Phil Gould (rugby league)
Phillip Ronald Gould AM (born 24 January 1958), also nicknamed "Gus", is an Australian rugby league broadcaster, journalist, administrator and formerly a player and coach.[citation needed] Gould moved to Newtown in 1981,[5] where Warren Ryan was still honing his innovative coaching approach that transformed the way that top-grade rugby league was played in Australia throughout the next decade.However, he broke his ankle the afternoon before the selections were announced and did not get back to first grade before season's end[citation needed], taking no part in the club's 6–4 Grand Final win over Parramatta.After leaving Canterbury at the end of that season, Gould played the final year of his career with South Sydney in 1986, taking the field in 23 first-grade games.The Roosters were consistent semi-finalists from 1996 to 2004, though no Grand Final appearances came until 2000, the year after Gould had stepped down as coach and had been replaced in the top job by Graham Murray.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.[7] 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.[8] In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Gould was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for "significant service to rugby league football as an administrator, commentator, coach and player, and to the community".[9] In 2011, Gould spoke at a rally in favour of poker machines in which he called Julia Gillard "the worst prime minister in Australia's history" in part because of her proposed gambling reforms.