2021 on the cards for Boyd

Broncos veteran Darius Boyd is keen to play on next year and has not put a line through extending his career into 2021.

The 32-year old was one of his side's best in last week's win over Canterbury in a new five-eighth role.

Asked whether he would be willing to take up his player option in 2021, Boyd said his body feels good and it it the mental side of the game that he would have to get up for.

"It would be more of a mental thing than anything. Body wise it is fine," Boyd told NRL.com.

"This week I feel great but last week I felt terrible after the game. I was really sore and bumped around and the 90 minutes really took it out of me. I think most players say that when they do retire it is when you wake up and you can’t keep putting the same efforts in all the time.

"My body feels good from a physical point of view but it is probably backing up and all that type of stuff that gets harder and harder.

"I’ve noticed that over the last year or two but it is one of those things that you take year by year."

Boyd took great confidence out of last week's performance and knows he can still play a key role at the top level in 2020.

"Yes. Whether my performances have been good, bad or indifferent this year I have had some really good performances and I think tonight was one of them. That gives me the confidence," he said.

"I know you have to keep proving to yourself and others as well that you can do the job."

Boyd recorded an impressive equal-competition high top speed of 34.3 km/h against Cronulla on the Telstra Tracker, further evidence of the veteran's impressive physical status.

"In the pre-season I was getting some really good feedback from the staff about some of the speeds I was running. That is what has given me confidence to go out and back myself each week because I am in really good shape,” he said.

"It is just about the mental side of it and working within Seibs’ structures. Trying to lead a young team around, I have probably got that wrong on different days and different weeks but at the moment things are going well and hopefully we can keep that going.

"I’m not going to say it is easy [at five-eighth] but it is a lot easier than playing fullback in my opinion. Obviously the defence is harder but there is a lot less running.

"It is more short running … up 10 [metres] and back 10 sort of stuff but I am not doing 30-metre sprints around the back or returning kicks which I found a lot more physically taxing.

"Maybe I can play for another five or six years," Boyd joked.