Rugby league: Telstra backs down over demand for Vodafone to no longer sponsor the New Zealand Warriors – New Zealand Herald

Telecommunications giant Telstra has made a sensational U-turn in its decision to force out the Warriors’ main sponsor – less than 24 hours after it was revealed that Vodafone would not be permitted to sponsor the embattled NRL club after this season.
As first reported by the Herald, the move was sparked by the NRL’s enactment of an exclusivity clause which protects Telstra, the competition’s major sponsor, from any competition – and was set to cost the Warriors at least $1 million a season.
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