Just in regards to Super League 'winning', certainly a lot of the SL staff went on to get pretty well paying jobs within the NRL and/or its clubs (and still do 20 years later).
These details were taken from the 1997 Super League Draw Card...
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Clearly a high jacking of the code! What staggers me is that Manly/Newcastle grandfinal had won the weight of public opinion and popularity toward the ARL competition yet the ARL could not work that out!? Pretty sure News Ltd did know this and decided to get a deal done in stealth before the ARL had worked out they were clearly winning the public approval and not superleague. A very poor calibre of administrators were in place and the ones today are clearly singing to the News Ltd tune. The game is not genuinely expanding by chance! It's deliberate. It follows the well devised and cleverly orchestrated 'destructionist /weakening' policy and a containment agenda aimed squarely and solely at rugby league by those whom want to weaken/control rugby league. The rat behind the scenes is rugby union but they are very highly educated and know how to use the system to suppress RL and are doing it through their "friends'! Btw they(RU) should know how as they have been repressing its younger and more attractive 'sibling' elsewhere for decades. The RU motivation for doing this is FEAR of rugby league becoming the dominant rugby code. Whilst the rugby league flagship (NRL)floats rugby league is perceived as a threat by rugby union and a dedicated and deliberate attack on this rugby-league stronghold is being witnessed.
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