SuperCoach AFL 2025: Winners and losers from round 20, early trade advice
One of the most remarkable rounds of SuperCoach ever played delivered some insane scores. And there are more to come. Who will cash in – and who misses out?
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Round 20 promised some big scores, and SuperCoach didn’t disappoint.
Four coaches broke the 3000-point barrier and another 200 cracked 2900 on the back of some huge returns from SuperCoach stars – and some PODs.
Here are the performances you need to know from a remarkable round, and a look ahead to round 21.
WHO’S HOT
Nick Daicos – 177 points
On a weekend of immense scores, Daicos was the king. Adem Yze flagged before the game he wasn’t sending a tagger the way of the Magpies superstar, and the Brownlow favourite promptly did as he pleased, racking up 42 disposals and three goals. In the past two weeks he has a combined 85 touches, four goals and 346 SuperCoach points.
Marcus Bontempelli – 169 points
A must-win game against an Essendon team ravaged by injury was a perfect recipe for a Bont mega score, and he duly delivered with 35 disposals and two goals. Well played if you got him for $568k a month ago. Since then he has scored 133, 174, 126 and 169 and jumped in price by exactly $100k.
Jeremy Cameron – 167 points
Feasted on the Kangaroos with 11 goals, and there could be more games like this to come over the next month. The Cats’ last four games are against Port Adelaide (which just lost the Showdown by 98 points) at home, Essendon (fresh off a 93-point loss to the Dogs) at home, Sydney (now out of the finals race) at the SCG, and a clash against Richmond at the MCG on SuperCoach grand final weekend. To their credit the Tigers have been more competitive than some other teams in the bottom half of the ladder of late, but it’s not out of the question that Jezza might be chasing the magical 100-goal mark in that final game. Coaches who opted against trading him in this week (ie, me) would love a time machine to make that decision again.
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Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera – 162 points
An insane final minute turned a low 100s score into a monster courtesy of a contested mark and two matchwinning goals in a case study of why the SuperCoach scoring formula gives extra reward for actions in a close finish. Nas was available for $507k after St Kilda’s bye but has jumped $120k since with four scores over 140 in his past six games – and games to come against North Melbourne, Richmond and Essendon.
Bailey Smith – 156 points
Baz is back. Smith hadn’t scored over 85 since round 14 but he had 11 disposals at quarter-time against the Kangaroos and didn’t slow down, finishing with 43 plus 23 contested possessions, 13 clearances and eight score involvements.
Sam Darcy – 150 points
Six goals, five contested marks and 12 score involvements is just about the complete game from a key forward – if your name isn’t Jeremy Cameron.
Matt Rowell – 143 points
The scores above were all against bottom-six teams, but Rowell destroyed the best midfield in the competition. It’s now a five-round average of 140 for the Gold Coast bull, who leads the AFL for clearances this season, adding another 15 on Saturday. He also had 12 tackles to rank No.2 in that stat behind Cat Tom Atkins.
James Sicily – 130 points
A vintage performance from the Hawks skipper, playing the entire game in defence, reeling in 11 marks and hitting the target with 21 of his 25 disposals. That’s three 100-plus scores in a row, and he’s still very affordable if you have trades to play with.
Callum Mills – 125 points
A 50m penalty against Kieren Briggs gifted Mills a goal in the second quarter and it kickstarted his biggest score of the season. Hit the target with 21 of his 22 disposals and also registered six intercepts.
Tim Kelly – 121 points
The Phantom’s Lair’s own Haydn ‘Dos’ Kenny and 2025 SuperCoach winner Joven May spotted a bargain in Kelly last round, and after a poor score first up (62) he delivered in week two – 26 disposals, eight clearances, two goals. He’s still cheap at $327k if you want to join the party.
Hayden Young – 120 points
Started as the sub last week and finished as the sub this week, but whenever he gets on the park he looks a million dollars. Scored 55 in a quarter against the Pies and 120 in just 57 per cent game time against the Eagles. If he ever plays a full game, look out.
Shai Bolton – 100 points
Some long overdue reward for the coaches who pounced on Bolton through the mid-season byes. This was his first triple-figure score since round 12 and just his second since a monster 150 nine weeks ago.
WHO’S COLD
Zach Merrett – 92 points
It’s tough going for everyone at the Bombers at the moment, even the normally ultra reliable skipper. Just two scores over 100 in his past eight games, and only eight from 18 for the season. Some huge games have helped him post a season average of 107, but that would be his lowest since 2019.
Will Day – 77 points
No knock on the Hawks’ young star playing his first game since round 3. But more scores like this will be very helpful when the bankers sit down to calculate starting prices for 2026.
Jordan Clark – 71 points
Rebounding defenders have been piling on the points against West Coast all season but they must have done their homework before the derby – Clark and Luke Ryan (65) were both unusually quiet.
Caleb Daniel – 66 points
Had 11 kicks for the game and seven of them came via kick-ins from Geelong behinds. They are great for topping up your SuperCoach score but don’t work as a basis of your game considering you don’t get any points for winning the ball, only for the disposal.
Tom De Koning – 66 points
Not a shock – TDK’s average for the past month is 67.5. It feels like a decade ago he was averaging 120 after the first seven rounds.
Dayne Zorko – 65 points
Zorko scored 160 against the Suns last year but fell almost 100 short this time, registering his lowest score for the season. After taking eight kick-ins in round 18, he has had just one in each of the following rounds with Darcy Wilmot (four), Jaspa Fletcher (three) and Harris Andrews (two) taking the honours on Saturday.
Luke Davies-Uniacke – 64 points
A top-five draft pick on big money and unquestioned talent, but it just hasn’t worked for LDU this year. He’s over $130k under his starting price and falling – put him on the bargain list for next season.
Izak Rankine – 59 points
If you knew the Crows were going to win the Showdown by almost 100 points you would put all chips on a huge Rankine game, but he wasn’t a major factor. Just one goal from 15 disposals (five effective) – and only one centre bounce.
Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2025: Winners and losers from round 20, early trade advice
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