SuperCoach AFL 2025: Top trade targets for round 7
Move heaven and earth to get the biggest names in SuperCoach or pick off underpriced stars? Here are all the names you need to know – and who to target first.
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It was fitting on Easter weekend that the SuperCoach holy trinity rose to greatness – and to the top of coaches’ trade plans.
In January Nick Daicos (172 points), Zak Butters (164) and Marcus Bontempelli (159) were three of the most owned players in SuperCoach, before untimely injuries forced thousands of coaches to change their plans.
Daicos, who battled a foot scare in pre-season, is now owned by 30 per cent of coaches after 16,000 traded him in last week – and enjoyed a very happy Easter. But Butters (1 per cent of teams) and Bontempelli (2 per cent) are extreme points of difference after missing the first month of the season.
Now the race is on to get all three.
And complicating things is the availability of other premium scorers at very tempting prices, the re-emergence of Eagles cash cow Matt Flynn and an unexpected rookie crisis.
Here’s how to use your trades this week.
ROOKIES
There is one standout bubble boy for round 7 – Carlton’s Matt Carroll. Priced at just $99k in defence, he has scored 60 and 64 in his first two games. Those scores came against West Coast and North Melbourne, but he’s a good bench option if you’re ready to cut ties with a player like Zach Reid, Luke Trainor or Connor O’Sullivan to bank $100k-plus (my order or trade-out priority would be Trainor, O’Sullivan, Reid).
Lion James Tunstill ($119,900 MID/FWD) scored a promising 88 in his first game of the year, but it would be very risky to jump on him early given he didn’t feature in the first five rounds.
Sub-affected players like Saad El-Hawli and Tom Gross are still affordable, but the trust is low and sub risk remains extremely high. The Eagles playing in the last game of the round doesn’t help.
CASH COW
There is one player we need to talk about in this category. Matt Flynn ($261,900 RUC) is set for a huge price jump after scoring 141 points on his return to the Eagles team against Essendon, following an 87 in round 1. He surely now has a stranglehold on the No.1 ruck role at least for a few weeks – which is all we need to make a quick $200,000 that could be the path to a Bontempelli or Butters. The question is how to get him.
Kieren Briggs owners can happily make the switch, and some will be tempted to move on Tom De Koning after a slight scoring dip and the possible return of Marc Pittonet. But do we really want to get rid of a player who is averaging 117 and hasn’t dipped under 100 all season?
The new Flex position could be the answer. If you have a player like Levi Ashcroft in Flex, you could trade out a fattened midfield or forward rookie, move Ashcroft into that vacant slot and bring in Flynn.
THE BIG THREE
Of the Daicos, Bontempelli and Butters trio, Nick Daicos is the clear priority this week.
He dropped $50k from his starting price in the first four rounds, but his price is heading north with a bullet.
Coming off scores of 134 and 172 and with an Anzac Day date against the Bombers coming up, he’ll be a hugely popular captain or vice-captain pick next round. And if we don’t get him now, it will be a hard watch until his next poor score.
The reality is we might have to wait a while to get Butters and Bontempelli.
Butters smashed his 146 Break Even and will rise in price after his next game, and Bontempelli could do the same if he repeats his dominant form against St Kilda in his next two matches – pushing him close to the $700,000 mark.
With proven stars available for up to $200k cheaper who could go close to matching the big three for scores, the smart play is to take the value. Watching Butters and Bont might be tough, but getting rookies off the field can improve your team quicker overall – as anyone who had to cop Luke Trainor’s 2 points last round will verify.
The big dogs will be on a price watch as we approach the mid-season byes. If they drop a bad score, get ready to pounce.
VALUE PREMIUMS
So, who are those top-end scorers who can replace a rookie and try to match Bont and Butters until they become attainable?
Price crashed after he was subbed out in the first quarter against St Kilda in round 2. Gettable with two trades from the popular backline rookies, and we know he can score – averaging at least 97 points a game every season since 2019 and going over 100 in his two full games this year. The role is great, floating between the midfield and half-back to use his intercepting to its maximum impact. The question mark is his durability after being a late out in rounds 3 and 5, although the second time was due to gastro.
The SuperCoach find of 2024 is $100k cheaper than his starting price after three sub-100 scores in the first six rounds. We can put those down to a hamstring niggle, but he’s back to full fitness based on his performance on Good Friday – 43 hitouts, 11 tackles, 144 SuperCoach points. If you didn’t start him, get on now.
The move to half-back is real. After a breakout performance against the Hawks (137 points), he backed it up with 103 against the Swans, which is even more impressive considering he was battling a James Jordan tag. Rozee’s price climbed back over $500k on the back of that score, but not by much – and he will be a lot more expensive very soon. If he stays behind the ball he’s in line to earn dual-position status in round 12, and he could be a top-six defender at a bargain price.
Remarkably, he still hasn’t cracked three figures this season, but surely a big score is just around the corner. Petracca has scored 92, 96 and 94 in his past three games and he was back at the coalface against the Dockers, attending his most centre bounces for the season. Now $70k under his already discounted round 1 price and we can pick him in the forward line, something SuperCoaches have been dying to do for years.
We’re getting more speculative here, but there is no question about the value on offer after Taranto’s huge 146-point game against the Suns. He has been building to that 35-disposal performance, scoring 94, 97 and 101 in his previous three games. Taranto’s disposal can be a hit and miss but you can’t question the effort levels – he’s No.1 at the Tigers for tackles, contested possessions, ground ball gets and clearances in 2025, all great ways to score SuperCoach points.
Flying under the radar after he missed opening round with a calf injury, Green has scored at least 113 points in four of his five games this year but is still available for just under his starting price. Clearly the top dog in the GWS midfield, the 24-year-old features ranks top five in the AFL for contested possessions and No.1 for stoppage clearances, but is in just 2 per cent of SuperCoach teams.
The Crows skipper suffered another price drop despite scoring 113 against the Giants, and scoring 96 or better in five of his six games, including two 120-plus scores. And his price is still coming down. The value is based on one shocker, a 60-point game in round 5 when he recorded a kicking efficiency of just 38 per cent. You can confidently bet on that being his worst score for the season. The question is can he go close to being a top-eight midfielder from here? I’m saying yes. With a Break Even of 137, he’ll be even cheaper next week.
Walsh’s price is on the way back up after dipping to $533k, $50k under his starting price. He has tonned up in his past three games, including a big 141 against West Coast. His next three biggest scores for the season are 108, 107 and 100. An average around the 108 mark he posted last year looks very achievable, but is that close enough to the big dogs to justify a trade?
Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2025: Top trade targets for round 7
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