NRL Supercoach Final Word | Round 27 trades and skippers


<p>Well, you made it, folks- the finale of final word for the year. </p>



<p>If you have trades left, I salute you; if you don’t have trades left, I also salute you because it means you went to war and left nothing in the tank. </p>



<p>Obviously I’ll be back for Supercoach finals trying to snake that Hilux from everyone, but nevertheless I’ll take this moment to say a quick thank you to everyone who read this article throughout the year; hopefully we can end on a high note with some banger final trade-ins.</p>



<p>We ranked our top 5 trade-ins for the week on the podcast, and that&#8217;s realistically what it’s all about in the final week of the game. </p>



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<p>Out and out, who is gonna get the most points on the board for you this week? This will obviously segue perfectly into captaincy chat.</p>



<p>It seems obvious that the 100+ averaging Latrell Mitchell should be target numero uno for most people this week, especially if you’re expecting a Bunnies whitewash like the majority of people I’ve spoken to. </p>



<p>AJ and Cody Walker are also extremely valid trade-ins with potential to explode and do serious damage to overall rankings players if they have no protection. </p>



<p>I think you need at least one of these three guys just in case they put 60pts on them, and a nice fresh Latrell Mitchell is probably the pick of the bunch.</p>



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<p>Tom Trbojevic and Scott Drinkwater are also fairly good trade ins just simply because of their ceilings. </p>



<p>Turbo against the Warriors in NZ looks like a bad matchup on paper, but if they rest a few more players, it gets mightily enticing to roll the dice on someone like him. </p>



<p>The same goes for Drinky, who by all means isn’t in the greatest of form however, his propensity to blitz through teams in Townsville cannot go understated. </p>



<p>Tevita Naufau is another guy I really, really like this week for a cheeky CTW or flex play pending your team makeup. </p>



<p>He bases like 50 in just runs and tacklebusts and can go berserk with huge 100+ scores if he can jag a pie or two. </p>



<p>Has the great matchup against the Titans and has Herbie inside him &#8211; enough said.</p>



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<p>However, one man stands above the rest this week in terms of potential ceiling, and his name is Dylan Edwards.</p>



<p>An absolute beast of a player who can turn the screws when he wants to, just like his halfback. </p>



<p>Something tells me Cleary might take a little backseat in this Tigers matchup and let Edwards and the outside backs have a bit of fun.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Edwards scored 85 last week with just the one try assist, so we know he has 150+ in him &#8211; it’s just whether he wants to towel up the Tigers and a few of his ex-teammates.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Now onto captains. </p>



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<p>With many lacking numbers to field a full 17/18 this week due to the carnage out of Cronulla and the Roosters, a loopable score is anything in the 95-100+ range. </p>



<p>And there is one man who has been consistently hitting that range pretty often this season by the name of Herbie (the CTW GOAT) Farnworth.&nbsp;</p>



<p>I said last season I don’t think you can win SuperCoach without him anymore, and it has proven to be absolutely the case this year. </p>



<p>Slap the VC on him and rest comfortably knowing you’re probably gonna bank a loopable score. </p>



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<p>Obviously, any of the Souths contingent I’ve mentioned are also viable VC options; AJ probably has the biggest ceiling if that’s your jam. </p>



<p>Sua Faalogo also emerges as a great C option this week against a depleted Sharks team. </p>



<p>You just get the feeling it’s his time to rip and tear in a meaningless game for both sides. </p>



<p>Finally, we have the Panthers players in Cleary, Jenkins, and Edwards who are all viable captaincy options this week. </p>



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<p>I’ll personally be going for Milky Jenkins and hoping he can chase down whatever try-scoring record that AJ sets for him on Friday night. </p>



<p>If I were an owner of AJ and Milky, I would seriously consider rolling a VC AJ into C Milky even if I was right at the top of the rankings. </p>



<p><strong>Trades:</strong> 0</p>



<p><strong>Captains:</strong></p>



<p>VC: Herbie Farnworth&nbsp;</p>



<p>C: Thomas Jenkins</p>


NRL Supercoach Final Word | Round 27 trades and skippers

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