THE DATA DESK

Casey McLean Captains the Round 27 Team of the Week

The best-possible SuperCoach team for Round 27 scored 2,194: 17 players count, with Casey McLean doubled as captain and the lowest score dropped. That is 564 points clear of the best score any coach actually posted this round (1,630).

ROUND
Fig. 1 — Round 27 Team of the Week, 18 selected, 17 score
The highest-scoring legal side on the round's actual SuperCoach scores, under SuperCoach's own weekly rule: 18 players are picked — the starters plus reserves — the lowest score drops off, and the top scorer is captain on double points. The shape is read from the competition's own rules; no salary cap is applied, so this is the unconstrained best team.
2,194total 17score Casey McLeancaptain ×2 1,630best real coach +564vs best real
Hooker
Ben Hunt BRO 105
Front Row
Payne Haas BRO 110
Jason Taumalolo NQC 97
2nd Row Forward
Dylan Egan STG 114
David Fifita STH 102
Jacob Preston BUL 96DROPPED
Halfback
Lachlan Galvin BUL 130
5/8
Te Maire Martin NZL 107
Wing/Centre
Casey McLeanC PTH 175×2
Thomas Jenkins PTH 134
Taine Tuaupiki NZL 132
Xavier Savage CBR 115
Fullback
Tom Trbojevic MNL 128
Flex
Latrell Mitchell STH 112
Reserves
Coby Black CBR 138
Lehi Hopoate MNL 117
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow DOL 102
Brian To'o PTH 101
18 players selected2,115
less lowest dropped — Jacob Preston (BUL)−96
plus captain doubled — Casey McLean (175 ×2)+175
Team total2,194
Scores are the round's actual SuperCoach points; 17 of 18 count after the lowest drops, captain doubled. — Source: THESCIP Data Desk, R27
HOW TO READ IT

This is the best team you could have fielded in Round 27 with hindsight, scored the way SuperCoach scores a real team: 18 players are picked — the starters and the reserves — your single lowest score is dropped, and your highest scorer, the captain, is counted twice.

The struck line is the score that dropped; the circled C is the captain on double points. The reserve count and the shape come straight from the competition's own rules, not a fixed number, so this stays correct if the game changes. There is no salary cap: it is the pure ceiling for the round.

THE TRADE DESK SAYS ·
Nobody owns the Team of the Week. It is the benchmark every real side is measured against — and the gap to it is where the season is won and lost.