Les Boyd vs Darryl Brohman: Footy legend’s daughter wades into her dad’s war of words with bitter rival whose jaw he shattered in one of the game’s most controversial moments – and she gets VERY personal

The daughter of former Manly and Wests Magpies police officer Les Boyd has launched a blistering statement slamming his arch-rival Darryl Brohman, calling him “sad” and saying he had not been raised properly.

Boyd infamously broke Brohman’s jaw during the 1983 State of Origin series, paving the way for an intense rivalry that has continued for more than 40 years.

The animosity between the old NSWRL and Origin foes erupted again last week when it was announced that Boyd would be inducted into the ARL Hall of Fame at a gala ceremony at the Sydney Cricket Ground on August 21.

Brohman, affectionately known as ‘The Big Marn’, felt Boyd should not have qualified for the honour because of his actions in that fateful – and vengeful – Origin match.

“I don’t care if I never hear from him or see him again, and he probably feels the same way,” he said on 2GB, where he now works as a football commentator.

‘I’m angry and I won’t deny that I’m angry.

“I’m 68 and I think I know what’s right and wrong, and this is wrong.”

Boyd infamously broke Brohman’s jaw with a jarring elbow to the face when they collided at State of Origin in 1983 (pictured)

Brohman has since spoken out about that incident and does not believe Boyd deserves his place in the Hall of Fame.

Boyd dismissed the comments, saying that “he’s the one who can’t let it go”, before adding that his Queensland rival should be grateful to him for making him famous.

Brohman was furious and went even further, describing in detail the pain and suffering the broken jaw had caused him.

“Thanks for letting me get my teeth into wire for six weeks,” Brohman said.

‘Thanks for giving me six weeks of Sustagen and water. Thanks for letting me finish my season at Penrith.

But most of all I want to thank you, Les, for ruining my dream of playing for Australia that night.

‘The fact that he now says I should thank him for breaking my jaw is a bit laughable.

Brohman believes Boyd (pictured) cost him a place in the Australian Kangaroos team that year

Now Les’ daughter Alicia Boyd-Willoughby Brohman has urged him to stop, calling his repeated attacks “sad”.

“It was an incident that we as a family are very aware of and it probably changed the course of our lives, if we are honest. But one incident does not define or make a person,” she wrote on her Facebook account.

‘Again, in my opinion this was clearly the one highlight of Brohman’s career/life because it’s something he can’t get over, which is very sad.

“My brother and I have waited our entire lives for the next time Brohman would bring up the subject again, because we all know he will. But as a parent, I decided to speak up this time, because I teach my children that [it] is NOT OK.

She added: ‘One of the things I tell my kids is, Is it done? Yes. Is it dealt with? Yes. Then let it go and move on.

‘Maybe something Brohman’s mother should have taught him.

‘As the mother of a 17-year-old boy who plays a lot of rugby league in various competitions, I know that things happen on the football field that are no reflection on the player’s character off the field.

“And in the case of my father, that’s certainly true and anyone who knows him personally knows that.”

Les’ daughter Alicia Boyd-Willoughby wrote this lengthy message on Facebook urging Brohman to come to terms with the incident

Boyd-Willoughby said Brohman brought up the incident constantly, which hurt her family

Boyd-Willoughby went on to write that every time the incident was brought up, it caused her family great distress.

“Unfortunately, the nature of the sport brings with it all sorts of injuries and yes, Dad likely suffered an elbow injury that day, but he never intended to intentionally break a jaw,” she wrote.

“The sport has changed a lot in 40 years. A lot of people have had different types of injuries, but the only person who has talked about the same injury for so long is Brohman.

‘I would like to make him aware of the stress and fear that his words and actions have caused my father’s wife, children, grandchildren and other family members.

“I would really encourage him to think about what he says before he says it and who he hurts. Maybe he can seek counseling to move on and let it go.

‘Finally, I would like to say how incredibly proud we are as a family of Dad and all his achievements on and off the sports field.’

Boyd will be inducted into the ARL Hall of Fame on Wednesday evening, along with fellow inductees Lionel Morgan, Ben Elias, Steve Renouf, Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston, Billy Slater, Benji Marshall, Cooper Cronk, Greg Inglis and Sam Burgess at the Sydney Cricket Ground.