Gus' rattled reaction to 'ominous' Murray threat

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Phil Gould has revealed his staggered absorption to Eddie Jones' name driblet of Cameron Murray arsenic an NRL prima helium would emotion to spot connected propulsion connected the Wallabies gold.

Gould reflected on his fascinating Stan Sport interrogation with Jones during the play opening variation of Six Tackles with Gus connected Wide World of Sports.

In the interrogation astatine Coogee Oval, Gould asked Jones which league players helium would person loved to person seen marque the power to rugby.

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"Oh, we had Andrew Johns done mate, successful 2005," Jones replied.

"We had him done, helium was going to come. He would person made a hellhole of a difference.(Billy) Slater would person been handy, that Cameron Murray would beryllium beauteous useful astatine 12 (inside centre)... if you're a State of Origin subordinate successful rugby league and you're an extracurricular back, you tin decidedly marque it successful rugby. And I deliberation you know, Matty Rogers, Wendell (Sailor), Lote Tuqiri person each shown that, Andrew Walker."

Gould, present chatting to Nine commentator Mat Thompson connected 'Six Tackles,' inactive couldn't judge what he'd heard.

"That sounded a spot ominous," Gould mused.

"We're talking Andrew Johns, Billy Slater... Cameron Murray - wherever does that travel from? That conscionable didn't fit. I've got nary uncertainty he's a target, aft listening to that.

"He loves rugby league, played rugby league arsenic a kid and he's a South Sydney fan."

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Thompson pointed retired that was a struggle of interest.

"Russell Crowe conscionable fell retired of his chair. Woah! He can't poach Cameron Murray then, if he's a Souths fan. Go and get immoderate of the Roosters!"

Gould: "Well, helium said it... helium couldn't get it retired speedy enough."

Cam Murray talks vocation codification switch

Murray was a weapon schoolboys rugby subordinate but is contracted to the Rabbitohs until the extremity of 2025.

"As acold arsenic I'm acrophobic my loyalty is with my adjacent 3 years astatine the nine - I'm contracted present that's wherever my absorption and vigor is," Murray told 9News aft the Jones involvement emerged this month.

Gould besides shared immoderate absorbing memories of speaking with Jones during his erstwhile stint arsenic Wallabies manager from 2001-05.

Gould said Jones was - and inactive is - "very worried" astir league's superior improvement pathways compared to rugby.

"And so, Wendell Sailor, Lote Tuqiri, Mat Rogers, Andrew Walker each recovered their mode from rugby league implicit to there," Gould said.

"And I tin retrieve too, astir that clip we recruited a young bloke called Ryan Cross. He was a champion schoolboy rugby subordinate and his begetter had played rugby league for the Roosters and we spoke to him and his purpose was to beryllium a Wallaby.

"He wanted to spell and beryllium a Wallaby. And I retrieve saying to him arsenic a teenager, saying 'if you privation to beryllium a Wallaby, travel to rugby league for six oregon 8 years archetypal and that volition get you acceptable to beryllium a apical people rugby player'.

"That's however we viewed it astatine the clip and that's what helium did, helium went and played for the Wallabies and helium was a precise bully rugby league player.

"And that's wherever Eddie Jones admitted that rugby league gets it close - rugby league gets the pathways overmuch amended than than rugby national astatine the moment."

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