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

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

I find the fact that Winger is leading this comp extremely disconcerting.

We are getting to the business end of the season (from a tipping viewpoint)

Jesus it's coming down to the wire with triple t! Oh the anxiety.

Damn you bulls.

@bones damn you Highlanders...expect a low scoring round

@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

@kiwipie cheers for the fun KP! Nice work Triple T, good luck with with the ABs.

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.

First thing - no tipping required next weekend BUT there are still 3 more weeks to tip after the international window.

Wide range to scores this past weekend with the Hurricanes picked by more people than the Crusaders and nobody going for the Brumbies. A few crazies predicted the ongoing revival of the Aussie teams against NZ teams and we plummeted accordingly!

6/7 picked by Hydro, Virgil, Barbarian, Hooroo, Richie, FarNthHayden. Hydro and Broughie topped scoring with 56, both picking the highest and lowest scorers as Rebels and Sunwolves. You also scored 5 if you picked Canes or Sharks as low scorers.

We now have a tie at the top as Hydro caught up to Winger and these 2 lead by 23 from Hurrycanes with Virgil and Higgins close behind.

The play-offs have been decided and Hurricanes Black take out the Minor Premiership by 4 points from Barbarians. The top 4 all won so no change in positions.

Gunner 43 v 32 Pauncefote
Triple T 47 v 45 Winger
Mikedogz 36 v 46 Richie
Hurrycanes 44 v 47 Buck
Rico#1 36 v 56 Hydro11
Unite 31 v 28 Stockcar86
Virgil 52 v 46 Joan and Mary
FarNthHayden 41 v 26 Bones

Hydro11 56
Broughie 56
Virgil 52
Phooey 49
Cactus Jack 49
Triple T 47
Buck 47
Joan and Mary 46
Richie 46
Winger 45
Hurrycanes 44
Higgins 44
Plastered Peni 44
Dogmeat 44
Corkscrew 44
Barbarian 43
Hooroo 43
Gunner 43
Langakali 42
JK 42
Victor 42
Crucial 42
Paj 41
FarNthHayden 41
ACT Crusader 41
GT12 39
Rico#1 36
Mikedogz 36
Smudge 34
Antipodean 32
Sportboy 32
Pauncefote 32
Donsteppa 31
Skudderstep 31
Unite 31
DK 29
TaniwhaRugby 28
Stockcar86 28
No Quarter 28
Bruce Kenyon 27
Bones 26
Justin77 26
KP 24
Waynes World 24
Fiamacho 19
Tim 19
KiwiMurph 19
Handsome Ray 19

More than happy for the comp to finish now !

@kiwipie cant find tipping form for this week?

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

@kiwipie cant find tipping form for this week?

shakes head

@hooroo tell me about it...I usually just go to http://bit.do/tsf18 and its there

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

@hooroo tell me about it...I usually just go to http://bit.do/tsf18 and its there

It's all getting very awkward bro. I'm getting embarrassed for you.....

@hooroo I'm embarrassed by my last few weeks tipping efforts, so I'm probably better off missing out anyway.

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

@hooroo I'm embarrassed by my last few weeks tipping efforts, so I'm probably better off missing out anyway.

Well I'm picking you will get equal top this weekend. Also equal last too, I imagine

@hooroo age old TSF tradition at play here bro!

Just force of habit as I am in another tipping comp I made my picks, so went searching for this one....

I’d be happy if the comp finished now!

@virgil Heck no. I am making a run and I can sense the front runners sphincters are puckering up a bit under pressure. I believe there is some collusion between the leaders and the organizer of the comp by not having tipping this week. Sounds like the Ruskis are involved.

TSF Tipping is back this weekend - don't forget

Remember to tip https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PoerBJYVAhXS9FpEojckhDAp7p7pV2DZmyiM4CbLxnI/edit?usp=sharing

Done, just in time!

at least not many woulda picked the Bumbies over the canes, not many woulda got the margin on Chiefs/'landers (or those like me who tipped thinking the 'landers were at 'home')

Be one of those rounds I think...

Got a good feeling about this round of tipping..

@taniwharugby Says the man who was the only one to top 40 points ....

Everything is live on the Google Drive. Pretty much carnage for most tippers - most managed to pick only 2 or 3 results correctly. No time right now for a report ....

Play-offs Hurricanes Black 28 - 26 BOP Chiefs
Barbarians 25 - 30 Blues B

Plate Hurricanes Gold 24 - 22 South Island
Blues A 20 - 29 SunJags

Gunner 36 v 32 FarNthHayden
Triple T 28 v 18 Virgil
Richie 34 v 31 Unite
Buck 19 v 26 Hydro11

TaniwhaRugby 44
Phooey 39
Bruce Kenyon 37
Gunner 36
Richie 34
Smudge 34
Antipodean 33
Cactus Jack 33
Barbarian 32
Broughie 32
FarNthHayden 32
Hurrycanes 31
Sportboy 31
Unite 31
Bones 29
Pauncefote 29
Triple T 28
Hydro11 26
Langakali 26
Victor 26
No Quarter 26
Donsteppa 25
Mikedogz 25
GT12 24
Higgins 23
Stockcar86 22
Plastered Peni 21
Crucial 21
Corkscrew 21
JK 20
Rico#1 20
KP 19
Hooroo 19
Dogmeat 19
Buck 19
Virgil 18
Winger 17
Joan and Mary 17
DK 14
Waynes World 10
Paj 9
Skudderstep 9
Justin77 9
ACT Crusader 9
Fiamacho 9
Tim 9
KiwiMurph 9
Handsome Ray 9

@kiwipie thats why it was one of those weeks!

The tipping form this week is at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uRYv4q4ZoQdyXYcN_4iGjpwWuWue2XJwNEADgpwvvnc/edit?usp=sharing

Busy day for me yesterday so no score updates yet - final week of tipping is next weekend and the form is live at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FwamO4mVv9HACBOnXvswRrkHT58TOMoR60X-HZ3uho4/edit?usp=sharing

All updated now. With just one week left, the individual champion is still not decided. Hydro11 leads Winger by 11 points which is a handy lead but not conclusive. Broughie moved up to 3rd with the best score of the weekend but he's probably too far back to win.

Broughie and Unite were the only ones to pick 7/7, most of us stumbling on the Reds v Rebels, Bulls v Jags or Stormers v Sharks (or in some cases all 3).

In the team finals, the last weekend was the first leg, the second leg is this weekend. Canes Black beat Blues B 43-41 with a 49 from Hydro and solid scoring from everyone else. Blues B had Broughie and Dogmeat over 50 but were let down by a pair of 24s from Hayden and DK, crumbling under the pressure of a final.

In the 3rd/4th playoff, BOP Chiefs hold a one point lead over Barbarians. The Plate is no contest with Canes Gold already 15 ahead of the woeful SunJags and Blues A look like avoiding the wooden spoon against South Island despite only 3 of them turning up.

Finally the Cup Final is between Hydro 11 and Richie next weekend.

Hurricanes Black 43 - 41 Blues B
Barbarians 43 - 44 BOP Chiefs
Hurricanes Gold 41 - 26 SunJags
Blues A 34 - 29 South Island

Gunner 41 v 49 Hydro11
Triple T 26 v 32 Richie

Broughie 57
Dogmeat 51
TaniwhaRugby 50
Langakali 50
Unite 50
Hydro11 49
Hooroo 49
Winger 47
Plastered Peni 46
Waynes World 46
Virgil 43
Stockcar86 43
Paj 43
Sportboy 43
Justin77 43
No Quarter 42
Gunner 41
Donsteppa 41
Cactus Jack 41
Higgins 40
KP 39
Victor 39
Rico#1 39
Mikedogz 39
Corkscrew 39
Hurrycanes 38
Bruce Kenyon 36
Antipodean 36
Buck 36
Bones 34
ACT Crusader 33
Richie 32
Crucial 31
Pauncefote 31
Smudge 31
Triple T 26
Barbarian 24
Phooey 24
DK 24
FarNthHayden 24
Joan and Mary 22
JK 17
GT12 17
Skudderstep 17
Fiamacho 17
Tim 17
KiwiMurph 17
Handsome Ray 17