Card, Rugby

Production date
1991
Description
A Rugby Card featuring Kelvin Mahan of Taranaki. The card features a colour photograph of Mahan diving for the ball during a game against Auckland. It is a light yellow colour with a thin white border and two sides of the photograph are flanked by amber and black stripes. " OFFICIAL 1991 N Z R F U 1st Edition / RUGBY CARDS " is written at the top of the card along the the Regina brand and the emblem of the Taranaki Rugby Football Union. A silver fern design is pictured above the " N Z R F U ". " KELVIN MAHAN - TARANAKI / THE INAUGURAL COLLECTOR'S CARDS " is written below the photograph. The reverse of the card features an identical design at the top and again has amber and black stripes down two sides. " KELVIN MAHAN / ( Inglewood) / Fullback and Centre / Born: June 29, 1964 / Points in 1990: 12 ( 4 penalty / goals ) / Mahan has basically been a standby / for Kieran Crowley over the last six / seasons, although this truck driver / can also play at centre when called on. / No. 147-217 / THE INAUGURAL COLLECTOR'S CARDS " is written on the reverse.
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Production date
1991
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This card was part of a large collection made by New Plymouth boy Andrew Moffat in 1991. Andrew was in Third Form at New Plymouth Boys' High School and playing prop in the school's D1 Black rugby team. He remembers lots of his mates were very keen on collecting these cards. They were purchased in packets, along with chewing gum which was seldom eaten, and they were quite cheap to buy. Andrew spent many hours sorting and organising the cards which he also used to swap with his mates. It even got to the point where they could quote biography details from the back of the cards of relatively obscure provincial players who they could never remember seeing play. While he collected hundreds of cards, the manufacturer included a large number of duplicates and he never managed to collect the whole set. Unsurprisingly, the cards of the Taranaki players were his favourites.
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PA2009.093
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