The 10 Commandments of NRL SuperCoach

SuperCoach isn’t a game. It’s a weekly psychological experiment designed to expose your weaknesses. The people who win aren’t always the smartest. They’re just the ones who avoid the most stupidity. These are the 10 Commandments of SuperCoach. Follow them and your season stays alive. Break them and you’ll be rage-trading by Round 4 while pretending your team is “just unlucky.”

1. Thou Shalt Not Sideways Trade A Gun

You picked them for a reason. They had one bad score. Relax. The moment you start trading premiums in and out based on emotions, you’re dead. Guns are the backbone of your team. Hold them unless they’re injured, suspended or have genuinely lost their role. Sideways-trading guns is how mediocre coaches stay mediocre.

2. Thou Shalt Treat Break Evens Like Scripture

Break evens tell you everything. Who’s rising. Who’s falling. Who’s peaked. Who’s about to explode. If you aren’t checking break evens every week, you’re coaching blind. You don’t need to be a mathematician. Just follow the signs. If a cow’s BE is about to go red, sell. If a gun’s BE is high, hold. Break evens are the truth.

3. Thou Shalt Not Chase Last Week’s Points

The fastest way to implode a team is to buy the guy who scored 118 last week because you “didn’t want to miss out again.” Points are an outcome. Role is the cause. If a player’s role, minutes or involvement haven’t changed, last week’s score means nothing. Don’t buy history. Buy opportunity.

4. Thou Shalt Build Team Value Before Craving Points

The early season is an economy game. You’re printing money, not winning trophies. Cash cows matter more than Round 1 points. Team value determines how many guns you can afford later. A coach with 14.8 million in team value will steamroll a coach with 13.2 million. Respect the money. Respect the upgrade cycle.

5. Thou Shalt Not Fall For Mid-Range Traps

Every preseason there are “breakout mid-rangers” and every preseason half of them fall off a cliff. Only pick a mid-ranger when their role improves, their minutes spike or their price is criminally low for their projected output. If you cannot explain the logic behind a mid-ranger, don’t pick them. Curiosity kills seasons.

6. Thou Shalt Plan For The Byes Long Before The Byes Arrive

The bye rounds expose the lazy. Smart coaches map trades ahead, target bye players early and avoid loading up on Origin guns too soon. You don’t need to dominate every bye. You just need to avoid disaster. Anyone who leaves bye planning until Round 13 deserves to run out of trades and red-dot themselves into oblivion.

7. Thou Shalt Use The VC Loop Properly

The VC loop is a weapon, not a gimmick. You loop when your VC goes big. You use a proper NPR. You don’t risk a sketchy bench AE ruining everything. You don’t get greedy. When the loop is there, take it. When it isn’t, don’t force it. Loop smart or don’t loop at all.

8. Thou Shalt Prioritise Boring 60s Over Flashy 15s and 120s

The highlight merchants will tempt you with a big week and then ghost you for a month. Consistency wins SuperCoach. A forward who hits 62 every week is worth more than a CTW who scores 18, 19, then 118. Base stats are the foundation of every stable team. Chasing volatility is for content creators. You’re here to win.

9. Thou Shalt Save Trades Like They Are Oxygen

Burning trades early is how you die late. Casuals panic. Pros wait. The season will hand you carnage during the Origin period and the run home. The coaches who saved trades survive. The ones who didn’t start messaging group chats about “bad luck.” Nothing is bad luck when you spent your last trade in Round 6.

10. Thou Shalt Stick To Thy Plan And Not Panic

The biggest gap between elite coaches and casuals is emotional control. Bad weeks happen. Random scores happen. A gun scoring 32 happens. Panic ruins structure, ruins trades and ruins seasons. Stick to your plan. Trust your squad. Make decisions based on logic, not tilt. Discipline is the real meta in SuperCoach.

Final Word: Follow The Commandments Or Suffer The Chaos

SuperCoach rewards patience, planning and cold-blooded decision-making. Break even literacy, smart cash generation, strong upgrade timing, and the courage to ignore hype will win you more weeks than any miracle trade ever will. Follow these commandments and you’ll dominate casuals, win your leagues and spend September explaining to your mates that it wasn’t luck. It was discipline.