Hadley, when interviewing multi-capped Steve Folkes on his appointment last week as coach of the Moss Vale Dragons, pledged to broadcast a Group 6 premiership game next season.

Hadley and his top-rating "Continuous Call" team, will broadcast to many thousands all the action from a game mid-way through the season.

"I hope I'm doing a Dragons game," Hadley told Folkes.

This is a potential windfall for Group 6, another first for the group.

Sponsorship dollars should set record heights.

Hadley is a staunch supporter of country Rugby League and his decision to support Group 6 only further emphasises that support.

The Women's' Game:

If you asked me three years ago to watch women playing cricket I would have laughed you out of the Highlands.

Channel Nine may have done likewise. But no longer do I or Channel Nine snub a women's cricket match.

To the contrary. I am a fan.

Ladies, you are very entertaining and skilfull, to boot.

Channel Nine has paid our Australian and English girls a tribute that probably has Kerry Packer turning in his grave.

They agreed to cover in its entirety the third test between us and them on the Nine network, not the customary Gem subsidiary.

The girls bowl a line and length. 

Their fielding is crisp and near faultless and their lusty batting adds up to a "must see" show.

Our very own Lauren Cheatle is a star of the new breed that has captivated TV audiences across the nation.

Great Race:

The "great race" has been run and won. Hope you got a collect!

Thoroughbred racing has a massive following in all parts of Australia. It is an industry that employs thousands.

I have a promotion I would like Racing NSW to consider.

Darren Weir v Chris Waller v Gai Waterhouse. The three big "W's" of the turf.

Weir, Waller and Waterhouse are today household names.

They rank the three most successful trainers in the history of the sport.

The three W challenge  is this: Weir, Waller and Waterhouse enter four horses in two races, a 1200 metres for their best sprinters, and a 2000 metres for their four best stayers

Each race carriers $1m in prize money. Every runner receives prizemoney, scaling 1-12.

Weir saddles up Australian born jockeys; Waller, a Kiwi, saddles up four New Zealand jockeys and Gai legs up four female jockeys (boy, there are some beauties  on and off the saddle.)

Both races held on the same day at Royal Randwick.

I have spoken to Chris Waller about a similar promotion and he fully supported it.

So, too, did the former Chairman, John Messara. But there was one objector who felt such a promotion would smack of"elitism."

Hard to believe he holds such an elite position in the administration of thoroughbred racing.

Nasty Observation of the Week:

Two or three of the teams playing in the Rugby League World Cup show more gusto when singing their national anthem prior to kick-off than they in combat.