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Early Mail Round 12: Origin impacts at club-land and best bye targets

The first major bye is here and the usual State of Origin shocks have thrown up huge changes to the 10 sides competing in Round 12. We've preview every side, the SuperCoach impacts and dive into the best plug and play options in your Draft side for this week.

The Early Mail podcast is here to give you a head start on planning your side from both a Classic and Supercoach Draft perspective each week.

Hosted by Max Bryden, we cover the expected ins and outs prior to team list Tuesday and drop our top Waiver picks for SuperCoach Draft.

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