Napa rises, Radradra falls: 10 things we learned from Round 6
FROM Dylan Napa’s rise to Semi Radradra’s fall, here’s 10 SuperCoach things we learned from Round 6 of the NRL season.
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FROM Dylan Napa’s rise to Semi Radradra’s fall, here’s 10 SuperCoach things we learned from Round 6 of the NRL season.
1) Dylan Napa’s 94 against the Bunnies came off the back of one of the best games ever played by a prop according to team mate and fellow front-row forward Sam Moa.
From a SuperCoach perspective, Napa will play important bye rounds 15 and 18 as he is one of the Queenslanders banned from Origin duties this year and currently only finds a spot in only 7 per cent of teams.
2) Unless Cameron Smith scores 96 points against the Bulldogs tonight, Jake Friend will be the highest scoring hooker after six rounds of the competition.
Friend’s 89 leaves him with an average of 65 and will result in his value soaring over the next few rounds starting with an initial increase of over $45,000 this week if his score remains unchanged.
3) If Paul Carter fails to gain selection in the starting team for the Rabbitoh’s round seven game against the Cowboys, it may be time take the $100,000 he has made for your salary cap and put it to better use before he starts dropping in value.
4) Semi Radradra’s stocks will be than Chris Gayle’s appearance fee at a feminist convention. Radradra’s monstrous 136 in round 3 is now out of his three game rolling average and the 23 he scored against the Raiders fell 123 points short of his break-even meaning he will start round seven with a price tag just under 400,000 and another triple-figured break-even which is playing straight into the hands of those looking at the ‘Semi-Trailer’ for bye coverage.
5) Whilst on the topic of bye coverage, Corey Norman (89) has more than signalled his intentions to sit in more than 5 per cent of teams after setting up four tries to put on his highest SuperCoach score of the year against the Raiders.
6) Apisai Koroisau (97) put his raw talent on display for the second week in a row and has averaged 100 since taking over from the injured Daly-Cherry Evans.
Koroisau set up three tries to smash his break-even by 70 points and may well wear a $400,000 price tag in the oncoming weeks after increasing by over $35,000 this weekend as well as starting next game with a negative break-even.
7) The past month of SuperCoach has been a learning experience for many who have fallen victim to panic trading. SuperCoach ‘guns’ don’t attain their status easily and when you lose faith in these weapons and don’t give them time to work their magic, they have a way of making us pay.
Case in point, there have been many who have made panic trades recently and said goodbye to Corey Parker and Trent Merrin.
As a result, despite only averaging around 60 minutes a game each, they will start next round with a five game average of 75 and 71 respectively. Lesson learned……pick and stick.
8) Andrew Fifita (97) has been simmering away in the first five rounds coming so close to a try on more than a few occasions, that was until yesterday when he pounced on a Michael Ennis grubber in the in-goal to score his first 17-pointer for the year.
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Owners anxiously await injury news on Fifita who left the field late in the game holding his left arm that he previously broke in 2014.
9) A second wave of cheapies are coming into the fold with a small few looking as serious contenders to force their way into our teams.
Cameron Cullen (46), Abraham Papalii (29), Luke Bateman (11) and Will Pearsall (9) played their first games over the weekend whereas Javid Bowen (63) and Kerrod Holland (to play) are set to make decent dollars should they gain selection next round for their third game.
10) Early season cheapies Ashley Taylor (97) and Jordan Rankin (82) rewarded those who stuck with them and will sit tight in those teams for at least the next three weeks.
Rankin scored two tries to beat his break-even by 31 points and surprisingly make owners another handy $16,000 and Taylor broke the line to score as well to secure another $27,000 price rise.
Originally published as Napa rises, Radradra falls: 10 things we learned from Round 6
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