AFL Supercoach 2026: Dylan Bolch's Team Reveal - Finals Week 4


<p>It’s the most wonderful time of the year.</p>



<p>There’s just two weeks left in the AFL season and my Hawks are into another prelim.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Bring it on.</p>



<p>My tactic of avoiding tinkering late in the week worked a treat last round, with my best score of the Finals series.&nbsp;</p>



<p>I’m backing that in again.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Here’s how I’m looking going into the preliminary finals. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>DEFENDERS</strong></h2>



<p>I’m sticking with the crowd this week in defence. There’s no reason not to pick <strong>Dayne Zorko </strong>again this week, who’s had two strong finals off the back of another really solid year. He’s vital to the way Brisbane moves the ball and is a clear D1 this week in my opinion.&nbsp;</p>



<p>I’ve gone back to my burn man of 2026 in <strong>Jordan Clark</strong>, too. As frustrating as he was to own this year, I think he’s a reasonably good option at D2 this week. Like Zorko, he’s had a couple of decent finals and I just think he’s the best of a bad bunch this week.&nbsp;</p>



<p>I have considered going for Hawthorn co-captain James Sicily, who was elite in the qualifying final. My concern is that the Lions will have more of a plan for him than the Dockers did. Outside of that, there really aren’t many great options I don’t think. It would be a massive hail mary play to look elsewhere.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>MIDFIELDERS</strong></h2>



<p>I’ve locked in <strong>Will Ashcroft</strong> again this week. We’ve spoken ad nauseam on the podcast this year about his incredible second half of the year and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. After a subpar qualifying final, Ashcroft was one of the Lions’ best last week, posting 127 SC points.&nbsp;</p>



<p>It gets a little bit more interesting after that. I’m keen on Hawthorn gun <strong>Jai Newcombe</strong>, who’s been a proven finals performer before. I’m not expecting a monster score, but I think he should be pretty serviceable. He’s built for finals footy and will need to have a big one if the Hawks can cause an upset.&nbsp;</p>



<p>I’ve found it really hard to decide between a pair of Fremantle midfielders in <strong>Caleb Serong</strong> and Andrew Brayshaw, but as it stands, I’m leaning towards Serong. Serong averaged 101.8 SC points throughout 2026, which was only slightly better than Brayshaw’s 99.3. Serong’s been a little bit more consistent this year and I think I’m going to back that form in.</p>



<p>Brisbane duo Lachie Neale and Josh Dunkley are other names in the mix, but I’m pretty locked in on which Lions trio I want to pick, so unfortunately there’s no room for them. Docker Shai Bolton is currently in just five per cent of teams and I am weighing up trading him in instead of Serong, but not sure if I’ll have the guts to do so.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>RUCKS</strong></h2>



<p><strong>Luke Jackson</strong>’s got the ability to rip games apart, just as he did in that semi final against Geelong. While the matchup against the Swans isn’t anywhere near as favourable, Jackson’s played two really solid finals now this year. He can score points in a variety of ways and has shown a massive ceiling. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>FORWARDS</strong></h2>



<p>Easiest pick of the SC Finals is to select<strong> Errol Gulden</strong>. The guy is on an absolute heater right now, finding plenty of the footy and hitting the scoreboard. In the absence of some of Sydney’s players, Gulden has really stepped up. Bringing him in late in the year was one of the best moves I made in the Classic season and he’s just getting better and better after a slow start to the year with injury. He’s the best F1 pick this week and by a huge margin.</p>



<p>I’m pretty happy to lock in Brisbane’s <strong>Zac Bailey</strong>, who’s fresh off signing a monster contract extension and a big performance in the semi final, where he scored 142 SC points. He gets up the ground and gets involved, is crafty around goals and has stepped up in finals throughout his career.</p>



<p>I don’t really see any reason to get funky here, but if you wanted to, then I’d take a look at Fremantle pair Josh Treacy and Murphy Reid or Hawk Dylan Moore. Having said that, I do think Gulden and Bailey are far better options. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>FLEX</strong></h2>



<p>Speaking of easy picks, <strong>Brodie Grundy</strong> has been locked into my flex spot all week. Sure, his second half of the year hasn’t been that great, but we’re talking about a guy who averaged 119.9 SC points in 2026, the most of any player still active in the competition. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>CAPTAINCY</strong></h2>



<p>I think the captaincy this week is a three-horse race between Jackson, Gulden and Will Ashcroft. Right now I’ve got the captaincy on Jackson and the vice-captaincy on Gulden, but that could certainly switch before the first bounce. Both should hopefully go pretty big. I am slightly worried that Grundy negates Jackson to a certain extent, but he’s just been so damn good in the first two games he’s played this finals series.&nbsp;</p>


AFL Supercoach 2026: Dylan Bolch’s Team Reveal – Finals Week 4

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