Gould's former club, Penrith, wrote their names in NRL history as they claimed their fourth successive premiership on Sunday, beating Melbourne Storm 14-6.

Now, it seems action has finally been taken with commentator Phil Gould dumped for Sunday’s grand final between the Storm and the Penrith Panthers. Gould is of course a former Panthers player and premiership coach and was general manager of the club.

Channel 9 sidelining Phil Gould from the NRL grand final call has been labelled "insulting" and likened to leaving Richie Benaud out of the station's cricket coverage back in the day. Gus co-commentated the State Championship final between Newtown and Norths Devils but was MIA by the time the Panthers and Storm ran out for the NRL decider.

NRL greats Phil Gould and Paul Gallen have become a laughing stock for claiming footage of Melbourne centre Jack Howarth’s controversially disallowed try was “doctored” or “photoshopped”. Trailing 6-10 in the first half of Sunday night’s NRL grand final, Melbourne thought they had levelled the scores with a brilliant team try near the left corner.

Phil Gould may be one of the most influential voices in the NRL, but the rugby league supremo won’t be heard during the coverage of the NRL Grand Final.