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Beers & Breakevens: Top 10 ownership, red flags on Tino's return

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui is currently the most owned player heading into the 2025 NRL Supercoach season, but there's a few red flags on the star forward on return from injury.

Returning for the first show of the year, Beers & Breakevens pits SC Playbook's 2020 runner-up Tim Williams and the Rugby League Guru together to help you nail your NRL Supercoach teams heading into the 2025 season.

The boys analyse the top 10 most owned players among current teams and breakdown the new 'Flex' rule introduced this season.

00:00 The Jack

10:30 What we learned from 2024 season

20:30 The 'Flex' rule explained

32:30 Top 10 most owned analysis


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