SuperCoach AFL 2024: Winners and losers from round 15

One out-of-form midfielder bounced back in a massive way, but it was a very different story for Clayton Oliver and his SuperCoach owners. See who fired and who flopped in round 15.

Kynan Brown of the Demons.

The SuperCoach rollercoaster was in full swing in round 15.

Some stars put up enormous scores but some other popular picks made the final bye round a painful one for their owners.

See who starred and who let us down this weekend.

WINNERS

SAM DE KONING – 176 POINTS

The Carlton ruckman is on the hottest streak in the AFL, scoring 131, 140, 146 and 176 in his past four matches. Chris Scott did him a favour by opting not to include a recognised ruckman in his team on Friday night. Mark Blicavs and defender Sam De Koning shared the ruck load, but neither had an answer to Sam’s brother who racked up 25 disposals, six tackles and a goal to go with his 34 hitouts.

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TOM GREEN – 153 POINTS

It’s been a long time coming for Green’s owners, and some – 1981 of them, to be exact – ran out of patience after four scores under 100. But the ability to put up monster numbers is one few players possess. Thirty-five disposals – at 71 per cent efficiency – 15 contested possessions, eight marks and five tackles equals a massive SuperCoach performance.

Tom Green is back! Picture: Phil Hillyard

ERROL GULDEN – 151 POINTS

SuperCoach is all about timing. About 5000 coaches saw value in Gulden at $530k coming off Sydney’s bye – and he has delivered beyond their wildest dreams. Scores of 157, 106 and then 151 from a game-high 41 touches (31 kicks) against the Giants.

LUKE DAVIES-UNIACKE – 148 POINTS

He wasn’t quite as cheap as Gulden but Davies-Uniacke was another brilliant bye after round 12, peeling off scores of 114, 147 and 148 over the bye rounds. North Melbourne has played in a trio of nailbiting finishes, and LDU has starred in the closing stages of each game when SuperCoach points are given extra weighting.

ELLIOT YEO – 139 POINTS

We thought Yeo’s remarkable 2024 run had come to an end when he missed two games with injury then returned with scores of 61 and 94. But that was just a speed bump. A 127 before the Eagles’ bye has been backed up by 139 after the break. Yeo had 20 disposals against Essendon but 16 of them were contested and he added 13 tackles and a goal.

TRENT RIVERS – 131 POINTS

Someone had to fill the void in Melbourne’s midfield left by the sickening injury to Christian Petracca, and on Saturday night Rivers stepped up. Attending 20 centre bounces, he collected 21 disposals (18 kicks) at 81 per cent efficiency, six tackles and a goal. He would be a great pick-up in SuperCoach Draft.

Put George Wardlaw on your 2025 SuperCoach watch list. Picture: Michael Klein

GEORGE WARDLAW – 122 POINTS

The Phantom picked the North Melbourne youngster as his pre-season breakout star, and he should have stuck to his guns. It took Wardlaw a little while to hit his straps, but the No.4 pick in the 20222 draft looks a future SuperCoach star after consecutive scores of 114, 122 and 122.

MATTHEW OWIES – 104 POINTS

We love a left-field POD and Owies fits the bill with an ownership of just 446 coaches across the entire SuperCoach competition. They would have loved his performance on Friday night against the Cats, kicking three goals and laying five tackles to register the first 100-plus score of his 63-game AFL career.

ALEX SEXTON – 80 POINTS

This was slightly down on Sexton’s recent form but a healthy reminder he can still score with Wil Powell in the Suns’ team. Powell starred with 117 points in his first game back from a five-match suspension, but Sexton still played 80 per cent of the game, found the ball 20 times and used it at 80 per cent efficiency.

LOSERS

MATT ROWELL – 82 POINTS

The Gold Coast gun was averaging 131 points after the first seven rounds of the season. Since then it’s a 92-point average over the next seven. The critical factor seems to be that there has been just one game in that time at People First Stadium, where Rowell has dominated this year – of his eight 100-plus scores in 2024, five of them have come at the Suns’ home ground.

Matt Rowell is in a form slump. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

CHAD WARNER – 72 POINTS

After the round 12 bye the top four midfield trade targets in SuperCoach were Lachie Neale, Errol Gulden, Luke Davies-Uniacke and Warner. Unfortunately for Warner owners he is the only member of the quarter who hasn’t fired, with the revival of taggers coming at the worst possible time. On Saturday Toby Bedford made sure the Swans jet was under constant pressure, with his 20 disposals coming at just 45 per cent efficiency.

CHRISTIAN SALEM – 65 POINTS

Salem has been a great value pick-up over the byes but it wasn’t happening for him on Saturday night, collecting 13 disposals before being subbed out for tactical reasons in a surprising move by Simon Goodwin.

CLAYTON OLIVER – 32 POINTS

One of the worst games of Oliver’s long career as he was frustrated from the opening bounce by a hard tag from Kangaroo Wil Phillips. At halftime the Demons champ had the remarkable ratio of four effective disposals and four free kicks against – for two SuperCoach points. Things improved slightly from there but life without Christian Petracca could be tough.

KYNAN BROWN – 21 POINTS

Harsh on the debutant who only came on with about 10 minutes to play on Saturday night. And he made his presence felt with a big run-down tackle which hopefully impressed Simon Goodwin enough to give him a full game next week.

Clayton Oliver had a night to forget. Picture: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

KARL WORNER – 19 POINTS

The most traded-in player this week was added to more than 17,000 SuperCoach teams. It was always a risk with the Dockers playing the final game of the round, and sure enough he also started as the sub. Worner had to wait until three quarter-time to get his chance, and managed five disposals in two marks in limited game time. With Alex Pearce under an injury cloud, he’s a chance to be part of the starting 22 against the Swans next Saturday.

JACK HUTCHINSON – 6 POINTS

Like Brown, the Eagles mid-season draft recruit started as the sub and didn’t get onto the field until the final minutes. His stat line was similar – one disposal, two tackles – but he didn’t have the same impact in a nailbiting finish.

Originally published as SuperCoach AFL 2024: Winners and losers from round 15