- Ray Hadley appeared on his final radio show on Sydney’s 2GB last week.
- He said an emotional farewell to his fans after almost 43 years of broadcasting
- Despite that, he has now revealed that he could take on a new role.
Football great Ray Hadley has hinted he could take on a new role in broadcasting, after quitting radio work after 43 years on air.
The 70-year-old bid an emotional farewell to fans as he hosted his final on-air show on Sydney’s 2GB radio on Friday.
While Hadley is stepping away from the radio to spend more time with his family and loved ones, there’s a chance it won’t be long before we hear his iconic voice calling football again.
Indeed, Hadley, who once again claimed the accolade as Sydney’s best breakfast radio host in the GfK 8 poll this year, could join Fox League’s NRL coverage in 2025.
“Nothing has been closed or anything fixed, but I have the ability to talk about football – certainly on television, most likely Channel Nine – but there is another avenue that could be open to me,” he told Sky Sport’s Big Breakfast Weekend programme. program.
Hadley also mentioned a possible connection with his old friend and News Corp reporter Phil Rothfield on NRL 360.
Ray Hadley has announced that he could return to television broadcasting.
It came after Hadley presented his final show on 2GB last week after 43 years of broadcasting.
“Steve Crawley is a friend of mine, the boss of Fox Sports, and we haven’t talked about it, but I’d like to try 360 just to give it to Buzz (Phil Rothfield).”
Cawley, meanwhile, admitted that the network could include the legendary commentator in its coverage, stating that “they will talk at some point.”
“We haven’t spoken,” Cawley told Nine News.
“We’ve known each other for a long time so we’ll probably chat at some point but I have to say we’re very happy with our NRL calls and 360 is flying with Braith (Anasta) and Gorden (Tallis) accommodation.
But if he joins Fox, it means he’ll likely go head-to-head with Andrew Voss again.
It came after the latter took legal action against Hadley over an incident involving a statue that had been erected in tribute to former Australian commentator Ray Warren.
The matter was resolved out of court.
Despite the incident, which took place about 10 years ago, Hadley stated that there would be “no problem” between the couple now if they were to reunite on Fox.
He also hinted that he would be interested in working at AFL360 so he could train with his old friend Phil Rothfield.
Hadley began working as a sports reporter for Channel 7 before jumping ship to join Channel 9. There he would present The Footy Show alongside Steve Roach between 1994 and 1998.
He would become one of Nine’s main commentators, working mainly on Thursday and Friday night football matches, before leaving his role in 2018 after receiving criticism from fans on social media for his commentary style. vertiginous.
Despite this, he has enjoyed a brilliant career in radio, winning best radio sports broadcaster at the ‘RAWARDS’ on multiple occasions and in 2021 was inducted into the SCG Media Hall of Honour.