Boyd hasn't played since rupturing ligaments in his ankle in mid-June, but has trained strongly over the last two weeks in a bid to return for the Eastern Ranges.
And with the Ranges having booked a spot in Sunday's premiership decider with the Dandenong Stingrays at Etihad Stadium, this year's likely No.1 NAB AFL Draft pick is pushing for a recall.
"He hasn't played for 13 weeks, and only started training a couple of weeks ago," Ranges coach Darren Bewick said on Tuesday.
"We'll be very reliant and dependent on what the medical people say and then our high performance manager will probably have the final say on that.
"To his credit, he's put his hand up to play.
"Ultimately it will be his decision and our strength and conditioning people."
Midfielder Mitch Honeychurch is set to return for the Ranges as well, after a hamstring complaint that has sidelined him for more than a month.
"He was close to playing last week, and we decided against that," Bewick said.
"He'd be 75-80 per cent chance of playing [as of] today."
The Stingrays beat Eastern by 33 points in the qualifying final three weeks ago, but Dandenong coach Graeme Yeats said things had changed since then.
"I think Eastern will be a different animal this week," he said.
"We believe our best is good enough and that's the level we've got to get to."
Zak Jones put in a starring performance in last week's comeback win over Calder Cannons, with 28 disposals, 10 tackles and 10 clearances.
The hardened half-back has moved into a midfield role and is also pushing up the draft order after a stellar season.
"He's become an elite player at this level," Yeats said.
"He's tough, runs straight, competes, and would eat a footy. He's a little bit mad, so we give him very simple instructions about his role and we let him go."
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