NRL Supercoach 2026: Round 1 must-haves and monitors

With the NRL draw released this week and the NRL Supercoach team picker incoming in December, the excitement has started to build for the 2026 season. To deal with said excitement, I’ve cast an eye ahead to my round 1 Supercoach team and the players that’ll highly likely be in my squad, or hot on the radar throughout the pre-season. Whether it’s through injury, change in minutes, change in role or change in club, there’s stacks of players that will be ripe for picking at bargain value to start the year. There are players such as David Fifita and Keano Kini who loom as potential certainties, while there’s others with a few m