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What happens on the Gold Coast doesn’t always stay on the Gold Coast — like Phil Gould’s spray of Peter V’landys and Andrew Abdo at a function at the Sheraton Grand Mirage on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs general manager of football was one of several guest speakers at the Leagues Club Australia National Conference and, according to four unaligned sources in the room, ripped into the ARL Commission chairman and NRL chief executive while dropping a few jovial f-bombs along the way.
At the heart of the attack was the ongoing dispute between head office with the clubs over funding the players’ new collective bargaining agreement which has essentially turned into an ugly war of words in the media. Seen that movie before.
Gould was aggrieved about the fact the rugby league financial year had ticked over on November 1 without the salary cap in place. As the man charged with making the Bulldogs’ cap fit since coming on board last year, you can understand his frustration.
Rugby League Players Association boss Clint Newton also received a few jabs for taking too long to get the CBA finalised.
There were more than 450 people representing leagues clubs from around the country in the room, as well as representatives of the state leagues, so Gould’s remarks were going to leak into the public at some point.
NRL head of football Graham Annesley also spoke at the conference, although he wasn’t in the room when Gould spoke. The pair passed in the foyer upstairs as Gould was ducking into a meeting room.
Gould and V’landys have had an indifferent relationship since V’landys became chairman just over four years ago.
They had a serious fallout over the high-tackle crackdown V’landys instigated last year. Gould thought it was too heavy-handed and the pair clashed in an interview for Channel Nine.
But, as I understood it, they’d patched things up. As did V’landys, who was taken aback when approached for comment on Thursday afternoon, telling me they had met in the offices at Racing NSW just a few days ago.
“Gus and I are a hundred per cent,” V’landys said. “He’s entitled to his opinion. But when the facts come out, his opinion will be wrong. When the facts come out everyone will have a different perspective.”
Nine host James Bracey interviewed Gould on stage and we’re told it felt like a jazzed-up version of 100% Footy.
Bracey also asked Gould the age-old question about taking on the role of NRL chief executive. Gould responded with his favourite line: “I could do it in my lunch hour.”
Source: SMH
The Bulldogs general manager of football was one of several guest speakers at the Leagues Club Australia National Conference and, according to four unaligned sources in the room, ripped into the ARL Commission chairman and NRL chief executive while dropping a few jovial f-bombs along the way.
At the heart of the attack was the ongoing dispute between head office with the clubs over funding the players’ new collective bargaining agreement which has essentially turned into an ugly war of words in the media. Seen that movie before.
Gould was aggrieved about the fact the rugby league financial year had ticked over on November 1 without the salary cap in place. As the man charged with making the Bulldogs’ cap fit since coming on board last year, you can understand his frustration.
Rugby League Players Association boss Clint Newton also received a few jabs for taking too long to get the CBA finalised.
There were more than 450 people representing leagues clubs from around the country in the room, as well as representatives of the state leagues, so Gould’s remarks were going to leak into the public at some point.
NRL head of football Graham Annesley also spoke at the conference, although he wasn’t in the room when Gould spoke. The pair passed in the foyer upstairs as Gould was ducking into a meeting room.
Gould and V’landys have had an indifferent relationship since V’landys became chairman just over four years ago.
They had a serious fallout over the high-tackle crackdown V’landys instigated last year. Gould thought it was too heavy-handed and the pair clashed in an interview for Channel Nine.
But, as I understood it, they’d patched things up. As did V’landys, who was taken aback when approached for comment on Thursday afternoon, telling me they had met in the offices at Racing NSW just a few days ago.
“Gus and I are a hundred per cent,” V’landys said. “He’s entitled to his opinion. But when the facts come out, his opinion will be wrong. When the facts come out everyone will have a different perspective.”
Nine host James Bracey interviewed Gould on stage and we’re told it felt like a jazzed-up version of 100% Footy.
Bracey also asked Gould the age-old question about taking on the role of NRL chief executive. Gould responded with his favourite line: “I could do it in my lunch hour.”
Source: SMH
