Game 4 is in now - Reds 41 Bulls 17. Only Hooroo picked the margin and moves into the top 10. 5 went for the Bulls, Laurence, Stockcar86, Bones, Mikey07 & Richie.
Game 5 has been updated - Joan and Mary has lost the lead to Higgins and is losing the cup final to Triple T. Not picking the Blues to win, a sound option in recent seasons, has proved her undoing.
The final results are posted up now.
If the season doesn't start again, Higgins will be the champion, Barbarians will win the league and Triple T the cup. If Super Rugby does complete the season then we will decide what we do at that point.
Stay safe people
Yessss My picking names and jerseys beat @taniwharugby throwing darts strategy
@taniwharugby there's no comp long enough dart boy!!!
[ignores fact we both finished in bottom 10]
VICTORY!!!
1 month later
So shall we resurrect the tipping comp for 13 June? What's the view on whether we carry on with the current comp or start a brand new one?
I've put up an online form so you can vote on it.
@taniwharugby
I forgot. Am I winning? Not likely so yeah, a new one.
Not a massive number of votes but it is clear - the 2020 competition is ended with Higgins the champion, Barbarians the team champs and Triple T the cup winner.
A new competition will begin when the matches begin and we will just make it a battle of individuals in case we don't get enough returnees to form the teams. With just 2 games per weekend, look out for a new scoring system to test your skills.
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Not a massive number of votes but it is clear - the 2020 competition is ended with Higgins the champion, Barbarians the team champs and Triple T the cup winner.
A new competition will begin when the matches begin and we will just make it a battle of individuals in case we don't get enough returnees to form the teams. With just 2 games per weekend, look out for a new scoring system to test your skills.
Cool. Like getting bonus points for getting both results wrong?
22 days later
We're live again! Still the same link https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
A new tipping form and spreadsheet have been created so enter your tips now at
Changes are as follows
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No team competition, you're all just playing for yourself for these 10 weeks.
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80 points per weekend - double points for picking winner and margin as before so 40 points for the 2 games. 8 more categories of 5 points each.
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For a team score, you score 5 for being correct or within 1, 4 for being 2/3 out, 3 for being 4/5 out etc etc. So if you're 10 or more away you get zero.
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For team tries, you score 5 for being correct and 2 for being within 1.
The first game is on Saturday at 5pm so you have until then to submit.
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Is @Crucial restarting the Superbru competition?
I haven’t looked at it. Will check now.
Ok, I have re-activated the pool on Superbru and sent out invites. Apparently you can also search for it with a code (beansees)
@Crucial said in Tipping 2020:
Ok, I have re-activated the pool on Superbru and sent out invites. Apparently you can also search for it with a code (beansees)
Great I'm in.
@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie wow those new options make this game that much easier!
I'm liking that the points picks often don't bear a relation to the tries picks - 28 points and 5 tries??
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie wow those new options make this game that much easier!
I'm liking that the points picks often don't bear a relation to the tries picks - 28 points and 5 tries??
Sounds though Beuden has had a bad kicking day.
@Hooroo said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie wow those new options make this game that much easier!
I'm liking that the points picks often don't bear a relation to the tries picks - 28 points and 5 tries??
Sounds though Beuden has had a bad kicking day.
Missed 5 conversions from right in front and nailed a penalty from out wide?
Reminder - you have just over 24 hours to get your tips in for (caps lock) SUPER RUGBY AOTEAROA TIPPING!!!!
I've powered up the supercomputer and we have in-progress scores .... all this lot picked the Highlanders to win and amazingly Paj is the early leader also scoring 5 for being within 1 of the Highlanders total and getting the number of Chiefs tries correctly.
The results are in and the early leader is Phooey with a monstrous 67 points, with Kruse the only other tipper to get both results and margins correct. Already the table is well spread out but with so many points available per game, there will be plenty of chances to catch up.
Cleary if you got over 60 your all kinds of awesome, everyone else.. well better sort your/you’re shit out.
Only 9 entries so far this week - still a day to go before the games but don't forget to tip during your drunken Saturday
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Only 9 entries so far this week - still a day to go before the games but don't forget to tip during your drunken Saturday
That's a lovely new pie you have there
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Only 9 entries so far this week - still a day to go before the games but don't forget to tip during your drunken Saturday
I just checked what I'd tipped, and I must have been more than drunk.
Everything is live at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
Nobody picked both games with margins but plenty went for Blues & Crusaders to win. Best score was Unite with 54, getting close on all of the points scores and picking Crusaders to score 5 tries. Phooey was 2nd with 51, also getting 5 tries for the Crusaders and getting the Blues score exactly right. He now leads overall by 13 from Joan and Mary with TR, Sportboy and Kruse making up the top 5. All of these 5 bar Kruse have picked 4 winners from 4 so far along with Richie who sits in 10th place.
At the other end of the table, Paj scored a spectacularly low 7 points getting almost everything wrong and forcing the non-tippers (Corkscrew, Canes4life, Mikedogz, Voodoo, Fiamacho) to get only 2 points.
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Everything is live at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
Nobody picked both games with margins but plenty went for Blues & Crusaders to win. Best score was Unite with 54, getting close on all of the points scores and picking Crusaders to score 5 tries. Phooey was 2nd with 51, also getting 5 tries for the Crusaders and getting the Blues score exactly right. He now leads overall by 13 from Joan and Mary with TR, Sportboy and Kruse making up the top 5. All of these 5 bar Kruse have picked 4 winners from 4 so far along with Richie who sits in 10th place.
At the other end of the table, Paj scored a spectacularly low 7 points getting almost everything wrong and forcing the non-tippers (Corkscrew, Canes4life, Mikedogz, Voodoo, Fiamacho) to get only 2 points.
Ahhh, bugger
@dogmeat said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie I thought I went Blues / Crusaders? Certainly meant to and wasn't drunk. Must be the onset of dementia
Looks like it - you picked Chiefs for a narrow win.
6/19/2020 17:08:37 dogmeat Home 1-8 Away 9-16
Right hurry up people, lots of missing tippers right now.
After the first game
Kruse 35
Stockcar86 32
TR 31
Mikedogz 30
Corkscrew 28
Phooey 28
Winger 27
Plastered Peni 26
Waynes World 26
Langakali 26
Overall
Phooey 146
Kruse 133
TR 133
Joan and Mary 130
Sportboy 125
Smudge 117
Higgins 115
Virgil 114
Unite 113
Winger 110
Everything live now at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/