The Hurricanes will head south this week for a clash at Forsyth Barr Stadium, which is a replay of the grand final last year, memorably won 21-14 by the southern franchise.
So revenge would seem to be an obvious motivation for the Hurricanes when they run out under the roof on Saturday night.
But Boyd told media yesterday in Wellington getting one back is not something he is buying into.
"I don't think we will talk about that at all. We haven't talked about it to date. For some guys the final is still a bit disappointing,'' he said.
"We won't talk about that in house at all. It is 2016. It is a different year and the Highlanders, like us, are in a position of needing to accumulate points from what is a very competitive New Zealand conference.''
The Hurricanes were well beaten by the Brumbies in Canberra, going down 52-10 after being behind 24-3 at the break.
Boyd said there had been a good debrief over the loss but it was time to move on.
"It is not often that the opposition makes more tackles than you and wins by that much. We conceded points way too softly and we are aware of that.
"We came under pressure at the breakdown and did not handle it and that has been a key lesson for us.
"You have just to take it on the chin and accept it did not go well and pick out why that was and correct it. The finger got pointed fairly strongly.''
He said his team would face a side significantly different in the Highlanders this week.
"The Highlanders are a different beast, so we need to flush the poor performance and look at what the Highlanders will bring to us ... and do what we need to do to negate their strengths and exploit their weaknesses.
"They are playing-through champions and have only lost one or two players. They are clearly a good side and I think we will have to play well to get ourselves on the right side of the scoreboard.''
Boyd said he did not know how, if any, changes were going to be made to his team.
But captain and hooker Dane Coles is unlikely to be back as he nurses a sore calf which kept him out of the match in Canberra.
Key lock James Broadhurst is still suffering concussion symptoms and his return is not imminent.
Loose forward Victor Vito, who is heading overseas at the end of the season, said yesterday Friday night's loss was embarrassing but, on the other hand, it was a long competition and there was time to bounce back.
He said the Highlanders looked impressive in their narrow loss to the Blues.
"They have still got the threats all over the park and on the ball and the kicking game as well. We have just got to make sure we are on our game. We have analysed them a little bit but, on the other hand, we have got a lot of things to fix in our own backyard first.''
