‘I’d like you to keep your job’: Tense moment in Gus’ scathing live TV reply to Ponga send-off
It remains the biggest talking point of the 2026 Origin opener, but Channel 9 commentator Phil Gould was having no part in commenting on Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | Gould created a tense on-air moment in the wash-up of Nine’s Game I one coverage on Wednesday when host James Bracey asked him for an insight on the Ponga incident, which reduced Queensland to 12 men and changed the momentum of the game dramatically.
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“Gus you’re heavily involved in club land as well, players, do they see it like that? ,’’ Bracey asked the Bulldogs general manager of football.
“That they have the responsibility as defenders to look after whoever they are tackling? ’’ Gould paused before replying: “James I suggest you ask someone else, rather than me. If you don’t mind. Bracey attempted to pick up the discussion point again before Gould quickly moved the discussion elsewhere.
“We’re having an open discussion about an incident there on the park tonight and in the end it has gone wrong for the player, no doubt about that,’’ said Bracey, who is also a Perth Bears board member. Ponga was controversially sent from the field by referee Ashley Klein, but ultimately escaped a ban for the incident, which was ruled a Grade 2 charge from the Match Review Committee.
Gould has shown in the past that he isn’t afraid to bare his teeth live on-air. Last year the Bulldogs GM went toe-to-toe with veteran reporter turned football general manager Michael Chammas in a heated exchange on Nine’s 100% Footy “I didn’t mislead anyone... mind your words son,” was Gould’s final warning to Chammas upon challenging him about the Lachlan Galvin saga.
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