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• The most popular player in SuperCoach Zac Lomax is a shock omission for the Dragons. However, he is replaced by another cheapie in Mikaele Ravalawa on the right wing.
 

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Generally Tuesdays. The first round of the year it may be Monday, possibly Sunday if we're lucky.

It looks alright. Hard to pick it apart too much given we don't know exact round 1 teams yet. Cam Smith is a safe pick, but I'm more inclined to avoid him should his minutes be reduced. If the Storm are going gangbusters against any team, he generally comes off the park to avoid injury. Holland is a really good pick, as his end to last season was huge. Once he was playing 80 minutes he averaged over 60 his last 10 games. Great mid-priced player for either hooker or CTW.

Taupau and Fifita are safe picks, their input will vary week to week depending on how many attacking stats they can get. When both are on top of their game, it's fun to see the points roll in. Sam Burgess is a tough one as I've always liked him, but he has a tendency to give away a lot of penalties which hurts his score.

Trbojevic is always a good pick, big motor and on the end of attacking plays here and there. Arrow is a frustrating one (lots of injury worries last season), but he has a high ceiling so risk vs reward there. Cam Murray should see plenty more minutes this season with no Crichton you would think, but you never know with Souths' pack. Would avoid Stimson and Carrigan, better cheapies/mid price players out there.

Cleary not too bad a pick, but I'm opting for Johnson over him at this point, simply because the defence of the Sharks is better than the Panthers, which means less missed tackles for Johnson (in theory).

Morgan's a tough one, as I don't know how much more he will be involved with Thurston gone. He is a very good attacking player, but I don't know if he'll do the bulk of the kicking or leave it to the other half/hooker. A risky pick in my eyes.

Masters and Gutherson solid picks. If Bateman doesn't start, it's a bit risky putting him in over other solid CTW options.

Moylan looks like he's ready for a big year, and with Johnson there, they could link up a lot. I'm probably going to take the punt on him as well.
Thanks for the advice @7/11

Out:C Smith, S Burgess, J Stimson, Z Lomax, P Carrigan and J Kerr

In: J Friend, S Lane, A Tolman, M Ravalawa, J Host and T Kamikamica with 33,600 of remaining salary.

Really looking forward to this competition and hopefully will increase my interest in the sport and I'll try to watch a game or 2 per round.
 
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Round 1 teams are out ?

13 onfield + 4 Interchange I understand

The 4 Reserves are they like emergencies (sorry if this is a dumb question)
 

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SCS 02 League code is 303085 and a link provided in Post 125 by @KLo30 with 17 spots still to fill.

https://supercoach.heraldsun.com.au/nrl/classic/#/?action=join-league&code=303085

Thought I'd issue out a reminder to members that have either posted or liked in this forum or some of the regulars from NBA, NFL or the Big Bash if they would be interested in joining to fill the league. Most of us are heading in with little to no prior knowledge or experience regrading the format/game but with the amount of resources available it should be easy to complete a team by kickoff Thursday night.

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Round 1 teams are out ?

13 onfield + 4 Interchange I understand

The 4 Reserves are they like emergencies (sorry if this is a dumb question)
The reserves also score points for you. Then the other players you have on your bench are potential auto-emergencies should you need them.
 

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BRONCOS VS STORM
Thursday, March 14th, 7:50pm at AAMI Park

Broncos: 1. Darius Boyd, 2. Corey Oates, 3. James Roberts, 4. Jack Bird, 5. Jamayne Isaako, 6. Anthony Milford, 7. Kodi Nikorima, 8. Matt Lodge, 9. Andrew McCullough, 10. Joe Ofahengaue, 11. Alex Glenn, 12. Jaydn Su’A, 13. Matt Gillett.

Interchange: 14. Kotoni Staggs, 15. David Fifita, 16. Thomas Flegler, 17. Tevita Pangai Junior, Reserves: 18. Shaun Fensom, 19. Patrick Carrigan, 20. Sean O’Sullivan, 21. Gehamat Shibasaki.

SuperCoach news: Matt Gillett (neck) returns from serious injury at lock. Utility Kotoni Staggs has secured the No.14 super sub role with Tevita Pangai Jr and David Fifita on the bench. Tom Flegler scores the interchange spot vacated by Payne Haass (disciplinary suspension).

Storm: 1 Jahrome Hughes, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Brodie Croft, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith, 10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Kenneath Bromwich, 13 Dale Finucane

Interchange: 14 Brandon Smith, 15 Christian Welch, 16 Tui Kamikamica, 17 Patrick Kaufusi Reserves: 18 Ryan Papenhuyzen, 19 Tom Eisenhuth, 20 Billy Walters, 21 Marion Seve

SuperCoach news: Jahrome Hughes scores the fullback spot vacated by Billy Slater. Kenny Bromwich starts in place of the injured Joe Stimson (back). SuperCoach cheapie option Tui Kamikamica scores a bench spot despite a knee injury in the final trial.

KNIGHTS VS SHARKS
Friday, March 15th, 6:00pm at McDonald Jones Stadium

Knights: 1. Connor Watson 2. Edrick Lee 3. Hymel Hunt 4. Jesse Ramien 5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 6. Kalyn Ponga 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. David Klemmer 9. Danny Levi 10. James Gavet 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Sione Mata’utia 13. Tim Glasby

Interchange: 14. Kurt Mann 15. Aidan Guerra 16. Mitchell Barnett 17. Daniel Saifiti

Reserves: 18. Jamie Buhrer 19. Herman Ese’ese 20. Josh King 21. Brodie Jones

SuperCoach news: Kalyn Ponga’s switch to five-eighth is confirmed. New faces Edrick Lee, Hymel Hunt, Jesse Ramien, David Klemmer, James Gavet, Tim Glasby and Kurt Mann all make the 17.

Sharks: 1. Matt Moylan, 2. Sosaia Feki, 3. Josh Dugan, 4. Josh Morris, 5. Sione Katoa, 6. Shaun Johnson, 7. Chad Townsend, 8. Andrew Fifita, 9. Jayden Brailey, 10. Matt Prior, 11. Briton Nikora, 12. Kurt Capewell, 13. Paul Gallen (c)

Interchange:14. Blayke Brailey, 15. Jayson Bukuya, 16. Aaron Woods, 17. Jack Williams

Reserves: 18. Scott Sorenson, 19. Kyle Flanagan, 20. Bronson Xerri, 21. Braden Hamlin-Uele

SuperCoach news: In huge SuperCoach news, Briton Nikora and Kurt Capewell start in the back row in place of Wade Graham (ACL) and Luke Lewis (retired). Star recruit Shaun Johnson takes the five-eighth spot with Matt Moylan shifting to fullback. As predicted, Blayke Brailey will make his debut off the bench, with his brother wearing the No.9.

ROOSTERS VS RABBITOHS
Friday, March 15th, 7:55pm at SCG

Roosters: 1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Latrell Mitchell 4. Joseph Manu 5. Brett Morris 6. Luke Keary 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Sio Siua Taukeiaho 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Mitchell Aubusson 13. Victor Radley

Interchange: 14. Isaac Liu 15. Zane Tetevano 16. Lindsay Collins 17. Angus Crichton

Reserves: 18. Nat Butcher 19. Matt Ikuvalu 20. Lachlan Lam 21. Poasa Faamausili

SuperCoach news: Angus Crichton is a SuperCoach no-no after being named on the bench as he eases back from a shoulder reconstruction, with Mitchell Aubusson preferred. Recruit Brett Morris takes the right wing spot of Blake Ferguson (Eels).

Rabbitohs: 1. Alex Johnston 2. Dane Gagai 3. Greg Inglis 4. Braidon Burns 5. Campbell Graham 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Damien Cook 10. Thomas Burgess 11. John Sutton 12. Sam Burgess 13. Cameron Murray

Interchange 14. Liam Knight 15. Mark Nicholls 16. Ethan Lowe 17. Corey Allen

Reserves: 18. Kyle Turner 19. Connor Tracey 20. Rhys Kennedy 21. Mawene Hiroti

SuperCoach news: Huge blow for SuperCoaches with popular cheapie Corey Allan named on the bench. Sell. Greg Inglis switches to the right, where he will mark Latrell Mitchell. Tevita Tatola starts at prop with George Burgess (suspension) due back in round four. Cameron Murray starts at lock with Sam Burgess shifting to an edge to replace Angus Crichton.

WARRIORS VS BULLDOGS
Saturday, March 16th, 3:00pm at Mt Smart Stadium

Warriors: 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c), 2 David Fusitu’a, 3 Peta Hiku, 4 Solomone Kata, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Adam Keighran, 7 Blake Green, 8 Agnatius Paasi, 9 Nathaniel Roache, 10 Bunty Afoa, 11 Adam Blair, 12 Tohu Harris, 13 Lachlan Burr.

Interchange: 14 Jazz Tevaga, 15 Sam Lisone, 16 Leeson Ah Mau, 17 Blake Ayshford

Reserves: 18 Gerard Beale, 20 Ligi Sao, 21 Karl Lawton, 22 Chanel Harris-Tavita.

SuperCoach news: Adam Keighran is a SuperCoach must after scoring the halves spot vacated by Shaun Johnson. Lachlan Burr has surged into cheapie contention after being named to start at lock, although his time in the No. 13 may be limited with Isaiah Papali’i (stood down) due back next week. Issac Luke (shoulder) misses out, with Nathaniel Roache to start at hooker.

Bulldogs: 1. Will Hopoate 2. Christian Crichton 3. Kerrod Holland 4. Marcelo Montoya 5. Reimis Smith 6. Kieran Foran 7. Lachlan Lewis 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Michael Lichaa 10. Dylan Napa 11. Josh Jackson 12. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 13. Adam Elliott

Interchange: 14. Jeremy Marshall-King 15. Danny Fualalo 16. Corey Harawira-Naera 17. Sauaso Sue

Reserves: 19. Jack Cogger 20. Nick Meaney 21. Chris Smith 22. Ofahiki Ogden

SuperCoach news: Will Hopoate has won the race for the fullback spot with Nick Meaney named in reserves. Dylan Napa replaces David Klemmer in the front row. In a blow for SuperCoaches, Rhyse Martin will play reserve grade.


TIGERS VS SEA EAGLES
Saturday, March 16th, 5:30pm at Leichhardt Oval

Tigers: 1. Corey Thompson, 2. Mahe Fonua 3. Paul Momirovski 4. Esan Marsters 5. Robert Jennings 6. Benji Marshall 7. Luke Brooks 8. Ben Matulino 9. Robbie Farah 10. Alex Twal 11. Ryan Matterson 12. Luke Garner 13. Elijah Taylor

Interchange: 14. Russell Packer 15. Thomas Mikaele 16. Josh Aloiai 17. Michael Chee-Kam

Reserves: 18. Josh Reynolds 19. Matthew Eisenhuth. 20. Jacob Liddle 21. Chris McQueen

SuperCoach news: Moses Mbye (knee) is replaced at fullback by Corey Thompson. David Nofoaluma (shoulder) is also out. Mahe Fonua and new signing Robert Jennings join the wings. Former Rooster Paul Momirovski has emerged as a cheapie prospect after being named to start at centre. Luke Garner is also a cheapie option after being named to replace Chris Lawrence (broken jaw) in the back row. Young prop Thomas Mikaele will debut off the bench.

Sea Eagles: 1 Brendan Elliott, 2 Jorge Taufua, 3 Moses Suli, 4 Brad Parker, 5 Reuben Garrick, 6 Kane Elgey, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans (C), 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 9 Api Koroisau, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 Curtis Sironen, 13 Jake Trbojevic.

Interchange: 14 Trent Hodkinson, 15 Jack Gosiewski, 16 Kelepi Tanginoa, 17 Toafofoa Sipley

Reserves: 18 Tevita Funa, 19 Cade Cust, 20 Lloyd Perrett, 21 Lachlan Croker

SuperCoach news: Big news for SuperCoach with cheapie Reuben Garrick confirmed on the wing, although Albert Hopoate is nowhere to be seen as he eases back from an ACL injury. Brendan Elliot replaces Tom Trbojevic (hamstring) at fullback. Kane Elgey has won the race to partner Daly Cherry-Evans in the halves, with Trent Hodkinson named on the interchange.
 

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COWBOYS VS DRAGONS
Saturday, March 16th, 7:30pm at 1300SMILES Stadium

Cowboys: 1. Jordan Kahu 2. Javid Bowen 3. Justin O’Neill 4. Tom Opacic 5. Nene Macdonald 6. Te Maire Martin 7. Michael Morgan 8. Matt Scott 9. Jake Granville 10. Jordan McLean 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Coen Hess 13. Jason Taumalolo

Interchange: 14. John Asiata 15. Josh McGuire 16. Mitchell Dunn 17 Francis Molo

Reserves: 18 Ben Hampton, 19 Jake Clifford, 20 Gideon Gela-Mosby, 23 Enari Tuala

SuperCoach news: Tom Opacic has scored a centre spot ahead of Ben Hampton and he therefore surges into cheapie contention.

The Jason Taumalolo edge experiment seems over - Lolo has been named at lock with recruit Josh McGuire off the bench. New signing Jordan Kahu starts at fullback. Kyle Feldt (groin) is out.

Dragons: 1. Gareth Widdop 2. Jordan Pereira 3. Euan Aitken 4. Tim Lafai 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Corey Norman 7. Ben Hunt 8. James Graham 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Jacob Host 12. Tariq Sims 13. Tyson Frizell

Interchange: 14. Jeremy Latimore, 15 Matt Dufty 16. Blake Lawrie 17. Luciano Leilua

Reserves: 18 Zac Lomax, 20 Josh Kerr, 21 Reece Robson, 22 Jonus Pearson

SuperCoach news: Mikaele Ravalawa is now the talk of SuperCoach after being named on the wing ahead of Zac Lomax, who was formerly the most popular player. Jacob Host starts in the back row with Tyson Frizell shifting to lock in place of Jack de Belin.

PANTHERS VS EELS

Sunday, March 17th, 4:05pm at Panthers Stadium

Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards , 2. Josh Mansour , 3. Dean Whare, 4. Waqa Blake, 5. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak , 6. James Maloney , 7. Nathan Cleary , 8. James Tamou , 9. Sione Katoa, 10. Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 11. Jack Hetherington, 12. Isaah Yeo, 13. James Fisher-Harris Interchange: 14. Wayde Egan, 15. Tyrell Fuimaono, 16. Moses Leota, 17. Hame Sele

Reserves: 18. Jarome Luai, 19. Tim Grant, 20. Liam Martin, 21. Malakai Watene-Zelezniak.

SuperCoach news: Jack Hetherington scores the edge back row spot of Viliame Kikau (knee). Dylan Edwards has won the race for the fullback spot with Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to play on the wing. Wayde Egan scores a bench spot ahead of Jarome Luai.

Eels: 1. Clinton Gutherson (c), 2. Maika Sivo, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Brad Takairangi, 5. Blake Ferguson, 6. Dylan Brown, 7. Mitch Moses, 8. Daniel Alvaro, 9. Reed Mahoney, 10. Tepai Moeroa, 11. Shaun Lane, 12. Marata Niukore, 13. Nathan Brown

Interchange: 14. Will Smith, 15. Tim Mannah (c), 16. Kane Evans, 17. David Gower

Reserves: 18. Josh Hoffman, 19. Oregon Kaufusi, 20. Bevan French, 21. Junior Paulo

SuperCoach news: Cheapie Maika Sivo gets a start for the Eels and should be safe despite the imminent return of Jaeman Salmon. Salmon has been training at centre so will likely push Brad Takairangi to the bench and Kane Evans or David Gower out of the side. It is Sivo’s position to lose with Bevan French lurking in the No.20 jersey.

TITANS VS RAIDERS
Sunday, March 17th, 6:00pm at Cbus Super Stadium

Titans: 1. Michael Gordon 2. Brenko Lee 3. Tyrone Peachey 4. Brian Kelly 5. Phillip Sami 6. Tyrone Roberts 7. Ashley Taylor 8. Jarrod Wallace 9. Nathan Peats 10. Shannon Boyd 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Ryan James 13. Jai Arrow.

Interchange: 14. Alexander Brimson 15. Moeaki Fotuaika 16. Max King Bryce Cartwright 17. Bryce Cartwright

Reserves: 18. Mitch Rein 19. Dale Copley 20. Anthony Don 21: Keegan Hipgrave

SuperCoach news: Bryce Cartwright has been benched by Garth Brennan meaning and SuperCoach entertaining thoughts of the ex-Panther as a cheapie should reconsider now. Moeaki Fotuaika just needs his minutes to go up to become a SuperCoach relevant player but will start in the No. 15 jersey. Jai Arrow at lock is great news for owners of the gun.

Raiders: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Nick Cotric 3. Jarrod Croker (c) 4. Joey Leilua 5. Bailey Simonsson 6. Jack Wighton 7. Aiden Sezer 8. Josh Papalii 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Sia Soliola 11. Joseph Tapine 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. John Bateman

Interchange: 14. Siliva Havili 15. Ryan Sutton 16. Dunamis Lui 17. Corey Horsburgh

Reserves: 18. Sam Williams 19. Jack Murchie 20. Luke Bateman 21. JJ Collins

SuperCoach news: We didn’t see English import John Bateman during the trials but Ricky Stuart has started him at lock as hoped. At $400k and dual CTW/2RF he is the ultimate mid-ranger. Borderline cheapie Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has retained the fullback spot he played during trials, with Jack Wighton partnering Aidan Sezer in the halves. Youngster Bailey Simonsson scores a wing spot, but appears a place holder at this stage for Michael Oldfield (groin)
 
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Plenty of space and plenty of novice players. Don't be afraid because most of us are winging it and don't know how you get 5/8 ths of a hooker and get half back. :p You want to be front row for this!

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Exactly! This fantasy site is a bit more volatile given the amount of points given for attacking stats, so one week you could be screaming at your players for being lazy buggers, and the next you could be jumping for joy because they’re on the end of multiple try scoring opportunities.

Will post my team tomorrow when I’ve digested the teamlists a bit more.
 
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The reserves also score points for you. Then the other players you have on your bench are potential auto-emergencies should you need them.
Sorry I meant in the actual 21 man squads that the teams announce.

In the actual game we get the 13 onfield + our 4 nominated reserves then the 18th scorer is that the highest score from our left over players ?

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Oh the emg scores are always included? I was trying to maximise scoring power on field (thinking gee this is easy) but your emg’s being included changes things.

Is there an ideal spot for a donut in this game? Only had a look at this night and was shocked to see so many positions!
 

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What is the vice captain loophole?

The vice captain loophole is a tactic that experienced coaches use to give themselves two chances at nailing that crucial captaincy call. There are some caveats, though. Firstly, it’s most viable over the bye period, or any week where you don’t have at least an 18 man squad available for selection, as the risk of a bad auto-emergency score is removed or greatly reduced during this week. Secondly, statistically it is much more successful over the middle to end of season period, as scores are more consistently larger the longer the season goes on, and it’s easier to pull off this trick without a bad auto-emergency lurking in the wings.

Okay, then. How do I do the vice captain loophole?

There are a couple of things to take into account. First, your vice captain option needs to play earlier on in the weekend than your captain option. It sounds simple, but it’s a common mistake to try to play them in the wrong order. Ideally there would be at least one day between their games to allow for any scoring corrections, or updates, to be made as well, to allow you to make a better decision with more information available. Now to the actual mechanics of it. First, you select someone who you think could potentially score a much higher than average score, whether it’s due to the opposition they’re playing, their own form, or other reasons. You choose them to be your vice captain, and then you let the game go on. Most likely they probably won’t score one of those outrageously good scores that you’re hoping for, and you just go ahead and leave the captaincy option on your regular pick. However, if they do score very well – and this is generally considered to be in excess of 130 to be a viable option, otherwise the points differential is more likely to not be in your favour – then with the vice captain settled, you remove the captaincy from your choice and you put it on someone who definitely isn’t playing first grade that weekend. Let me repeat that – they absolutely must not be available, let alone being only extremely unlikely to play, because strange things happen when you try to do the VC loop and you probably will be screwed if you leave it up to chance. Who you take out of your side to allow this to happen is up to you, and is a matter of your own judgement of who is likely to score the least and that you have a player available in that position later in the round that you can swap them with. Just to demonstrate with an example, Shaun Johnson is your vice captain and he scores 155. Paul Gallen was to be your captain, but he’s likely to play less minutes with Origin looming, and so you’re keen to do the swap. You remove the captaincy from Gallen and, looking at your CTW, see Brett Morris is suspended this week and is not playing, so you replace you’re 4th CTW, Sione Mata’utia with Morris and make him captain, leaving Gallen still in the side to gain you points, and Shaun Johnson’s score to double at the conclusion of the Bulldogs’ game later that weekend.

It all sounds really easy, right? …right.
 

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Oh the emg scores are always included? I was trying to maximise scoring power on field (thinking gee this is easy) but your emg’s being included changes things.

Is there an ideal spot for a donut in this game? Only had a look at this night and was shocked to see so many positions!
2nd Row or Wings

Haas could be a good FDTP as he is suspended for the first four weeks, and should be picked up after that, thus saving a trade. 25 weeks and 37 trades




NB. I am not an expert, just through my limited readings recently.
 
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Joined the league. I know nothing about NRL and watch 4 games a year (Origin and GF) but am happy to give it go. Would appreciate any feedback because I have no idea what I'm doing.
 

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