Six SuperCoach lessons learned from Parramatta Eels v Dolphins
An interchange POD emerges, a rising fullback star gives SuperCoaches more reasons to hold him, and Herbie Farnworth becomes more and more essential. See all the lessons from Thursday night footy.
Thursday Night Footy has been run and won with the Dolphins picking up a vital win over the Eels.
It was an entertaining evening from a viewing perspective, but what are the key takeaways with a SuperCoach lens?
Recap our live blog coverage below and see the top six things we learned.
KATOA CAN PLAY
He’s a talent this kid.
Rising from strength to strength since coming into the NRL, Katoa has matched it with some of the competition’s leading halfbacks and on Thursday night against Mitchell Moses, he did it again.
Despite his side having a rarity of chances in the Parramatta attacking zone in the first half, the 21-year-old played a calm and controlled brand of footy.
He finished the match with 58 points, his lowest in the last four weeks thanks to scores of 73, 60 and 98.
BOSTOCK DELIVERS
Owned by just 1,534 SuperCoachers, Jack Bostock has produced a rollercoaster of performances this season, much like the Dolphins themselves.
Against the Eels on Thursday night the 21-year-old opened the scoring as he cruised to a 49-point first half and finished with 66.
INTERCHANGE POD EMERGES
Connelly Lemuelu’s elite try scoring form has rocketed him into serious POD contention with just 221 SuperCoaches owning the Dolphins edge second rower.
Thursday night’s game against the Eels was the 26-year-old’s seventh match of the season, taking his try tally to four.
He finished with 49 points from just 29 minutes played.
Before tonight his past four scores had been 74, 38, 63 and 65.
RISING FULLBACK CONTINUES TO FLOURISH
Beginning the year priced at $232.6k, Iongi has soared to a medium price tag of $489,200 and is owned by 46 percent of SuperCoaches.
His arrival from Penrith forced captain Clint Gutherson to join the Dragons as Iongi has totalled 318 points through the opening six rounds.
Since Moses has returned in the last three matches, the 21-year-old has delivered scores of 76, 56 and now 82.
MOSES INJECTS MORE LIFE
The side to side, sweeping ball movement from Parramatta was a joy to watch against the Dolphins on Thursday night.
After missing the opening six rounds, favoured Blues halfback Mitchell Moses has given the Eels a breath of fresh air in their last three outings.
His teammates didn’t help their chances with the Eels coughing up 10 errors for the match, allowing Moses to only record 41 points.
Owned by less than five percent of SuperCoaches Moses scored 98 and 64 in the two prior matches.
Looks a tempting addition although he is likely to miss games during the Origin period.
HERBIE STILL ON TOP
Dolphins go-to centre Herbie Farnworth continued to showcase why he is one of the competition’s leading attacking threats with the top score of 84 in Thursday night’s match.
Farnworth was able to score a stellar solo try himself, taking his tally to five from nine appearances this season.
His lowest score this season was 55 against the Titans with the Englishman averaging 73.1 before tonight’s match.
Originally published as Six SuperCoach lessons learned from Parramatta Eels v Dolphins
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