Round 13 is here, so lets take a look at popular buys and sells across the Origin period.
Buy
Cameron Munster
Will be reeling after a QLD loss, in a game where he was very poor and missed 11 tackles. Expect him to take out some frustration on the Titans this week in a day game on a dry track. He is playing Origin, however Storm have byes on Origin effected rounds so would expect him to miss 1 game maximum if rested.
Dylan Lucas
A must have somewhere in your side. Everyone should already own, however if you don’t, get him in this week.
Fletcher Sharpe
He’s a bona fide weapon—just makes things happen. Huge score in the bye round for owners and another decent fixture this week against the Dragons. Looks every bit a keeper in the CTW.
Reuben Garrick
Not up to his usual lofty standards, however he covers both bye rounds to come with juicy fixtures against the Titans and South Sydney those weeks. Not worth outthinking the room on this one. If you need a CTW, Garrick is still an elite tier option.
Scott Drinkwater
5RA of 94 which includes last weeks 14. Drinky covers both major bye rounds to come and has an ideal fixture this week at home to the Tigers. On current form, he has a case to be a top 3 option at fullback. Get him in for the byes, then reevaluate his position post origin for the run home.
Lyhkan King-Togia
If you still own Tom Duffy like I do, it is very tempting to move him onto King-Togia this week. An ideal fixture against the Knights looms this week, and then he covers the two major bye rounds to come. If he can manage a big score over the next few weeks, his cash generation restarts which would be an added bonus.
Hold
Tom Starling
Only missing one week through suspension, and is putting up keeper scores in the hard to fill Hooker position. Also covers one of the two major bye rounds to come.
Robert Toia
Still has some cash to make thanks to the huge magic round score he put up against The Phins. After being a surprising selection for origin, he doesn’t cover Round 12 as we had planned, however he is worth a hold and then sale before his Round 14 bye.
Sandon Smith
Still think he has a low score in him, but its just so hard to get excited about making a trade at Hooker this season. I don’t mind the strategy of holding him all season with the new addition of the FLEX player, as the Hooker score will often be the one to drop out. Also don’t mind turning him into McInnes in Round 14, but worth a hold and reevaluate then.
Sell
Tom Trbojevic
Injured again. Apparently will miss 1-2 weeks. Sell unless you have more pressing concerns.
