Phil Gould
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Am I a fan of defences not being able to keep up?
No.
Am I a fan of passengers in games where the defences can't compete?
I'm not.
I don't think that's fair.
I think you should have to earn that right, not have it handed to you by the rules or the officials or whatever on the day.
But they will adapt.
It will adapt.
Back 30-odd years ago when they moved from a 5-metre rule to a 10-metre rule,
We had to adapt.
You know, when we had to, the high tackle contact now, everyone's got to adapt.
Six agains and penalties, we've got to adapt.
Everyone's got to adapt.
And some have got the capacity to adapt quicker than others.
We probably didn't think we had to because we didn't get the real change until the week before the first game.
We won our first game 15-14.
We won our second game 14-10.
And then we beat the Panthers in round five.
So internally, we're pretty much business as usual.
Everything's on the right track.