Awesome 1st round draw, I’m only facing off against one of the all time best tippers @Donsteppa
@virgil said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
Awesome 1st round draw, I’m only facing off against one of the all time best tippers @Donsteppa
Good timing - I’m having one of my worst seasons ever 
@donsteppa said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
@virgil said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
Awesome 1st round draw, I’m only facing off against one of the all time best tippers @Donsteppa
Good timing - I’m having one of my worst seasons ever
He'll struggle to keep his place in the TSF tipping team for the international season - while the winners of the last 3 years (Winger, Hydro, Barbarian) are all around the top, Donsteppa's fall from grace has been mighty .... luckily for him, there are still 2 worst than him in the BOP Chiefs.
The fact that Winger appears fairly prescient in tipping concerns me.
Does this mean I have to consider his conspiracy theory predictions as fairly likely as well?
Get your tips in team
It's a tough week for tipping, moderate scores to date with ...
Chiefs 37%
Canes 96% but not many 17+
Sharks 0%
Waratahs 64%
Bulls 36%
A few have Brumbies as lowest scorers and the Chiefs match as the closest so some points there unless Lions v Crusaders upsets it.
Justin77 and Broughie the only tippers with 4/5 so far. Justin leads with 32 points. Richie is having a stellar week with 0/5 and just 4 points ...
BOP Chiefs 21 - 22 Blues B
Blues A 21 - 22 Hurricanes Gold
Barbarians 17 - 12 SunJags
South Island 16 - 20 Hurricanes Black
A low scoring week despite the Crusaders win which was picked by 82% of us although the popular margin pick was 9-16. The Lions took lowest scorers which cost 5 points for a few but earned 5 for Winger.
Winger was top scorer with 46 thanks to his 10 bonus points, ahead of Hydro and Donsteppa who were the only others to make it to 40 points. Justin77 picked 5/6 but no bonus points kept him at 39 - Broughie also was 5/6 but no margins and no bonus points for him.
At the top I had a poor week, so Winger has cut my lead to 9 points. TR had a shocker to fall further back but still holds 3rd. 4th equal are Virgil, Hydro (both climbing a few spots) and Rico.
Plunging out of the top 10 is last season's champion Barbarian who registered a season low score of just 9 points. The only winner he picked was the Hurricanes. Richie saved himself by picking up 10 points from the Crusaders game for a massive total of 14!
The BOP Chiefs forged ahead with a win over Blues B, Donsteppa and Unite the stars with Blues B having to count a 16. The Barbarians stayed unbeaten and stayed in touch despite having a terrible week - Waynes World was absent and their highest score was only 27. Luckily they were playing the SunJags who had Richie and Barbarian with counting scores.
Canes Gold were the top scorers for the week, solid scoring backing up Winger - they beat Blues A who had to count a 17 to undo the good work of J77 and Virgil. A win for Canes Black over the South Island, Hydro the star and the South Island had to count a pair of 21s.
Go to the shared drive to see the TSF Cup results and the draw for the next round.
Winger 46
Hydro11 40
Donsteppa 40
Justin77 39
Unite 39
Virgil 37
DK 36
Hooroo 34
Plastered Peni 34
Broughie 33
No Quarter 32
Bruce Kenyon 32
Buck 32
ACT Crusader 32
Pauncefote 32
Bones 31
Skudderstep 31
Phooey 31
FarNthHayden 29
GT12 29
Cactus Jack 29
Crucial 28
Triple T 27
Antipodean 26
JK 26
Tim 26
Mikedogz 26
Sportboy 26
KP 24
Rico#1 24
Hurrycanes 24
Stockcar86 24
Langakali 24
Paj 22
Higgins 21
Smudge 21
Corkscrew 21
Victor 21
Joan and Mary 21
Fiamacho 17
TaniwhaRugby 16
Gunner 16
Dogmeat 16
Richie 14
Barbarian 9
Waynes World 4
KiwiMurph 4
Handsome Ray 4
Tipping time everyone
@antipodean said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
Excuses in early: Going for a Hail Mary week to catch up.
You need some excuse for those picks - not sure why a couple of your team-mates felt the need to do the same.
Everything is updated. Best of the week was Waynes World with 57 despite only getting 5/6 results when most people picked 6/6. The key was 4 correct margins along with having Jaguares as low scorers and the Hurricanes with most penalties. Also 50+ for Crucial and Hydro11. At the other end Corkscrew managed just 19.
At the top, I lead Winger by 11 who is 11 ahead of Hydro with 8 more down to Rico. After being near the top all season, TR fell back to 9th.
Wins for the BOP Chiefs and Barbarians increase their lead at the top with Canes Gold and Blues B the other teams in the top 4. Half-way point in the regular season.
Waynes World 57
Crucial 51
Hydro11 50
DK 49
Joan and Mary 49
Plastered Peni 47
Dogmeat 47
Higgins 45
Hooroo 45
Langakali 45
Richie 45
Stockcar86 44
Cactus Jack 44
KP 42
Rico#1 42
Barbarian 42
Winger 40
Tim 40
Mikedogz 40
Triple T 40
Justin77 39
Donsteppa 39
Bones 39
Unite 39
GT12 39
Broughie 39
Sportboy 39
Fiamacho 39
Paj 38
JK 38
Hurrycanes 37
Bruce Kenyon 37
Gunner 37
Victor 37
FarNthHayden 34
TaniwhaRugby 32
Virgil 32
Pauncefote 31
ACT Crusader 29
Buck 27
No Quarter 24
Smudge 24
Phooey 24
Antipodean 22
Corkscrew 19
Skudderstep 14
KiwiMurph 14
Handsome Ray 14
@antipodean said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
Excuses in early: Going for a Hail Mary week to catch up.
Looks like that hail mary was intercepted and run the length of the field.
@crucial said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
@antipodean said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
Excuses in early: Going for a Hail Mary week to catch up.
Looks like that hail mary was intercepted and run the length of the field.
More like a fumble in our end zone... 
Live on the website now. Broughie topped all scorers with a very impressive score of 57 considering he only picked 4/6 results. The ones he did pick were all margin picks and he managed 3/4 category picks. Nobody picked 6/6 and only a few got 5/6, those were Hooroo, Stockcar86, GT12 and Phooey.
Winger is within 8 points of me at the top now, DK has shot up to 3rd after a strong week and hurtling into the top 10 go Stockcar86, Bruce Kenyon and Barbarian.
First defeat of the season for Barbarians but matched by a defeat for the leading BOP Chiefs means that winning teams Blues B, Canes Gold and Cane Black have closed right up - now only 4 points separating the top 5. The 3 lowest teams all look doomed to miss the play-offs without a run of wins from now on.
In the Cup
Dogmeat 29 v 37 Crucial
Hooroo 36 v 27 JK
Winger 34 v 12 Tim
Triple T 27 v 27 Higgins
GT12 39 v 46 DK
Cactus Jack 26 v 36 Hydro11
Bones 34 v 32 Justin77
Broughie 57 v 27 Virgil
Broughie 57
Stockcar86 50
Skudderstep 47
DK 46
Phooey 44
Barbarian 42
Victor 42
Bruce Kenyon 41
GT12 39
Smudge 39
Paj 37
Crucial 37
Gunner 37
Antipodean 37
Fiamacho 37
Hydro11 36
Hooroo 36
Joan and Mary 36
Donsteppa 35
Winger 34
Hurrycanes 34
Langakali 34
Bones 34
Justin77 32
No Quarter 32
KP 31
Waynes World 31
Richie 31
Sportboy 30
Plastered Peni 29
Buck 29
Dogmeat 29
Rico#1 27
Higgins 27
Virgil 27
FarNthHayden 27
JK 27
Unite 27
Triple T 27
TaniwhaRugby 26
Cactus Jack 26
Pauncefote 26
Mikedogz 24
ACT Crusader 22
Corkscrew 17
Tim 12
KiwiMurph 12
Handsome Ray 12
Time to tip once more
Most scores around the 40 mark this weekend. Best was 53 for Phooey, the only one to pick 7/7 results backing the Aussies to continue being terrible was a sound policy. Winger has cut my lead to just 5, and 6 back from him is Hydro on the back of 4 margin picks.
The bottom 3 on the ladder all won to close the table right up - Canes Black beat the BOP Chiefs with a bonus point to take over from them at the top on most points scored.
Crucial 41 v 39 Broughie
Hooroo 43 v 44 Bones
Winger 44 v 47 Hydro11
Triple T 39 v 33 DK
Phooey 53
Hydro11 47
Barbarian 46
Joan and Mary 46
Winger 44
Hurrycanes 44
Bones 44
Smudge 44
Skudderstep 44
Fiamacho 44
Pauncefote 44
Hooroo 43
Bruce Kenyon 43
Richie 42
KP 41
Donsteppa 41
FarNthHayden 41
Crucial 41
JK 41
Victor 41
Waynes World 40
Plastered Peni 39
TaniwhaRugby 39
Justin77 39
Broughie 39
GT12 39
Dogmeat 39
Tim 39
Cactus Jack 39
Triple T 39
Stockcar86 38
Corkscrew 38
Antipodean 37
ACT Crusader 36
Higgins 35
Langakali 35
Virgil 34
Paj 34
Unite 34
DK 33
Gunner 33
Buck 33
No Quarter 32
Sportboy 31
Rico#1 26
Mikedogz 19
KiwiMurph 14
Handsome Ray 14
It's raining so you get an early update this weekend. If you think you're racing ahead with 2/2 maximums, calm your farm as that is not uncommon. In being late and not turning up at all news, Hooroo and ACT were late and Tim hasn't arrived at all.
BOP Chiefs 16 - 19 Barbarians
Blues A 19 - 16 SunJags
Blues B 18 - 17 South Island
Hurricanes Gold 18 - 19 Hurricanes Black
TSL Cup Semis
Crucial 20 v 20 Triple T
Bones 20 v 17 Hydro11
All updated now. The category picks were profitable for some this weekend, Langakali picked all 4 for 20 points which made up for some average tipping. Bones had 2 category picks to go with 5 maximum point tips and the season high of 62 - it launches him into the top 10 overall and into the final of the TSL Cup to play Triple T.
Nobody picked 6/6 this weekend with the Reds win stumping most but there were a few 5/6 and the margin picks were crucial to a good score - Hurrycanes was 2nd best with 57 and up to 4th overall, Dogmeat and Triple T scored 54.
Overall, Winger has finally overhauled me at the top by a point after closing the gap each week - Hydro11 is a further 10 points back in third.
Canes Black stay top on the team comp with a solid win over Canes Gold, the Barbarians thrashed a woeful BOP Chiefs to be right behind them and Blues B are now in 3rd - the other win was for Blues A who are 6th but can still make the top 4.
Bones 62
Hurrycanes 57
Dogmeat 54
Triple T 54
Bruce Kenyon 52
Donsteppa 52
Rico#1 52
Joan and Mary 52
Higgins 51
Langakali 51
Winger 49
Justin77 49
Virgil 49
Broughie 49
Smudge 49
Victor 47
Hydro11 44
Stockcar86 44
TaniwhaRugby 44
FarNthHayden 44
Crucial 44
JK 44
Gunner 44
Phooey 44
Pauncefote 44
KP 43
Paj 43
Waynes World 43
ACT Crusader 42
DK 41
Plastered Peni 41
Buck 41
Skudderstep 41
Corkscrew 41
Barbarian 39
Sportboy 39
No Quarter 38
Richie 38
Fiamacho 37
Unite 36
GT12 33
Antipodean 33
Hooroo 31
Cactus Jack 31
Mikedogz 25
Tim 20
KiwiMurph 20
Handsome Ray 20
We are getting to the business end of the season (from a tipping viewpoint)
@taniwharugby said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
@bones damn you Highlanders...expect a low scoring round
Somewhere in the range of low scores to very very low scores 
And Bones picked it - the win to the Stormers gave Triple T the TSL Cup.
Bones 32 v 36 Triple T
Wins for the top 2, BOP Chiefs win to go up to 3rd and a rare win to South Island
BOP Chiefs 40 - 35 SunJags
Blues A 34 - 35 South Island
Blues B 32 - 33 Hurricanes Black
Hurricanes Gold 38 - 41 Barbarians
Here is the current overall top 10 and the week's scores (calling @Tim and @KiwiMurph - where are you)
Winger 448
KP 440
Higgins 433
Hydro11 432
Hurrycanes 427
DK 421
Bruce Kenyon 419
Plastered Peni 414
Bones 412
Hooroo 407
Higgins 57
Mikedogz 56
Sportboy 47
Corkscrew 47
Plastered Peni 46
Phooey 45
Fiamacho 42
Victor 41
GT12 40
Skudderstep 40
Buck 39
Richie 38
Hurrycanes 37
DK 37
TaniwhaRugby 37
Crucial 37
Waynes World 37
Cactus Jack 37
Winger 36
Hooroo 36
Triple T 36
Donsteppa 34
Virgil 34
Langakali 34
Dogmeat 34
Joan and Mary 34
Antipodean 34
Bruce Kenyon 32
Bones 32
Gunner 32
Pauncefote 32
Hydro11 31
KP 29
Barbarian 29
Justin77 29
JK 29
ACT Crusader 29
Paj 27
Stockcar86 26
Broughie 26
No Quarter 22
Unite 20
Smudge 16
Rico#1 14
FarNthHayden 12
Tim 7
KiwiMurph 7
Handsome Ray 7
Website up to date now as well including next week's tipping form.
Only 3 tippers picked 5/6 - nobody at all went for the Jaguares. All 3 of the Waratahs, Stormers and Sharks games were picked around 70%-30% and in only the Stormers game were the 70% correct which is why some of the scoring was so low. Higgins, Mikedogz and Corkscrew picked 5/6 and at the other end of the scale, DK, Bruce Kenyon, Rico, FarNthHayden & Smudge were only 2/6 getting all 3 of the marginal calls incorrect.
The category picks were very important this week, Mikedogz managed to get all 4 correct for 20 points (picking the Chiefs as top penalty kickers was inspired) and Higgins, DK, Sportboy, Skudderstep, Plastered Peni and Phooey scored 15 extra points.
6 weeks left to go - 3 weeks until the silly season of internationals starts. There won't be a tipping round for the games of 1 and 2 June as this is the completion of the very first round where only the SA conference played. That will leave 3 more rounds after the internationals which will be when we run the play-offs of TSF Tipping.
A new Cup will start next week which will have the final in the final weeks of our season.
Don't forget to tip
I might be leaving my charge late, but this week I've looked at the team lineups and respective positions.
Everything is updated.
Nobody picked 7/7 this week with the Sunwolves catching out most (although not all) and the Rebels win doing the same thing. 6/7 by Barbarian, TR, Paj, Skudderstep and Mikedogz. They were the top 5 scorers unsurprisingly with Barbarian, TR and Mikedogz leading on 49.
At the other end of the scale, just 15 for Fiamacho - picking a Blues win is a brave call.
Winger increased his lead overall to 11 but the chasers are massing, Barbarian and TR moving into the top 10 to replace DK and Plastered Peni.
In the big game, Canes Black thrashed the Barbarians with a very solid team effort and moving 4 points clear at the top. Wins for BOP Chiefs and Blues B mean they should be safe in the top 4 to make the play-offs.
A few more missing tippers this week, Tim, Smudge and Justin77 - come on, only 2 more weeks and then you get an international break.
Barbarian 49
TaniwhaRugby 49
Mikedogz 49
Skudderstep 48
Paj 45
JK 43
Virgil 42
FarNthHayden 42
Bones 41
Hooroo 41
Antipodean 41
Hydro11 39
Phooey 39
Crucial 37
Winger 36
Bruce Kenyon 36
Stockcar86 36
Langakali 36
Buck 36
Richie 36
ACT Crusader 36
Pauncefote 36
Dogmeat 35
Joan and Mary 35
Broughie 34
Cactus Jack 34
KP 33
Hurrycanes 33
Rico#1 33
Unite 33
Gunner 32
Triple T 32
Plastered Peni 31
Donsteppa 31
GT12 31
Corkscrew 31
Higgins 29
Waynes World 29
DK 27
Victor 26
Sportboy 25
No Quarter 24
Fiamacho 15
Justin77 10
Smudge 10
Tim 10
KiwiMurph 10
Handsome Ray 10
Time to tip and that means you @Smudge @Tim @justin77 @KiwiMurph
A few more players dropped off this week, is the season too long? One more week of tipping to go before the international break.
Tricky week for high scoring, nobody managed 7/7 and margins were elusive for all. Picking 6/7 were Virgil (top scorer for the week), Broughie, Pauncefote and Unite. Hooroo the low scorer with 3/6 and no margins.
No big moves overall as most of the scoring was around the low to mid 30s but Hydro11 moved up to 2nd, 11 behind Winger and Virgil moved into the top 10.
The top 4 is set for the playoffs as they can't be caught - Canes Black looking assured of the minor premiership.
Virgil 44
Broughie 42
Corkscrew 42
Pauncefote 41
Bones 39
Rico#1 39
Unite 38
Hydro11 37
Hurrycanes 37
Dogmeat 37
Richie 37
Winger 35
KP 34
DK 34
Stockcar86 34
JK 34
Mikedogz 34
Justin77 34
ACT Crusader 34
Bruce Kenyon 33
Joan and Mary 33
No Quarter 33
Sportboy 33
Smudge 33
Waynes World 32
Antipodean 32
Triple T 32
Buck 32
Higgins 31
Langakali 31
Phooey 31
Victor 31
TaniwhaRugby 29
Plastered Peni 29
Gunner 29
Barbarian 28
Paj 28
Donsteppa 27
Skudderstep 27
GT12 26
Hooroo 21
Crucial 16
FarNthHayden 16
Cactus Jack 16
Fiamacho 16
Tim 16
KiwiMurph 16
Handsome Ray 16
@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
A few more players dropped off this week, is the season too long?
They're like pace setters in athletics; no chance of winning after the first two laps so they drop out, job done.
@antipodean said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
A few more players dropped off this week, is the season too long?
They're like pace setters in athletics; no chance of winning after the first two laps so they drop out, job done.
I'll fess up. Just got absorbed into some actual work and completely forgot until half way up a hill on my mountainbike on Saturday. Was way too late to do anything by then.
For those of you still with the staying power
Interesting weekend for picks, should be a good range of scoring.