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Rugby cigarette cards, trade cards & sticker collections - a selection  of cards from Victorian times to modern day collections, all the great sets of year's gone by, cards by manufacturers like Wills, Players, Ogden's & Taddy. We have trade cards from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, plus of course modern day sticker collections from Merlin & Panini. Please scroll down to see the great cards have in stock or click on the links below.

 

CIGARETTE CARDS  -  MODERN REPRINTS & ISSUES  -  TRADE CARDS  -  STICKER COLLECTIONS  -  PRINTED CARDS   -  ACCESSORIES

 

CIGARETTE CARDS - ORIGINAL ISSUES

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CHURCHMAN'S - "Rugby Internationals", issued in 1935

Head & shoulder portraits of leading Rugby Internationals wearing their club kit, size 68mm x 36mm.

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

The full set of cards is not currently available.

 

 

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OGDENS - "Famous Rugby Players, issued in 1926

A set of 50 cards, head & shoulder portraits, a mixture of Rugby Union & Rugby League Internationals. Nos 1 - 23 Rugby Union, Nos 24 - 50 Rugby League.

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

  

Full set of 50 cards with some minor faults to the occasional card

Ref: cdst-og26-fr  - £75.00  

 

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PLAYERS "Football Caricatures by RIP", issued in 1926

A set of 50 caricatures, a mixture of soccer and Rugby Union players, Nos 1 - 25 soccer,  26 - 50 rugby union.

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

The full set of cards is not available.

 

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PLAYERS "Football Caricatures by MAC", issued in 1927

A set of 50 caricatures, a mixture of Soccer, Rugby Union and Rugby League players, Nos 1 - 37 soccer,  38 - 50 Rugby Union (10) & Rugby League (3).

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

 

Full set of 50 cards in very good condition 

Ref: cdst-pl27-mac - £75.00   

 

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PLAYERS "Footballers" issued in 1928

A 50 card set of illustrated footballers, a mixture of Soccer and Rugby players

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

The full set of cards is not available.

 

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TADDY - "South African Football Team" issued in 1906

A set of 26 cards, players and management of the 1st Springbok Touring Team.

The full set of cards is not available.

Odd card - Paul Roos (capt). 

Ref: cdod-ta06-sa-Roos - £50.00   

 

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TADDY - "Footballers" issued in 1906

A set of 50 cards featuring the 1905 All Blacks (28 cards) and British players (22 cards) 

The full set of cards is not available.

 

Odd card - HE Shrewing (England) condition - fair  

Ref: cdod-ta06-nz - £40.00   

 

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UNITED TOBACCO (SOUTH AFRICA) 

"British Rugby Tour of South Africa 1938" issued in 1938

A set of 62 cards, size 61mm x 79mm featuring British Lions and South African Rugby Internationals. A printed wallet was available for storage.

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

Full set of 62 cards in very good to excellent condition 

Ref: cdst-ut38-br - £120.00

 

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WILLS "Rugby Internationals" issued in 1929

A set of 50 caricatures, international players from England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales. 

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

Full set of 50 cards in very good condition 

Ref: cdst-wl29-ri - £75.00   

 

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WILLS "British Rugby Players" issued in 1930

A set of 45 cards, featuring British Rugby Internationals.

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

 

Full set of 45 cards in very good condition.

Ref: cdst-wl30-brp - £85.00   

 

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Wills (NZ) "New Zealand Footballers", issued in 1927

A set of 50 cards, photographs featuring NZ International and leading provincial players.

The full set of cards is not available.

CLICK HERE to see a list of the cards in this set and ODD CARDS available

 

 

 

CARD SETS WITH RUGBY CARDS INCLUDED  

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Card presented with "The Champion" Sep 23rd 1922, one of the Famous Football Captains series, No 35. WJA Davies captain of England, the card is worn with some creasing to the top right hand corner.

Ref: F40-03-cdod - £9.00

 

FRED MORGAN, SWANSEA - "Welsh Footballers & Cricketers" - 1915

An extremely RARE set of cards of Welsh Footballers & Cricketers, there were 40 cards issued in this set, at least 20 of whom were rugby players. They are normal cigarette card size (62 x 34mm). 

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Dai Parker, Swansea, slight crease to top left hand corner.

Ref: F40-04-cdod-fmo - £60.00

 

DH Davies, Penclawdd. Slight surface damage.

Ref: F40-05-cdod-fmo - £55.00

CC Smart, Briton Ferry Town Cricket Club.

Ref: F40-08-cdod-fmo - £60.00

Emlyn Williams, Aberavon, slight crease top right hand corner.

Ref: F40-09-cdod-fmo - £60.00

Jack Wetter, Newport, some creasing.

Ref: F40-10-cdod-fmo - £45.00

Newport group, Reg Edwards, Neill Macpherson, DR Roche, JJ Wetter.

Ref: F40-12-cdod-fmo - £70.00

 

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OGDENS CIGARETTES, issued 1898 - 1900

Unknown number of cards in set. 

Plain backed cards featuring international Rugby & Soccer Players. 

A full set of cards is currently unavailable

Odd cards available - 

JD Allison, Queen's College, Belfast.

Ref: F40-01-cdod-og98 - £25.00

SJ Irwin, Queen's College, Belfast.

Ref: F40-06-cdod-og98 - £25.00

JF Byrne Molesey.

Ref: F40-07-cdod-og98 - £25.00

F Mills, Wales.

Ref: F40-02-cdod-og98 - £30.00

WJ Bancroft, Wales.

Ref: F40-11-cdod-og98 - £45.00

 

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OGDEN'S GUINEA GOLDS - New Series 1 - 1902

Unknown number of cards in set but only two rugby cards identified. Plain backed cards.

Odd cards available -

England and Scotland - Breaking up a scrum.

Ref: F40-33-cdod-og02 - £15.00

England and Scotland - A drop kick.

Ref: F40-32-cdod-og02 - £15.00

 

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WILLS "British Sporting Personalities" issued in 1937

A 48 card set - size 52mm x 76mm - some rugby personalities included

Odd cards available -

Prince Obolensky

Ref:  F40-16-cdod-wl37 - £5.00

 

WILLS "Homeland Events" issued in 1932

A set of 54 cards (size 36mm x 66mm) including 3 rugby cards

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No 7 Maoris v Somerset. 

Ref: F40-13-cdod-wl - £9.00

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No 52 Rugby International Match (scene from Scotland v France at Murrayfield) 

F40-14-cdod-wl - £9.00

 

 

MODERN REPRINTS AND CIGARETTE CARD SIZE ISSUES

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F & J SMITH - "Prominent Rugby Players" (reprint of 1924 set) - 

A set of 25 cards, English, Irish & Scottish internationals

CLICK HERE to view the cards contained in this set.

These cards are only available as a set

Full set of 25 cards. 

Ref: cdst-sm24-rp  - £12.00   

Full set of 25 cards framed and glazed. 

Ref: cdstfm-sm24-rp - £45.00   

 

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DAILY TELEGRAPH - 1995 RWC - England

A subset of 26 cards, part of a 108 card set issued by the British newspaper "The Daily Telegraph". 

To view the cards contained in this set - CLICK HERE 

 

Set of 26 England RWC 1995 cards.

Ref: cdst-dt-wc95en - £5.00.   

Set of 26 England RWC 1995 cards framed, see Welsh set below for example of framing

Ref: cdstfm-dt-wc95en - £35.00   

 

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DAILY TELEGRAPH - 1995 RWC - Ireland

A subset of 26 cards, part of a 108 card set issued by the British newspaper "The Daily Telegraph". 

To view the cards contained in this set - CLICK HERE 

 

Set of 26 Ireland RWC 1995 cards.

Ref: cdst-dt-wc95ir - £5.00.   

Set of 26 Ireland RWC 1995 cards framed, see Welsh set below for example of framing

Ref: cdstfm-dt-wc95ir - £35.00   

 

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DAILY TELEGRAPH - 1995 RWC - Scotland

A subset of 26 cards, part of a 108 card set issued by the British newspaper "The Daily Telegraph". 

To view the cards contained in this set - CLICK HERE

 

Set of 26 Scotland RWC 1995 cards.

Ref: cdst-dt-wc95sc - £5.00.   

Set of 26 Scotland RWC 1995 cards framed, see Welsh set below for example of framing

Ref: cdstfm-dt-wc95sc - £35.00   

 

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DAILY TELEGRAPH - 1995 RWC - Wales

A subset of 26 cards, part of a 108 card set issued by the British newspaper "The Daily Telegraph". 

To view the cards contained in this set - CLICK HERE 

 

Set of 26 Wales RWC 1995 cards.

Ref: cdst-dt-wc95wa - £5.00.   

Set of 26 Wales RWC 1995 cards framed.

Ref: cdstfm-dt-wc95wa - £35.00   

 

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RFU - "English Internationals 1980 - 1991"

A 50 card set published by the RFU, cigarette card size, sold only as a set. 

To view the cards contained in this set - CLICK HERE

Full set of 50 cards in mint condition. 

Ref: cdst-rfu-en80 - £15.00   

 

 

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WELSH RUGBY UNION - GREAT WELSH RUGBY PLAYERS

A set of 50 cards (cigarette card size) issued by the Welsh Rugby Union, each card is a caricature by Gren with biographical details by John Billot of the player on the reverse. A full range of Welsh rugby legends through the years is covered by the set, starting with Arthur Gould from the 1880s with a good selection of players from the 1900s including Gwyn Nicholls, Percy Bush and Teddy Morgan, stars of 20s & 30s include Watcyn Thomas, Claude Davey, Wilf Wooler & Cliff Jones. many of the 1950 & 1952 Grand Slam teams are caricatured, John Gwilliam, Roy John, Rees Stephens, Bleddyn Williams & Jack Matthews are among those featured. The set moves on to the 1960s and 70s through Brian Price, Clive Rowlands, Gareth Edwards, Barry John, John Dawes, Mervyn Davies, Gerald Davies, finishing off with a good selection of 1970s players, the last three cards being Graham Price, Terry Cobner and Steve Fenwick. A very collectable set in mint condition. These cards are only available as a set

 

Full set of 50 cards in excellent condition.

Ref: cdst-wru80-gwrp - £35.00   

 

 

TRADE CARDS

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AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION "Wallaby Player Cards" issued approx 1998

Postcard size cards with a photo to the front and player profile on reverse.

Odd cards available -

Matt Burke 

Ref: F23-91-cdodas98 - £6.00   

John Eales 

Ref: F23-92-cdodas98 - £8.00   

George Gregan 

Ref: F23-93-cdodas98 - £8.00   

Tim Horan 

Ref: F23-94-cdodas98 - £7.00   

Joe Roff 

Ref: F23-95-cdodas98 - £7.00   

 

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London Scottish - Baines trading card, circa 1890s, small corner folds, player G McGregor featured on card. 

Ref: F8-163-cdod-ba-ls - £65.00

 

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CALTEX "Super 12" issued in New Zealand only in 1998

A set of 80 stickers with 5 pocket size hardback booklets. Each Super 12 booklet player has a space underneath his sticker for an autograph. 

For 'signed' cards from this set CLICK HERE

A set of 5 hardback books, together with a full set of stickers. The Otago Highlanders set has been neatly stuck in the book, while the other teams are loose with books. 

Ref: cdstbk -cal98-s12 - £45.00   

 

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CARD CRAZY AUTHENTICS (NZ) "Rugby Superstars" issued in 1995 

A set of 110 cards featuring NZ provincial & international players

Full set of 110 cards in excellent condition

Ref: cdst-cca95-rs  - £24.00   

 

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CARD CRAZY AUTHENTICS (NZ)   "Rugby Superstars" issued in 1996.

A high quality set of laminated cards issued in New Zealand.

A regular set of 90 cards, included are NZ provincial players and NZ interest.

 Additional cards to the main set are 4 insert sets (Expess Delivery, Engine Room, Terminators & Super 12 Logo cards. There are another 5 additional cards including 3 Jonah Lomu & an Ultra Gold Zinzan Brooke card.

A full set of 90 regular cards in excellent condition 

Ref: cdst-cca96-rs - £22.00   

Express Delivery Subset - An insert subset of 10 cards with the following players - Bale, Cooke, Forrest, Kerr, Lomu, Osborne, Rush, Videri, Warlow & Wilson.

Ref:  F40-161-cdst-cca96-eds - £28.00

 

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CROXLEY CARD CO - " British Lions" published in 1999

A set of 20 cards only available as a set

CLICK HERE - for a list of cards contained in this set

 

Full set of 20 cards in mint condition 

Ref: cdst-cro89-br -  £10.00   

 

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CROXLEY CARD CO - "Saracens" published in 2000

A set of 20 cards only available as a set 

CLICK HERE - for a list of cards contained in this set

 

Full set of 20 cards in mint condition. 

Ref: cdst-cro00-sar -  £10.00   

 

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CROXLEY CARD CO - "Leicester Tigers" published in 2000

A set of 20 cards only available as a set

CLICK HERE - for a list of cards contained in this set

 

Full set of 20 cards in mint condition 

Ref: cdst-cro00-lei -  £10.00   

 

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DYNAMIC MARKETING - "The '95 Contenders" issued in 1995

A set of 55 cards featuring All Blacks past & present, click on the illustrated checklist to see the cards in this set.  

Full set of 55 cards in excellent condition 

Ref: cdst-dm95-co - £12.50   

 

 

EDITIONS RECONTRE S.A (Sportscaster Cards) issued in 1978

Mostly colour cards, 16cm x 12cm (6 X 5"), printed in Italy, text in English & French, unnumbered.

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Examples of reverse of cards

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Ref: cdtd-er-77 - £4.00    

       

 

EDITIONS RECONTRE S.A (Sportscaster Cards) issued in 1978

Mostly colour cards, 16cm x 12cm (6 X 5"), printed in Italy, text in English & French, unnumbered.

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Examples of reverse of cards

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Ref: cdtd-er-afc - £4.00

 

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Ref: cdtd-er-agg - £2.00

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Ref: cdtd-er-air -  £5.00

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Ref: cdtd-er-aru - £5.00

71.jpg (55030 bytes)   Benoit Dauga 

Ref: cdtd-er-bda -  £5.00

  69.jpg (59805 bytes) British Lions 

Ref: cdtd-er-bli - £9.00

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Ref: cdtd-er-cda - £5.00

  67.jpg (41048 bytes) Colin Meads 

Ref: cdtd-er-cme - £7.00