SuperCoach AFL 2025: Winners and losers from round 15, early trade advice
Some huge SuperCoach scores are in the bag, but the trickiest bye round of the year is here. And it could require some radical moves. Full round wrap plus trade tips.
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Seven bye rounds down, one to go.
The second last round of the mid-season byes provided some monster scores, some absolute shockers and some big questions to answer this week as we prepare for arguably the toughest bye round of the season.
Here are all the scores you need to know, and early trade advice.
WHO’S HOT
Luke Jackson – 186 points
The planets aligned for Jackson on Thursday night, facing Essendon first-gamer Vigo Visentini as Fremantle’s solo ruck after Sean Darcy was rested. In that role this season Jackson has been a scoring machine, and to no one’s surprise he dominated 19-year-old Visentini, winning hitouts 48-17, including 20 to advantage, with gathering 21 disposals and booting three goals. Well played to the 3600 coaches who saw what was coming and traded in the SuperCoach Unicorn.
Marcus Bontempelli – 177 points
Coaches with the VC on Jackson had a big edge on the rest of the competition – until Sunday afternoon. The most popular captain choice of the round recovered from a rare three-week form slump to torch Richmond with a classic SuperCoach masterclass – 36 disposals, three goals, seven clearances and 11 inside-50s to land smack bang on his Break Even. He’s still a great price – jump on!
Brodie Grundy – 159 points
We need to talk about Brodie. He is in just 2 per cent of teams, and priced over $600k, so it’s hard to see how that number goes up, but his past six scores are 121, 135, 109, 161, 155 and 159. And if you can find a way to grab him before round 20, his finish the season is a dream run for rucks: GWS, Essendon, Brisbane, Geelong, West Coast. He could be a massive POD in SuperCoach finals!
Nick Daicos - 157 points
This score is even more remarkable considering he had Marcus Windhager – fresh off holding Marcus Bontempelli to 14 touches and 66 SuperCoach points a week ago – hanging off him all night, including when he snapped a brilliant late goal. Daicos’s ability to find targets inside 50 was a highlight, recording nine score involvements on top of 14 contested possessions and nine inside-50s – all stats rewarded by the SuperCoach scoring system.
Sam Darcy – 144 points
Unlike Bontempelli, Darcy missed his Break Even by a whisker, and that means his price is still an absolute bargain for one of the most unique talents in the competition. Noah Balta and Ben Miller couldn’t match Darcy’s extreme reach as he hauled down eight marks and kicked 5.2. When the Dogs are as dominant as this, he’s going to cash in. Their next three are against Sydney (SCG), North Melbourne (Marvel Stadium) and Adelaide (Marvel Stadium).
Jack Macrae – 131 points
Something of a forgotten man in a forward line dominated by hype around Sam Darcy and Jason Horne-Francis, but Macrae is also worth a very good look at under $500k. He was brilliant at the coal face on Saturday night, attending 21 centre bounces and winning 10 clearances among his 29 disposals.
Rowan Marshall – 124 points
A great recovery from Marshall, who had -1 SuperCoach points at quarter-time. At that stage he had two disposals and two free kicks against, but he added another 18 touches and a goal in the final three terms. Owning Marshall can be a rollercoaster, and this was his best score in five weeks.
Callum Mills – 121 points
The perfect result for the more than 18,000 coaches who traded Mills in before his third game of the season. Playing mostly through the midfield, the Swans captain racked up 27 disposals at 82 per cent efficiency, eight marks and six intercepts. He spiked in price after lockout opened but at under $400k it’s not too late to bring him in as a bargain premium in defence.
Levi Ashcroft – 112 points
Another 12,000 coaches traded out Ashcroft before the weekend, taking the total to over 35,000 over the past four weeks. So, of course this was inevitable! The first SuperCoach ton of Levi’s career came on the back of 23 touches and a goal, and delivered a small price rise for those who chose to hold firm until the Lions’ bye – and potentially beyond.
Nick Madden – 99 points
Recording his best SuperCoach score in his bubble game was a huge result for the young GWS ruckman. A big price rise is coming for his owners, who have two weeks to find out if he can keep his spot, and keep making money, after the Giants’ bye, when Kieren Briggs is available after an ankle injury. The Giants have been winning without him ...
Archer May – 83 points
There wasn’t a lot to suggest this was on the cards – May scored 37 points on debut a week earlier – but sometimes you take the cheapest player available, and sometimes it pays off. Huge result for May’s 7000 owners in a bye round.
WHO’S COLD
Bailey Smith - 85 points
Are the Lions Baz’s bogey team? He has only three scores under 100 this season, and two of them are against Brisbane – an 81 in round 3 and Friday night’s return. Of his 28 disposals, only 15 hit the target and he gave away two free kicks.
Connor Rozee – 80 points
Rozee had his highest centre bounce rate for the season on Saturday, which may not be what his owners want to see after his successful move to half-back. Five contested possessions among his 25 touches with some attention from Swans stopper James Jordon help explain his lowest score in seven weeks.
Tristan Xerri – 79 points
Who knew Marc Pittonet was the Xerri stopper? Not a lot went right for Carlton this weekend but the Blues did as good a job at restricting Xerri’s influence as anyone this season. Xerri had only three disposals at halftime, finishing with 12 and just four hitouts to advantage (to Pittonet’s eight).
Tom De Koning – 76 points
The newest SuperCoach villain managed to stop two popular rucks in one afternoon. Pittonet scored 59 points himself while restricting Xerri and allowing De Koning to spend most of the game in the forward line. He looked dangerous there at times but it’s just much harder to score when you’re not around the ball, with De Koning’s three clearances around half his season average. And he didn’t cash in on the scoreboard, either, kicking 0.1. The big question is was this a one-off tactic to counter Xerri or something Michael Voss will persist with? The Blues faces Port Adelaide next week.
Lachie Neale – 72 points
SuperCoaches looking at a frightening round 16 bye – Brisbane, Geelong, GWS and Essendon have the week off – will be considering a radical move: selling a premium scorer from one of those teams to boost numbers in the final bye round. And Neale is the player in the gun for many owners after another disappointing score – his seventh of 92 or lower this season, and third in the past four rounds. Trading out a player with a proven scoring history like Neale is always a huge risk – and that trade could be invaluable if injuries strike in the run home – but after heavy attention from Tom Atkins on Friday night Neale could have more tags on the horizon. His price is down over $100k since round 1 (season average 102.5) but he’s still worth enough to get a very good player who, crucially, doesn’t have a bye next week.
Jack Sinclair – 65 points
It’s hard to put a finger on why, but Collingwood is Sinclair’s bogey team. Across his career he has only hit three figures against the Magpies once – an even 100 in 2022. On Saturday night he put up his lowest score of what has been a brilliant season, and he only got there with the help of an eight-disposal last quarter after barely being sighted for the first three.
Shai Bolton – 65 points
When you sign up for the Shai Bolton experience, you can get extreme highs, extreme lows and everything in between. A big score went begging on Thursday night with Bolton kicking 2.2 from 15 disposals, and getting in the middle of a scuffle after pointing to the scoreboard. For his owners a big drop in centre bounce numbers that has coincided with the return of Nat Fyfe could be a bigger long-term issue.
Lachie Whitfield – 16 points
Disaster for Whitfield owners and a nightmare for those who made him captain. Just four disposals before he was subbed out following a HIA resulting from a big Ben King bump. Hopefully he’s right to go after the GWS bye, but his price is heading down fast.
Tobie Travaglia – -1 points
Didn’t get a chance until late after starting as the sub and finished the game with two disposals – both turnovers – and one mark.
Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2025: Winners and losers from round 15, early trade advice
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