!!️ Round 19 ShortCuts

Oi oi.

You’ve made it.

You’re officially through the worst of it — the bye rounds are behind us, and the real fun begins. If you’re still standing, still trading, still checking team lists like your life depends on it…we tip our hats.

If you’ve snagged even one good idea from this newsletter, chances are you’re ahead of the curve, or at least ahead of your mate who thinks he’s the SuperCoach oracle because he captained Hynes once in April.

Now it's about the final sprint. Lock in those end-game weapons, set yourself up for the run home, and go hunting - whether it's for rank, league glory, or straight-up bragging rights.

The Commish had a tidy week. We’ll touch on that later.

Let’s cut.

🍔 What’s on the Menu?

⚡️ What you need to know

🎯 End-Game Targets

📆 Fixtures

📈 Key Stats

👨🏼‍✈️ Captain Obvious

🤵🏻‍♂️ Commissioner’s Corner

🤔 Other stuff we found interesting

🧠 What You Need to Know

• Marky Mark to the wing — huge SuperCoach ceiling and shaping as a season keeper.

• Fifita back in the extendeds — watch this space. Bench this week, boom next?

• Sandon Smith is also in the extended, and Docker-Clay one the bench. Bit stinky. It might be time to pivot.

🔎 Spotlight - End-Game Targets

You should be shaping your final squad by now. No excuses. The byes are done. The training wheels are off.

SC Playbook’s breakdown from last week still holds, and they split players into:

• Targets – guys you need

• Job Watch – role/injury/bench risk

• Form Watch – bubbling, but not must-haves yet

You can find the article here

Still sweating over halfbacks? We dropped options last week.

Scroll back if you need a refresher.

📆 Fixtures

📊 Key Stats

• Cleary – Extended bench. Don’t panic buy. Wait and see: Does he play? Is he kicking? Dream run home, though. Will be a must.

• Sandon Smith – Docker-Clay preferred. Meh. Might work as a Watson handcuff, but that’s fringe-level stress.

• Tanah Boyd – Starting at 7. Not sexy, but if you're cash-strapped and need a downgrade…he’s alive.

👨🏼‍✈️ Captain Obvious

🤵🏻‍♂️ Commissioner’s Corner

The Commish pivoted hard last week, late.

Final trades:

• Purdue ➡️ Nawaqanitawase

• B. Smith ➡️ Bradley

  Result: +88 points, big $$$ made, up 1015 ranks. We take that.

(Bradley is now a red dot. Just a warm-body nuff, R.I.P.)

Still holding 2 boosts and trades to burn.

This week? Chaos. No clear plan yet. Everything hinges on post-Origin updates.

On the block:

• Immediately:

  • Sandon Smith

  • Ryley Smith

• Soonish:

  • Horsburgh

  • Hosking

  • DCE

  • Munster

  • Isaako

  • Karapani

Origin back-up watch:
Cleary, Watson, Grant, Haas, Lomax — all in the balance.

Current thoughts:

• Ryley Smith ➡️ Watson

• Eyeing a boost-a-thon next week once we get clarity.

VC: Papenhuyzen
C: Tedesco

💬 Final Play

This is the week to stay loose. Keep your trades open. Check those 24-hour and 1-hour cutoffs. Don’t lock in early unless you absolutely have to.

More chaos to come. Ride the wave.

✂️ SCSC

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