"It does hurt a bit coming from such a guy like Gus. But at the same time, it's not much use me dwelling on it and thinking too much about it now," Cordner said on Tuesday.

Gould questioned Cordner's impact at representative level and said St George Illawarra second-rower Tariq Sims was in better form, and that he would choose James Maloney as skipper.

"For me, Boyd Cordner's football has stagnated over the last two or three years," Gould said on the Nine Network's 100% Footy program on Monday.

"He runs the one line, at the one time, every time. There's nothing varied about his play; never passes the ball ... I think Tariq Sims is going by far the better."

Cordner believed he had worked himself into some form after a poor start to the year for the Roosters, who have crawled to seventh despite being title favourites in the summer.