NRL SuperCoach round 12 position changes: Nine players earn dual status

Refresh your SuperCoach app now and you’ll see nine players with positions added. Here’s the reasoning behind the decisions – and more importantly why a host of stars missed out.

SuperCoach position updates are locked in for round 12.

Refresh your SuperCoach app on Monday and you’ll see nine players have had a position added.

Dylan Brown, who earns halfback on top of existing five-eighth, is the most high-profile.

Meanwhile, a host of players came close to dual status but just missed out including popular cheapies Blaize Talagi and Simi Sasagi.

LOCKED IN CHANGES

* Dylan Brown - HFB added to 5/8. Just missed out for the last updates in round 6 but now wins dual status after playing seven games at halfback in place of the injured Mitchell Moses, which well-and-truly meets the criteria of three starting games to earn a dual position.

* Siosifa Talakai - 2RF added to CTW. After playing centre for the last few years, the emergence of Kayal Iro has seen Talakai switch back to the forwards. Talakai has started one game in the second row and played another six as a forward from the bench.

Dylan Brown has earned dual status. Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

* Connor Tracey – FLB added to CTW. Started the season on the wing before playing four games at fullback, which earns him dual status. Note: In round 6, Tracey was named on the wing with Stephen Crichton at fullback, but Tracey played fullback that match and it has been included in his three games.

* Tom Chester - CTW added to FLB. While currently injured, Chester has played all his four four games at centre and therefore earns the position for SuperCoach.

* Kieran Foran - HFB added to 5/8. After starting the year at five-eighth, the veteran played five games in a row at halfback before being injured.

* Tanah Boyd - 5/8 added to HFB. Almost the exact opposite to Foran. Boyd has switched to five-eighth for three games after starting the year at halfback. Now out with a dislocated wrist.

* Jye Gray - FLB added to 5/8. Started three games at fullback for the Rabbitohs and therefore earns that position, although Gray is currently out with an ankle injury.

* Naufahu Whyte - FRF added to 2RF. Playing as a prop for the Roosters from the bench mostly, but has also started one game there.

* Sam McIntyre - FRF added to 2RF. Playing as a middle from the bench for the Cowboys in 11 games so far.

MISSED DUAL STATUS

* Blaize Talagi - Currently CTW only. Talagi has been a Swiss Army Knife for the Eels, debuting at centre, then switching to five-eighth for two games, then playing off the bench, then playing two games at fullback. He needed another game at five-eighth to earn that position or another at fullback. Prime candidate for round 18 DPPs.

* Simi Sasagi - Currently CTW only. Has popped up all over the place in three games. Sasagi has played one game from the bench and two in the second row, but also played halves when Jamal Fogarty was injured. Needed one more game at 2RF to earn the position.

* Joey Manu - Currently CTW only. Played one and three-quarters games at fullback for the Roosters when James Tedesco went down but that’s not enough to earn dual status yet.

* Keaon Koloamatangi - Currently 2RF only. Started one game at prop under former coach Jason Demetriou, but preferred as a second-rower under interim coach Ben Hornby.

* Raymond Faitala-Mariner - Currently 2RF only. Another player who has switched between middle and edge. But he’s only started one game at FRF.

* Ryan Matterson - Currently 2RF only. Has played five games off the bench, one at lock and three in the second row.

ALREADY WON DUAL POSITION IN ROUND 6

Josh Curran – FRF added to 2RF

Isaiya Katoa – HFB added to 5/8

Max Plath – 2RF added to 5/8

Samuela Fainu – FRF added to 2RF

Josh King – FRF added to 2RF

Originally published as NRL SuperCoach round 12 position changes: Nine players earn dual status