Wagga with connecting buses reaching smaller communities. V/Line provide services linking Griffith, Deniliquin and the towns along the Murray with public transport access to Melbourne. The Riverina is host to two major Australian Defence Force training facilities. The Army Recruit Training Centre is located at Kapooka, south west of Wagga Wagga and RAAF Base Wagga is the home of the RAAF Ground Training Wing base. These bases along with a Royal Australian Navy Defence Communications Station play an integral role in the local economy. Sports The Riverina is well known for the quality and range of its sports activity and many famous sportsmen and women have hailed from the Riverina. These include: Tennis champions Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong Cawley Cricketers Mark Taylor, Geoff Lawson and Michael Slater Rugby league players Peter Sterling and Laurie Daley and the Mortimer brothers: Chris Mortimer, Peter Mortimer and Steve Mortimer Australian rules footballers Haydn Bunton Senior, Paul Kelly, Brett Kirk, Shane Crawford and Wayne Carey Soccer players Archie Thompson and Joshua Kennedy. Jockeys Arthur "Scobie" Breasley and Roy Higgins. Basketball great Lauren Jackson. The "Wagga Effect" is a term that has been used frequently in the Australian media to describe the disproportionately large number of elite sportsmen and women that originate from the town. It is speculated that the phenomenon may arise in rural areas where the population is large enough to sustain the presence of a large number of sporting codes, but small enough to ensure that talented individuals are exposed to adult-level competition at an earlier age. Unusually for New South Wales, Australian rules football is quite popular in the Southern Riverina as it is south of the Barassi Line, and there are many clubs and leagues in the district, including the Riverina Football League, Farrer Football League, Hume Football League, Northern Riverina Football League and Coreen & District Football League. In addition, many clubs along the border play in Victorian leagues such as the Ovens & Murray Football League, Murray Football League, Picola & District Football League and the Golden Rivers Football League. In the northern part of the Riverina, Rugby league and Rugby Union are both strong, with rugby league being the most popular sport. Rugby League competitions in the district include Group 9 (Wagga Wagga and districts), Group 17 (Hillston and districts) and Group 20 (Griffith and districts). Teams from Corowa and Albury play in the Goulburn Murray