When Broncos coach Paul Dyer came knocking at her door and asked her to play in the inaugural Holden Women's Premiership, the 35-year-old crane driver could not turn him down.Gould told NRL.com ahead of Friday night's NRLW clash with the Warriors in Melbourne that she wanted to be part of a history-making competition."For me, it is all about trying to help women move forward in sport and grow an opportunity for women," she said."It is about driving that for women, and to be a part of it I couldn't say no. It is definitely about the bigger picture. We have a very small opportunity here but if we do it well it sets it up for future generations which I am really big on."Gould has two daughters with the oldest, 14-year-old Kaia, bravely battling a serious illness.
"Fitting this all in has been a real juggling act for me. [Kaia] has a kidney disease so she is on a dialysis machine every other day. It is pretty full-on but she handles it really well so that makes it easier as a parent to deal with that," she said."Having [rugby league] is something for me to do outside of that as well. For me, just getting through season-to-season with all that happening behind the scenes is where I am at currently. I'm putting everything into what I am doing now."Gould, who has been living in south-east Queensland for the last 18 months, represented the New Zealand Black Ferns in 15-a-side rugby, the national Sevens side and the Queensland Reds in a 15-year union career."To be brutally honest, I'd played no league at all until my first ever game this year [against PNG]," she said.
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