Complex sentence: The New South Wales Rugby League began with a short-lived finals system in 1908, then following 1926, however it was not until it adopted the VFL's Page-McIntyre system in 1954, that the tradition of Grand Finals began.
Split into simpler sentences: The New South Wales Rugby League began with a short-lived finals system in 1908, then following 1926. However it was not until it adopted the VFL's Page-McIntyre system in 1954 that the tradition of Grand Finals began.