Friday, May 20, 2022

Caltex Rugby Super 12 Tacklers Cards 1999

Caltex in association with U-Bix gave away Caltex Super 12 Tacklers Rugby Cards with every $20 petrol purchase for a limited period in 1999 in New Zealand. There are 15 Super 12 cards to collect with three cards from each of the 5 different NZ rugby franchises represented: Auckland Blues, Waikato Chiefs, Wellington Hurricanes, Canterbury Crusaders and Otago Highlanders.

Caltex Rugby Super 12 Tacklers Cards 1999 featuring the Auckland blues, Waikato Chiefs and Wellington Hurricanes Cards 1 to 9 from set of 15


The Caltex Super 12 cards are colour coded according to the different colours of the rugby franchise team: Blues (white and blue), Chief (yellow and black), Hurricanes (light yellow and black), Crusaders (red) and Highlanders (blue).

Caltex Rugby Super 12 Tacklers 1999 Cards Highlanders Cards 13, 14 and 15 featuring Jeff Wilson, Taine Randall and Josh Kronfeld


The Super 12 cards are glossy and measure 85 x 85 mms. Each card depicts an action shot of a player on the front of the card together with statistics about the player which can be accessed from the fold on the back of the card.

Caltex Rugby Super 12 Tacklers Cards 1999 Chiefs player Jonah Lomu Card 6


This collection of rugby cards has a slightly different concept from typical sports cards in that they can be folded in three different ways to reveal statistics about the player and other rugby information.

Caltex Rugby Super 12 Tacklers Cards 1999 Hurricanes player Christian Cullen Card 7


When the flap on the back of the card is opened out a head shot of the player, their name and statistics are visible along with several rugby quiz questions. Folded backwards the answers to the quiz questions can be seen. The cards can also be folded to reveal the match itinery of the different Super 12 franchise teams depending on the card.



The following Caltex Super 12 Tacklers rugby cards are included in this 1999 set:
  1. Carlos Spencer - Blues
  2. Mark Robinson - Blues
  3. Joeli Vidiri - Blues
  4. Royce Willis - Chiefs
  5. Michael Collins - Chiefs
  6. Jonah Lomu - Chiefs
  7. Christian Cullen - Hurricanes
  8. Filo Tiatia - Hurricanes
  9. Gordon Slater - Hurricanes
  10. Andrew Mehrtens - Crusaders
  11. Scott Robertson - Crusaders
  12. Norman Maxwell - Crusaders
  13. Jeff Wilson - Highlanders
  14. Taine Randall - Highlanders
  15. Josh Kronfeld - Highlanders

Caltex Rugby Super 12 Tacklers Cards 1999 Hurricanes and Crusaders cards 7-12

Full sets of the Super 12 cards from 1999 in good condition are hard to come by these days except from collectors and collector card dealers. Expect to pay something in the region of NZ $20-$30 on auction sites like Trademe but they don't come up that often. Singles are more common so if you don't mind buying piecemeal it is still possible to put together a nice set of Super 12 Tacklers.


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