SuperCoach AFL 2025 round 3 trade guide: Who to jump on, off before price changes

Now is the time to correct mistakes in your SuperCoach team and grab the biggest money makers of 2025. See the top targets – and who to trade out.

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Welcome to the biggest trading week in SuperCoach.

Prices for most players will change after lockout on Sunday night, so now is the time to get on the best money makers of the season, trade out any pre-season mistakes and rookies who might not be getting a game.

Getting those fundamentals right will deliver the biggest benefits for your team before attention turns to axing out-of-form players or trying to grab the fast starter you missed.

Here’s who to jump on and jump off before round 2 – and who to hold fire on.

Priority one is ensuring you have as many of the must-have rookies as possible. These are the players who will fill our coffers to fund future trades, ideally while providing solid on-field scores. The players who tick both boxes in 2025 are Nathan O’Driscoll, Xavier Lindsay, Jack Henderson, Mitch Knevitt and Levi Ashcroft – all midfielders. SuperCoach Plus projects a $62k price increase for O’Driscoll if he scores 64 points against West Coast, while Lindsay (+$58k), Knevitt (+$46k) and Ashcroft (+$46k) are also in the ‘now or never’ category. Bottom-priced Demons rookie Henderson benefits from his bargain basement $99k price tag – he only needs to score 36 this week to jump almost $50k in value.

Connor O’Sullivan is the clear standout of the defence rookies after scoring 88 against the Saints on Saturday night. That score will remain in his rolling average for another two weeks, which should ensure a series of price gains, and his place in the Geelong backline looks very secure with Tom Stewart injured.

Xavier Lindsay’s price is set to skyrocket. Picture: Michael Klein

This list doesn’t include the player with the lowest Break Even in the competition. Riley Bice has a BE of -84 after scoring 96 in round 2, but Sydney has a bye this week, so there’s no rush to bring him in (he will be extremely popular next week). But if it fits your trade plans, it’s certainly an option.

Murphy Reid and Elijah Hewett are other cheapies to target if you already own most of the players listed above, while Bulldog Sam Davidson is the pick of the forward rookies so far.

Mid-price picks primed for a big price jump include Finn Callaghan, Adam Cerra, Joel Freijah and Riley Thilthorpe. Callaghan will be in the plans of many coaches coming off the Giants’ bye following scores of 144 and 104 in his first two matches.

Freijah has been used in defence and the centre square by Luke Beveridge and cracked the ton twice, although the bulk of his points have come in the second half of both games and he remains something of an unknown quantity 14 games into his AFL career. Thilhorpe has been a surprise packet in the Crows’ fast start, booting three goals in each of their two wins.

Geelong cheapie Connor O’Sullivan could be a SuperCoach saviour in defence. Picture: Rob Lawson/AFL Photos

We didn’t include Jack Macrae (BE -69) or Caleb Daniel (BE -46) because they are already extremely highly owned. But if for some reason you didn’t start one of them, correct that mistake now!

Bailey Smith looked like a must-have heading into round 2 but after he missed Geelong’s loss to St Kilda with a calf issue, non-owners can put him on the backburner. Deal with players who are about to change price first and take another look at Baz after his next game.

Selecting players to trade out is a little more complicated than just showing players with the highest Break Evens the door.

A player like Finn O’Sullivan will likely make money, but the rookies listed at the top of this article will make a lot more, a lot faster. This is the perfect time to make the switch.

Ben Paton, meanwhile, has a negative Break Even but was dropped for round 2 and will struggle to get back into Sydney’s team after this week’s bye. Non-scoring (or “dead”) rookies is something we really want to avoid this early in the season. You can trade Paton out now or wait a week, when teammate Riley Bice will be on the bubble.

Finn O’Sullivan has recorded 16 and 12 disposals in his first two AFL games. Picture: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

Tom Stewart’s cursed run with injuries continued and he’s a must-trade, pending Geelong’s injury report. But he’ll be very cheap after he returns – watch this space. Elijah Tsatas is another player who may have to go after Essendon revealed he played on Saturday with a broken hand.

Harry Perryman lost $10,000 after his third game on Friday night and his price will keep going backwards unless he has a huge turnaround in form. He’s not playing this week due to Collingwood’s bye, so there isn’t much incentive to keep him around.

James Peatling, Ryley Sanders and Jayden Short can also be classed as failed mid-price picks and can be traded out if you don’t have more pressing issues.

Hugo Garcia’s money-making potential was doomed when he started as the sub for St Kilda on Saturday night and Matt Flynn might have to wait a while to get back into West Coast’s best 23 after being dropped for round 2. He’s no use for us in SuperCoach playing in the WAFL.

That leaves Will Day. A popular starting selection after a brilliant opening round performance, he has struggled with heavy opposition attention the past two weeks and faces a Toby Bedford tag this round – followed by a bye. he’s far from a must trade but if you don’t make the move now, you’re in for the long haul. Non-owners could look to bring him in, potentially at a discounted price. before the Hawks face West Coast and Richmond in rounds 7 and 8.

Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2025 round 3 trade guide: Who to jump on, off before price changes