Background
Boycie grew up playing rugby league, playing for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition.
police officer rugby league player
Boycie grew up playing rugby league, playing for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition.
His position of preference was in the Centres and he also kicked goals. Nelson was signed by the Auckland and played in their Colts side in the 1995 Lion Red Cup. In 1996 he was involved in the Waitakere City Raiders side that lost the Lion Red Cup grand final, despite Boycie scoring three tries.
He was then selected in the Lion Red Cup XIII that played against the touring Papua New Guinea team
In 1997 Boycie travelled to and joined the Widnes Vikings. Here he played alongside fellow Glenora players Ben Lythe, who would also later join the, and Brian Jellick who later became a Kiwi and played for the North Queensland Cowboys.
In 1998 Nelson returned to the Glenora Bears. He represented Auckland in the 1998 domestic season and toured Papua New Guinea with the Māori.
In 1999 he was signed by the Auckland and played five games in the National Rugby League.
Nelson was selected for the Aotearoa Māori squad at the 2000 Rugby League He played two games for the Māori at the tournament and scored two tries. He also toured Australia with the Residents in 2000. After ending his connections with the, Boycie returned to Domestic competition and played for the Otahuhu Leopards in the new competition.
He remained with the side until the end of the 2003 season.
In 2004 he played for Limoux Grizzlies in their successful Challenge Cup run, which was ended by an 80–20 loss to Wigan in round five. He scored the first and the third try for Limoux, David Cenet scored the other one.
He also played the final of the French cup in 2005 with "XIII Limouxin" which is the real name of Limoux"s club since 2001. He also helped on coaching young teams.
Boycie later played for the Waitakere Rangers in the, and again represented the Māori in 2006, playing in the Pacific Cup.
He later joined the police and in 2008 represented the Police at the inaugural Police He played for the Glenora Bears in the 2010 Fox Memorial and in 2012 is a co-coach at the club