NRL SuperCoach Live: Warriors vs. Broncos, Knights vs. Eels, Storm vs. Raiders
It was a night with tries aplenty with a number of SuperCoach favourites getting on the scoresheet. See the full analysis of winners and losers from Saturday’s NRL action.
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After three captivating Saturday games, let’s have a moment to reflect on the winners and losers in SuperCoach land before we do it all again tomorrow.
WINNERS
Te Maire Martin (102 points) – Had his hands in everything good for the Warriors. Very influential down the left flank, snagging a try and a couple of assists to hit the century.
Mitch Barnett (86 points) – Had a terrific surge in points towards the end of the match after a lovely offload assist, once again showing why he’s in the picture for NSW selection.
Chanel Harris-Tevita (71 points) – Was projected just 28 points but went well above that after notching two tries.
Xavier Willison (75 points) – Hopefully his 12% ownership played him, grabbing his second best score of the season after a late try.
Bradman Best (128 points) – It’s cruel on Bradman that NSW have Latrell Mitchell and Stephen Crichton in the centres, because he has the quality to be there. A couple of long range tries, assists and general great link-up play saw him notch the highest score of the night.
Greg Marzhew (113 points) – Can thank Best for providing him with dynamite service all day. Got two tries, nearly had three had it not been for the bunker.
Mitchell Moses (103 points) – Looked excellent in Blues colours on Wednesday and just as good in blue and gold today. Two tries wasn’t enough for the result, but it was enough for a SuperCoach century.
Blaize Talagi (65 points) – Not a great handling night for Blaize with a couple of errors costing him points, but two tries was enough to restore a decent enough score.
Bronson Garlick (82 points) – Not owned by many, but those who do will be beaming after a great performance out of hooker.
Josh King (77 points) – Big Josh King! Scored a try and notched his second highest tally for the season.
Kaeo Weekes (65 points) – Definitely not his most convincing performance, but showed blistering pace for a terrific solo try.
LOSERS
Jackson Ford (23 points) – Well below average on a quiet night tonight, disappointing the 8% of players who own him.
Jesse Arthars (15 points) – Not a happy return on the wing for Arthars, barely getting a sniff tonight.
Kotoni Staggs (27 points) – A bad day for Kotoni reflected in SuperCoach points. An afternoon for him to forget.
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (22 points) – Followed up his worst score of the season last week with his new worst score of the season. Had no major attacking contributions and was largely invisible as the Warriors found points.
Xavier Coates (21 points) – Injured in the final minutes. Now a massive doubt for State of Origin.
Kai Pearce-Paul (34 points) – Had a try assist disallowed, didn’t amass any other contributions.
Brendan Hands (31 points) – Still owned by 12% of players, Hands didn’t offer anything major to proceedings.’
Jahrome Hughes (69 points) – Obviously not the end of the world with that kind of score, but it’s below average by his standards and no doubt a number of captain’s armbands went onto him.
Sua Fa’alogo (43 points) – Below average from the young gun filling the shoes of Ryan Papenhuyzen.
Eliesa Katoa (53 points) – Owned by a whopping 26% of players, this was a quiet performance by the gun backrower.
FULL TIME: MELBOURNE STORM DEFEAT CANBERRA RAIDERS 16-6
And that’s all from AAMI Park.
Here are your top SuperCoach point scorers.
COATES INJURED ATTEMPTING TO SCORE TRY (72nd min, Storm 16-6)
Look away Queensland fans.
Xavier Coates came within inches of scoring a try which he wasn’t able to ground, but following the attempt he remained on the ground in obvious pain.
He has since hobbled off around the field, with the suggestion that it’s a hamstring injury.
10 TO GO (Storm 16-6)
No tries for the last while.
William Warbrick has a try disallowed for a knock-on in the build-up, sparing the blushes of Jordan Rapana.
Tyran Wishart missed a penalty shot from a very easy position, one he’ll be having nightmares of.
Jahrome Hughes also pleased his owners with a line break, skirting up to 63 points.
HOWARTH OFF THE MARK (51st minute, Storm 16-6)
Storm are in again and it’s Jack Howarth who has his first NRL try.
The highly-touted 21-year-old crashed over the line after a short ball from Jahrome Hughes.
Storm finally have a cushion scoreline.
STORM REGAIN CONTROL (45th minute, Storm 12-6)
Heartbreak for the Raiders after fighting back in the contest, but it took Melbourne only four minutes to regain the lead.
It’s Garlick doing the business out of dummy-half again, this time feeding a rampaging Shawn Blore close to the line, muscling his way out of the attempted challenge of Ethan Strange to score.
Blore goes to 65 points, Garlick 51.
WEEKES GOES WHIZ PAST EVERYONE (41st minute, 6-6)
Woah! Did not see that coming.
Kaeo Weekes had a horror first half with a number of errors, but with his first touch of the second he’s burst straight the middle Melbourne’s defence, before blitzing Sualauvi Faalogo on the outside to run away and score a brilliant solo try.
Faalogo is by no means a slow player, but Weekes left him in the dust.
Weekes goes to 44 points which is much more like it for his 14% ownership.
Not quite the Kick and Chase the Storm were hoping for.
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HALF-TIME: MELBOURNE STORM 6-0 CANBERRA RAIDERS
After a night of tries in the opening two games, this one has been tame on the scoreboard.
Canberra are only six down but will feel like they’re winning after being pressed by Melbourne all of that half.
59% possession to Melbourne, 34 tackles inside the 20m compared to just three for Canberra.
See the top scorers from the half.
DEADLOCK BROKEN (36th minute, Storm 6-0)
It was looking like it was going to be our first scoreless half in three years.
At last, Melbourne have broken Canberra’s resilient defence, with Josh King ironically going in untouched after such a resolute defensive showing.
Bronson Garlick fired a ball to his front rower after Elliott Whitehead charged off the line early.
King won’t get many easier, rising to 58 SuperCoach points.
NAS IMPRESSIVE TO START
Nelson Asofa-Solomona almost matched his 2024 SuperCoach best in an outstanding stint to kick-off the Storm’s clash with the Raiders.
The big dual-position forward did everything: he ran hard, tackled well, and laid the platform as well as any forward.
By the time he left the field for his first rest, his live score was 32 – a game-high at the time – and already his fifth-highest score of the season.
He averages 51 in his 12 games against the Raiders, and while he hasn’t hit that mark this season, the 1623 SuperCoaches who have him in their side will be stoked to see him approach his breakeven (46).
As the Raiders started to turn the tide, footage of Matthew Timoko struggling after he fell off a tackle wouldn’t have brightened their hopes.
Timoko is a strike weapon in this Raiders team, but for the 5000 SuperCoaches who stuck with the Canberra centre this far into the season haven’t been rewarded in recent weeks – he’s cracked 50 in just two of his previous six games.
RAIDERS UNDER ASSAULT
The game is only 10 minutes old but Melbourne have put the Raiders under plenty of pressure.
The Storm had some early chances inside the Raiders’ 20m line but poor handling and a Hudson Young strip denied the home side on both occasions.
For Canberra, Kaeo Weekes is in the No.7 jersey but is lining up at fullback, with Adam Cook, listed on the team sheet at centre, is in the halves with Ethan Strange.
Dual-position Storm forward Nelson Asofa-Solomona (FRF | 2RF) has had a busy start to the clash with a high work rate, and that’s been reflected in SuperCoach with the big man winning the race to 20 points.
LATE MAIL: STORM VS RAIDERS
A once-touted SuperCoach saviour will have the chance to impress for the owners who stayed
true with Sualauvi Faalogo slotting into fullback.
Ryan Papenhuyzen’s withdrawal from the game day squad has opened the opportunity for
the popular game-breaker, who has shown glimpses of what he’s capable of
through his first NRL appearances.
It’s not the only change for the Storm, with goalkicking utility back Nick Meaney out,
so too Harry Grant, who won’t back up after Queensland’s humiliating loss to
the Blues in Melbourne.
Kane Bradley comes onto the bench in the NO.21 jersey, with Nelson Asofa-Solomona to
start at lock.
For Canberra, Adam Cook will start at centre in place of Sebastien Kris in the only
main change to the side named earlier in the week.
Tom Starling starts at hooker in his return from concussion, Albert Hopoate
replaces Nick Cotric on the wing, and Jordan Martin makes his NRL debut off the
bench.
FULL TIME: NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS DEFEAT PARRAMATTA EELS 34-26
What a game.
11 tries, a few more disallowed as well. It was just non-stop balls on trylines.
Check out the top scores from that one.
BEST DOES IT AGAIN (78th minute, Knights 34-26)
That’ll do it.
It’s a copy and paste for Bradman Best, snatching a loose ball off the deck for the Eels and running the length of the field to a massive ovation from the home fans.
Eels players sink to their haunches.
Best is up to a massive 128 SuperCoach points after his second runaway try.
KNIGHTS EXTEND LEAD, EELS REDUCE IT (72nd minute, Knights 28-26)
Every NRL fan in Australia could hear the noise from Newcastle after that try.
The Eels were attacking at one end, shifting the ball to the right and Blaize Talagi coughed up the footy.
And who was on the scene? Bradman Best of course, running the length of the field to deafening noise to score for the Knights and surely put the game out of reach.
This match isn’t over though.
The Eels got the ball back off the kick-off and a few plays later it’s big Junior Paulo who profits off a tremendous offload to crash over and score.
What a game and what a finale we have.
KNIGHTS TAKE THE LEAD (64th minute, Knights 22-20)
Admin can’t keep up.
Enari Tuala has found his way to the line for the Knights.
Some good solo hustle from Dane Gagai to grubber the ball through allowed the winger to get to the line and score.
Jackson Hastings NAILS the kick from the side and McDonald Jones Stadium erupts.
BLITZING MITCH (60th minute, Eels 20-16)
Mitchell Moses, take a bow.
The Parramatta halfback showed electric speed, receiving the ball on the left edge and just bursting through a pocket of space, his raw pace simply too much for Newcastle to handle.
The Eels are pumped up and back in the lead.
Moses is up to 101 points with that effort.
ANOTHER HAT-TRICK DENIED (59th minute, 16-16)
Blaize Talagi looks to have scored again, but the bunker has once again disallowed a try.
Talagi is deemed to plant the ball short and knock the ball on in the process of rolling it to the line.
Not a happy call with SuperCoaches.
TALAGI STRIKES AGAIN (51st minute, 16-16)
It’s a back-and-forth affair here.
The Eels put up an attacking kick that Fletcher Sharpe isn’t able to claim, falling into the hands of Bryce Cartwright who lobs it out to Blaize Talagi for his second.
Talagi is up to 59 points.
BEST DENIED (50th minute, Knights 16-12)
Bradman Best appears to have scored for the Knights, but the bunker has one again stepped in to deny the Knights.
Will Penisini has put in a terrific effort to get his foot under the ball (legally) and prevent grounding.
Eels hanging on by a thread at the start of this half.
Blaize will be wanting this one back...
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KNIGHTS TAKE THE LEAD (45th minute, Knights 16-12)
The Knights have taken the lead for the first time in this contest.
It’s a near carbon copy of Greg Marzhew’s first try, with Bradman Best again the provider for his winger and the Knights shift it through the hands.
Marzhew has cracked a century of points on 102, while Best is up to 65.
And just as quickly as your admin has submitted the last try, Marzhew appears to have only gone and scored again.
Blaize Talagi has had a disaster under the high ball, getting his feet all wrong and coughing up the footy.
From here, Kai Pearce-Paul was able to reclaim for the Knights and feed his winger Marzhew on the outside.
However, the bunker has ruled out the try as Kai Pearce-Paul was inside 10m of the receiver from and off-side position.
Relief for Talagi and the Eels.
HALF-TIME: PARRAMATTA EELS 12-10 NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
We’ve got a cracker second half ahead of us with the margin at just two.
Check out the top SuperCoach players from the half.
KNIGHTS HIT BACK BEFORE BREAK (36th minute, Eels 12-10)
We’re setting up for an awesome second half here.
A nice play from the Knights, spreading through the hands from right to left and finding Greg Marzhew who was able to evade a final tackle attempt and score in the corner.
Clinton Gutherson isn’t happy that referee Peter Gough got in his way in the build-up.
The kick is unsuccessful so the Eels hold the lead.
Marzhew now leads the SuperCoach scores with 66.
MOSES MAGIC (25th minute, Eels 12-6)
Mitchell Moses said after Origin II that his attention had immediately turned back to the Eels.
Well, he’s wasn’t lying.
Moses has continued one of the best week’s of his rugby league career with a try for the Eels, blitzing the Knights down the left edge and finding the line in the corner.
To make it even sweeter, he converted his own try from the sideline.
Moses shoots up to 47 SuperCoach points.
THE PRYCE IS RIGHT (22nd minute, 6-6)
You can hear the roar from the UK as Will Pryce notches a debut try.
Daniel Saifiti produced an offload to the flying Pryce, who showed some real toe to fly onto it and over the line.
Big smiles for his family in the crowd, an awesome moment for the debutant.
Pryce goes to 39 points, Saifiti slightly ahead on 46.
SIVO DENIED (15th minute, Eels 6-0)
Maika Sivo looks to have found a way to the line in a brilliant solo effort, but the bunker says no.
Sivo produced a miraculous pick-up, fended off a defender and looked to muscle his way to the line.
He was happy, and it looked like he found the paint of the tryline, but the bunker supported the on-field call and denied him a terrific try.
SWEET SIX FOR BLAIZE (12th minute, Eels 6-0)
The Eels have struck first and it’s six games in a row for Blaize Talagi on the scoresheet.
A simple left-to-right through the hands for Parramatta ended with Clint Gutherson feeding the try-hungry teen in for the opening try.
In interesting news as well, Mitchell Moses is cleared for goal kicking duties, having relinquished them to Zac Lomax for State of Origin on Wednesday. He converted to make the lead 6.
SuperCoach favourite Talagi, owned by 27% of players, is up to an early 35 points.
ALL SQUARE AFTER TEN
The Knights have had the better of the field position but poor handling has brought some early attacking raids undone.
Errors via popular SuperCoach 2RF Kai Pearce-Paul and Adam Elliott ended the Knights’ raids before they could really put together a decent shot at points, but their sustained presence in the red zone surely has Newcastle on the cusp of a match-opening try.
Cheapie fullback Fletcher Sharpe will surely be sniffing around, as will wingers Greg Marzhew and Enari Tuala, who are no strangers to a four-pointer.
A line break has Bradman Best the leading SuperCoach pointscorer after 10 minutes with 23.
Parramatta halfback Mitchell Moses has plenty of eyeballs on his performance after a starring role in NSW’s huge win against Queensland on Wednesday but he hasn’t had a huge opportunity – yet.
LATE MAIL: KNIGHTS VS EELS
The Knights have been dealt a late blow with prop Leo Thompson a late scratching from Saturday evening’s clash with the Eels.
Thompson on Saturday complained of a tight Achilles, with Jack Hetherington elevated to the bench.
SuperCoach favourite Dylan Lucas was pulled out of the Knights’ captain’s run on Friday, while Jack Cogger is the third change from the last week’s side, as Will Pryce makes his Knights debut in the halves alongside Jackson Hastings.
Kai Pearce-Paul will start in the second row, with Krystian Mapapalangi now the 18th man.
Matt Arthur is locked in to make his NRL debut, with the son of former long-term Eels coach Brad set to come off the bench.
Mitchell Moses will back-up after his triumphant return to the Origin arena, as he claimed man of the match honours in the Blues’ bashing of the Maroons on Wednesday night.
Maika Sivo returns from a hamstring injury, while Matthew Doorey makes his first appearance of the season off the bench.
FULL TIME – WARRIORS DEFEAT BRONCOS 32-16
Adam Pompey nails a penalty kick to extend the margin by two as the siren goes in front of a booming home crowd at Go Media Stadium.
It always looked as though this game was going the way of the Warriors, with the Broncos missing too many key cogs in their starting side.
Te Maire Martin is the biggest winner for SuperCoaches with a century-cracking performance, while Mitch Barnett was another top performer.
See the full top scorers below.
UP THE WAHS (72nd minute, Warriors 30-16)
That should be the game wrapped up for the Warriors in front of a joyous home crowd.
Interchange hooker Freddy Lussick has found the line, wrapping round the back of Mitch Barnett who produced a dynamite offload assist to make life easy for Lussick.
The Broncos have no answers.
Barnett moves up to an impressive 84 points, while Martin has cracked the century, sitting on 104.
DWZ GOES SKY HIGH (68th minute, Warriors 28-16)
Every time the Broncos look like they’re back in it, the Warriors strike again.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has soared above the pack to claim a cross-field kick and plant the ball down for the Warriors.
Vintage DWZ.
He’s up to just 34 points after that try, after a quiet night to this point.
Air DWZ takes off...
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BIG XAVIER CRASHES OVER (64th minute, Warriors 22-16)
The Broncos have bounced back again through Xavier Willison!
Wayde Egan might be having some nightmare replaying the moment he tried to tackle the Broncos enforcer.
The big fella just kept the legs pumping and crashed his way over the line next to the posts, giving an easy kick to Staggs.
Still owned by 12% of players, Willison now leads the Broncos scoring with 68 points after that effort, no doubt pleasing his fans who played him this week.
RTS IS BACK AT IT (58th minute, Warriors 22-10)
The Warriors have found their groove again with another try.
Te Maire Martin is still pulling the strings, this time sending a perfect grubber kick through the Broncos line for Roger Tuivasa-Sheck to charge through untouched and receive a room service bounce to go in and score.
Martin is now up to 78 points, no doubt pleasing his ownership. RTS is on just 27 points, with that being his first real involvement so far.
BRONCOS BOUNCE BACK (51st minute, Warriors 16-10)
Deine Mariner has reduced the margin and it’s game on in New Zealand.
Minutes after Cobbo’s try was disallowed, the Broncos charged to the other side and found success.
The winger’s pace was simply too electric for Marcelo Montoya to handle, charging onto a ball from Tristan Sailor and running in to score untouched.
Mariner is up to 52 SuperCoach points, only behind Corey Jensen on 57 for the Broncos.
WAS THAT A TRY? (50th minute, Warriors 16-6)
Did we just witness a genuine miracle try disallowed?
Selwyn Cobbo looked as though he’d produced a miraculous put-down for the Broncos in the left corner, but the bunker deemed he hadn’t maintained possession of the ball.
Cobbo didn’t celebrate after the try attempt, perhaps a little fibbing and the bunker would’ve allowed it.
Warriors still lead by 10.
Forward pass nonetheless but how about the tackle from DWZ on the end of it?
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MAM IN THE WARS (46th minute, Warriors 16-6)
It was looking as if it had gone from bad to worse for the Broncos here, with Ezra Mam going down with an ankle injury.
The play had already been called off by referee Todd Smith, but Ezra Mam wasn’t to know and continued surging for the tryline and was tackled by Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.
He reeled out of the tackle grabbing his ankle and was checked out by the trainer, but is OK to continue.
Mam continued but immediately was back in the wars, copping a nasty head clash with Marata Niukore.
Mam was unphased by the clash, but Niukore has left the field for a HIA with blood streaming from his nose.
So after all that Mam is still on the field. Trooper.
And a matter of minutes later, he’s nailed a career-first 40/20! Potentially huge moment for the Broncos.
HALF-TIME: WARRIORS 16-6 BRONCOS
It’s a scoreline that is salvageable for the Broncos at the break.
No doubt Kevin Walters will be telling his right-side defence to get a grip ahead of the second half.
The Warriors halves pairing riding high in SuperCoach sides at halftime. See the full list of top scorers below.
HAT-TRICK DENIED (37th minute, Warriors 16-6)
Chanel Harris-Tevita looks to have a first half hat-trick, but the bunker isn’t happy with the lead runner Adam Pompey taking out Jock Madden.
As a result, the try is ruled out and Harris-Tevita is denied his third.
The way the Warriors are carving down this left side though, he might just find the line again later in this game.
BRONCOS FIND THE LINE (30th minute, Warriors 16-6)
The Broncos are in and the margin is reduced to 10, a margin which they will be happy with considering how one-sided this half has been in favour of the Warriors.
Deine Mariner is the man with the try, capitalising on some sloppy clean-up work from Marcelo Montoya after a Jock Madden kick.
Mariner won the race to the loose ball and planted it down, with Kotoni Staggs converting for the Brisbane side.
That was their first real dig at the Warriors try line, so no doubt the NZ side will be fuming with that.
IF IT AIN’T BROKE (27th minute, Warriors 16-0)
The Warriors are in again and guess where? Yep, down the left.
It’s Chanel Harris-Tevita with his second of the match, getting on the end of a ricocheted grubber kick from Martin, with CHT appearing seemingly from out of nowhere to win the race and put his hand on the ball first.
It’s turning into a healthy SuperCoach night for the five-eighth, surging up to 61 points, while his halves partner Martin leads the way on 68.
The Broncos look absolutely lost here, with six errors so far and three ruck infringements.
Something needs to change.
WARRIORS PUT THE PUNISH ON BRONCOS (14th minute, Warriors 12-0)
This certainly isn’t the same limp Warriors that were spanked last weekend.
The home side is on the board early in Auckland, and their big men are having their way with the Broncos understrength middle.
No Carrigan and no Haas is quickly becoming apparent for the visitors with Addin Fonua-Blake and Mitch Barnett rolling down the field.
The playmakers are making the most of their time on the advantage line, with the Warriors halves linking up to score the first two tries of the match.
Te Maire Martin set up Chanel Harris-Tevita with a slick short ball to score the first try, with the Broncos right edge coming under fire following a match-ending injury to backrower Jack Gosiewski.
Martin then backed up that effort with a simple dive out of dummy-half to take the home side up by 12 points.
The Warriors have had all the ball, with eight of the last nine sets of six, and scoring two tries in that period.
As for SuperCoach scores, Martin has shot out of the blocks with 54 points, with Harris-Tevita on 43.
In more bad news for the Broncos, Jack Gosiewski has a broken arm and will be facing a hefty spell on the sidelines.
THE ACRONYMS KEY TO WAHS REVIVAL
What version of the Warriors are we about to get?
The New Zealand outfit has been the NRL’s version of an Auckland summer’s day over the past month, with brilliant wisn pockmarked by awful performances.
The same team which slapped the Cowboys all around Queensland Country Bank Stadium, went on to concede a combined 104 points over the next fortnight.
But they saved their ultimate capitulation for last week’s 66-6 loss to the Titans.
It is rare a team will suffer back-to-back losses like that, and expect the Warriors to be fired up off the back of that embarrassment, but which Warriors we get is anyone’s guess.
There are four players, all with three letters, that will make that decision.
First there is TMM and CNK in their spine, a AFB in the front row and the returning RTS out in the centres.
With the heart and soul of the Warriors in Shaun Johnson stuck on the sidelines, the onus will be on their four superstars to step up.
Te Maire Martin is the player to keep an eye on in this game. The five-eighth has proven himself as a lead half in this side when SJ was out earlier this season.
TMM averages above 106 in SuperCoach when he is without Johnson, compared to only 53.25 when he is with his regular halves partner.
It will be music to the ears of the 11.2 per cent of SuperCoaches who own the Warriors pivot.
Also the Warriors are running out in their retro kit, and it would be a crime to not put in for that jersey.
HORSE BACK IN THE HEADLINES
Forget the Broncos over in NZ, there is only one horse we should be worried about across the ditch, and the big redhead is still full of fire.
We haven’t seen Corey Horsburgh back in the NRL since Round 5, and his long road back to the top grade appears to be about to hit a speed bump.
The raging red head was one of three players sent off the field in the NSW Cup clash with the Warriors, after throwing several haymakers.
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LATE MAIL: Capewell backs up, Broncos Origin stars rested
Unsurprisingly, Kevin Walters has avoided a rash last-minute decision to bring in his Origin heroes, but has made one late change to his starting 13.
Walters has dropped son, Billy, back to the bench with Tyson Smoothy coming into the starting side, likely in an effort to tame the rampaging middle forwards of the Warriors.
In welcome news for his 10,000-plus owners, Josiah Karapani has maintained his spot on the bench, meaning he will continue to rise in price as he comes into the game with a -23 breakeven.
Although how Walters plans to play the outside back certainly remains to be seen.
In a tough blow to the more than 1000 SuperCoaches who brought in Warriors hard man Mitchell Barnett this week, the backrower has been shuffled into the middle of the field an hour before kick off.
The move comes off the back of Kurt Capewell making his return to the Warriors starting line-up following low minutes in Origin II on Wednesday.
The move has forced Jackson Ford back to the bench, and will likely cut into the potential points value of Barnett, who has averaged 84.7 over the past three rounds.
In other breaking news, that is more than SC relevant, the great Tommy Turbo has been cleared for takeoff next round but he won’t be wearing the number one.
That right there is the sound of more than 7,500 SuperCoaches scrambling to hit the reverse trade button on Lehi Hopoate.
EARLIER
Strap yourself in for what promises to be a day of big SuperCoach scores.
Every team in action today has a point to prove or issue to overcome. Can the Warriors bounce back from a round 16 hammering?
Will the Broncos survive Origin II repercussions?
Can the Eels slither their way off the bottom of the ladder or will the Knights begin their charge into the top eight?
And in the final game will the merciless Storm put on a big score against a Canberra outfit that was embarrassed by the Wests Tigers last week?
With huge SuperCoach interest in every game, these are the key players to watch:
Addin Fonua-Blake – All the Warriors did last week was watch the Titans score tries so it was no shock to see Fonua-Blake finish the match with his worst score of the season. The big Warrior should be much happier on home turf (where he averages 78.4PPG this year).
Dylan Brown – After a relatively slow start to the season Brown has really turned it around churning out the reliably solid scoring many were expecting from the Kiwi ace. The hardworking Eels has scored below 60 points just once in his past nine games and has a career average of 73.2PPG against the Knights.
Fletcher Sharpe – Could Sharpe be the final cheapie puzzle piece? Those of us running low on trades certainly hope so. An average of 67PPG over two starts for a rookie is very very good. When those two teams were the Storm and the Panthers it is outstanding. Could he ton up against the cellar dwelling Eels?
Kai Pearce-Paul – The big Englishman has not played since round 14 and is listed to start off the bench. Is a valuable round 19 number if fit but many will be tempted to sell before that if he does not go well this week. Owners can take heart from the fact that KPP has been listed to come off the bench in other weeks but ultimately started.
Harry Grant – Provided he gets through Origin II unscathed I would expect Grant to play somewhere in the area of 50-55 minutes this week. Currently averaging 64.4PPG which is low by Grant’s standards, owners will be hoping for a big back end of the season.
Jahrome Hughes – Melbourne’s halfback is in tremendous form at the moment with a 3RA of 105PPG and 5RA of 82.6PPG. Hughes’s price has soared to $800K and with big scores expected this week and next (against the Wests Tigers) he should be a good price before traded ahead of his round 19 bye.
Ryan Papenhuyzen – After a lengthy lay off due to injury Papenhuyzen returned to the NRL last week against the Dolphins. And while he did not set the world on fire, he got through the game unscathed which is all many were hoping for. Could be a major POD once fit.
Joe Tapine – the Raiders were putrid against the Tigers last week but Tapine stood tall. a renowned second-half of the season performer, Tapine’s 3RA (87.7PPG) significantly outstrips his season average (64.4PPG).
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Originally published as NRL SuperCoach Live: Warriors vs. Broncos, Knights vs. Eels, Storm vs. Raiders
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