Matthew Boyd pushes himself - and teammates - to the limit
Glenn McFarlane - Sunday Herald Sun - 11 July
WESTERN Bulldogs midfielder Matthew Boyd makes no apologies for who he is or what he is relentlessly striving for.
If that offends some people, tough luck. If a few happen to be teammates, that's just the way it is.
But if it leads to a premiership for the Bulldogs, all the hard work and tough assessments on himself, and on those around him, will be a distant memory.
Speaking at the Bulldogs' best and fairest night last year - having attained his first Charles Sutton Medal, just after being selected as an All-Australian for the first time - he acknowledged that he might appear to be too hard on teammates sometimes. He even said that a few of them might not like him at times because of his direct nature.
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