2002 NRL Challenge Base Set
The 2002 NRL Challenge Base Set forms the backbone of the entire release, featuring a wide spread of players from every NRL club of the era. It’s a straight-shooting, player-focused checklist that captures the competition as it stood in the early 2000s — before jersey sponsors got bigger than the logos.
Base Set Breakdown
The base set consists primarily of player cards from each NRL team, typically supported by club logo cards and checklists. With roughly a dozen cards per club, it offers balanced team representation and makes set building achievable without needing to sell a kidney.
Why Collect the Base Set?
Affordable, nostalgic, and easy to complete, the 2002 NRL Challenge base cards are ideal for team collectors, player collectors, and anyone chasing a full set without modern-day short prints and parallels getting in the way. Sometimes, simple footy cards are exactly what the doctor ordered.
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NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #72 Lance Thompson St George Illawarra Dragons -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #73 Shaun Timmins St George Illawarra Dragons -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #74 Mark Coyne / Rod Wishart St George Illawarra Dragons -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #76 Brad Fittler Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #77 Simon Bonetti Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #78 Craig Fitzgibbon Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #79 Shannon Hegarty Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #80 Bryan Fletcher Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #82 Adrian Morley Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #83 Luke Ricketson Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #84 Craig Wing Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #85 Justin Hodges Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #86 Ian Schubert Sydney Roosters -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #89 Kevin Campion New Zealand Warriors -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #91 Awen Guttenbeil New Zealand Warriors -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #95 Jerry Seuseu New Zealand Warriors -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #106 Aaron Moule Melbourne Storm -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #111 Northern Eagles Logo -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #112 Steve Menzies Northern Eagles -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #113 Jason Ferris Northern Eagles -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #114 John Hopoate Northern Eagles -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #115 Nik Kosef Northern Eagles -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #116 Tasesa Lavea Northern Eagles -
NRL 2002 Challenge Base Card #117 Nathan Long Northern Eagles
