Canberra Raiders flyer Kaeo Weekes is set to build on a breakout season in Vegas, and the panel are confident he'll leave the Warriors in his wake in the NRL opener. The Half-Backed podcast links one of the sharpest analytical minds in rugby league in former Canberra Raiders playmaker Sam Williams and SC Playbook's Tim Williams to help find you some winners each round of the NRL season. This week: 00:00 Vegas v Canberra 05:20 NRL Round 1 Vegas bets: Weekes ahead of the pack 16:00 NRL futures bet...
Feb 26, 2025•18 min
The SC Playbook podcast is live from Vegas for the first team lists of the season, with Isaiah Papali'i headlining a number of cruel surprises ahead of the season opening fixtures, along with the snubbing of a popular Penrith cheapie. In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim William and Canterbury Bulldogs Chairman Adam Driussi are on deck ahead of NRL Supercoach round 1. The boys look at the first NRL team list Tuesday of the season, with Papali'i ben...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min
The final week of the NRL Preseason Challenge is in the books and cheapie Tom Duffy has caught our attention. The Knights left edge attack of Sharpe, Lucas and Marzhew as has the Gold Coast Titans. Is three gun fullbacks still on the table? 2019 NRL Supercoach runner-up Walson Carlos, one of the sharpest minds in rugby league, recaps the SuperCoach talking points from the weekend of NRL trial action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 23, 2025•50 min
Plenty are debating who is the best player to utilise in the brand new 'Flex' position in NRL Supercoach 2025, does dual position cheapie Sandon Smith hold the answer? In our question and answer podcast, former NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams gives his thoughts on all the major dilemmas heading into round 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 21, 2025•34 min
Draft experts Max Bryden and NRL Physio explain key strategies you can implement to win your draft and also answer your questions. In the second of our two part NRL SuperCoach Draft special, we finalise the positional rankings for five-eighth, CTW and fullback and rank our Top 20 overall players. The boys also touch on the major breaking injury news out of the NRL. 02:30 Injury Updates on Kiraz, Murray, Latrell 12:30 Five Draft Strategies to try 25:50 Positional Rankings 54:00 Top 20 Rankings Ov...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Early exits from games impacted Reuben Garrick last season, so is the Manly flyer set to explode with the Sea Eagles soft start in 2025? 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 the 2025 season. They run through the entire centre-wing and second-row forward positions to find the best guns, mid-rangers and cheapies heading into round 1. 06:15 Vegas bound 06:30 CTW analysis: Garr...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Terrell May is the fourth highest owned player to start the NRL Supercoach season, however former champion Dez Creek has no interest in the new Tiger in his 2025 starting squad. In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, 2019 champion Dez Creek and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the sixth episode of the 2025 pre-season. The boys look at the second full team list Tuesday of the season, with the return of Cameron Munster and a new Eels cheapi...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 1 min
A new-look Warriors outfit starred in the pre-season challenge, with Luke Metcalf cementing himself as a value halves options and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck impressing on the wing. 2019 NRL Supercoach runner-up Walson Carlos, one of the sharpest minds in rugby league, recaps the Supercoach talking points from the weekend of NRL trial action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 16, 2025•38 min
In the first of our two part NRL Supercoach Draft special, we explain the basics of playing the 'purists' version of the game to help you win your leagues, while also analysing the first four positions for Draft day. Draft experts Max Bryden and NRL Physio explain key strategies and the first of our positional analysis deep dives, starting with hookers, front-row, second-row and halfbacks. 00:00 Supercoach Draft special 07:30 Key strategies 01:06:30 Positional analysis 01:54:17 Listener question...
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 2 min
Australia proved too dominate for Sri Lanka on the sub-continent, but it may only have created further headaches as they try squeeze seven batters into four remaining spots for the World Test Championship final at Lords. The Cricketer's Playbook podcast features SC Playbook's Tim Williams, Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden and Random Stats Guy as they review the Australia v Sri Lanka Test series, looking at Alex Carey's historic century and the controversial decision to select debutant Co...
Feb 12, 2025•41 min
There's a case to be made that the lowly selected Nicho Hynes is a better starting pick than Nathan Cleary, while the emergence of young Thomas Duffy has added another headache to the halfback position. 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 the 2025 season. They run through the entire halfback and fullback positions to find the best guns, mid-rangers and cheapies heading int...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 2 min
In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, former 91st placed finisher the SC Spy and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the fifth episode of the 2025 pre-season. The boys look at the first full team list Tuesday of the season, with mixed news for two Canberra Raiders cheapies and reveal the Spy's starting squad for NRL Supercoach 2025. They continue their team previews, with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wests Tigers, Dolphins, Sydney Roosters a...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Tom Trbojevic, Latrell Mitchell and Kalyn Ponga are the most popular fullback guns to start the NRL Supercoach season, so who should be the priority pick ups? 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 the 2025 season. They run through the entire fullback position to find the best guns, mid-rangers and cheapies heading into round 1. 00:00 Importance of fullback position 07:00 Gun...
Feb 05, 2025•59 min
SC Playbook - NRL Supercoach 2025, is Ponga the No.1 target? The Knights have a few question marks around their round 1 spine, along with a soft early draw, so is it worth paying up for superstar fullback Kalyn Ponga to start the season? In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, 2019 champion Dez Creek, Max Bryden and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the fourth episode of the 2025 pre-season. The boys evaluate the players given price reducti...
Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Usman Khawaja's double century in the Australia v Sri Lanka Test will go down in history, but where does it rank among the greatest by Australians on the sub-continent? The Cricketer's Playbook podcast features SC Playbook's Tim Williams, Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden and Random Stats Guy as they review the Australia v Sri Lanka Test series, looking at Khawaja's masterful knock, Sam Konstas' snubbing and the Australian womens team's invincible series win over England. They also partak...
Feb 03, 2025•48 min
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui returns from a lengthy injury lay-off at a bargain NRL Supercoach price, but is it all too good to be true? 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 the 2025 season. They run through the entire front-row forward position to find the best guns, mid-rangers and cheapies heading into round 1. 00:00 Showing off 05:30 Guns: Can Terrell the Tiger reach FRF elite t...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Tim reveals his NRL Supercoach squad to begin the season, with a few low-ownership centre-wings in the mix including Greg Marzhew who he's backing for a bounce back year in Newcastle. In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, Random Stats Guy and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the third episode of the 2025 pre-season. Tim reveals his entire Supercoach squad for the new-season, with a red-hot spine and a few low-ownership pick ups at centre...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Despite facing off in the World Test Championship final, Australia and South Africa have been snubbed in Wisden's annual Team of the Year voting. The Cricketer's Playbook podcast features SC Playbook's Tim Williams, Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden and Random Stats Guy as they preview the Australia v Sri Lanka Test series, looking at what's at stake for the Australian players, including Steve Smith's captaincy legacy and Sam Konstas' World Test Championship position. They also partake in...
Jan 22, 2025•56 min
In this week's positional analysis of hookers, a couple of Roosters utilities have shot to relevance to start the Supercoach season following long-term injuries at the club. Returning for the second show of the year, 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 the 2025 season. They run through the entire hooking position to find the best guns, mid-rangers and cheapies heading into...
Jan 22, 2025•43 min
Nicho Hynes had one of his lowest scoring NRL Supercoach seasons in recent years in 2024, will he bounce back to his best at enticing value to start 2025? In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, 2019 champion Dezzy Creek, Max Bryden and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the second episode of the 2025 pre-season. The crew discuss their strategy in managing their team, whether it's going hard early on trades and points or playing the long gam...
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 9 min
The final round of the Supercoach Big Bash season has arrived, so who are the Hail Mary targets to push for a final jump up the overall rankings? 193rd placed Tim Williams, BBL09 champion Thommo Aitken and Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden are on deck to chat all things Supercoach BBL ahead of round 9, the last of the season. 06:00 What we learned from Supercoach BBL14 30:00 Hail Mary targets for final rankings push 41:30 Trade and skipper plans: Target Marvel minefield Hosted on Acast. S...
Jan 16, 2025•52 min
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui is currently the most owned player heading into the 2025 NRL Supercoach season, but there's a few red flags on the star forward on return from injury. Returning for the first show of the year, 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 the 2025 season. The boys analyse the top 10 most owned players among current teams and breakdown the new 'Flex' rule introduc...
Jan 15, 2025•59 min
We're back for the NRL Supercoach 2025 pre-season, from Tino to Terrell, we look at the players that have caught our eye early and explain the brand new 'Flex' rule introduced for the new season. In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, 2021's 91st placed finisher the SC Spy and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the first episode of the 2025 pre-season. The crew take a look at the brand new 'Flex' rule that'll change NRL Supercoach this year...
Jan 14, 2025•46 min
Centurians Steve Smith and Matt Short go head-to-head this week in Adelaide, both obvious major trade targets, who's the priority if you can only have one? 142nd placed Tim Williams and the SC Spy are on deck to chat all things Supercoach BBL ahead of round 8. 06:00 Smith v Short: Pick one 13:50 Hurricanes double game week: Top five targets ranked 25:00 Single game week targets: Top five ranked 29:00 Trade and skipper plans: Chaudhary hits the radar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Jan 12, 2025•32 min
Attention turns to the Hobart Hurricanes who have the final double game week of the Supercoach season, with plenty questioning which of Matty Wade or Ben McDermott is the better play ahead of a likely rain impacted round 7. In our question and answer podcast, 124th ranked overall Tim Williams gives his thoughts on all the major subscriber dilemmas heading into Supercoach Big Bash round 7 and drops his trade and captaincy plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 10, 2025•28 min
It's getting to the business end of the Supercoach Big Bash season, so which low-ownership point of difference players have caught the crew's eye in a bid to charge up the final rankings? Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden and the SC Spy are on deck to chat all things Supercoach BBL ahead of round 7. 00:00 Spy heats up 07:00 Captains: SOS skipper to save round 6? 12:30 Availability update: Players arriving and exiting 21:00 Hurricanes double game week analysis 34:30 Point of difference pic...
Jan 09, 2025•54 min
Australia's Border-Gavaskar series victory has created selection headaches for the World Test Championships final, including Beau Webster v Cam Green and Scott Boland v Josh Hazlewood, and did Jasprit Bumrah's injury cost India the win at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The Cricketer's Playbook podcast features SC Playbook's Tim Williams, Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden and Random Stats Guy as they recap the key talking points from the Australia v India Test series, including India's antics ...
Jan 07, 2025•51 min
As we enter the business end of the season, several key Supercoach BBL players are set to arrive and leave the tournament including Strikers gun Jamie Overton. In our question and answer podcast, former 41st placed Supercoach Big Bash finisher Tim Williams gives his thoughts on all the major subscriber dilemmas heading into round 6, while also touching on recent Big Bash availability news including Lockie Ferguson and Jamie Overton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 05, 2025•33 min
Heading into the first single game week of the BBL14 SuperCoach Season, Max Bryden previews all the big questions from the SC Playbook subscribers. Do we sell Overton? Are we loading up on Sydney Thunder players ahead of their double game week? How does our strategy change for the Single Game Weeks? It's all about all-rounders, all-rounders, death bowlers and all-rounders! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 02, 2025•34 min
Supercoach star Glenn Maxwell may for the first time in his career be on the verge of being irrelevant in Supercoach circles, so it time to look elsewhere or do we keep faith? Multiple top 50 finisher Tim Williams, the SC Spy and former 9th placed finisher Michael Fisher are on deck to chat all things Supercoach BBL ahead of round 5 and 6. 00:00 Spy starts his charge 07:00 Thunder preview: Is Warner a must-have? 19:00 Final team targets: Run home starts now 49:00 Trade and skipper plans: Maxy v ...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 2 min
