Doyle missed the 2009 season after tearing the rotator cuff in his shoulder, but returned in 2010 for the Poole Pirates. In 2012, Doyle led the Rebels to League Cup victory and the team narrowly missed on winning the Premier League; He was voted Rider of the Year by the club's supporters.[5]
In December 2013, he signed for Leicester Lions for the 2014 season. Doyle fell foul of work permit rules and was initially denied a visa that would allow him to ride in the UK in 2014;[8] The situation was resolved before the start of the 2014 season although he was only permitted to ride in one league, so was released by Somerset.[9][10] He stayed with Lions in 2015 before returning to parent club Swindon Robins for 2016.
In 2013, Doyle won the Master of Speedway title in Bockhorn, Germany. In Sweden, Doyle moved from Vastervik to Dackarna while in Poland he left Lodz to join Torun.[11]
Doyle narrowly missed winning his first Australian Championship when he finished only 2 points behind Chris Holder over the three rounds of the 2014 Championship. In the "A" Final of the last round at the Gillman Speedway, Doyle fell and was excluded from the re-run and with Holder finishing second he was able to win his 5th national crown. Going into the round Doyle and Holder had been tied on 38 points after the first two rounds with Doyle winning the opening round in Kurri Kurri and Holder the second round at Undera Park.
Doyle returned to Swindon Robins for the 2019 season, going on to win the SGB Premiership and KO Cup.[16][17] In 2022, he signed for the Ipswich Witches for the SGB Premiership 2022 season and won the Premiership pairs and was the stand out rider in the league, finishing top of the league averages.[18]
Doyle has represented the Australian team at the Speedway World Cup, finishing 3rd with the team in 2013 in the Czech Republic and again in 2014 in Poland. Many judges believed he came of age in the 2014 Final at the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, winning four of his six rides and being the second highest scorer on the night with 13 behind Denmark's triple world championNicki Pedersen.
With his second place at the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix Challenge on 20 September in Lonigo, Italy, Doyle qualified for the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix World Championship Series, joining Australian teammates Chris Holder and wild card rider Troy Batchelor in the Speedway Grand Prix. Doyle had a mixed year in 2015, finishing the series in 5th spot with a best finish of 2nd at the penultimate round in Toruń. He finished off the year qualifying for the final at home in Australia, but a crash in the first turn with American Greg Hancock resulted in a short stay in hospital after suffering neck and chest injuries.
On 25 June 2016, Doyle won his first ever SGP when he took out the Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic at the Markéta Stadium in Prague.[21] After finishing in 6th place in the next round in Britain he returned to the podium with second in Sweden before winning the next three Grand Prix in Gorzów, Germany and Stockholm to sit at the top of the world championship, 5 points ahead of three-time champion Greg Hancock after 9 of the 11 rounds.[22] Doyle's 3 SGP wins in a row was the first time a rider had taken a hat-trick since fellow Aussie Jason Crump had won 3 in a row on his way to winning the 2006 championship, but a crash in his first ride at the Toruń round in which he dislocated his shoulder and broke his elbow put paid to his 2016 championship hopes. He would bounce back however in 2017, going on to clinch the world title after dominating the Speedway Grand Prix series, despite riding with a broken foot for much of the season, winning the Czech Republic and Australian rounds.[23] He clinched the title in style in Australia, dropping only 2 points all night on his way to winning the meeting in front of his home fans.
Doyle started the 2024 season well, proving almost unbeatable for Ipswich and winning the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland but then crashed heavily in a league match and broke four ribs and suffered a lung contusion. His world title challenge ended because he would miss the majority of the season.[28]
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