Phil Gould
Phil Gould is a League Columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald
Set of Six
What were the Booze Bros. thinking?
Phil Gould It defies belief doesn't it? It's a real struggle for me to understand how, after everything they have experienced, these two boys decided it was a good idea to go out drinking together in public on...
League
Right on Ricky: decks needed clearing
Phil Gould There are two ways to run a professional football club.
League
Inflexible salary cap a major problem
Phil Gould It would be easy to say Panthers fullback Matt Moylan is not playing first grade on Sunday because of the restrictive inadequacies of the NRL's salary cap structures.
League
Blues can have no excuse for failure
Phil Gould Following Cooper Cronk's 41-metre field goal that sailed between the posts in game three last year to sink the Blues' State of Origin title hopes for a seventh straight year, a number of the NSW...
Set of Six
Origin: it's back baby
Phil Gould Origin is definitely a team game, but I will be particularly interested in the performance of Blues fullback Jarryd Hayne.
Set od Six
Young gun Idris finds old invincible streak
Phil Gould I am so excited about the improvement in young Jamal Idris from the Gold Coast Titans this season.
League
Dugan's attitude defeats bullies
Phil Gould Earlier this week, new Dragons recruit Josh Dugan was sitting in a Bondi Junction cafe with a friend. Just after dinner time they're relaxing, enjoying a coffee.
League
No reinventing the wheel; Knights just rolled with what they do best
Phil Gould In their previous two matches, Newcastle were awful in their second-half performances. They virtually took no part in proceedings following the half-time break in either game, succumbing meekly to...
Set of Six
A point of principle: Give golden point the boot
Phil Gould Full marks to Panthers captain Kevin Kingston this week for the professional manner in which he handled his press interviews.
League
Stuart ... to Daley - Blues in safe hands again
Phil Gould Ricky Stuart, NSW Origin coach for the past two years, has now passed the responsibility of leading the Blues onto his former teammate Laurie Daley. Actually, they were more than just teammates.
League
Time for ASADA to come clean
Phil Gould It's now been almost three months since that infamous press conference in Canberra where it was declared Australian sport was riddled with the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs, links to...
Set of Six
How to turn a free kick into an own goal
Phil Gould The outstanding form of NSW Waratah Israel Folau should be an embarrassment to NRL decision makers.
League
Panthers carving a niche at top level
Phil Gould Over the past six months, I have been blessed with the experience of dealing with two of the NRL's truly great players.
Set of Six
By Sheck, Roger is some player
Phil Gould Sydney Roosters and New Zealand have a very special talent in young Roger Tuivasa-Sheck.
SET OF SIX
Why the players’ rights are paramount
Phil Gould Phil Gould pinpoints six issues pertinent to rugby league this week.
League
Bad rep: Time’s up for City-Country concept
Phil Gould Every year we answer the same questions about the validity of maintaining tradition and playing the old City-Country fixture.
League
More time on the big stage can only help
Phil Gould Forget the final scoreline in Friday night's Test between Australia and New Zealand. The Kiwis showed enough in the first 40 minutes of the contest to suggest they will be very hard to beat in the...
Set of Six
New interpretations an embarrassment for the game
Phil Gould As predicted, coaches and players have now made a mockery of the new obstruction interpretations.
