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Phil Gould : biography

15 July 1958 –

Phil "Gus" Gould is an Australian rugby league broadcaster, journalist, administrator and former player and coach. Since the 1990s he has had a prominent role in Channel 9’s coverage of rugby league, as a commentator on their match-day coverage, and appears on The Sunday Footy Show and The Sunday Roast. He is the expert commentator on Monday Night Football on Triple M radio and writes for Sydney’s Fairfax paper, The Sun-Herald. Before his media career, he was a State of Origin and NRL coach, and before that, a premiership-winning player.

Sources

  • Chesterton, Ray (1996) Good as Gould Ironbark Press, Sydney

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Football commentator

Gould currently works as an "expert" for Channel 9 and Triple M radio during rugby league telecasts, including NRL, State of Origin and International football contests. He also writes for the Sydney Morning Herald. He is considered controversial within rugby league fan circles for his blunt opinions about the playing and administration of the game. Many of his repetitious commentary catchphrases are used to criticise refereeing decisions: they include "dear oh dear oh dear", "no no no no no",http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/phil-gould-is-worst-rugby-league-commentator-say-fans/story-e6freon6-1225778963180 "that’s ridiculous, that is ridiculous" and "modern day gladiators".

He won the TV Week Logie Award for "Most Popular Sporting Commentator" in 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Amusingly, he also won the TV Fugly Award for "Most Biased Sporting Commentator" in those same four years .

Gould also spends some time posting on Sportal forums like League Unlimited, RLfans.com and TotalRL.com.

Coaching director

During Ricky Stuart’s tenure as coach at the Sydney Roosters Gould filled a role as Coaching Director at the club.

In May 2011, it was announced that Gould would take up the role of General Manager with the Penrith Panthers. The role was said by club chairman Don Feltis to include direct involvement in all aspects the football club management particularly the coaching and team support operation.

Coaching career

A successful coaching career followed for Gould. His first five coaching seasons brought two premierships (with Canterbury in 1988 and Penrith in 1991) and a loss in a Grand Final (with Penrith in 1990). Following their 1991 grand final victory, Gould travelled with the Panthers to England for the 1991 World Club Challenge which was lost to Wigan.

In 1992, Gould took over as coach of New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Gould is credited with instilling in Blues players a pride for the NSW jumper which previously hadn’t matched the Queenslanders’ renowned passion. The Blues were victorious for the next three series. In 1995, at the start of the Super League war, Gould’s NSW side lost 3–0 to the Paul Vautin-coached team of relative unknowns patched together from the ranks of Queenlanders loyal to the ARL. The following year, NSW completed a series whitewash of its own with the Brad Fittler-captained Blues becoming the first and only team to go through a series with the same unchanged squad of 17 players. Gould then stood down, having inspired four NSW series wins in five years.