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Australian Rugby League Card And Sticker Issues

Year Manufacturer Description
1925
Cains Sweets
Sydney club Rugby League. 36 cards in series.
1925
Allens Sweets
Australian & English Rugby League & Soccer Internationals. 22 known League subjects in set of 54.
1933
Godfrey Phillips
Who's Who In Australian Sport. 5 League subjects in set of 100.
1934
Australian Licorice Australian Rugby League & Rugby Union Players. 12 League subjects in set of 24.
1948
Stamina Clothing
Rugby League Kangaroo Tourists to Britain & France. 28 cards in series.
1948
W C Douglass
Fountain Of Merit. 12 League subjects in set of 108.
1963
Scanlens
Sydney club Rugby League. 18 cards in series.
1964
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 33 cards in series.
1968
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 40 cards in series. Referred to as  "Series 1"
1968
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 44 cards in series. Referred to as  "Series 2"
1969
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 48 cards in series.
1969
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 18 Die Cut cards in series.
1970
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 66 cards in series.
1974
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 115 cards in series plus 6 checklists.
1975
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 132 cards in series plus 12 checklists.
1976
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 132 cards in series plus 12 checklists.
1977
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 132 cards in series plus 12 checklists.
1978
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 156 cards in series plus 12 checklists.
1979
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 156 cards in series plus 12 checklists.
1980
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 175 cards in series plus 12 checklists.
1981
Scanlens Sydney club Rugby League. 168 cards in series plus 12 checklists.
1982
Scanlens NSWRFL club Rugby League. 180 cards in series.
1982
Scanlens Brisbane club Rugby League. 76 cards in series plus 8 checklists.
1983
Scanlens NSWRFL club Rugby League. 172 stickers in series.
1984
Scanlens NSWRFL club Rugby League. 172 stickers in series.
1985
Scanlens NSWRFL club Rugby League. 208 stickers in series.
1986
Scanlens NSWRFL club Rugby League. 132 cards in series.
1987
Scanlens NSWRFL club Rugby League. 132 cards in series.
1988
Stimorol
NSWRFL club Rugby League. 144 cards in series.
1989
Stimorol NSWRFL club Rugby League. 156 cards in series.
1990
Stimorol
NSWRFL club Rugby League. 156 cards in series.
1991
Stimorol
NSWRFL club Rugby League. 210 cards in series.
1992
Regina
NSWRFL club Rugby League. 176 cards in series.
1993
Regina
NSWRFL club Rugby League. 174 cards in series.

In addition to the above,
in 1967 two Sydney newspapers, the Sun and the
Daily Mirror, each issued a series of 50 black and white cards, in a postcard
size format.

Scanlens issued a series of 12 cards in 1968 featuring the logo of each team
in the league. These were issued with Series 1.
 
Mobil Service Stations in New South Wales issued two series of 40 cards in
1971, also in a postcard size format, but in colour. One series was for the
Sydney competition and the other was for the local Newcastle competition.
A parallel series was also issued in Queensland.

Also issued in 1971, by the Daily Mirror newspaper, was a series entitled
Milk Heroes.
 
The Ardmona Fruit Company issued a boxed set of 33 cards for each of the
12 Sydney Rugby League teams
in 1981.

The Continuity Group issued a set of 16 colourgrams
in 1992, one for each
team in the league.

Select Australia released a sticker album in 1992 and 1993.