SuperCoach AFL 2025: Winners and losers from round 6, early trade advice

He looked like one of the best SuperCoach cash cows of 2025, until he was dropped after one game. But Matt Flynn is back and ready to rake in the cash. EARLY TRADE MAIL

Upgrading early to top-end premiums paid off in a big way for some coaches last week, and others will be rushing to jump on the bandwagon.

But there is still money to be made from rookies and cash cows, while the sub rule wreaked havoc with some popular cheapies.

With one game still to play on Easter Monday, here’s who starred and who flopped in round 6, and the early trade mail for round 7.

WHO’S HOT

Marcus Bontempelli – 159 points

The SuperCoach GOAT is back. If anyone had plans to grab Bontempelli after he drops in value, throw those in the bin. He is on track to increase in price from his current $681k quote after hitting 100 points before halftime on Sunday night.

Nick Daicos – 172 points

Operation: Get Nick is on. More than 16,000 coaches jumped on last week, and they got him and what will likely be his cheapest price for the season. A week after making a mockery of a James Jordan tag, Daicos did what he liked against what was supposed to be the best midfield in the competition. Find a way to get him ASAP.

Nick Daicos was unstoppable against Brisbane. Picture: Michael Klein

Ned Long – 96 points

Fortune favours the brave. Long has been the sub twice already this season, scaring many coaches off, but those that took the punt were rewarded with a key role in the Magpies midfield, 21 disposals, six tackles and a goal. Expect a huge price jump when lockout ends on Monday night, and lots more where that came from.

Tristan Xerri – 144 points

A season-high score after three under 100 following a hamstring niggle in round 3. This was the Xerri who dominated in 2024, laying 11 tackles against the Blues – five more than in any other game this season – to go with 43 hitouts and 13 contested possessions. It was just short of his Break Even but this is as cheap as he’s likely to get all season.

George Hewett – 171 points

Flying under the radar in just 2 per cent of teams, Hewett has become a SuperCoach beast this season. This makes it five scores in a row over 120 after starting the year with a 94, taking his average to a crazy 128.5. He went to a new level against the Kangaroos with 34 touches, 12 clearance and nine tackles.

Nic Martin – 145 points

Forget Christian Petracca or Chad Warner, this is the new DPP forward we need to seriously consider. Martin has played as a midfield-forward this year, but could add only one of those to his original DEF status, and FWD got the nod – just. If he keeps playing like this he’s a chance to finish a top-six scorer in that part of the ground – as if there weren’t enough contenders already.

Matt Flynn – 141 points

The Eagles ruckman was dropped by Andrew McQualter – and the SuperCoach world – after round 1, but went berserk after returning to the team on Good Friday. Bombers big man Sam Draper was out of the game injured for the last quarter, which gave Flynn a free ride against Zach Reid at centre bounces. He will cop harder match-ups, but the important point is his Break Even will be way into the negatives coming into round 7. There is a lot of money to be made if you can find a way to get him into your team – the Flex spot could be the answer if you don’t want to trade out a ruckman. Surely he won’t get dropped again any time soon ... right?

Can we trust Matt Flynn? Picture: James Worsfold/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

Max Gawn – 117 points

Kysaiah Pickett (134 points) was pencilled in here until Max went ballistic late in the game, playing like his life depended on the Dees getting their first win of the season. In the final term he had 10 disposals, nine hitouts, six contested possessions, five clearances and three marks, with two missed set shots the only blemish on an incredible captain’s performance.

Matt Roberts – 119 points

Beware the traded out mid-pricer. Finn Callaghan (traded out by 6000 teams, 116 points) made the point earlier in the weekend, and Roberts wrapped it with a bow on Sunday with his best score since round 1, hitting 30 disposals for the first time this season. The nature of value picks in SuperCoach is to fluctuate in their SuperCoach scoring, so try to avoid jumping off after one or two below-par scores. That usually means a good one is just around the corner!

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Nick Vlastuin – 165 points

The Tigers’ triple premiership defender was on another plane on Saturday night, gobbling up 15 intercepts as a one-man wall at centre half-back. That figure is a career-high, and so were his 24 kicks and 661 metres gained. He also used the footy at an elite 82 per cent efficiency, and he wasn’t taking easy kicks, either, setting up repeated counter-attacks to stun the Suns.

WHO’S COLD

The sub vest

The biggest villain of the weekend, wreaking havoc on SuperCoach teams. And to compound the pain, Saad El-Hawli – named the sub for the third time in three games – didn’t come on until the third quarter, Tom Gross had to wait until midway through the final term, and Luke Trainor was subbed on with just six minutes left in Richmond’s win against Gold Coast. That was enough time for him to gather one handball and 2 SuperCoach points. Gross scored 11 and El-Hawli 4. Trainor will still make a modest price gain but his Break Even will shoot up, suddenly making him a potential trade this week.

Luke Trainor played only six minutes against the Suns. Picture: Josh Chadwick/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

Will Ashcroft – 43 points

We did not see this coming. After four consecutive scores over 100, Ashcroft could find the footy only 13 times against the Pies, adding just one mark and two tackles for the lowest SuperCoach score of his 37-game AFL career.

Dayne Zorko – 70 points

Most coaches will have many worse scores than this in their line-up, but we expect more when paying almost $600,000 for a defender – especially when many picked Zorko over the likes of Lachie Whitfield and Jack Sinclair. Three big tons in his first three games has been followed by scores of 94, 82 and 70 in his past three. The good news is next round he faces the Saints, who are known for conceding lots of points to rebounding defenders.

Finn O’Sullivan – 28 points

Suddenly we’re back in a rookie crisis, with O’Sullivan one of many who vastly underperformed in round 6. After a promising 69-point return a week ago, he barely scraped past his Break Even this week and is looking at a price rise of roughly $25k over six weeks from his initial starting value – well short of the $150k we aim for. He’s not the only cheapie in the gun, with Caiden Cleary – who scored 30 for his 60,000 new owners – Christian Moreas (30) and Zach Reid (38) all failing to fire.

Kieren Briggs – 27 points

Looked like a smart value pick in the ruck before laying an egg against the Crows. Seven disposals (four effective), three free kicks against and beaten in the hitouts 34-13 by Reilly O’Brien equals another big price drop.

Kieren Briggs had an old fashioned stinker. Picture: Phil Hillyard

Bailey Humphrey – 48 points

Hasn’t fired a shot since hitting the ton in his first two games of the season. Richmond was supposed to be an easy match-up, but the Suns youngster put up his worst score of the year –managing just seven disposals and no scoreboard impact. Has made $70k since being traded in by 33,000 coaches after round 3 so he’s not a total bust, but that is well under expectations and he’s probably a sell this week.

Luke Davies-Uniacke – 72 points

What has happened to LDU? We know the guy is a jet but he hasn’t gone over 108 this year and has three scores under 90. After averaging 114 and 109 in his past two seasons he’s a player to put on your watch list considering he’ll be almost $100k cheaper than his starting price when lockout opens. But we need to see a serious turnaround in form to consider bringing him in.

Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2025: Winners and losers from round 6, early trade advice