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Beers & Breakevens: Halfback & 5/8 analysis, Hynes over Cleary? Duffy conundrum
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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 into round 1.
00:00 Halfback analysis: Duffy creates conundrum
06:15 Cleary v Hynes
19:20 Other halfback contenders
27:20 Five-eighth analysis, safety first with Brown?
46:40 Mid-rangers: Walker and Metcalf catch the eye
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