"I believe in quotas because without quotas we haven't experienced any change," Go said.

"Yes, some NRL boards have women on them and we now have two chairs and one female CEO, which is fantastic. But the change is slow, there's only one female on the Commission board.

"Two should be the minimum number you have on any board. Without one, there is no diverse thinking and with one, you become the person who talks about women's issues.

"If there is two, as there is on my [Tigers] board, women's issues and all the other issues become everyone's agenda and it no longer becomes a gender agenda. The only way you can actually deliver – and I have wrestled with this over and over in my mind – the speed of change required is to have some form of quota.

"I believe inherently that we need to get to a point where it is 50 per cent representation because there is an equivalent talent pool. There is an equivalent number of really talented men and women out there, so why are the guys getting more of a chance? To me, it doesn't seem fair and it comes down to equity."