- Darryl Brohman boycotts NRL Hall of Fame night
- Brohman is furious about Les Boyd’s appointment
- That means he’ll miss the tributes to David Morrow
Darryl Brohman will not attend the NRL Immortals dinner on Wednesday night in protest at Les Boyd’s induction into the Hall of Fame.
The 41-year bitter feud between Brohman and Origin rival Boyd flared up again last week after the NSW enforcer was named as one of 11 newcomers to the illustrious group of football legends.
Football fans, like Brohman, reacted strongly to the decision after Boyd delivered a shocking hit on the Queenslander during Origin 1983, breaking the 2GB commentator’s jaw.
Brohman was sidelined for a year and Boyd was given a nine-month suspension for the nasty blow. Brohman has therefore decided not to attend tomorrow night’s ceremony.
But it does mean he will miss the tributes paid to his 2GB colleague David Morrow, who passed away earlier this year. Morrow is also being inducted into the Hall of Fame for his services to the football media.
“I was invited and I agreed, but I have since decided I am not going,” Brohman said. News Corp.
‘I wanted to go because Dave Morrow (legendary commentator) is getting inducted (into the Hall of Fame) and that’s great, but I’ve thought about it and I just don’t want to make a scene.
“So yeah, it’s true, I’m not going, mate.”
Darryl Brohman will not attend the NRL’s Hall of Fame night on Wednesday
Brohman is furious about the inclusion of arch-rival Les Boyd
The Queenslander had his jaw broken by Boyd during a State of Origin match 41 years ago
Brohman described Boyd’s induction as “clearly wrong.”
“I don’t care if I never hear from him or see him again, and he probably feels the same way,” Brohman told 2GB radio.
‘I’m 68 and I think I know what’s right and wrong, and this is wrong.
“I don’t think he should be put on a pedestal.”
Brohman added that he didn’t want his feud with Boyd to distract from the festivities for the other newcomers.
“Seriously, what’s the point of going there? What would you gain? Nothing,” he said.
‘I don’t want to distract any more attention from the people who deserve it.
‘That was never my intention. Because that’s the only thing that bothers me about all of this, that I probably distracted the attention from the 10 who absolutely deserve to be there.
‘I was asked to come about six weeks ago. I wanted to go there and celebrate David Morrow’s achievements in rugby league and sport in general, but when I go there the focus is on me and him (Boyd).
That means Brohman (second from left) will miss the tributes for his colleague David Morrow (left)
‘Whether that’s the right decision or not, I don’t know, but it’s a decision I made.
‘I have to admit that this past week has taken some of my joy away, but I move on.
“I could lie to you and say, like he said, ‘I don’t give a damn’… well, I do care.”
“It’s affected me and my family. I can’t lie and say it hasn’t affected me, it has.
“I wouldn’t change what I said because I think I’m right.”