NRL Supercoach Final Word | Round 23 trades and skippers


<p>As we charge headfirst into the final month of the season, SuperCoach becomes a war of attrition, and if you’ve got little to no trades left, like myself, then you’ve already lost the war. </p>



<p>Though if you still have a couple up your sleeve, then it’s game on and there&#8217;s no room for error.</p>



<p>I held off on using my final two trades last week, though I don’t think I can resist using them any longer. Blayke Brailey simply has to be brought in for the Dragons matchup.</p>



<p>Initially I planned on holding onto Harry Grant until he was back, but the Sharks draw is simply too good to resist and Brailey has potential to go huge in at least a couple of the final 5 games, which could put a serious dent in your overall and H2H hopes if you aren’t an owner.</p>



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<p>I’m definitely playing the better safe than sorry card here, but it just feels like the right move, especially when I already have 3-4 nuffs and not loads of depth.</p>



<p>With a HIA sidelining Toby Couchman and the season-ending injury to Dylan Lucas, my hand has been forced to use my final trade on 2RF. </p>



<p>The obvious play is to grab the guy who has punished me by far the most for not jumping on when seemingly every man and his dog did, and that man is Simi Sasagi.</p>



<p>There&#8217;s a slight concern over his hamstring injury as he was a late withdrawal from last week’s game; however, I think the risk is worth the reward when it comes to Sasagi. </p>



<p>Just an absolute powerhouse of a player who has shown his 100+ upside 4-5 times already this year.</p>



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<p>Another option for me is to grab one of the Souths backrowers in David Fifita or Tallis Duncan, who can both also produce some monster scores.</p>



<p>Tallis, I like slightly more even though he is playing centre. It really hasn’t impacted SuperCoach scoring that much; he is a try-scoring machine no matter where you put him.</p>



<p>I also don’t mind the looks of Jacob Preston, who finally seems to have nailed the timing on the Galvin short ball to put him through gaping holes in defences. If he can go on a try-scoring run to end the season, he may well be the top-scoring 2RF for the run home.</p>



<p>Speaking of try-scoring runs, Marky Mark hit back against the doubters last week with a 116-point hat trick against the helpless Cowboys. This came out of seemingly nowhere after a month-long try drought.</p>



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<p>It’s not a saying for no reason; when it rains, it pours. If you’re running low on trades and you already own Herbie and Milky, then he’s probably the next best option to use a final CTW trade on.</p>



<p>Captaincy looks fairly simple again this week. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Hynes keeps producing absolute clinics, so I’ll keep captaining him. </p>



<p>He’s basically fixture proof these days and has proved his durability beyond reasonable doubt.</p>



<p>I’ll likely throw the VC on Drinkwater for tonight&#8217;s game against the Titans, though with Hynes knocking out 130 with a single try assist, it becomes extremely tough to loop any sort of score.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Trades</strong></h3>



<p>Harry Grant > Blayke Brailey</p>



<p>Dylan Lucas > Simi Sasagi</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Captains</strong></h3>



<p>VC: Scott Drinkwater</p>



<p>C: Nicho Hynes</p>


NRL Supercoach Final Word | Round 23 trades and skippers

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