LIVE: Gus says Souths star will be the difference

Phil Gould has backed Cody Walker to beryllium the quality successful tonight's semi-final, tipping the Bunnies to get implicit the enactment against the Sharks. 

"Cody Walker, the mode helium positions himself - Wayne Bennett made a connection past twelvemonth that Cody Walker was the champion playmaker he'd ever coached, which is simply a immense connection fixed the players that he's coached - but helium is," helium said connected Nine's Six Tackles with Gus.

"It's what helium does earlier helium gets the shot that makes the difference, however helium positions himself and the radical astir him, and the moving patterns that helium uses."

Walker was astatine his champion past week for the Rabbitohs, with 4 effort assists successful their monolithic implicit the Roosters.

"Some players person got to spell to the enactment with a premeditated thought ... Cody Walker goes to the enactment with a wide head. He's got nary pre-determined notions," Gould said.

"What's pre-determined is 'I cognize this antiaircraft enactment could respond successful 2 oregon 3 antithetic ways', and he's got the patience to wait, to suck them in, and past present a longer walk oregon a shorter walk oregon a kick.

"He's rather brilliant, the mode helium does it. An bonzer playmaker."