Tipping 2020

We're up to to date at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/ - current leader Phooey failed to tip leaving TR to take over the lead by 7 points with Langakali, Sportboy & Kruse rounding out the top 5. Plenty picked 2 results but only Higgins, Winger and Mikey07 bagged both margins as well. Most were caught out by the relatively low scoring weekend - Winger top scored with 61 to move up to 6th.

In the Cup there were bizarre victories for Crucial and Mikedogz who had 2 of the lowest scores of the round but had drawn opponents who failed to show up. This was tough on the losers of the other 6 ties who all scored at least 18 more than those 2.

Half-way through the season - who can keep their interest long enough to eventually triumph?

Winger 61
TR 58
Higgins 57
Sportboy 51
Donsteppa 50
DK 49
Plastered Peni 49
Mikey07 47
Triple T 45
Langakali 44
Hooroo 44
Kruse 43
Unite 43
KP 43
Virgil 42
Dogmeat 42
Hurrycanes 42
Richie 41
Victor 40
Cactus Jack 40
Paj 38
Joan and Mary 31
Corkscrew 22
Mikedogz 20
Crucial 19
Stockcar86 17

Well done @taniwharugby ... well done...

@Virgil straight up the guts, results speak for themselves

@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:

@Virgil straight up the guts, results speak for themselves

Yeah nothing to do with the fact you got @Snowy to pick up Phooey and tie him up in his basement. Where he will then be released after the tipping comp has finished...

@Virgil as if Phooey woulda picked the Crusaders scoring so few, he got stage fright.

So I reckon that's twice I have failed to realise who the home team are and as a result have tipped the opposite to what I intended

I am so fucking thick

@dogmeat said in Tipping 2020:

So I reckon that's twice I have failed to realise who the home team are and as a result have tipped the opposite to what I intended

I am so fucking thick

are you looking for an argument on that point?

No one is keen to take it up by the looks of things.

@Crucial Hey if @Virgil can get all menopausal about some little bitty building blocks...

@dogmeat said in Tipping 2020:

So I reckon that's twice I have failed to realise who the home team are and as a result have tipped the opposite to what I intended

I am so fucking thick

You are indeed - you picked the score as Crusaders 27 Blues 16 - almost spot on. But picked the Blues 9-16. Turned a weekend's best of 62 into a moderate 42. Nice work.

Wow how on earth did I manage to get the margins...I’m more surprised at myself more then anything

@KiwiPie The other fuck up was I think Highlanders to beat Crusaders 17+

@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:

You are indeed - you picked the score as Crusaders 27 Blues 16 - almost spot on. But picked the Blues 9-16

haha, that is gold!

@taniwharugby SHUDDUP!!!!

@dogmeat said in Tipping 2020:

@Crucial Hey if @Virgil can get all menopausal about some little bitty building blocks...

I tend to get menopausal about lots of things.

Still working on the update for this weekend - lots of poor scores unsurprisingly. Who is claiming an entry under the name Nathan Hill? The only person not tipping who tipped last week is @Cactus-Jack so is it you?

Rugby results? Bring on the cricket season...

Results are live now at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/

I gave Cactus Jack the points for Nathan Hill on the basis that he usually tips early in the week and was the only regular missing. He and Corkscrew were the only ones to pick 2/2, Corkscrew with 54 the highest of the weekend. Many were caught out by the results and the high scoring games after they were low scoring last weekend.

TR scored well to retain the lead by 14 over Winger with Sportboy up to 3rd.

@taniwharugby Good luck in the semi's - arsehole

@dogmeat bro, I been telling you all year, it aint a sprint, I was in this for the long haul!

@dogmeat I almost feel sorry for you, but I don't, helped by my winning margin being greater than TR's two pointer over you. Let's just say comfortably winning a low scorer 13 - 10 is better than losing 36 - 34!!!!!!!!!!

looking like only 3 picked the canes to get up last night!

Results are up to date at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Paj topped all scorers this week with 57, both results and margins picked. He went for Crusaders 33-34 Hurricanes which was very accurate - not so accurate for going for 6 tries apiece! He's up to 13th but still 52 behind TR who through consistent accumulation finds himself with a lead of 22 over Winger. DK also into the top 10 with the 2nd highest score of 51.

TR into the final of the TSF Cup with Sportboy. Played out over the next 2 weekends.

Goodness in the space of a couple of weeks I have gone from being just seven or so points behind TR in second place to sixth place and forty four points from him. Still having a policy of not picking the Hurricanes whenever they have JGB in their starting lineup as there is absolutely no way the can possibly win has not been all that successful!

All live at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/ - all change as there were no tips from @taniwharugby

@KiwiPie aye, I did them on Friday

I tipped the Highlanders anyway (in the 2 comps that recorded my scores)...

bigger lead than I was planning on giving sportboy in the cup...

If only I hadn't (twice) got my home and away confused......

@taniwharugby A game of two halves maybe as the wind was blowing very strongly in the first half, obviously behind sportboy!

@taniwharugby and what a victory it will be when you take down Sportboy - let's face it, if anyone can blow a 45 point lead, he can

Go to https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/ to see how you got on this weekend. Best scoring of the competition so far with both results fairly predictable. Triple T with a massive 74, 5 out of 8 category picks correct. Kruse with 70 to keep the pressure on Winger, but he scored 69 to keep a 10 point lead going into the final weekend.

Joan and Mary on 69 to move up to 3rd but there are only 12 points between 3rd and 10th. Hooroo managed just 7 points, continuing to believe in the Chiefs and suffering accordingly.

TR beat Sportboy in the 2nd leg of the cup final but still lost by 38 points.

Sorry for the delay but I closed off the competition by adding any points scored for the Highlanders v Hurricanes game - to be honest there weren't many and there were a fair few zeroes for people who actually tipped.

Virgil, Joan and Mary and Richie were the only 3 to pick a Highlanders win and Virgil top scored with 25, moving him into 3rd overall with Joan and Mary moving up to 2nd. Winger took the title despite scoring just 2 points.

At the moment, I still plan to run NPC Tipping ... we'll see what happens.

@dogmeat said in Tipping 2020:

If only I hadn't (twice) got my home and away confused......

@dogmeat at least @Virgil didnt hack in and delete your tips so he could get 3rd!

Thanks @KiwiPie

@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:

@dogmeat at least @Virgil didnt hack in and delete your tips so he could get 3rd!

Thanks @KiwiPie

I ain’t that smart or learned, to me computers are that device that used to be mine but now is taken up 99% of the time by my 8 year old watching random YouTube videos and playing games.

@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:

Sorry for the delay but I closed off the competition by adding any points scored for the Highlanders v Hurricanes game - to be honest there weren't many and there were a fair few zeroes for people who actually tipped.

Virgil, Joan and Mary and Richie were the only 3 to pick a Highlanders win and Virgil top scored with 25, moving him into 3rd overall with Joan and Mary moving up to 2nd. Winger took the title despite scoring just 2 points.

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At the moment, I still plan to run NPC Tipping ... we'll see what happens

My lowest ever score I think. I'm surprised I keep my lead (a lead due to TR not tipping one week).

And thanks for running again KiwiPie

Who's keen to have an NPC tipping competition whatever form the NPC takes?

@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:

Who's keen to have an NPC tipping competition whatever form the NPC takes?

Yes please!

@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:

Who's keen to have an NPC tipping competition whatever form the NPC takes?

Keen

@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:

Who's keen to have an NPC tipping competition whatever form the NPC takes?

I'm in if its run again.

I'm in. Will be seeing a couple of the Wai-Bush team up at Hataitai Park for the Wellington v Poneke match so will put them on notice to be ready to go for the opening round when they invariably hit me up for the losers shout during the aftermatch function!