the 2011 AFL season just tipped off!

Whilst the excitement of Select Champions has subsided and the delayed and staggered release of 2011 afl teamcoach has frustrated many, there is some light...the 2011 AFL season has finally started!

Draft Day Rookie Roll-call
These players featured in our 2010 Draft Day Set, which released in December, and these four players debuted in Round 1, 2011.

Andrew Gaff - Played as a super-sub and a key role in the midfield, helping his team to victory. (14 disposals)
Reece Conca - Played at half-back rebounding the ball to the Tigers midfield.
Jack Darling - Played at half-forward and moved deeper into the fwd line once All-Aust forward, Mark LeCras left the ground injured. Kicked 2 goals, from 11 disposals and 3 marks.
Ryan Lester - Brisbane just fell short against Freo, with Ryan contributing 16 disposals and 6 marks.

Check out the entire set of cards featuring players drafted in 2010!

2011 AFL Select Champions

The details for this year's release of AFL Select Champions have come to light.

Basic Info -
Each box contains 36 packs, with 7 cards plus 1 silver parallel per pack.

The Juice -
2010 AFL Draft Rookie Cards - 1:18 packs (2 per box approx?)
2011 AFL Select Champions Superstar Gem Cards (1 per box?)
2010 AFL Select Champions Rising Star Nominee's
2011 AFL Select Champions Fab Four

Big Juice -
2011 AFL Select Champions AFL Star Signatures 1:4 boxes (3 per case approx?)

From the initial images released, and based on previous releases, the new Select Champions have ditched foil signatures, and replaced them with Fab Four cards, which look like 4 different players highlighted from each of the 17 teams, if so, perhaps these will be inserted around 1:4 or 1:6 packs?
The return of Rising Stars is a good one, since the winner of the 2010 award, Daniel Hanneberry had only been on 1 card in 2008. For some players this may be there only card during their AFL career, so a thumbs for bringing this set back in 2011 after a short absence. It will be interesting to see how many Draft Rookies are featured in this year's set, in 2006 when Champions released Draft Rookie cards, inserted 2 per box, they featured picks 1-22, and with GOLD COAST having drafted 6 of the first 11 picks, lets see how many they include.
Lastly, the Authentic AFL Star Signatures inserted at 1:4 boxes. Sounds exciting, the first thing that springs to mind is how many different players are featured in the set, are they numbered, and if so how many cards has each player signed? I wonder by having signature cards in Champions, does this mean the Herald Sun release may not have any? Only a thought...due for release in Mid-March 2011.

Albums, Boxes & Cases will be available soon!

Who likes AFL Video games?

For sometime now, many of us have been waiting for the next 'AFL Live' since 2006, and now 5 years later it looks like becoming a reality.

One of the forums has added some fantastic screen shots and given some key details about new release for Playstation 3/PS3, X-BOX 360 and Nintendo Wii.


To read more about the game

Game has just added TBC release dates for 21/04/2011.

A interesting look and breakdown of the new Gold Coast Suns team

Just reading more into the new GOLD COAST Suns team which will play a crucial role in the upcoming 2010 AFL Draft, along with its new players from other AFL clubs.

While a few months old, check out this interesting article by monty called

Sons of the Suns: mock Gold Coast 22 for Round 1, 2011

The Gold Coast Suns will have something old, something new, something borrowed, something… NRL?

So then, here’s my lash at the 22 that every fantasy coach will be sweating on in six months’ time.

B: Jarrod Harbrow, Karmichael Hunt, Campbell Brown
HB: Nathan Krakouer, Michael Coad, Sam Iles
C: David Swallow, Daniel Harris, Roland Ah Chee
HF: Jared Brennan, Cameron Mooney, Harley Bennell
F: Jack Darling, David Hale, Brandon Matera
Foll: Zac Smith, Michael Rischitelli, Gary Ablett jnr
Int: Steven May, Josh Toy, Daniel Gorringe, Danny Stanley

This team can be broken down as follows.

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Chris Judd, Carlton captain the 2010 Brownlow Medallist

Despite the odds being given for a Dane Swan and Gary Ablett as a quinella, Chris Judd came out of nowhere to win this year's Brownlow Medal. It's not as if he didnt deserve, because he led his team on and off the field superbly, its just that many thought the key midfielders of the league's leading teams would simply poll better than Judd.




Congratulations Chris Judd!



Key cards of 2010 AFL Brownlow Medal Winner - Chris Judd

2010 AFL Select Prestige Updates

No doubt most people, collectors and many of our Facebook fans have seen the first of 3 images that have been released as 'sneak peeks' regarding the new afl series 2 product - 2010 AFL Select Prestige

The latest images show a 2009 AFL All-Australian Team Foil Signature card, whilst the most recent, released this week looks like a draft signature of some sort, featuring Essendon rookie Jake Melksham, inserted 1 per 72 packs.

No further news on prices or a specific release date in July as of yet.

2010 AFL Select Prestige

So it's been confirmed, and a slated release for July!

Stay tuned for the latest prices on sealed boxes and factory-sealed cases.