DEFENDERS: Premiums, mid-pricers, cheapies, and rookies! | The Phantom's Lair

The Phantom, Chief, and Five Names reunite to discuss all things DEFENDERS in SuperCoach. 

The Phantom, Chief, and Five Names reunite to discuss all things DEFENDERS in SuperCoach. 

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera and Connor Rozee are the talk of town in the premium bracket, but do we dare go against the grain? 

Plus, plenty of bargains, cheapies, and even rookies are looking like viable options in a tricky position to figure out this SuperCoach pre-season.

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The Phantom's team reveal: https://bit.ly/4b9WQ8e

CHAPTERS:
DEFENDERS (00:00)
The winning structure last year (04:40)
SuperCoach Draft update (06:40)
The Phantom’s Top Six! (08:30)
Fade Nasiah? (12:15)
Highly owned players (16:15)
Tom McCarthy - Temu Nas? (20:30)
Unique Names with Five Names (23:00)
Mid-price power rankings (25:00) 
Cheapies (31:30)
Rookies (34:15)
How many rookies on field? (40:30)
Draft strategy and sleepers (42:00)
The Lair League (44:30)

Hosts:
The Phantom: @ThePhantomSC /X | @ThePhantomSC /IG
Dos: @HKDos /X | @dossySC /IG
Simeon Thomas-Wilson: @Simeon_TW /X | simeon_thomaswilson /IG

Produced by Haydn Kenny.

Recorded on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.

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The Phantom, Chief, and Five Names reunite to discuss all things DEFENDERS in SuperCoach.&nbsp; Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera and Connor Rozee are the talk of town in the premium bracket, but do we dare go against the grain? Plus, plenty of bargains, cheapies, and even rookies are looking like viable options in a tricky position to figure out this SuperCoach pre-season.
Subscribe to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@codesportsau">CODE Sports YouTube channel</a> and help get us to our 23k target for an in-person Lair catchup at Gather Round!
Join The Lair League: 128532&nbsp;
Make your team now: supercoach.com.au or via the SuperCoach app.
READ THE ROOKIE BIBLE: <a href="http://bit.ly/3NeM2eP?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&amp;utm_source=supercoach&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_content=rookiebible&amp;utm_term=supercoach%2Cafl">http://bit.ly/3NeM2eP?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&amp;utm_source=supercoach&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_content=rookiebible&amp;utm_term=supercoach%2Cafl</a>&nbsp;
The Phantom's team reveal: <a href="https://bit.ly/4b9WQ8e">https://bit.ly/4b9WQ8e</a>
CHAPTERS: DEFENDERS (00:00) The winning structure last year (04:40) SuperCoach Draft update (06:40) The Phantom&rsquo;s Top Six! (08:30) Fade Nasiah? (12:15) Highly owned players (16:15) Tom McCarthy - Temu Nas? (20:30) Unique Names with Five Names (23:00) Mid-price power rankings (25:00)&nbsp; Cheapies (31:30) Rookies (34:15) How many rookies on field? (40:30) Draft strategy and sleepers (42:00) The Lair League (44:30)
Hosts: The Phantom: <a href="https://x.com/ThePhantomSC">@ThePhantomSC</a> /X | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thephantomsc/">@ThePhantomSC</a> /IG Dos: <a href="https://x.com/HKdos">@HKDos</a> /X | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dossysc/">@dossySC</a> /IG Simeon Thomas-Wilson: <a href="https://x.com/Simeon_TW">@Simeon_TW</a> /X | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/simeon_thomaswilson/?hl=en">simeon_thomaswilson</a> /IG
Produced by Haydn Kenny.
Recorded on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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