October 23, 1996: Super League player pool
The rebel competition announces its plans to share around talent more evenly.
While the Lions were limping around New Zealand, in Sydney Super League were trying to get their heads around actually running a competition.
Recruitment manager Michael O’Connor told colleague Roy Masters about plans to put surplus players at the end of each season in a pool to be be ‘dipped into’ by all clubs.
Under the plan, each club would nominate 20…
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