#273: NRL Supercoach 2026, hold fire on potent Ponga as trade rage looms large

Kalyn Ponga showed shades of his NRL Supercoach best in the Newcastle Knights season opener in Las Vegas, but a host of other gun mid-range fullback options should have coaches wary of moving too early on the star No.1.

Former NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams is joined by the SC Spy and former overall champion Dez Creek ahead of NRL Supercoach Round 2.

The boys recap the the NRL Round 2 team lists, with Wests Tigers boom rookie Heamasi Makasini set for a new role to kick off the new campaign.

They then analyse the new try-assist interpretations, the most traded in players headlined by Braydon Trindall and Tom Trbojevic, then reveal their trade and captaincy plans for Round 2.

00:00 Could we return to 2021 Supercoach scoring?

10:30 Team list Tuesday: Hopgood blow, Makasini's new role

25:30 Spy Talk: Interpreting new try-assist criteria

44:00 Hot topics: Too early for Atkinson to Sander?

01:10:10 Trades and skippers: Will Walsh bounce back in Brisbane?

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