Different era - was so much sly stuff going on. Disagree about Boyd though - u always saw him coming (well most of the time anyway). And if u didn't know Boyd was gunna try take your head off - thats more on you. He's always remembered for the Brohman hit but according to Boyd, he was told by 3 Aussie selectors (NSW guys) to kill a few as they didn't want qlders in the Aussie team. And per Boyd - Brohman was just unlucky, he really wanted to take out Miles or Lewis but ever got the chance.
Apologised during and after the game. When Brohman sued him (which in itself was unheard of) he settled out of court for $35k (a fairly stupid sum at the time). Always think the guy was the typical, if he's on your team u love him, if not....