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October 23, 1996: Super League player pool

The rebel competition announces its plans to share around talent more evenly.

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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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