SuperCoach Champions

Catfish and Joe Fitz review the second week of trials and highlight some of the key observations. We then dive a bit deeper into the truth about 2021's crazy scoring, the impact of the set restarts for 2021, the 2021 final series and what we've seen so far from the trial games regarding the rule tweak to penalties instead of set restarts inside your own 40m zone, and what that could mean for the l...

Reigning 2021 NRL SuperCoach champion Tim Moodie (@TheSCLurker) joins Catfish and Joe Fitz to review the first taste of football in months. We highlight some of the key takeaways from the Broncos v Seagulls and the Indigenous v Maori Allstars game as well. As always there's some interesting strategy chat including looking at how making decisions based on or against your gut feel can impact your de...

[Note that this was recorded almost two weeks ago so some of the info could be a little outdated due to injuries, etc. that have occurred since. Apologies for the delayed release but there are still some really interesting points raised by Tim and Joe!] 2016 former champion Catfish is joined by reigning champion Tim Moodie, and 2020 former champion Joe Naddaf in this episode. Catfish lays out a ro...

Bear is back! His first hit-up of 2022 this episode as he joins Catfish and Joe Fitz to dissect the changes that have been revealed to us after the official launch of NRL SuperCoach for 2022. Lots of great tweaks including obviously the higher trade numbers and the trade boost, as well as other benefits for the Draft side of the game.  We also tackle some of the more strategic questions throw...

Catfish and Joe Fitz are back for part 2 of this important topic, and they're joined by reigning 2021 NRL SuperCoach champion Tim Moodie to look through which players jump out as either overpriced, or more importantly, underpriced, coming into the 2022 season. This might be due to discounts applied due to the number of games played, or a significant change in role, bench or injury-affected games,...

Happy New Year and here's hoping that 2022 will be kinder to all of us! Joe Fitz is back and joins Catfish to go through the hooker, front row forward and second row forward positions and look through which players jump out as either overpriced, or more importantly, underpriced, coming into the 2022 season. This might be due to discounts applied due to the number of games played, or a significant...

This week we hear from reigning 2021 Champion Tim Moodie (@TheSCLurker), immediate past 2020 Champion Joe Naddaf (@joenaddafA1)), and ancient history past 2016 Champion Catfish (@CatfishSC) - this trio of Champions got together just before the Team Picker was released and recorded an episode about some of the key winners and losers from the dual position changes for various players, as well as a f...

Catfish tackles a bit of a different season review, where we speak to Rob, the coach of 'Centurions' who was repeatedly mentioned on the Champions podcast throughout the year as the leader of our group competition, but unfortunately fell away right at the death. A very successful season in most SuperCoaches' eyes (finished 39th overall) but arguably still a disappointment given Rob was leading at...

In the next of our offseason chats, 2021 champion Tim Moodie a.k.a. the Shady SC Lurker, Catfish and Joe Fitz share their initial thoughts about the 2022 draw release including possibly the team with the best opening draw, look into some stats to prove why you should avoid Rabbitohs for Round 1 teams and for some reason, spend far too long discussing the Bulldogs.  Thank you as always for your kin...

In this episode, Catfish and Joe Fitz look at the players who 'popped' in 2021 but only had a brief flash of interest or relevance this season (five games or less), and throw out some names to keep tabs on over the offseason in case they continue trending in the right direction for 2022. From names like Ieremia Nanai to Luke Keary, there are certainly a variety of names to chuck on the watchlist! ...

[Again there was a two week delay on recording to publishing of this episode!] They just wanted it more! The NRL is expanding, the Dolphins are coming and Catfish and Joe Fitz have a bit of fun with a NRL Team Mascot draft. We also chat about very preliminary thoughts on what the expansion means for 2023 NRL SuperCoach, plus talk potential team targets for the inaugural Dolphins team based on off-...

[Recorded the week after the Grand Final - apologies for the delay in editing/uploading, things have been hectic!] Catfish is joined by newly-crowned 2021 NRL SuperCoach Champion, Tim Moodie, for a laidback, more relaxed chat where we celebrate his victory, the Panthers epic Grand Final win, and do a look back over his successful season.  Tim is refreshingly and brutally honest about his approach...

[This was recorded last Thursday so note that the Dally Ms hadn't had its 'second night' yet!] Maybe it's the first one of many but who knows - in any case, Catfish and Joe Fitz present the Champions' take on the Dally Ms - the Champy Ms (yes bad pun definitely intended). We use a proper voting system inspired by the Dally Ms and apply it via NRL SuperCoach points. Which players receive this prest...

NRL finals are ongoing but it's the NRL SuperCoach offseason. That means we're debriefing and preparing for 2022 - we start off by looking at the key lessons that we've learned from 2021 and what key takeaways will we be applying to 2022 onwards. Plus there's a bit of chat about the Topsport NFL Fantasy Charity League too!  Thank you as always for your kind reviews and ratings, we really appreciat...

The 2021 season is over, and of course a massive congrats to Tim Moodie, coach of 'The Villi Army', for being the latest SuperCoach Champion! As mentioned, we're still here and we do a bit of 'tidying up' for the season, including announcing our group competition winner Brad, coach of 'Hoppa's finger' and also announcing our last Swysh SuperCoach Star of the Round winner for 2021. Catfish and Joe...

It's the final countdown for those chasing overall glory, and it's the Grand Final for H2H leagues too! Every week is critical but there's never been more on the line for many SuperCoaches out there - lots of important Wackos Whispers chat, and Catfish is here as always to tackle your Twitter questions (courtesy of Carl McGrath Accounting) including consideration of the five eighth position, and t...

This is it - we finally made it! Round 25 and the culmination of all of our efforts; overall and head-to-head. And... our teams suck! The vast majority of SuperCoaches are battling to field even 80% of a full team. However, even if the teamlists sucked, we have an absolute belter of an episode - Bear is BACK and he reunites with Catfish and Joe Fitz. We are joined by numero uno - Tim Moodie, coach...

It's the second last roll of the dice for those chasing overall glory, and it's the last stand for all H2H contests to make the Grand Final! Lots of important Wackos Whispers chat, and Catfish is here as always to tackle your Twitter questions (courtesy of Carl McGrath Accounting) including chat on Ponga, Papenhuzen, DCE, Cleary, To'o and others!  Don't forget to get your Swysh SuperCoach Star of...

The penultimate round comes with some serious decisions for SuperCoaches who still have trades. The race for overall glory is still wide open, and the H2H finals are at the "do or die" stage. Catfish and Joe Fitz are here again to help work through the Round 24 match-ups and highlight key points arising from teamlists. We also go again with this week's Swysh SuperCoach Star of the Round!  Strategy...

It's Turbo watch again this week, while others are praying that we see the right teamlists for the likes of Papenhuyzen, Grant, JFH, Pangai and others this week! Lots of important Wackos Whispers chat, and Catfish is here as always to tackle your Twitter questions (courtesy of Carl McGrath Accounting) including chat on Curran, Cleary, DCE, Simpkin, Topine and others!  Don't forget to get your Swys...

There are just three rounds left in the 2021 NRL SuperCoach season but with another highscoring round comes plenty more injury and suspension carnage. More and more teams are being decimated and as frustrating that may be, it shapes up for a fascinating final three rounds to finish the season.  Catfish and Joe Fitz are here again to help work through the Round 23 match-ups and highlight key points...

All eyes are on some key players like Hynes, Papenhuyzen, Grant, Cleary and others this week! Lots of important Wackos Whispers chat, and Catfish is here as always to tackle your Twitter questions (courtesy of Carl McGrath Accounting) including chat on Aitken, Holmes, Tupou, Murray, To'o, TKO and more!  Don't forget to get your Swysh SuperCoach Star of the Round entries in! Thank you as always for...

Round 21 could make or break some seasons this week - with the final chance for some to make h2h finals, and obviously it's one of very few weeks for those chasing overall glory to stake their claim! Catfish is here as always to bring you Wackos Whispers this week, plus plenty of Twitter questions (courtesy of Carl McGrath Accounting) involving chat about the second fullback position (Ponga / Paps...

Round 20 continued to provide more of what we’ve expected from this year – record-breaking SuperCoach scores, long-term injuries, failed HIAs and some suspensions as well! There’s never a dull moment (for better or for worse) in the NRL this season and thankfully Catfish and Joe Fitz are here to help work through the Round 21 match-ups and highlight key points arising from teamlists. We also go ag...

What a round we have waiting for us! Plenty of SuperCoaches scrambling it showed by the number of questions this week! Catfish is here as always to bring you Wackos Whispers this week, plus plenty of Twitter questions (courtesy of Carl McGrath Accounting) involving chat about the multitude of replacements for To'o in CTW, considering FLB options and Catfish also muses on some strategies for those...