The 'Super League War' that took place from 1995 to 1997, ultimately leading to the formation of the NRL. 

Queensland Rugby League CEO Ben Ikin told Peter Psaltis on Wide World of Sports, "We're celebrating 30 years of a period in the game that effectively ripped it in two on Saturday.

But you've got what was an 18 year old, fresh faced, pimply kid straight out of high school going up against the CEO of Super League at the time, John Ribot, in the Ross Livermore Lecture."

"So it'll be interesting to get the two perspectives around what was such a huge moment for the game, which, to be fair, as ugly as it got, you know, way back when it happened, I reckon some of the learnings we got from Super League, some of the things that they tested have found their way into the game today. "

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