NRL fans rally around Phil Gould as Bulldogs supremo hits back over $20k fine for rant

Go get ’em, Gus. That’s the message from league fans following confirmation Canterbury boss Phil Gould will challenge the NRL’s $20,000 breach notice for allegedly bringing the game into disrepute. Gould was hit with the heavy fine after comments he made on Nine’s 100% Footy questioning some of the game’s rule interpretations. He said: “Our game’s so stupid.

“You can lose the ball over the line and it costs you 20m and seven tackles. Why? I don’t know because it’s stupid. But I can take a line dropout and it goes out on the full, no consequence. What sort of stupid game is this? Who sits and makes up these rules?”

After previously warning Gould his position as a club official precludes him from directly attacking the NRL’s decision making processes through the media, CEO Andrew Abdo finally ran out of patience and slapped the Dogs’ chief with a breach notice. Gould, as expected, has not taken the move lying down and indicated he will be taking on legal advice.