Final team reveal: Tim Williams drops his Supercoach squad

Ponga get the C this week for you Timmy?

Have a similar side. Went cheese and api, and arrow with taumolo. (soon to be terrell may if rabbits name a 4 forward bench again). Jump on brooksy his the ticket to dyl brown we need. I considered hammer but i have no faith in dolphins and there lack of depth in key positions if injuries occur which could slow there attack.

Thanks Alex! Yeah I think Maxy is a rock solid buy, I&#8217;m happy not to pay up for him but no knocks.

Hi mate love you work, have you considered Max King or is his price a bit awkward? Thinking he could play big minutes considering the bulldogs are thin on middles.

Hey mate, yep will do another before Sunday!

Hey mate, just wondering if you guys do a team drop before the games start on the weekend?

Hi John,
I don&#8217;t see either generating any cash, and they rarely have tonnes in them, especially big ones to justify starting them.
They&#8217;re both extremely consistent and will likely be top 2 averaging FRFs this season, but I&#8217;m prioritising them later.
They may average 70, while there may be players $400-500k cheaper that can bang out 45-50 which will do the job in the meantime.

Hey Mark, thanks for the kind feedback mate. 5/8 will be the number one priority if I start without Brown, then probably trying to get a gun CTW or Grant if my hooker isn&#8217;t performing.

Hi Tim 
Thanks for the team reveal. Just curious with your team who would you be looking to upgrade first. With a limited salary cap once you make some money would you be looking to upgrade say a 5/8 to some one like brown a 2RF like a Murray or a big name CTW. 
Just curious as to where you look to strengthen your team as you start to cash in.
Thanks Tim
Love ya work

The Cooma Stallions have arrived for 2024, with our NRL Supercoach round 1 team essentially locked in.



I&#8217;m extremely happy with my team and my plan moving across the first six weeks.



I&#8217;ve come to terms with a brutal hooking position, and the front-row slot has cleared up ever so slightly, but not without a twist.



I won&#8217;t sit here and say I&#8217;m 100% committed to this team, but it&#8217;s every chance to be my side.



Every Supercoach player is realistically still tweaking things, and any actual NRL team changes will have an impact should they occur.



For greater detail on each player, see my club previews on the website which are littered across our website.



Let&#8217;s take a look at my side.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Fullback</h2>



Kalyn Ponga $892,800



Ponga gets a full uninterrupted pre-season, will goal-kick fulltime, and doesn’t have to worry about the five-eighth shift in 2024.



Averaging over 100 at fullback last season you’d argue he’s starting undervalued despite an incredible season.



Locked into the Stallions and lwon’t be moving.



Tom Trbojevic $833,500



While I may look a little skinny in certain areas, it&#8217;s because Tommy Turbo has come in for Ryan Papenhuyzen.



See my Sea Eagles analysis on site on why I&#8217;m so high on Turbo.



Papy looked decent in the trial game against the Bulldogs, but losing the goal-kicking duties is a concern along with the fact Melbourne have an early bye and a tough draw.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Centre-wing</h2>



Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow $600,900



Hammer is my early season timebomb that’s either going to explode and send me flying up the rankings or fizzle out and be sold for the Dolphins round 3 buy.



My head sees a few red flags, volatile scoring, okay base, awkward price tag…



My gut sees a star of the game, with a soft draw, playing fullback for an improving team, available at CTW in Supercoach.



I’m backing him to explode.



Taylan May $458,800



May does have to defy a history of players struggling Supercoach-wise on return from ACL injuries, but we know the talent he possesses.



He’s also had an extensive time to recover which gives me plenty of reason to believe he can perform early and suggest he’s starting seriously undervalued.



Jesse Arthars $376,000



Was very busy in Vegas, scored 60 points, very happy despite playing on the weaker edge at the Broncos.



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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck $539,600



Drew Hutchison is out for now, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is in. Not a bad upgrade right?



RTS isn&#8217;t entirely locked in, but I just have such a good feeling about him and the Warriors after the trials.



He looks as good as when he left and starts cheap, so I&#8217;m very interested.



Ben Trbojevic $277,400



Josh Schuster seems well behind during this pre-season, which could well see Burbo start on the edge for Manly.



If he knabs the role, hopefully even 80 minutes, he’d be an absolute steal at $277k.



Injury history is a concern of course, but at the price it’s worth the gamble.



Has the all-important dual CTW-2RF positioning.



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Taine Tuaupiki $277,700



With Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad injured and not due back until round 4, Taine Tuaupiki gets the start at fullback for the Warriors.



I&#8217;m not convinced on him yet as he may not get enough games to make cash, but there&#8217;s not a heap else out there.



Jack Bostock $314,500



To quote my Dolphins pre-season analysis on Bostock:



&#8220;There will be job security risk even if he is named, so probably only for me if there’s a lack of decent cheapies to start the season.&#8221;



Well, we&#8217;ve arrived at round 1, there&#8217;s a lack of cheapies at CTW, so Bostock is in.



To be fair, he looked a lot bigger and stronger than last year as his body has developed so I don&#8217;t mind the play.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">5/8</h2>



Braydon Trindall $439,000



The injury to Jayden Campbell has really hurt my side as he was the only player I really liked to plug in at 5/8.



Trindall was man of the match in the All Stars and took plenty of control despite playing alongside Nicho Hynes.



A round 5 upgrade to Brown when the Sharks have the bye could be on the cards.



Ethan Strange $238,900



Strange starts in the halves for the Raiders over Kaeo Weekes and looks a gun cheapie.



He looks busy in attack and defence, busts tackles and should make some reasonable coin.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Halfback&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>



Nicho Hynes $970,000



Cronulla have a soft draw to start the season, so I’m happy enough to pay up for the top scoring player for the past two seasons.



Nathan Cleary $912,500



With an extremely tough draw to start the season for Penrith, I’d be tempted to gamble on avoiding Cleary early on in the year at over $900k.



However, there’s nobody else I particularly like at halfback, so it makes complete sense to lock in the star Panthers playmaker.



See our Penrith preview on the site, but he doesn’t tend to start the season slow so you may as well just lock and load from round 1.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Second-row</h2>



Shaun Lane $446,200



A proven Supercoach 2RF gun that gets a significant discount due to injuries last season.



He played 10 games, averaging just 61 minutes in 2023.



Priced on a 44 point average he looks a decent play despite the concern he may not get the full 80 with Kelma Tuilagi on the bench.



Brendan Piakura $426,800



It’s a tough draw to start the season for Brisbane, including the trip to Vegas, but Piakura looks a real talent that’s nicely priced for round 1.



He averaged 42 points in 57 minutes last season, but should lock down an 80 minute role on the edge for the Broncos.



I think he’ll be somewhat like Briton Nikora in previous years, with only okay base but serious attacking upside.



There will be a mix of high and low scores, but I’m willing to cop that at the price.



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Heilum Luki $471,200



Kikau is out for now, with Luki coming in following news Luciano Leilua may not be at the club for much longer.



There&#8217;s still plenty to play out with Luki as minutes will be an issue, but if Leilua does leave it&#8217;s very promising for him.



Edge back-rower Kulikefu Finefeuiaki getting named on the bench isn&#8217;t ideal, but even in 60 minutes I&#8217;d be happy enough.



Beau Fermor $467,300



Fermor got through trials okay and will play outside Kieran Foran at least until David Fifita returns which is a huge plus.



He averaged 65 points back in 2022 prior to injury, but he was scoring tries for fun that season.



If he locks down an 80 minute role he should at worst hold his value.



If he comes back in style he could be $600k in a flash.



Joe Chan $238,900



Craig Bellamy, thank your Sir.



Look, I&#8217;m under no illusions that Chan is a safe cheapie, he&#8217;s quite the opposite with Shawn Blore and Kane Bradley lingering in the extended squad that could come in at any week.



But Chan starts on the edge in a strong Storm outfit, at near bottom dollar, making him very hard to go past.



Morgan Smithies $345,000



Smithies will be no frills this season, but he&#8217;ll get through plenty of work.



There won&#8217;t be much attack in him, but there will be a lot of tackles.



He just needs to get enough minutes to knock out a 50+ average and make some decent cash.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Front-row</h2>



Jason Taumalolo $439,000



Taumalolo has come in for now over both Arrow and May.



With the injury to Hess, and departure of Leilua, minute are available at the Cowboys



Taumalolo may not set the world alight, but at $436k he doesn&#8217;t have to.



If he gets back to anything even remotely close to his best he could be a steal this season.



If not, I&#8217;ll move him to May, Arrow or whoever performs in round 3.



Keenan Palasia $365,200



I&#8217;ll be honest here, Palasia is essentially a placeholder for me.



Terrell May was outstanding in Vegas and looks like the mid-range FRF we all so desperately sought.



Essentially, I want an easy avenue to him.



Palasia is starting for the Titans at lock and may be a decent buy, but I&#8217;m not getting my hopes up.



If he jags decent minutes and looks good I can look at other avenues to May, but with the Titans on the bye in round 2 my plan is to get May in here barring a big showing from Palasia.



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Sam Hughes $238,900



Hughes comes highly regarded at the Bulldogs and could find decent minutes for a club desperately seeking a middle enforcer.



The minutes won&#8217;t come straight away, so I won&#8217;t be playing him in my 17 as was the original hope, but he&#8217;ll hopefully build into decent time throughout the season.



He has an offload in him and can bust a tackle so he should score well as minutes come.



Poasa Faamausili $238,900



Not a pretty spot this fourth FRF slot, not pretty at all&#8230;



Poasa is in for now and looks the best of a bad crop of FRF cheapies.



He starts for the Doggies and hopefully scores enough to make some cash.



Please don&#8217;t be Franklin Pele 2.0&#8230;



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Hooker</h2>



Reece Robson $561,100



Like everyone I&#8217;ve tossed and turned over my hooking spot, and I&#8217;m not entirely settled, but Robson has caught my eye.



With no decent secondary hooker, all of Harry Grant, Api Koroisau and Jeremy Marshall-King become less appealing as they have early byes.



Last season I was dead against Robson from round one because I didn&#8217;t think he could emulate his massive attacking stats from 2022.



Well, he didn&#8217;t get them in 2023 and his average regressed from 64 to 55, which means he&#8217;s at much better value to start the year.



The Cowboys were poor last season, but I&#8217;m backing them for a big year.



My plan is basically to go Robson to Grant in round 5 after Melbourne&#8217;s bye.



Danny Levi $238,900



The less said about this pick the better.



We just have no decent cheapie or even mid-range hookers to start the year.



At least Levi is starting and hopefully gets 50+ minutes and makes some cash, while not having to worry about playing him in 17s.

Final team reveal: Tim Williams drops his Supercoach squad

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