AFL 2018 SuperCoach: Late to the party? Sign up today to win big

STOP the press, there is STILL time to register for 2018 AFL SuperCoach. And not only can you still play, you can still win BIG! GILBERT GARDINER explains how you can cash in.

STOP the press, there is STILL time to register for 2018 AFL SuperCoach.

Look, the $50,000 cash prize awarded to the overall winner might be out of the question after sitting out Round 1, but anything is possible in Australia’s biggest and best fantasy game.

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For starters, the $1000 weekly prize for the highest scoring team is up for grabs, especially for new SuperCoaches who will benefit from exposed form without price fluctuations.

Take Sydney’s Luke Parker for example.

A genuine point-of-difference (named in less than five per cent of teams) selection going into Round 1, Parker has surged in popularity after posting an incredible 175 points in the win over West Coast.

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Best of all, the Swan’s price is stuck at $540,500 until the end of Round 3.

Lance Franklin, Jack Billings, Stephen Coniglio and Lachie Whitfield franked the hype with good scores in Round 1 and look to be steals as cut-priced premiums.

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Even the so-called risky propositions, including James Sicily, Riley Bonner and Rory Lobb, churned out big numbers, making their selection for Round 2 and beyond seemingly a no-brainer.

Clubhouse leader, Trevor, coach of the Pattaya Pirates, has set a cracking pace scoring 2629 along with 88 other SuperCoach players to punch out 2500+ rounds.

Rest assured the top echelon can and will be caught.

Rankings, especially early, can be extremely volatile as injury, suspensions and form slumps force coaches — the real ones — to spin the selection magnets.

Love SuperCoach? Consider signing up for Perfect 9, SuperCoach Draft and SuperTipping.

The Perfect 9 jackpot for Round 2 currently stands at $230,000 awarded to the SuperCoach that correctly picks the topscoring player in each game.

If there is no Perfect 9 winner, the prize pool jackpots, increasing by $5,000 in each round where there is no winner.

Get the highest number Perfect Picks from your nine selected players for the round and you’ll win $1,000 cash.

Originally published as AFL 2018 SuperCoach: Late to the party? Sign up today to win big