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Beers & Breakevens: Don't jump the gun on Colonel Sanders
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Rookie Canberra Raiders halfback Ethan Sanders was a star of NRL Supercoach Round 1, but are Daniel Atkinson owners getting ahead of themselves with an early rage trade in the halves slot?
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 round 2.
They boy deep dive into the first major team drops ahead of Supercoach Round 1, with mixed news at the judiciary for J'maine Hopgood and Braidon Burns (Tom Chester impact).
Tim also provides his NRL Supercoach stats deep dive, looking at Noah Martin, Jesse Colquhoun, James Fisher-Harris, Tom Chester, Jesse Ramien and Ryan Couchman.
00:00 Ru takes an early lead, alongside an early crow
06:45 Team lists: Proceed with Couchman caution
30:00 Winston's trade dilemma
40:24 NRL Physio returns: Nicho's pain is Noah's gain
41:10 Timmy's stat deep dive: Concern for Colquhoun
01:00:00 Ru's Q+A for Timmy: Early move on Atkinson to Sanders?
01:14:40 Trade and captaincy plans
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