' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[14] On 8 May, he played for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City.[15]

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