{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b19ce2e0107a001669df26/69afd684a944676525859513?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#273: NRL Supercoach 2026, hold fire on potent Ponga as trade rage looms large","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65b19ce2e0107a001669df26/1773131323501-45d8dbf0-56b5-4f51-8bf9-c6519fd9e6b2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>00:00 Could we return to 2021 Supercoach scoring?</p><p>10:30 Team list Tuesday: Hopgood blow, Makasini's new role</p><p>25:30 Spy Talk: Interpreting new try-assist criteria</p><p>44:00 Hot topics: Too early for Atkinson to Sander?</p><p>01:10:10 Trades and skippers: Will Walsh bounce back in Brisbane?</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to SC Playbook in 2026: https://bit.ly/4jmRSGO</p><p><br></p><p>SC Playbook league code ($1000 prize): 479 007</p><p><br></p><p>Mortgage Choice SCW Instagram: @mortgagechoice_scw</p>","author_name":"Tim Williams"}