- Ray Hadley and John Gibbs were colleagues in 2GB
- The couple had a fight that resurfaced Sunday night.
Former radio colleagues Ray Hadley and John Gibbs reportedly had an ugly verbal clash in the NRL grand final as their feud came to the surface after it began decades ago.
Broadcaster Hadley and football great turned commentator Gibbs spent years working together at radio station 2UE before breaking contact when they had a bitter falling out more than 20 years ago.
Gibbs, who now works for the ABC, and Hadley were covering Penrith’s premiership win on Sunday when they ended up in the same room.
The former Manly star shouted ‘Hi Ray’ when they passed each other, and Hadley replied: ‘Stop wasting your breath,’ according to news corporation.
Gibbs joined 2UE in 1985, four years after he was forced to retire from the game due to injury.
He was a major part of rugby league coverage when the station reached the top of the ratings, but handed in his resignation in 1998, claiming he had suffered harassment and bullying from Hadley, who was 2UE’s sporting director.
Gibbs stayed on for one more year before leaving the station entirely.
He then moved to rival station 2GB in 2000. Hadley followed him to the station in December 2001 and still works there.
2GB radio star Ray Hadley (pictured) reportedly had harsh words with former colleague John Gibbs when the two crossed paths in the NRL grand final.
Gibbs (pictured below right with his fellow ABC football commentators) stopped working with Hadley more than 20 years ago when the pair fell out.
Gibbs reacted by returning to 2UE in 2002 and joined ABC’s football coverage in 2022.
He has also appeared on Channel Nine’s Sunday Footy Show.
The 68-year-old scored 44 tries in his 87 games for the Sea Eagles in a first grade career that began in 1976.
A runner with a distinctive racing style, he also represented New South Wales in 1978 and was chosen for the Kangaroo tour that year, but did not participate in any Test matches.
Hadley, 70, called the 2GB grand final on Sunday as part of the station’s Rolling Call Team.
Hadley and 2GB were not available when Daily Mail Australia sought comment.
In July, Hadley revealed the heartbreaking phone call she had with late football broadcaster David Morrow about his induction into the NRL Hall of Fame.
Morrow received the call from Hadley while battling cancer in the hospital, with his wife Chris and fellow commentator Mark Levy by his side.
‘It was a very emotional moment. I tried to stay calm as best I could,” Hadley told her 2GB audience.
”Thirsty” was sleeping and then he woke up. While he was awake I explained to him and Chris what had happened that day and he had been inducted into the NRL Hall of Fame.
“We had a conversation as best we could and I later learned from Mark that David and Chris shed tears.”