Gold Coast Titans forward Greg Bird is the round one 2016 NRL SuperCoach Spoiler

IN any given NRL round many different players make multiple tries, try assists and offloads. Most of them are your standard SuperCoach superstars. But others come out of nowhere.

IN any given NRL round many players go large in terms of SuperCoach, scoring multiple tries, try assists and offloads.

Most of them are your standard SuperCoach superstars, owned by every team that’s not auto-selected. But others come out of nowhere.

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Inevitably the team you’re playing against just happens to have this player. Often as their captain.

These are our Supercoach Spoilers. The players whose success leads to the demise of countless SuperCoach teams.

After each round we’ll be tracking and crowning a Spoiler.

Greg Bird offloads during Gold Coast’s round one win over the Newcastle Knights. Picture: Adam Head

ROUND 1: GREG BIRD

He certainly hasn’t come out of nowhere, but I would have bet on Nick Kygrios taking a vow of silence before I put money on Greg Bird knocking up a ton at the weekend.

I mean, Greg Bird … 111 points?

And he didn’t even score a try.

I know Bird’s been on a few radars due to his dual-position status, coupled with the fact he is an 80-minute off-loading machine on the path to redemption. But you can consider yourself unlucky if he did cost you a first-round win.

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The NSW Origin enforcer has always been polarising and was only owned by 2.56% of coaches at the start of the season.

Playing in driving rain against the Newcastle Knights, Bird not only showed some vintage form but that his play-making days may not be behind him, gifting tries to Agnatius Paasi and Anthony Don.

He even joked after the match: “I was winding the clock back and letting King (coach Neil Henry) know if something happens to these young halves I’m ready to go.”

Greg Bird was in everything in the Titans 30-12 win over the Knights. Picture: Getty Images

Bird played just 12 matches last year in a season littered with controversy and suspension and was overlooked for the club’s captaincy recently.

He averaged 52 points in 2015 and 57 the year before from 17 runs on the paddock.

He’s now averaging 111 points and is the highest-scoring player in the comp.

Did I mention that was without scoring a try?

Bird’s SuperCoach numbers were impressive. He notched up 24 points from try assists, 24 tackles, four points from tackle breaks, 16 from effective offloads and the same for line-break assists.

Then there were 22 points for hit-ups over 8m and eight for under 8m.

But before you get too excited, I wouldn’t be rushing in just yet.

The Titans have the Storm in Melbourne this week.

If I put my ear to the earth I can already hear the sound of crashing.

Originally published as Gold Coast Titans forward Greg Bird is the round one 2016 NRL SuperCoach Spoiler