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With the unreliability of cheapies, NRL Supercoach early season sit v start dilemmas are a headache for all, so do we lock in boom Wests Tigers rookie Heamasi Makasini to our 18s in Round 2 or take a punt elsewhere?
Supercoach veteran Tim Williams has his say on stacks of questions from the SC Playbook subscriber community and discusses the key issues plaguing people before NRL round 2.

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Penrith and Cronulla started their NRL 2026 campaign with near perfection, but a trip out to the bush is set to hand the red-hot Sharks an early reality check.
The Half-Backed podcast links SC Playbook's Tim Williams and rugby league expert Matty (The Waterboy) Buxton to help find you some winners each round of the NRL season. This week:

00:00 Full round footy is back
01:10 Weekend recap: Waterboy's locked in for 2026
06:00 NRL Round 2 bets: Cody's hot hand
18:15 Moral of the week: Dolphins redemption
19:00 NRL Round 2 tips: Should Rabbitohs be favourites?

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Rookie Canberra Raiders halfback Ethan Sanders was a star of NRL Supercoach Round 1, but are Daniel Atkinson owners getting ahead of themselves with an early rage trade in the halves slot?
Beers & Breakevens pits SC Playbook's 2020 runner-up Tim Williams and the Rugby League Guru together to help you nail your NRL Supercoach teams heading into round 2.
They boy deep dive into the first major team drops ahead of Supercoach Round 1, with mixed news at the judiciary for J'maine Hopgood and Braidon Burns (Tom Chester impact).
Tim also provides his NRL Supercoach stats deep dive, looking at Noah Martin, Jesse Colquhoun, James Fisher-Harris, Tom Chester, Jesse Ramien and Ryan Couchman.
00:00 Ru takes an early lead, alongside an early crow
06:45 Team lists: Proceed with Couchman caution
30:00 Winston's trade dilemma
40:24 NRL Physio returns: Nicho's pain is Noah's gain
41:10 Timmy's stat deep dive: Concern for Colquhoun
01:00:00 Ru's Q+A for Timmy: Early move on Atkinson to Sanders?
01:14:40 Trade and captaincy plans

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Kalyn Ponga showed shades of his NRL Supercoach best in the Newcastle Knights season opener in Las Vegas, but a host of other gun mid-range fullback options should have coaches wary of moving too early on the star No.1.
Former NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams is joined by the SC Spy and former overall champion Dez Creek ahead of NRL Supercoach Round 2.
The boys recap the the NRL Round 2 team lists, with Wests Tigers boom rookie Heamasi Makasini set for a new role to kick off the new campaign.
They then analyse the new try-assist interpretations, the most traded in players headlined by Braydon Trindall and Tom Trbojevic, then reveal their trade and captaincy plans for Round 2.
00:00 Could we return to 2021 Supercoach scoring?
10:30 Team list Tuesday: Hopgood blow, Makasini's new role
25:30 Spy Talk: Interpreting new try-assist criteria
44:00 Hot topics: Too early for Atkinson to Sander?
01:10:10 Trades and skippers: Will Walsh bounce back in Brisbane?

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NRL Supercoach has produced one of its highest scoring opening rounds in years, with Cronulla Sharks halves pairing of Nicho Hynes and Braydon Trindall providing the hot hand to begin the new campaign.
Former NRL Supercoach runner-up Walson Carlos, one of the sharpest minds in rugby league, recaps the SuperCoach talking points from the weekend of NRL Round 1 action.

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