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20-09-2012, 10:46 AM
Link (https://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/148081/default.aspx)
WESTERN Bulldogs skipper Matthew Boyd has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the Western Bulldogs until at least the end of 2014.
"It was a great show of faith from them really - they didn't have to extend my contract but they have," Boyd told the Herald Sun.
"It gives me a great opportunity to keep playing for the football club that I love, but also to help bring the next group of young leaders up and try and teach them a little bit and help them on the journey through AFL."
The 30-year-old, skipper of the Bulldogs for the last two years, says a new generation of leaders is on the horizon at the Whitten Oval, nominating Easton Wood and Mitch Wallis as future captains of the Bulldogs.
"I'd have no hesitation in handing over the captaincy and trying to help out somebody new in the role, especially if the club thought that was the right move," he said.
"I think that would be a really good thing for me to be able to do and I'd be really happy to do that when the time is right. If that time is when I'm still playing, then I'd definitely be keen to look at that."
Boyd has played 207 games in 10 seasons at the Bulldogs.
WESTERN Bulldogs skipper Matthew Boyd has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the Western Bulldogs until at least the end of 2014.
"It was a great show of faith from them really - they didn't have to extend my contract but they have," Boyd told the Herald Sun.
"It gives me a great opportunity to keep playing for the football club that I love, but also to help bring the next group of young leaders up and try and teach them a little bit and help them on the journey through AFL."
The 30-year-old, skipper of the Bulldogs for the last two years, says a new generation of leaders is on the horizon at the Whitten Oval, nominating Easton Wood and Mitch Wallis as future captains of the Bulldogs.
"I'd have no hesitation in handing over the captaincy and trying to help out somebody new in the role, especially if the club thought that was the right move," he said.
"I think that would be a really good thing for me to be able to do and I'd be really happy to do that when the time is right. If that time is when I'm still playing, then I'd definitely be keen to look at that."
Boyd has played 207 games in 10 seasons at the Bulldogs.