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TelstraSuper was established in 1990 and has grown to become Australia's largest corporate super fund. [1] The fund was initially established for the sole benefit of Telecom employees and named the Telecom Superannuation Scheme.
The 1997 Super League season (also known as the Telstra Cup due to sponsorship by Telstra Corporation) was a breakaway professional rugby league football competition in Australia and the only one to be run by the News Limited-controlled Super League organisation.
The Super League Test series was a rugby three-test match series between the Great Britain Lions and Super League's Australian national team held during November 1997 in England. Named the British Gas Test series due to sponsorship from Centrica 's British Gas brand, [ 1 ] it went to a decider in the third test that was won by Australia.
The New South Wales Rugby League ran the major rugby league competition of New South Wales from its inception in 1908 until 1994.Following the introduction of a new format for interstate rugby league, the State of Origin series in 1980, the decade of the 1980s brought about expansion of the NSWRL premiership, with the introduction of commercial sponsorship, the Winfield Cup, and the addition ...
Telstra also set up a social services CEO round table under Gerard Devan which acted as a "Think Tank" to the sector. Telstra was a major sponsor of the V8 Supercars car racing championship through its BigPond brand and directly sponsored the Sydney Telstra 500 event, the final round of the series held at Sydney Olympic Park. [86]
Super League was an Australian rugby league football administrative body that conducted professional competition in Australia and New Zealand for one season in 1997.Along with Super League of Europe, it was created by News Corporation during the Super League war which arose following an unsuccessful attempt to purchase the pay television rights to rugby league in Australia.
AFL: Round 19 Results St Kilda 13.18 (96) def. Geelong 8.7 (55) at Telstra Dome, Melbourne; NRL: Round 22 Results North Queensland 16 def. by St. George Illawarra 36 at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
The first Millennium Magic round was confirmed in September 2006 for the weekend of 5–6 May 2007. [6] [7] Richard Lewis, chairman of the RFL, cited both expansion and monetary reasons for the move to Wales, but the plan also allowed the Super League to be reduced by one round (critics had stated that the players were put under too much strain over the season).