TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18

Make sure you're in for the final week of tipping for the Super Rugby season.

Questions that will be answered this weekend.

Can Hydro11 hold onto his 11 point lead and win the title he win in 2016 having been runner-up last season? Or can 2015 champion Winger surge past?

Can Hurricanes Black hold onto their 2 point lead from the first leg against Blues B to win their first title since 2011 or can Blues B finally win their first title having never finished higher than 6th before?

Can Hydro beat Richie in the TSF Sequel Cup as well as take the title to become only the second tipper to win the league and a cup in the same season (after Justin77 in 2009)?

As it's the last week I'll post an interim update

Top 10 overall
Hydro11 651
Winger 638
Broughie 629
Hurrycanes 619
Virgil 614
TaniwhaRugby 611
Higgins 609
KP 601
Bruce Kenyon 597
Langakali 596

Hurricanes Black 11 - 12 Blues B (Canes Black lead by 1)
Barbarians 11 - 14 BOP Chiefs (BOP Chiefs lead by 4)
Hurricanes Gold 11 - 10 SunJags (Canes Gold lead by 16)
Blues A 4 - 6 South Island (Blues A lead by 3)

Hydro11 12 v 7 Richie

And the results are in and processed.

Canes Black take the title - well done team, Hydro11 and Hurrycanes the consistent performers to bring them the title. Unlucky Blues B, after 7 seasons of finishing 6th or lower.

Hydro11 takes the individual title but by just 3 points from Winger who had a late surge but it wasn't quite enough. Hydro has been 1st, 2nd, 1st in the past 3 seasons so maybe he knows what he's doing.

The Sequel Cup is shared by Hydro and Richie, they could not be separated with 39 each.

Everything on the website is updated

Final Hurricanes Black 44 - 38 Blues B
3rd Barbarians 46 - 41 BOP Chiefs
Plate Hurricanes Gold 42 - 39 SunJags
7th Blues A 27 - 33 South Island

Final Hurricanes Black 87 - 79 Blues B
3rd Barbarians 89 - 85 BOP Chiefs
Plate Hurricanes Gold 83 - 65 SunJags
7th Blues A 61 - 62 South Island

Hydro11 39 v 39 Richie

Broughie 51
Victor 51
Smudge 50
Langakali 49
Paj 49
Cactus Jack 49
Winger 47
Higgins 46
Plastered Peni 46
Buck 46
Virgil 44
Dogmeat 44
Stockcar86 44
Unite 44
Waynes World 44
No Quarter 44
Hooroo 42
Mikedogz 42
GT12 42
Hurrycanes 41
Triple T 41
Joan and Mary 41
Hydro11 39
KP 39
Barbarian 39
Richie 39
Corkscrew 39
Donsteppa 37
Sportboy 37
Bruce Kenyon 36
DK 32
TaniwhaRugby 31
Gunner 31
Pauncefote 31
ACT Crusader 31
FarNthHayden 30
Bones 29
Crucial 29
Rico#1 27
Phooey 25
Antipodean 20
JK 20
Justin77 20
Skudderstep 20
Fiamacho 20
Tim 20
KiwiMurph 20
Handsome Ray 20

Clearly myself and @taniwharugby are the Ioane brothers of Blues A with the rest been a bit shit and not turning up

@rocky-rockbottom said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

Tim 20
KiwiMurph 20
Handsome Ray 20*

no idea what's going on in this thread but let me guess, two of these dopes in the wooden spoon zone kept picking the Blues to win every week...

Worse, they quit the team to join Toulon in France, left in the middle of the night too

Congrats to Hydro. Blues B made a good fist of things this year. Way to go team mates. Thanks KiwiPie for all the work you do. Great job.

So next season should we rename them as Blues Not A or maybe True Blues given they seem to mirror Tana's Tossers?

@virgil plus we also dont have a coach!

Another top competition Kiwipie! Well done to Blues B for not sucking as bad as our beloved team!

and yes congrats to all the winners and thanks once again to KP for all his work - at the same time as his World Cup one too!!

As I'm sure KP's way too busy I have crunched some numbers for him.

Only eight tippers have stayed the course and entered all 13 Super Tipping comps - poor old KP disqualified himself for first two seasons.

Of these 4; Donsteppa, Crucial, Winger, Hooroo have won it while Paj, Joan and Mary, DK and myself have only mustered 6 top tens between us.

Of the 65 tipsters who have participated in at least five years Donsteppa is the most consistent - only twice finishing outside the top 15 for an average finish of 10th. If you drop his outlier of 42nd in 2010 Don's average drops to 7.4

However Hydro makes a strong argument for being our best tipster (despite having only competed in the last 4 editions). After an inauspicious 42nd placing in 2015 Hydro has gone 1st, 2nd, 1st to be our only repeat champion. Note - Donsteppa and Winger have NPC titles to go with their Super ones and TR has two NPC's.

Others to average better than 15th are: Winger, Langakali and Cactus Jack - all past winners.

In total 113 have tipped at least one season including three previous Champions Bullethole (2007), RugbyGal (2010) and Quo Vadis (2011) who no longer tip.

@dogmeat NPC is waaaaayyyy harder to guess tip!

@taniwharugby maybe but the Sequel Cup is the toughest Comp of all. Only been competed for 8 times as it's so gruelling. Really sorts the men from the boys.

@taniwharugby said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

@dogmeat NPC is waaaaayyyy harder to guess tip!

Right now I'm enthusiastic to run an NPC tipping comp this season after taking a break last time. As long as people keep on tipping, I'll keep running it - may need to acquire some new blood when you scan down the names who are no longer involved.

@dogmeat Awesome statting DM. Good to see there are still 8 ever presents but quite a few who have entered more than a few.

To be honest the BOP Chiefs were a bit disappointed in Donsteppa this season with his huge reputation. He needs to realise that it is performance that will keep him in the team and not just reputation. He's still better than Sportboy though ....

@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

@dogmeat Awesome statting DM. Good to see there are still 8 ever presents but quite a few who have entered more than a few.

To be honest the BOP Chiefs were a bit disappointed in Donsteppa this season with his huge reputation. He needs to realise that it is performance that will keep him in the team and not just reputation. He's still better than Sportboy though ....

It's curious to hear a captain talking about retention standards while Sportboy is a life member.

@donsteppa said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

@dogmeat Awesome statting DM. Good to see there are still 8 ever presents but quite a few who have entered more than a few.

To be honest the BOP Chiefs were a bit disappointed in Donsteppa this season with his huge reputation. He needs to realise that it is performance that will keep him in the team and not just reputation. He's still better than Sportboy though ....

It's curious to hear a captain talking about retention standards while Sportboy is a life member.

He has information about me so I have to select him

@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

@donsteppa said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:

@dogmeat Awesome statting DM. Good to see there are still 8 ever presents but quite a few who have entered more than a few.

To be honest the BOP Chiefs were a bit disappointed in Donsteppa this season with his huge reputation. He needs to realise that it is performance that will keep him in the team and not just reputation. He's still better than Sportboy though ....

It's curious to hear a captain talking about retention standards while Sportboy is a life member.

He has information about me so I have to select him

Completely understand. I wouldn't want that getting out if it was me!

We have seen All Blacks with long careers for similar reasons....

Thanks KP for continuing to run the best picking competition, and also thanks to the other Canes Black members for carrying this food bill through the season

Thanks KP for another great job in keeping this all running

Cheers @KiwiPie !

Thanks! @KiwiPie