Experienced playmaker Tanah Boyd proved a class above as the Warriors outgunned Burleigh Bears 50-20 in the NRL State Championship at Accor Stadium on Sunday.

With Warriors head coach Andrew Webster a face in the crowd, Boyd scored a try midway through the first half and had a hand in several others as the Wahs added the scalp of the Queensland premiers to the NSW Cup title they claimed a week earlier.

Boyd finished with a personal tally of 18 points from a try and seven goals, prompting Channel Nine commentator Phil Gould to declare he was capable of becoming a regular starting half in the NRL.

“He knows his stuff,” Gould said of the 25-year-old, who has 78 top-grade games under his belt.

After joining the Warriors at the end of last season when Gold Coast moved him on, Boyd spent the

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