KFC SuperCoach AFL is back! See the 30 most popular pre-season picks
SuperCoach AFL is open for business for 2020 — with a new look and new features to make it even more fun. See what’s new, what you can win and get a headstart on your mates with the inside mail on the 30 most popular pre-season picks.
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KFC SuperCoach is back!
Australia’s biggest and best fantasy sports game is open for business for 2020 with an exciting new look, fun new features and new prizes. But all the things you love about SuperCoach are here.
Get ready to take on your mates in the chase for the $50,000 grand prize, picking a squad of 30 AFL stars who will score points for your team every week based on their real-life performances. Just make sure they fit in your $10 million salary cap.
New features for 2020 include a one-stop SuperCoach shop to play all your favourite sports and games in one place, a cleaner and easier to use site and updated mobile experience.
There’s also more SuperCoach news and video to ensure you have the best expert advice at your fingertips, and a fully upgraded SuperCoach Draft experience. And brand new prizes from major sponsor KFC to reward more SuperCoach players than ever before (stay tuned for more details).
Not sure where to start when picking a team? Some keen SuperCoach players have already had access to an advance team picker and we’ve got the stats on who they have selected in their squads.
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This time last year just one player was owned by more than 65 per cent of SuperCoach players. Twelve months later there are eight in the same category, with three players in more than 80 per cent of teams.
That means four in every five SuperCoach Stats users have selected Lachie Whitfield (83.7 per cent ownership), one-game wonder Marlion Pickett (82.3 per cent) and SuperCoach star Brodie Grundy (82.9 per cent). Leaving these players out of your side could cost you dearly.
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The same can be said for dual Norm Smith medallist Dustin Martin (76.5 per cent) — who has dual-position status this season — and injury discounted Blue Sam Docherty (75.4 per cent). The pair round out the top five and loom as formidable selections in the forward line and defence respectively.
Midfield beasts Patrick Cripps (69.7 per cent) and Nat Fyfe (55.7 per cent) both feature in the top 10 after ranking in the top seven for average points in 2019.
Cats superstar Patrick Dangerfield was the most popular selection at the end of last season but losing his dual-position status has caused his ownership to dip significantly. He’s currently in 32.1 per cent of sides.
Another major slider is ball-magnet Lachie Neale, ranking as the 25th most selected player in SuperCoach 2020 despite being in 55 per cent of SuperCoach teams at the end of 2019.
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Besides Pickett, five other cheap buys are in more than half of all SuperCoach pre-season squads — No.1 draft pick Matt Rowell (74.1 per cent), Suns teammate Izak Rankine (74.7 per cent), Dockers veteran Stephen Hill (54 per cent), mature-age Bomber Mitch Hibberd (54.9 per cent) and Sydney draftee Will Gould (53.3 per cent).
SuperCoaches are split on clearance machine Tom Mitchell (32 per cent), who missed all of last season with a broken leg after averaging 129 points a game in 2018.
New Cat Jack Steven (43.1 per cent) and tackling machine Devon Smith (61.9 per cent) also come at a reduced price after missing large chunks of 2019. See the 30 most popular selections below — and start picking your team today!
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Originally published as KFC SuperCoach AFL is back! See the 30 most popular pre-season picks