We're just three rounds into the NRL Supercoach season, but a landslide of injuries and suspensions have hit hard on a week where Joe Chan and Jaydn Su'A added themselves to the 2RF goldmine.

Former NRL Supercoach runner-up Walson Carlos, one of the sharpest minds in rugby league, recaps the SuperCoach talking points from the weekend of NRL Round 3 action.

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Cronulla Sharks flyer KL Iro was a try-scoring sensation last season, but his NRL 2026 campaign hasn't delivered the same results, will it all change with a dream Round 3 match-up?

The Half-Backed podcast links SC Playbook's Tim Williams and rugby league expert Matty (The Waterboy) Buxton to help find you some winners each round of the NRL season. This week:

00:00 Spoiler alert, we're running hot

01:40 Weekend recap: Hail Mary for the ages

06:10 NRL Round 3 bets: Iro the Hero

20:00 Moral of the week: Up the Wahs

21:00 NRL Round 3 tips: Unstoppable Riff

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The NRL Supercoach cheapie scene is bursting to begin the scene, yet coaches are overlooking potentially one of the best in the game in Storm back-rower Joe Chan.

Supercoach veteran Tim Williams has his say on stacks of questions from the SC Playbook subscriber community and discusses the key issues plaguing people before NRL round 3.

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We've arrived at the most important trade week of the NRL Supercoach season with the first price changes of 2026 on our doorstep, do we lock in all the cheapie brigade or target the in-form guns?

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 3.

They boys deep dive into the major team list drops ahead of Supercoach Round 3, with mixed thoughts around the impact of Jacob Liddle's return on the minutes of popular cheapie Ryan Couchman.

Tim also provides his NRL Supercoach stats deep dive, looking at Stefano Utoikamanu, Kulikefu Finefeuiaki, Ryan Couchman, Leka Halasima and more.

00:00 Breaking down scarves

09:00 Team lists: Nervous wait on cheapie Chester

35:00 Cash v points, talking tactics

46:00 NRL Physio returns: Sharpe at 100% for return?

48:50 Timmy's stat deep dive: Stefano bangs out the big numbers

01:12:20 Trade and captaincy plans

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The NRL Supercoach 2026 season has started with an explosion of points, with new rules and stats forcing a complete re-think of our early season trade strategy.

Former NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams is joined by the SC Spy and former overall champion Dez Creek ahead of NRL Supercoach Round 3.

The boys recap the the NRL Round 3 team lists, with mixed news for a pair of popular Melbourne Storm cheapies.

They then discuss the trade strategy shift from early cash generation to points focus, before looking at the most traded in players headlined by Sua Fa'alogo and Latrell Mitchell, then reveal their trade and captaincy plans for Round 3.

00:00 Dezzy's coming in hot

08:40 Team list Tuesday: Leka the Wrecker hits the radar

29:20 Strategy talk: Cash generation vs points focus

45:40 Spy Talk: Interpreting new linebreak criteria

50:30 Hot topics: Latrell Mitchell a must or wait till post bye?

01:07:00 Trades and skippers: Can Storm contain Payne Haas?

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The Melbourne Storm are set to welcome back an Origin back-row rep, while an unfortunate injury to the returning Shawn Blore will lock in two golden cheapies for the foreseeable future.

The Early Mail podcast is here to give you a head start on planning your NRL Supercoach 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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Melbourne Storm flyer Sua Fa'alogo put on an NRL Supercoach clinic in the dying stages of the win over the Dragons, while Kalyn Ponga's injury made for a mixed bag in the fullback slot to start the season.

Former NRL Supercoach runner-up Walson Carlos, one of the sharpest minds in rugby league, recaps the SuperCoach talking points from the weekend of NRL Round 2 action.

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With the unreliability of cheapies, NRL Supercoach early season sit v start dilemmas are a headache for all, so do we lock in boom Wests Tigers rookie Heamasi Makasini to our 18s in Round 2 or take a punt elsewhere?

Supercoach veteran Tim Williams has his say on stacks of questions from the SC Playbook subscriber community and discusses the key issues plaguing people before NRL round 2.

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