TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2019

All updated at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/ including next week's tipping form.

Disastrous week for many and if you got to 30 points you did well. Nobody picked more than 3/6 results. Gunner the best with 34, ahead of Laurence, Hurrycanes, Unite and Waynes World on 33. Gunner closes to within 6 of Dolamite at the top with Hydro11 up to 3rd.

At the other end of the scale, Mikedogz, Chimoaus, Canerbry & Caprice picked 0/6 with Mikedogz and Caprice sharing the week's low of 8 because the other 2 picked up a category pick or 2.

Blues B retain top spot, scraping past South Island thanks to Gunner despite having to count FarNthHayden's score of 11. South Island had to include Phooey's 16 and nobody managed 30. Up to 2nd are the SunJags beating Blues A easily thanks to scores of 30+ from Barbarian and Richie and solid from the rest. Blues A threw out Fiamacho's 9 so had to count Tim's 14 and J77's 16.

Barbarians are back into the top 4 after disposing of the poor BOP Chiefs - Waynes World with 33 was the best with all counting scores 20+ and the BOP Chiefs had to include Donsteppa's 15 and Hooroo's 17 due to an 8 from Mikedogz - Unite's 33 went to waste. Finally Canes Black won the derby, scores over 30 for Hurrycanes, Paj and Hydro11 while Gold had 33 from Laurence but had to count Crucial's 16 and Nevorian's 18 due to 11 from Antipodean.

All 8 teams had 6 players this week with only Sportboy arriving late for the first game.

Next week's scores count towards the Cup - top 32 go into the 1st round of the Sequel Cup.

Get your tips in now

@KiwiPie dammit...just remembered I hadnt tipped...

half time = half points form the 1st game which is a given anyway, no? what a mean fulla!

@taniwharugby You get nothing, nada, zero for that game - them's the rules sorry.

All updated at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/ - report later if I get the time. Next week's form is live.

@KiwiPie was I the only one who tipped the Sunwolves?

@Nevorian Far from it. The others were Canerbry, Hurrycanes, Smudge, Dopamine, Sportboy & Caprice.

However Caprice stood alone in picking the Lions to win - she was determined to take low score of the week

Quick report. It's a thrilling climax to the regular season ahead - with 3 rounds left, 5 teams are separated by just 2 points with BOP Chiefs on top on points scored and Blues A out of the top four on points differential. Canes Black are 6th but only a win behind so all to play for except for Canes Gold and South Island who are playing for the spoon of wood. (Bonus points are given to teams when their scoring players have 3 correct margins more than their opposition.

Missing tippers were @Paj @ACT-Crusader & Bruce Kenyon - but all teams did manage to field 5 players.

15 points of category picks for @mikedogz & @barbarian

@hydro11 takes over at the top as @Dolamite crashes with just 24. 52 for Hydro with 4 maximums and the best score for the weekend. Gunner stays 2nd and just 4 points behind the leader. All moving into the top 10 with 47 points are Dogmeat, Mikedogz and JK.

Back to 7 games this weekend so a couple of the annoying category picks can be shelved.

My tipping hasn't assisted Canes Gold by any stretch of the imagination.

@antipodean said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2019:

My tipping hasn't assisted Canes Gold by any stretch of the imagination.

I don't know - you've helped to avoid the stress of fighting for a playoff spot

Let my 9yr old son do my picks last week. Not bad...

@JK said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2019:

Let my 9yr old son do my picks last week. Not bad...

I'll get my dog to do this week. Can't be worse.

Time to tip people

And for those who can't remember if they have tipped - these people have all tipped

KP Dolamite gt12 sportboy FIAMACHO Laurence JK Triple T tr Paj Plastered Peni canerbry barbarian Unite Virgil caprice J77 rico Joan and Mary Richie Farnthhayden Hurrycanes Langakali ACT Crusader Nevorian Crucial Waynea World DK Stag Hooroo mikedogz

Everything is updated. Too tired to expand on that!

The 2 draws count as no points for anyone (just in case you had forgotten that rule) but scoring was high in the other games.

Of the 5 teams battling it out for the top 4 spots, no team lost - the Blues teams played out a draw. The Barbarians took over at the top from the BOP Chiefs due to picking up a bonus point and having a better points difference (with identical points scored). They beat Canes Black easily, Higgins and Triple T with 47 with only a 42 for Stockcar86 in response and @Bones didn't tip. The BOP Chiefs scraped past South Island with all 5 of their scoring tippers between 41 and 44. The South had the top scorer of the round, Dolamite with 52 and 47 from Corkscrew but the rest were poor - Smudge turned up a day late but still scored more than the other 3.

The SunJags beat the woeful Canes Gold despite playing with only 4 - Bruce Kenyon and @chimoaus were absent - and were rescued by Richie and Joan and Mary with 47 each. Canes Gold had no score over 40. Finally Blues B had FarNthHayden and Gunner over 40, Blues A had Justin77 with 47 plus Virgil & JK on 44 but they played out a draw. Blues A not helped by the absence of @Tim

Dolamite takes over at the top with the top score of 52, 2 ahead of Hydro11 who is 2 ahead of Gunner. Corkscrew is trying to bridge the gap to the 3 leaders and DK is still holding on in 5th.

2 draws in the Cup, the winners of those ties is decided by the first to get ahead in next week's games.

@KiwiPie OK that's really weird, I did tip. I always get a blank screen when I've tipped though, so maybe I closed it a bit early. I highly doubt I would have scored better.

I’m conflicted with @Tim
His absence cost us a team win but i was able to rise an extra place in the leader board thanks to his 0

@Bones after you have tipped, scroll up to see the confirmation..when I tip I get a blank screen, but is in fact a couple of pages down from the top.

@taniwharugby said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2019:

@Bones after you have tipped, scroll up to see the confirmation..when I tip I get a blank screen, but is in fact a couple of pages down from the top.

Weakness in Google Forms I think - a long form stays at the same scroll point after you submit when the success message is at the top of the screen.

@KiwiPie Thanks. Enjoy your well earned rest.

Time to tip everyone. 90 minutes to go

Latest scores with the final game Brumbies v Sunwolves this evening. At the moment, Crusaders are top scorers and Blues lowest. South Island has 4 players on the Crusaders which could tip the balance in their game. Hooroo the only one on the Blues for low scorers.

BOP Chiefs 44 - 45 Blues B
Blues A 41 - 38 Hurricanes Gold
Barbarians 46 - 45 SunJags
South Island 44 - 46 Hurricanes Black

Dogmeat 55
Mikedogz 52
Joan and Mary 52
Winger 51
Triple T 51
DK 49
Paj 49
Higgins 49
Broughie 47
Hydro11 47

Dolamite 487
Hydro11 486
Gunner 476
Corkscrew 469
DK 468
Mikedogz 466
Dogmeat 463
Higgins 459
Triple T 458
Plastered Peni 455

In the Cup replays, Higgins beat Corkscrew by getting the Canes margin correct. Winger beat Hurrycanes by picking the Crusaders 17+.

Hydro11 47 v 28 Sportboy
Triple T 51 v 41 Victor
Mikedogz 52 v 44 Richie
JK 41 v 41 Donsteppa
GT12 38 v 39 Virgil
Laurence 42 v 41 Rico#1
Higgins 49 v 51 Winger
Joan and Mary 52 v 43 Justin77

@KiwiPie what are scores like this year in comparison to same round in previous ones?

Just feels like they are a bit lower (might just be me...as in my score is lower)

@taniwharugby Not sure exactly but I agree with you, this is a low scoring year. Best result picker is only at 67% and usually it is 75% or higher. The ladder shows how hard it has been to pick with so many teams winning about as many as they have lost.

The weeks with the four special category picks have been the hardest with not many seeming to get more than one of those at best. You only need to get a slightly "unexpected" scoreline to destroy 95% of tippers. This week looks to be a bit different with Sunwolves being stone cold certainties for the lowest scoring team.

Predictable win for the Brumbies means not only quite a few maximums but also many of us picking up 5 points for the low scorer pick. Bizarrely Waynes World, Dogmeat and Broughie all went for the Sunwolves 17+ - was it a gut feeling or mixing up the home and away teams?

The BOP Chiefs stormed home against Blues B to win by a point and lead overall going into the final round. Solid scoring by all but Sportboy (4 x 50+) and Blues B had 64 by DK but just missed out not helped by Dogmeat & Broughie's brainfart. They did pick up 2 bonus points though to retain their top 4 spot.

Blues A sneaked past Canes Gold to keep their top 4 hopes alive. Solid scoring was enough for the win as Canes Gold had 2 counting scores in the 30s. Barbarians and Sunjags played out a high scoring draw, Triple T the best of the week with 66 and Joan and Mary and Chimoaus both over 60 for the Sunjags.

Finally Canes Black kept their faint hopes alive with the top score of the weekend, Hydro11 and Cactus Jack over 60 and their lowest counting score a solid 52. South Island had 61 from ACT Crusader but have now clinched the wooden spoon.

So the table is

BOP Chiefs 42
Barbarians 40
SunJags 39
Blues B 38
Blues A 38
Hurricanes Black 34

and the final round of games is

BOP Chiefs 0 - 0 Blues A
Hurricanes Black 0 - 0 SunJags
Blues B 0 - 0 Hurricanes Gold
South Island 0 - 0 Barbarians

19 of 48 picked all 7 results this week with most wrong picks being for the Chiefs v Sharks game. At the top of the table, Hydro11 takes over again from Dolamite by just 4 points with another 14 points back to the resurgent DK who jumped above Gunner.

The Sequel Cup has reached the last 8

Hydro11 0 v 0 Joan and Mary
Triple T 0 v 0 Higgins
Mikedogz 0 v 0 Laurence
Donsteppa 0 v 0 Virgil

@KiwiPie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2019:

Predictable win for the Brumbies means not only quite a few maximums but also many of us picking up 5 points for the low scorer pick. Bizarrely Waynes World, Dogmeat and Broughie all went for the Sunwolves 17+ - was it a gut feeling or mixing up the home and away teams?

FAAAAAAARK

@KiwiPie MIXING UP THE HOME AND AWAY TEAMS DEFINATELY although maybe there was collusion by Blues A.

Don't feel too bad about it - if you'd both gone for the Brumbies, even just 1-8, you would have won the game and be top of the table. Like going in under the posts and then missing the conversion .....

But the BOP Chiefs team is appreciative!

@KiwiPie Resurgent? I'll let the wife know and report back

@KiwiPie Where's the freakin "Unlike" button.

piston wristed gibbon

@dK I'm still thinking there will be the usual conclusion

Time to tip everyone. If you're on the list below, please ignore this message as you have already tipped.

Hooroo
mikedogz
Waynes World
Nevorian
DK
Hurrycanes
Richie
Langakali
TR
J77
Hurrycanes
Donsteppa
Plastered Peni
Joan and Mary
Unite
dogmeat
rico
Paj
Virgil
Canerbry
Phooey
Laurence
barbarian
Stockcar86
JK
KP

Just to confirm: I DO NOT expect the Sunwolves to win.

@dogmeat Presumably because they have the bye this week and you'll be back on them next week?

@KiwiPie that was my attempt at humour yes.

@KiwiPie you're doing a very good job of making me feel good that the oldest professional club in the world just dropped out of the Football League
piston wristed gibbon

Goodness this has been a bruising round. I did a quick calculation of my score and it only just snuck into double figures and I suspect there might a some tippers giving the magical nil total a good nudge. We await KP to post the results of this week's carnage!

@Higgins said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2019:

Goodness this has been a bruising round. I did a quick calculation of my score and it only just snuck into double figures and I suspect there might a some tippers giving the magical nil total a good nudge. We await KP to post the results of this week's carnage!

I was going to ask - anyone here claiming a good score for this week before I compute?

@KiwiPie by good you mean like defence good, as in the lower the better?