Most popular players in NRL SuperCoach 2019: Dylan Brown the big mover

He is the Parramatta young gun taking SuperCoach by storm, having quadrupled in ownership and now in almost half of teams.

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Parramatta 18-year-old Dylan Brown is officially the biggest mover on the SuperCoach market.

Ownership of the Auckland born playmaker has surged from 10.60 per cent when SuperCoach opened to a massive 45 per cent.

He is now the fourth most popular player in the game.

Dylan Brown is officially the biggest mover on the SuperCoach market. Picture: Brett Costello

Brown’s ownership jump comes following news Parramatta coach Brad Arthur will give the young gun first shot at the halves spot vacated by Corey Norman (Dragons).

“I have sat him down and told him that we want to give him first opportunity,” Arthur said recently.

“I don’t like making promises I can’t keep. It is up to him. At this stage he is training alongside Mitchell Moses and he is earning the trust of his teammates ... He is going to give himself every opportunity.”

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Brown is so highly-rated the Warriors attempted to poach him late last year to replace Cronulla-bound Shaun Johnson, which prompted a stern reaction from the Eels that their star youngster is signed until 2020 and not for sale.

Meanwhile, SuperCoaches have gone cold on last year’s top point scorer Damien Cook, who has dropped from eighth to 28th on the most popular list.

SuperCoaches are seemingly scared off by Cook’s huge asking price, the highest in the game following his breakout season, and the conservative coaching style of “SuperCoach Killer” Wayne Bennett.

The Parramatta young gun is signed with the club until 2020. Picture: Brett Costello

HOT

• Sharks young gun Briton Nikora is a big mover, almost tripling in ownership from seven per cent to 19 per cent. He is now the 27th most popular player in the game. SuperCoaches hope he scores a spot in the Cronulla 17 following the exits of Luke Lewis, Jesse Ramien, Ricky Leutele and Edrick Lee, while Wade Graham (ACL) is set to miss the first 12 weeks.

• Bryce Cartwright’s ownership has doubled from 11 per cent to 22 per cent, moving from 45th to 23rd in the rankings.

Gold Coast Titans' Bryce Cartwright has doubled in SuperCoach ownership. Picture: Jason O'Brien

• Kurt Mann has surged from 20th to 9th in the rankings, with his ownership almost doubling to 35 per cent.

• Andrew Fifita is the hottest player in the gun category, doubling ownership from 11 per cent to 21 per cent. He is now the 26th most popular player in the game.

COLD

• Canberra’s Elliott Whitehead has seen the biggest ownership drop of any player in the game, falling from 21 to 6.7 per cent. He has dropped from 17th to 77th in the rankings.

• Damien Cook has dropped from eighth to 28th on the most popular list, with his ownership dropping from 29 per cent to 18 per cent.

• Tom Trbojevic has dropped from 7th to 15th on the ownership list.

Damien Cook has dropped in ownership and gone down 20 spots on the most popular list. Picture: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

MOST POPULAR PLAYERS IN NRL SUPERCOACH

Rank	Player	Price	Ownership	Position(s)
1	Zac Lomax	$196,900	55	CTW
2	Payne Haas	$181,100	55	FRF
3	Tevita Pangai	$495,000	47	FRF, 2RF
4	Dylan Brown	$168,100	45	HFB, 5/8
5	Albert Hopoate	$168,100	44	CTW
6	Jake Trbojevic	$667,600	41	2RF
7	Kalyn Ponga	$614,300	40	FLB, 5/8
8	James Tedesco	$689,000	37	FLB
9	Kurt Mann	$258,900	35	HOK, CTW
10	Chanel Harris-Tavita	$168,100	35	HFB
11	Latrell Mitchell	$595,000	30	CTW
12	Corey Allan	$168,100	30	FLB, CTW
13	Taane Milne	$181,100	28	2RF, CTW
14	Victor Radley	$400,700	27	HOK, 2RF
15	Tom Trbojevic	$691,200	27	FLB
16	Jason Taumalolo	$657,400	25	2RF
17	Jai Arrow	$598,000	25	2RF
18	Cameron Smith	$594,400	24	HOK
19	Bronson Xerri	$168,100	24	CTW
20	Nathan Cleary	$577,000	23	HFB
21	Martin Taupau	$605,100	23	FRF, 2RF
22	Michael Morgan	$409,200	22	HFB, 5/8
23	Bryce Cartwright	$231,300	22	2RF, 5/8
24	Cameron Murray	$458,900	22	2RF
25	Kurt Capewell	$340,200	22	2RF, CTW
26	Andrew Fifita	$634,300	21	FRF
27	Briton Nikora	$168,100	19	2RF, CTW
28	Damien Cook	$726,000	18	HOK
29	Sam Burgess	$560,000	18	2RF, FRF
30	Joe Stimson	$352,900	17	2RF

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Originally published as Most popular players in NRL SuperCoach 2019: Dylan Brown the big mover