About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of Matt Dufty in NRL Supercoach and strategies for Round 9.

Rabbitohs flyer Matt Dufty has exploded back onto the NRL Supercoach scene, with a high ceiling, low breakeven, and plenty of red flags, is he worth the gamble? Former NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams is joined by the SC Spy, Maxy Bryden and Matty the Waterboy ahead of NRL Supercoach Round 9. The crew recap the NRL Round 9 team lists, with Kalyn Ponga, Reece Walsh and Ativalu Lisati headlining a host of big name Supercoach returns. They then rip into head-to-head focused NRL Supercoach bye-planning, long-term depth strategy, and then reveal their trade and captaincy plans for Round 9. 00:00 Maxy books his grand final tickets 11:50 Team list Tuesday: Chan's pain is Lisati's gain 25:40 Depth strategy: Go hard or conserve? 44:00 Head-to-head focused bye-planning: Rock the Raiders 50:45 Hot topics: Can we ignore red flags around Dufty and Talakai? 01:03:50 Trades and skippers: Unleash Herbie on horrid Storm Subscribe to SC Playbook in 2026: https://bit.ly/4jmRSGO Mortgage Choice SCW Instagram: @mortgagechoice_scw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tim Williams

Guests: Maxy Bryden, Matty the Waterboy

Topics covered

• NRL Supercoach
• player analysis
• bye-planning
• team lists
• trade strategies
• captaincy plans

Keywords

• NRL
• Supercoach
• Matt Dufty
• Kalyn Ponga
• trade plans
• bye-planning
• captaincy

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Organizations: Rabbitohs, SC Playbook

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