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 
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
@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.
8 days later
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.
@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.
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
@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!
9 days later
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
NPC Tipping is happening - look for a form to submit your tips very soon.
Thanks for running this again
Everything is at the usual place (tables will be updated with correct data later)
Direct link to the tipping form is here
Last call to enter the tipping competition, the first game is tonight. 29 entrants so far not including myself and a few regulars are yet to join - if we can get to 40+ that will be perfect for an 8 team competition.
The Superbru comp has been activated
Join Fern NPC, my Mitre 10 Cup league on @Superbru! You can find my pool here:
or by downloading the Superbru app and searching for the pool with code:
oathbarb
@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:
just roll the dice for week one, I reckon almost every game could go either way!
Yes they could go either way but you were the only person to pick Harbour to win! Which has you at 47th of 47 players ......
Great response to the call and we have 47 players with tips in for Round 1, that's 8 teams of 6 and only BOP with 5 so we get the next player to join up. So everyone who selected a team made it into that team and the 4 who declared as individuals have been drafted as follow.
Richie, @Joan-and-Mary into Northland to make them up to 6.
@Kruse into South Island.
Fiamacho into Counties-Waikato.
24 picked Canterbury 9-16 and are all in the lead.
22 picked 1-8 or 17+
1 (TR) picked Harbour 1-8
4 games down and 3 to go.
All of Sportboy, YeetYaah, Unite, Fiamacho, Virgil and Stockcar86 have picked 4/4 meaning not many went for a Waikato win. Nobody at all went for that margin of victory though. Margins have made the difference in the leaders for the round, with Caprice, Stargazer, Billsy and Justin77 all on 30 points with 3 margin picks correct.
Counties-Waikato 25 - 26 Hawke's Bay
BOP 26 - 23 Northland
South Island 20 - 25 Wairarapa Bush
Wellington 26 - 26 Harbour-Auckland
First week results are live https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
A good win for Harbour-Auckland, a narrow win for Hawke's Bay and the other 2 games were drawn - all very close.
Virgil was the only one to get 7/7 but he struggled to get a margin and is only 5th. It was Caprice who top scored with 50 despite only picking 5 /7 - 4 of the 5 were correct margins and she also picked Otago as low scorers. Gunner is 2nd and Fiamacho 3rd who was the only other one to get a category pick correct. Joan and Mary and Mikedogz share last place with 24 points.
Your score next week goes towards the TSF Cup - the best 16 scores go into Round 1, the rest have to play off to qualify.
27 of 48 entries in for this week, get your tips in before the first game tonight. You need to be one of the top 16 scorers for the weekend to go straight to the main TSF Cup draw - everyone below 16 will go into a qualifying round next week.
4 games in and only YeetYah, Fiamacho and FarNthHayden have picked 4/4. YeetYah has the best score with 32 ahead of Phooey who has 30 with 3 maximums. Missing tippers are @mikedogz @Paj @billsy & @Canes4life
Counties-Waikato 28 - 25 Northland
BOP 25 - 22 Wairarapa Bush
South Island 25 - 23 Harbour-Auckland
Wellington 20 - 17 Hawke's Bay
Strangely the 3 who picked 4/4 all ended up with 4/7 and nobody at all picked Wellington to win in Auckland. Plenty went for Ta$man as top scorer and Southland as lowest scorer and there was a good boost for those who picked both.
Dice top scored with 53 and is now 2nd overall, 4 behind Gunner who scored 50. Stargazer is in 3rd another 7 points back.
Wairarapa Bush go top in the teams comp although no team has 2 wins so it is very close with 4 teams a point behind. Counties start with 2 defeats to be rock bottom.
The Cup starts next week - if you don't see your name in the Cup draw it means you made it through to the first round proper which starts in Week 4.
This is your Friday reminder to get your tips in - around 20 still to tip.
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
This is your Friday reminder to get your tips in - around 20 still to tip.
Shit - I'd forgotten until just now.
I assume you'll take the rest of the tips, and just throw away the Wgtn/BOP game? (I did do the tipping before checking the score, but would assume/hope that you'd have zero trust in my word for that).
Fucking lost the SR tipping comp by forgetting to tip the final week. Getting my slide into tip-dementia early for this oone.
