SuperCoach wrap: Biggest winners and losers from round 19

Concussion protocols are about to hit SuperCoach hard with three key players ruled out of round 20. See all the hits and misses from round 19 and the Cats ruck stat you need to know.

Lachie Neale had a rare quiet game. Picture: Daniel Carson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Concussion is already a huge talking point in the AFL, and it is set to have a major impact in

SuperCoach with three key players ruled out of next week’s action.

But big hits weren’t the only reason for some surprisingly low scores on the weekend.

Luckily, some huge points of difference came to the rescue – if you were lucky enough to have the right ones.

Check out all the winners and losers from round 19, and some crucial intel for next week.

WINNERS

TIM MEMBREY – 154 POINTS

One for the good guys, and Membrey’s 345 loyal SuperCoach owners. The Saints full-forward had 23 disposals, 10 marks, seven tackles and kicked five goals straight in one of the best games of his career.

TIM ENGLISH – 139 POINTS

The English rollercoaster continues – his past five scores are 136, 70, 137, 85, 139. A match-up against part-time ruckman Sam De Koning was always promising and English made the most of it with 41 hitouts, 17 disposals and six intercepts. Since round 15 the opposing ruckman against Geelong has scored 176 (Tom De Koning), 88 (Todd Goldstein), 114 (Lloyd Meek), 131 (Darcy Cameron) and 139 (English). Take note – North Melbourne and Tristan Xerri faces the Cats next week.

Tim Membrey dominated the Eagles. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/AFL Photos/Getty Images

JACK GINNIVAN – 137 POINTS

Not a name we talk about a lot in SuperCoach, although he is in 4692 teams (3 per cent). But what a storyline. The former Pie had 31 touches and kicked two goals for a career-high SuperCoach return.

CALEB SERONG – 137 POINTS

A big bounce-back game from one of the SuperCoach stars of 2024 after a subdued seven weeks by his standards. Serong hadn’t hit three figures in a month but had smashed that barrier by three quarter-time as he ran rampant against the wounded Demons with 36 disposals, seven clearances and a goal.

DAYNE ZORKO – 129 POINTS

Zorko was cleaned up by Joel Amartey in his first play of the game and got up looking very sore, sending a scare through the SuperCoach world. But he shook it off quickly to have 10 disposals by quarter-time and 29 for the game – and just two of them were handballs.

SAM FLANDERS – 128 POINTS

PODs are great but there’s nothing wrong with getting a lot of points from a player that appears in more than 110,000 teams – No.4 on the popularity ladder behind Nick Daicos, Isaac Heeney and Harry Sheezel. Flanders has had a remarkable season, not dropping below 100 SuperCoach points once, and he has now hit 128 four times.

JACK STEELE – 118 POINTS

Steele’s ownership has dropped from a season-high 45,000 in round 6 to just 35,000 now, but those coaches were rewarded with a vintage game from the Saints captain. He moved freely, not showing any signs of a knee issue that has slowed him down since his ripping start to the year, collecting 31 disposals and taking nine marks on his way to his highest score since round 12.

HUGH McCLUGGAGE – 115 POINTS

The SuperCoach scoring system rewards the most important acts that help decide the outcome of matches, and they don’t come much bigger than McCluggage’s two huge goals in the final quarter against Sydney. He had another goal among his 26 touches, too.

Jack Steele also enjoyed the Saints’ big win. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

LOGAN EVANS – 110 POINTS

Last week it was Lawson Humphries who delivered a big SuperCoach score that many of his owners couldn’t take advantage of. This week former $102k defensive rookie Logan Evans was stuck on the bench for most of his 16,000 owners. At least they’ll enjoy a big price rise after his 22-disposal game that also included a goal against the Tigers.

JORDON SWEET – 94 POINTS

Sweet’s drop in ownership is even more dramatic than Steele. He peaked at 69,000 teams in round 9 but came into round 19 with just 15,000 owners. They reaped the rewards of a surprise return to the Port Adelaide team in the past four rounds and a concussion to opponent Toby Nankervis on Saturday night.

LOSERS

ZAK BUTTERS – 89 POINTS

Butters spent large chunks of the game on the bench and didn’t get going until a big last quarter salvaged a score that, well, could have been a lot worse. Although that was a faint silver lining for the 36 per cent of coaches in the top 1 per cent with the C on the Power star.

JORDAN DAWSON – 81 POINTS

Dawson was on track for a good score until he was subbed out following a head knock early in the last quarter on Friday night. And to make matters worse he’s set to miss another week in concussion protocols. Teammate Billy Dowling would be handy bench cover if you have him.

Toby Nankervis was subbed off after a head knock. Picture: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

LACHIE NEALE – 76 POINTS

The second-most popular captaincy choice for the top 1 per cent of coaches (behind Butters) was looking at one of the lowest scores of his career at three-quarter time. But eight important late touches helped get him out of jail to some degree. Still a very disappointing result for a player who entered the game with a three-round average of 145.

NOAH ANDERSON – 59 POINTS

The poster boy for Gold Coast’s home and away form this season is so reliable you could bench him for matches not played at Carrara and bring him on for his huge People First Stadium returns. His 27 disposals against GWS came at just 56 per cent efficiency, giving him an average of 133 in home games this year and 83.5 away.

TOBY NANKERVIS – 58 POINTS

Nank was averaging 129 points a game over the previous seven rounds before an off night against the Power got a lot worse when he was subbed out with concussion concerns early in the final quarter. They are set to force him out of next week’s clash with Collingwood, too.

TOBY GREENE – 57 POINTS

Chocolates to boiled lollies – such is the life of a small forward in SuperCoach. A week after posting 154 points against Richmond, Green had almost 100 fewer points against the Suns.

ZAC FISHER – 38 POINTS

The relief among Fisher’s SuperCoach owners on his return to the North Melbourne line-up turned sour when he was subbed off early in the last quarter with just 13 disposals to his name, including a behind kick-in clanger than led directly to a Carlton goal. Will he hold his spot next week?

JEREMY CAMERON – 35 POINTS

Cameron’s easy run home was supposed to start against the Bulldogs on Saturday night, but that definitely didn’t go to script with just six disposals (three effective, including a goal).

Jack Macrae has fallen out of favour. Picture: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images

NATHAN KREUGER – 24 POINTS

Coaches relying on Kreuger to cover for missing ruckman Max Gawn – and who might need him to cover Nankervis next week – copped a savage blow when Kreuger was concussed himself in a clash of heads against Hawthorn. Like Dawson and Nankervis, he won’t be available next week, either.

JACK MACRAE – 8 POINTS

A sad fall from grace for a former SuperCoach great. Macrae started as the sub on Saturday night and came on with just 13 minutes left in the game – enough time for him to have three disposals and register his lowest SuperCoach score in 11 years.

Originally published as SuperCoach wrap: Biggest winners and losers from round 19