2016 ESP NRL Elite Rugby League cards

The 2016 ESP Elite NRL Rugby League trading cards will be released at the start of August 2016.
This release will no doubt be ESPs best offering to date!
This years release will contain: .

• Young Gun or League Sensation signatures
• Two tiers of MOJO pack
• Jersey Signatures
• and more (see attached flyer) 2016 NRL Elite Flyer & 2016 NRL Elite Checklist

This year sets includes the following highlight insert sets and changes:

•  Improved design of the common cards, they are all hot stamped foiled and look great!
•  There are no parallels in the set this year, instead ESP have included the Gold Specials 1/3 packets featuring a different player image.
•  A new Mojo set has been include, limited to only 20 sets per team (Mojo Sapphire) and (Mojo Ruby) 40 sets as per 2015
• The 2016 Captains have been designed by Dave Cain, a graphic artist’s and friend of TLA, Dave is responsible for designing a number of stamps for Australia post so is well qualified. The cards are initialled by the designer and David will be at the August Collector Fair in Penrith to sign these cards for those that have them in their collection, TLA will apply NRL Holograms to each of the cards signed by Dave at the Penrith Fair which will Authenticate the Signatures and set those show singed cards apart.
• League Sensations are back and are Limited to 130 per player all signature across the release have moved back to black!
• The popular Young Guns are also back limited to 130 of each player, Matt Parcell (Manly Card YG6/16) will be available via a redemption card as the players schedule got in the way of the singing sessions.
• Run an Gun Parallels are numbered and limited to 100 per design and there are 32 to collect
• The match worn Road To the Finals Jersey cards are back limited to 150 unsigned and 50 signed. This year ESP joint ventured with Futera to produce these cards, for improved quality and design of the set. ESP have now included Code for Collector on the back of each card. The individual code on the back of each card will open up to NRL cards collectors a world of information relating to their individual cards including detail on where on the match worn jersey patch came from that’s featured in their card, in addition each card will be pre Colour Graded details of which will be recorded on line. All this information will be able from the Futera website which you can link to from the TLA World Wide web page, as per 2015 these cards will be redeemed.
• A first for NRL cards are the 4 x 1 of 1 cards each featuring a gold plated frame and high profile jersey patch from the match worn jerseys, the cards are hologrammed and numbered 1/1, this will also be redeemed.
• The case cards in 2016 are limited in addition to 200 per design two cards to collect, as you can see only 400 of the 630 cases will contain a case card. FYI ESP have taken case cards out of the stock they are selling via Gordon and Gotch, historically these cards were wasted. ESP can now offer limited edition case cards to collectors and dealers that buy sealed cases.
•  Another first in 2016 are Box Cards, a parallel of the case cards. ESP have limited these to 2000 per design x 2 designs. Only 4,000 of the 6,300 boxes will contain the box card. These will be loose cards placed at the bottom of each box.
• This year’s Album card continues to celebrate the stellar success of Johnathan Thurston as the 2015 Dally M Medallist

You can get this great product, while stocks last, here at jajascollectables.com
We will list a number of team oriented case breaks prior to and after release on gimko.com.au
This product will sell out quickly! There is no doubt in my mind that it will.

Bock a Victim of AFL Insanity!

Nathan Bock was yesterday fined $10,000 and suspended for two matches for supposedly breaching the AFL's anti-gambling policy. The breach apparently occured when Bock spoke to friends, before Gold Coasts last game, about playing at full forward. Bock was then backed in from 100-1 to 21-1 to kick the first goal of the game. He did go on to kick the first goal, costing bookmakers more than $40,000.
I recall Bock being selected at full forward on the Thursday night before the game. I recall seeing Bocks name at full forward in the paper on the Friday before the game! Is it unreasonable to suggest that a punter would take first goal odds of 100-1 on a full forward? I certainly would have taken those odds.
The AFL in its wisdom, believes that it's bad luck for Bock that the bookies weren't savvy enough to change the odds from 100-1 to 10-1 after team selection.
Wake up Adrian Anderson, you are really starting to irritate the average punter...or should I say fan!!!
What do you think??

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Ja Ja's AFL Mid Season Report.

What have we learnt at the half way point of the 2011 AFL Premiership season????
1) The Western Bulldogs are in absolute disarray. Rodney Eade continues to defend his players and let the Bulldog faithful believe that the season isn't over. The truth of the matter is that his players, that he is defending, are doing nothing to defend him. They regularly spectate while opposition players are near enough to chase.  They fold meekly in the heat of battle and are well and truly done as a final eight contender. 
Opposition supporters remember the Dogs line-ups of past years. The ones that contained outside ball carriers like McMahon and Farren Ray.  These same supporters realise that you can't win premierships with too many players playing outside roles. The Dogs currently have too many players that fit that bill.  Giansiracusa, Gilbee, Murphy, Griffen, Higgins, Hill, Moles, Sherman and Wood represent a talented group of footballers who run outside more often than they should.
Call to Fame in the 1st half of the Season: The Greatest Surrender of the Season - the 123 point Coach killing loss to the Westcoast Eagles in Round 9.

2)  The Geelong Cats are as Good as Ever! The injection of a new coach, and young players Daniel Menzel and Mitch Duncan, has reinvigorated the old firm. Are they a genuine challenger to the Pies? Read point 6 for your answer! 
Call to Fame in the 1st half of the Season: The best winning streak so far! Undefeated to the mid point of the season. 

3) Are the Saints Broken? Three Grand Finals in a row without a premiership has taken its toll on the Saints mentally. They have been sluggish and incoherent in the first half of the season. Ross Lyon is finally injecting some youth into the side in an attempt to reinvigorate it. Will it work? I think it will. The Saints will be back in the eight by September.
Call to Fame in the 1st half of the Season: The Worst ever ratio of Goals kicked to kilometres ran by a key forward. They say Nick Riewoldt runs an average of 15 kilometres a game. That equates to approximately 150 kilometres to round 11. The return.....14 goals!  Reason....opposition defenders have taken a leaf out of Nathan Browns Grand Final performance. They have learnt to work Riewoldt under the ball in marking contests.

4) The Westcoast Eagles are the Biggest Improvers in 2011! Seven wins by round 11, three more than they won during the whole 2010 season. They are the biggest improvers. Woosha is a student of Mick Malthouse and it shows! The game plan and press are similar, as is the rebuilding strategy. The Pies bottomed out in 2005 and took Pendlebury and Thomas with their early draft picks. The Eagles bottomed out in 2010 and took Gaff and Darling. Will they bare the same fruits? Time will tell. They are well on their way!
Call to Fame in the 1st half of the Season: The 123 point slaughter of the hapless Bulldogs was impressive.

5) The Gold Coast will be a Force! An awesome group of young players coached by another student of Mick Malthouse, Guy McKenna. Nothing more to say!
Call to Fame in the 1st half of the Season: Karmichael Hunts first goal was a golden moment in the Suns first season.
  
6) Collingwood is still the team to beat! Unflappable all season.  They have rested players at will.  They have injected Davis, Krakouer  and Tarrant into a Premiership side. They still have Jolly, Brown, Johnson and Macaffer to return from injury.  There is still improvement in this team to come. Mick is working them to peak fitness from round 15 onwards. There is not a team in the league that will come close to them during the final series......not even the Cats!
Call to Fame in the 1st half of the Season: Eleven goals in 15 minutes of the last quarter against Adelaide was unbelievable! Krakouers mark in the same game will be the mark of the year! 

Our Final Eight:                                                                                                                            
1- Collingwood,  2- Geelong, 3- Carlton, 4- Sydney, 5- Hawthorn, 6- Westcoast, 7- StKilda,  8- Melbourne.