Rugby League
by Rob Sutherland
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The KFC SuperCoach NRL 2021 Team Picker is live and that means only one thing - it's time to begin consciously uncoupling from friends and family to free up time to select, refresh and select again.
Our very own Tom Sangster-lite Rob Sutherland has been doing just that and so presents to you version 1.0 of his team for the upcoming season.
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Damien Cook (HOK) $621,000 - I expect everyone to go mad about Harry - Grant that is - and so being the contrarian that I am I'll pivot (one of my least favourite 2020-isms) to the tried and tested Damien Cook from the Rabbitohs. Cook's average was down on his 2019 numbers (76PPG in 2019 but 70PPG in 2020) but his consistency was up (70% of games 60+ in 2020 as cf 61% in 2019). His tackle count was up and his run numbers bounced back, where he declined was try assist/linebreak assist - and as a Cody Walker owner I can attest that he was a mere fingernail on Walker away from at least two of each in 2020. Cheaper than Grant and I expect less popular, Cook feels a solid safe gun selection.