The big pigs in the engine room get their Rub. We go through top 10 ranks, draft strategy, draft position category's and our Boom/Bust/Sleepers. Enjoy your Rub.

All data and stats used throughout the pod are available for your reading pleasure on the Weekly Rub Down Patreon AKA The Rub Club.

https://www.patreon.com/rubberstats

Hooker is first up in our positional analysis series. Not an exciting position but nonetheless we go through top 10 ranks, draft strategy, draft position category's and our Boom/Bust/Sleepers. Enjoy your Rub.

All data and stats used throughout the pod are available for your reading pleasure on the Weekly Rub Down Patreon AKA The Rub Club.

https://www.patreon.com/rubberstats

The Lads kick off the 2026 pre season with a big statistical breakdown of how each position performed in 2025. They dive into who has been the most consistently dominant players over the past 6 years and then the boys tinker with an early top 20 picks for the 2026 Draft. Enjoy your Rub.

All data and stats used throughout the pod are available for your reading pleasure on the Weekly Rub Down Patreon AKA The Rub Club.

https://www.patreon.com/rubberstats

Our last pod of the year, the lads rip through the Dolphins, Dogs, Sharks and Storm and cover team lists, gains/losses, Finals strength of schedule and some players of interest. The last little tease before we get into a huge Pre-Season of NRL SuperCoach content and prep for the 2026 season.

In this preview you'll only hear the Dolphins preview, if you want to listen to the episode in its entirety head over to the Rub Club and sign up for one hell of a pre season.

https://www.patreon.com/rubberstats

Another little Pre Season tease, part 3 has the lads ripping through the Eels, Manly, Raiders and Cowboys to cover team lists, gains/losses, Finals strength of schedule and some players of interest. Get the cogs turning and start locking in on your 2026 Draft. Enjoy your Rub.

In this preview you'll only hear the Eels preview, if you want to listen to the episode in its entirety head over to the Rub Club and sign up for one hell of a pre season.

https://www.patreon.com/rubberstats

The boys 2nd hit up of the "Pre" Pre Season, the lads rip through the Roosters, Titans, Dragons and Warriros and cover team lists, gains, losses, Finals strength of schedule and some players of interest. Its time to gease the wheels, warm the engines and start turning our attention to NRL SuperCoach in 2026. Enjoy your Rub!

In this preview you'll only here the Roosters preview, if you want to listen to the episode in its entirety head over to the Rub Club and sign up for one hell of a pre season.

https://www.patreon.com/rubberstats

Chapters

00:00 Introduction 08:39 Draft Strategies and Position Importance 11:34 Team Analysis: The Roosters 14:29 Strength of Schedule and Final Thoughts 17:32 Targets and Avoids for the Draft 20:42 DCE's Impact on the Team 23:38 Player Focus: Sam Walker 31:30 Player in Focus: Daniel Tupou

The boys are back!! In the first hit out of the Pre Season the lads rip through the Broncos, Bunnies, Panthers, Knights and Tigers and cover team lists, recruitments, Finals strength of schedule and some players of interest. Grease the wheels, warm the engines and start gearing up for NRL SuperCoach in 2026. Enjoy your Rub!

In this preview you'll only here the Broncos preview, if you want to listen to the episode in its entirety head over to the Rub Club and sign up for one hell of a pre season.

https://www.patreon.com/rubberstats

We join the Guru in the CBA Centre of Excellence to dive into how our draft seasons panned out and to revisit some of our 2025 pre season Boom, Bust, Sleeper calls. We also give out the very prestigious Wire awards. All in all its 2 hours of absolute unfiltered draft dribble, Enjoy.