Tim Williams

Adelaide

Education Reporter at The Advertiser (South Australia)

Education Reporter, The Advertiser, Adelaide, South Australia

Articles

NRL Early Mail round 27: How Roosters will replace injured trio

Sep 1, 2024 | codesports.com.au | Tim Williams

The major $50,000 SuperCoach prize goes on the line this weekend and right on cue we have an injury crisis. Among the injured brigade are Tom Trbojevic (29 per cent ownership), Matt Burton (25 per cent), Sam Walker (24 per cent) and potentially Ryan Papenhuyzen (10 per cent). Not to mention potential restings, which our reporters are chasing as we speak.
NRL Round 16 team lists: SuperCoach analysis, winners & losers for major bye round

Jun 17, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Brent Read |Michael Carayannis |Tim Williams |David Riccio

Teams are in for second major bye round of the year. See every team change and which SuperCoach heavyweights are returning in round 16. Ryan Papenhuyzen FLB $692,600 - Paps makes his return from injury to play his first game since Round 9 and could come into SuperCoach calculations in the coming weeks.
NRL 2024: Michael Maguire wants Connor Watson to play like Craig Wing in Origin

Jun 16, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Martin Gabor |Tim Williams |Brent Read |Michael Carayannis

Michael Maguire has explained why he went with Connor Watson over Matt Burton as the utility for game two, with the Blues coach likening the Roosters livewire to Craig Wing, who starred for his state off the bench as a specialist interchange player who could change momentum against tiring forwards. The Blues were criticised for not carrying a genuine utility in game one, a move that was exposed when centre Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii was sent off and the Maroons tortured them down his edge.
Round 14 NRL Team Lists: Supercoach Analysis

Jun 3, 2024 | scplaybook.com.au | Tim Williams

The next three days of NRL Supercoach chat will be littered with “you reckon he is going to back up, or nah?”. The first major bye round is done and dusted, with seven teams on the bye and Origin players unavailable. Concerningly though, this week looms as the far tougher round to navigate for plenty of Supercoaches. Just three teams are on the bye in the Roosters, Dolphins and Raiders, but they’re clubs with heavy amounts of Supercoach investments.
Round 13 NRL Team Lists: Supercoach Analysis

May 27, 2024 | scplaybook.com.au | Tim Williams

We’ve arrived at the dreaded NRL Supercoach bye-period for season 2024. While daunting yes, a small amount of planning and a look at the masses of bye-planning content across the SC Playbook website can help you easily navigate the period without falling behind. A few notes on short-term bye-planning, being the upcoming round 13 and round 14. Round 13 sees half the competition on the bye, and round 14 has three teams on the bye.
The Final Word: Round 12 NRL Supercoach Strategy

May 22, 2024 | scplaybook.com.au | Tim Williams

If it hadn’t yet been made clear, it’s all eyes on the byes at the moment…We’re about to launch into eight weeks of carnage with three rounds where half the competition are sitting out, three rounds with three teams sitting out, and the likelihood of numerous players getting rested after Origin footy. Don’t be daunted, it’s not as scary as it seems. Firstly, we’ve done the hard yards for you with copious amounts of bye-planning articles at scplaybook.com.au.
Round 12 NRL Team Lists: Supercoach Analysis

May 20, 2024 | scplaybook.com.au | Tim Williams

Magic round is in the bag, Indigenous round arrives. Rugby league really is the greatest, and we’re lucky we get so much to get excited about each and every week. Firstly a big thank you to all the SC Playbook community for turning up to the Caxton Hotel on Friday to say g’day to our team. It’s loaded with good people so we’ll aim to do this every year moving forward to get the contributors and community together to say hello.
Round 11 NRL Team Lists: Supercoach Analysis

May 13, 2024 | scplaybook.com.au | Tim Williams

Magic Round is on our doorstep, hopefully it can deliver eight games free of injury…NRL Supercoach has been blown wide open with injuries to a stack of major stars including Nathan Cleary, Nicho Hynes, Shaun Johnson, Tom Trbojevic, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, AJ Brimson and more. From an NRL standpoint it’s horrible to see, from a Supercoach standpoint it will hopefully continue to see diversity among teams which is always fun.
NRL Supercoach Analysis: Round 9

Apr 29, 2024 | scplaybook.com.au | Tim Williams

We’re edging closer and closer to the State of Origin period which will have huge ramifications on NRL Supercoach squads. It’s imperative that overall focused players searching for a top ranking cast an eye towards those three major bye rounds in round 13, 16 and 19 where half the competition are out of action, leaving our Supercoach squads short on numbers. For those weeks, only your top 13 scoring players from your 25 man squad count towards your team’s total for that week.
NRL Supercoach Analysis: Round 8 Team Lists

Apr 22, 2024 | scplaybook.com.au | Tim Williams

We’ve arrived at NRL ANZAC Round, one of my favourite weeks of the season. The NRL never fail to deliver on pre-game ceremonies, there’s a special buzz around every game of this round every year. The Roosters v Dragons ANZAC Day clash in particular is arguably my favourite of the year and one that every footy fan should do their best to attend at some stage.