SuperCoach AFL 2025: Top trade targets for round 10

It’s perfect timing to add a top-scoring defender to your SuperCoach team. But who should you choose – and how do you get there? See this week’s top trade targets.

Need a defender in SuperCoach? You’ve come to the right place.

The planets have aligned to make round 10 the perfect week to add another big-scoring gun to the backline.

And a rookie has emerged in defence at just the right time.

Cash in Caleb Daniel or a fattened up rookie to a cheapie and turn Riley Bice into a premium – simple!

Here are this week’s top targets.

ROOKIES

Saad El-Hawli has quickly become a fan favourite.

After three games as the starting sub, last year’s mid-season draftee got a full run at it on Saturday – and grabbed his opportunity with both hands. Faded slightly after a blistering start (eight disposals and a goal in the first quarter) but looks settled on a wing. Technically not a bubble boy after playing four matches, but those sub-affected scores mean he has only gone up $29k, so there is still time to jump on.

Saad El-Hawli played on a wing in round 9. Picture: Paul Kane/Getty Images

Hugh Boxshall will hope to play his third game next round.

Top bubble boy of the week but there are concerns after he was given just 49 per cent game time on Friday night and scored 38 points – following his impressive 75 the week before. If he’s named for game three he could be a good bench option at a very cheap price, but the sub risk is very real – and we won’t know until 3.40pm Sunday.

Joe Fonti is on the bubble this week.

The Giants defender had been pencilled in by many coaches as a downgrade target this week after scoring 77 in his first game for the season. But, like Boxshall, his second game was less encouraging – 29 points from seven disposals and one mark. If he is named this week you could go there, but the high price (based on his five games last year) makes it tricky.

PREMIUMS

Jack Sinclair bounced back to form against Carlton.

Wait for the turn. It’s a mantra in SuperCoach when watching premium scorers, who are falling in price after some lower scores. When their form and scoring turns the corner, jump on. And Sinclair is Exhibit A. Three sub-100 scores brought his price down almost $100k from a season-high of $642k, but this is likely to be as cheap as we’ll get him all year.

This is the perfect time to add Jack Sinclair to your team. Picture: Josh Chadwick/AFL Photos/Getty Images

Max Holmes is a great value option.

Available for under $500k – and almost $40k under his starting value – but price is heading back up after a huge 134 against the Giants. That was his first score over 100 since round 5, but every time he has hit triple figures this year Holmes has posted at least 125.

Jordan Clark delivers (almost) every week.

The No.7 ranked defender after nine rounds – can he push into the top six? The answer is yes if he can repeat his 146-point return against the Magpies. Clark has been one of the most reliable picks in SuperCoach this year, with a down game against St Kilda the only blemish on his stat sheet – take that game out and his lowest score is 94.

Don't wait for age to slow down Dayne Zorko.

Another known SuperCoach star who turned the corner in a massive way on Sunday night, collecting 39 disposals and 166 points against North Melbourne. That added $30k to his price tag – after bottoming out at a tick over $500k his price is headed back towards $600k with a bullet. Has a good match-up against Melbourne this week, but will the return of Keidean Coleman slow him down? Don’t bank on it.

Few players can match Dayne Zorko when he hits form. Picture: Albert Perez/Getty Images

Nasian Wanganeen-Milera is one of the rising stars of SuperCoach.

Price has barely moved since round 1, but $553k is good buying for the fifth-highest scoring defender of the season. The beauty of Wanganeen-Milera is he never plays a bad game – his lowest score this year is 96 – and he’s starting to show the capacity for high ceiling game that really push up a player’s SuperCoach average. Round 13 bye is attractive, too.

Lachie Whitfield has dropped under 100 only once this season.

We’re stretching the definition of fallen premium here – Whitfield is $6k cheaper than he was in round 1 – but having a five in front of his price make the No.1 defender of 2025 a lot more appealing. And he’s not likely to get much cheaper – make a plan to get him before the Giants face Richmond in round 12.

Lachie Whitfield has been the best defender in SuperCoach since last year’s bye rounds. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

Luke Ryan has plummeted in value.

Now we’re in bargain hunter territory. Ryan is a whopping $145k cheaper than he started the season, but with a Break Even of 50 this bargain price won’t be around for long. The question is can we trust him? The pedigree is there – six years in a row of 95-plus averages, including 110 and 117 the past two years – but he had just one 100-plus score in the first seven rounds before finding form with 115 and 120 the past two weeks. Still, you don’t get bargains for no reason.

James Sicily has been thrown forward on occasion this year.

Even cheaper than Ryan, the Hawks skipper is in a very similar position with a low Break Even after producing his two best scores for the season in the past two rounds. Another proven gun with premium scoring history – seven straight years with an average over 94 including 113.5 and 114 in 2022-23 – but he has become Mr Versatile for Sam Mitchell this year following the addition of Tom Barrass and Josh Battle. However, unlike Ryan, he hasn’t had any total shockers, with a low of 74 in round 6 and six scores over 90. We can’t afford the top-priced players in every position and taking a bargain like Sicily now could help fund a big money play in a few weeks.

Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2025: Top trade targets for round 10