NRL Traders 2025 Official Thread

So the triple starter pack rumour was true.
One set has Rising Stars Bronze/Silver/Gold
One has Fan Faves Blue/Green/Purple/Red
One has Showcase Bronze/Silver/Gold/Titanium

Based on last years' Retail/Hobby I presume the Hobby will be the three-layered one again and the other two will end up at Newsagents/Kmart. I'm guessing Kmart will get the Showcase
 
They're the bonus cards in the Starter Packs, presumably the ones the newsagents get for Fan Faves specifically. If it's anything like previous years the lowest rarity (Blue) will be unnumbered and the highest (Red) to /100, with the other two somewhere inbetween 100-200 each respectively.

Also worth noting while each team gets 3 in the regular set (3 NRL or 2 NRL and 1 NRLW), only 1 NRL and the NRLW player from each team seem to come in the color variants
 
Laban as the Club Hero for the Warriors is curious one. Largely a NSW Cup player (although a smoky for round 1 this year) with 7 first grade appearances in total.

Unless it is for his heroism as standing stoically and swallowing Horsburgh's unprovoked punches last year in NSW Cup. So heroic was he, he was sent off for it.
 
Laban as the Club Hero for the Warriors is curious one. Largely a NSW Cup player (although a smoky for round 1 this year) with 7 first grade appearances in total.

Unless it is for his heroism as standing stoically and swallowing Horsburgh's unprovoked punches last year in NSW Cup. So heroic was he, he was sent off for it.
They're based on the club's end of year Player and Rookie of the year awards. He got rookie of the year for the Wahs last year
 
They're based on the club's end of year Player and Rookie of the year awards. He got rookie of the year for the Wahs last year

Thanks for that. I'd prefer a "Rookie" card, but all good.

I haven't really pored over this much, but it seems a bit of a double up with the Rising Stars then
 
Was hoping for Clyde or Kenny myself.

Boxhead was a gun, took ball play and running from 9 to another level from Benny but yeah, a few ahead of him I would have thought.
Same , I’ve been waiting on a Kenny for a few years . When there was rumours he was last year I was real keen .
 
Sadly the players I consider Legends have passed away. And if the rumour is true about this year being the end of traders,I think if your a Legend collector, grab them when you can.There have been so many players over the years that we consider Legends, so we have to be thankful that we have had the opportunity to get the cards that have been available so far.
 
Sadly the players I consider Legends have passed away. And if the rumour is true about this year being the end of traders,I think if your a Legend collector, grab them when you can.There have been so many players over the years that we consider Legends, so we have to be thankful that we have had the opportunity to get the cards that have been available so far.
Yeah I agree . I heard Matty Johns and Laurie Daley telling a story about Tommy Raudonikis the other day . Would have payed overs for one of them .
 
Sadly the players I consider Legends have passed away. And if the rumour is true about this year being the end of traders,I think if your a Legend collector, grab them when you can.There have been so many players over the years that we consider Legends, so we have to be thankful that we have had the opportunity to get the cards that have been available so far.
I haven’t chased anything besides the legends for the last few years and I hadn’t heard that about traders . Can anyone confirm it’s true . Have you heard the same @Matt26
 
I haven’t chased anything besides the legends for the last few years and I hadn’t heard that about traders . Can anyone confirm it’s true . Have you heard the same @Matt26
License went up for tender late last year.

TGI (TLA), Select and maybe another, not sure who went for it.

No one knows who got it but the rumour mill indicates Select have lost the AFL after this year to Topps (Fanatics) and Select are still running so it is possible they have the license back.

You won’t hear anything official for sometime. It is also rumoured that there will be two additional NRL releases from TGI this year.
 
License went up for tender late last year.

TGI (TLA), Select and maybe another, not sure who went for it.

No one knows who got it but the rumour mill indicates Select have lost the AFL after this year to Topps (Fanatics) and Select are still running so it is possible they have the license back.

You won’t hear anything official for sometime. It is also rumoured that there will be two additional NRL releases from TGI this year.
That will be interesting. It probably wouldn’t bother me tbh . I would possibly start collecting again if select got involved. Plus would free up some $$ to finish off my legends set .
 
Would love to see what the tender process looks like
It's a high stakes game, if from what has been said Select have lost the AFL licence. That's the business gone unless
they can pick up another sport. Again rumours are that they have picked up NRL (lucky both were up for renewal at the
same time). Select have done a good job before with NRL , but the hobby has moved on in the 12 years since they were last
involved. Would shake things up for sure. I believe they put out high end sets in AFL, so got to expect that's what will happen next
year for us. OH rumours are fun :)
 
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