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Beers & Breakevens: Haas owners send Tapine a front-row SOS

The likely season-ending injury to Payne Haas has left more than half of top ranked Supercoaches looking for a replacement, with Raiders enforcer Joe Tapine high up on the hit list of candidates.

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 for round 23.

The boys analyse the team lists for round 23, with Jamayne Isaako and Josh Curran named despite injury doubts for the upcoming weekend.

00:00 Ru's stroke of fortune

09:10 Team list analysis: Nervous wait on highly owned stars

25:30 Tim's stat deep dive: Time for Tapine?

39:30 Round 23 trades: Left-field Haas replacement

56:30 Captaincy plays: Avoiding Nathan Cleary

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