What SuperCoaches learned on super Sunday of AFL Round 7

Matt Flynn repaid the faith for his new owners, but not every SuperCoach trade was that successful. Here is what SuperCoaches learned on Super Sunday.

Rucks rule in SuperCoach.

The final day of round 7 continued an amazing scoring weekend for big men as the Suns, Blues and Hawks recorded wins.

Here are five things we learned on super Sunday.

1. FLYNNSANITY IS REAL

More than 44,000 coaches had their hearts in their mouths when they traded in Matt Flynn. The scores were there, but after being dropped already once this season, the pick always came with a huge element of risk. But Flynn could be the best cash cow of the year after posting 104 points against the Hawks. Having said that, his opponent Lloyd Meek scored 160 – if you have Max Gawn it might be worth putting the C on him against the Eagles next week.

Lloyd Meek and Matt Flynn compete. Picture: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images

2. ROWELL THE BAD GUY

In a round of huge scores, this came from nowhere. Matt Rowell has averaged 120 over the first six games but had just EIGHT points to his name at halftime on the back of five free kicks against – this from a guy who had a free kick differential of +21 last year. A much better second half resulted in a score that was more disappointing than disastrous.

3. PUT CLEARY ON FIELD

We are seven rounds in and still can’t get rookie roulette right. Sydney’s Caiden Cleary was on field for most owners last round when he posted 30 points. This week he was on the bench for most owners as he scored 89 from 17 disposals and five tackles – Sydney’s fifth-best score on a dirty day. After scoring 66 and 81 in his first two games, we’re putting the 30 down as an outlier and will be happy to play him at F6 next week.

4. HUMPHREY RUBS IT IN

SuperCoach can be a cruel game sometimes. For the first three rounds this year, when Bailey Humphrey posted scores of 104 and 111 either side of Gold Coast’s bye, his ownership was around 3000. It then surged to over 35,000 – who saw scores of 64, 74 and 48 over the next three rounds. More than half of them jumped ship before round 7, which made perfect sense. What didn’t was Humphrey playing like a man possessed against the Swans, logging 13 contested possessions, 11 score involvements and 151 points. Ouch. Our sympathy also goes out to the 20,000 coaches who traded out Cat Connor O’Sullivan then had to watch him to score 95 against Carlton.

We knew Bailey Humphrey was a gun ... Picture: Matt Roberts/AFL Photos/via Getty Images

5. TDK IS FINE

There were some whispers Tom De Koning was looking tired or sore in recent weeks, and with Marc Pittonet in the wings and Matt Flynn presenting a tasty trade option, some coaches have talked about jumping ship. In fact, 2000 did just that before round 7. As our friend the SCodfather likes to say, everyone Calm A Down. TDK was at his best on Sunday, logging 20 disposals, 14 contested possessions and 135 SuperCoach points, taking his average for the year to 119.9. The only worry – how do we fit all these rucks into our teams?

Recap all Sunday’s action in the blog below.

Originally published as What SuperCoaches learned on super Sunday of AFL Round 7