Tipping 2021

Results are in and tipping form is up for next weekend.

It was an easy week to pick if you went "Kiwi teams by a lot" with the only difficult choices in the category picks. Best of the weekend was Laurence with 62 who moves up to 4th. The top 3 had identical performances to get 60 points - Victor, Winger and Plastered Peni in order. 14 are still 10 from 10 for tips - who can make it 25 from 25 by the end. Quarter finals of the Cup will be

Victor v Hooroo
Laurence v Langakali
Winger v Plastered Peni
Antipodean or Kruse v Tim

@kiwipie my last minute switch to the saders to win helped a little after thinking the Highlanders were at home!!

@kiwipie Thanks probably get a 20 point weekend with the rushing and all

A last minute tipping reminder for those yet to submit, or leaving it to the last minute

@Corkscrew's set of tips has the Crusaders as top NZ scorer but the Waratah's as winning the game 17+?

@donsteppa Obviously covering both bases. Maybe he thinks the Crusaders will take about 10 players off the field and continue on with the remaining 5 once they get about 75 - 00 in front half way through the first half? Should they be that cocky then it just might see the Waratahs come back to get the necessary points for the 17+ win. That is a big ask given the seemingly limited amounts of talent in the Waratahs team and just sixty minutes to accomplish the task.

We are all updated at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Getting 5 from 5 tips on a weekend when an Australian team finally won a game were Laurence, Canes4life, Kruse, Antipodean & Unite. Kruse top scored with a season's best 69 with Unite getting 65.

Victor still holds the overall lead, 5 ahead of Plastered Peni with Laurence another point back. Still a lot of people in contention near the top.

In the Cup semi-finals Hooroo will play Kruse and Laurence will play Plastered Peni.

Bugger

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

Kruse top scored with a season's best 69

Heh-heh... 69.

Tipping time everyone https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping

Results are in. https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Tim has come from nowhere (9th) to top score for the round with 57 and is now level with Victor at the top, just a point ahead of Laurence who is 2 ahead of Plastered Peni who is 4 ahead of Hooroo. Should be an exciting final week. Corkscrew, Unite and Mikedogz also topped 50 (picked the Brumbies to win) but only Unite is close enough to the top to mount a challenge, up to 8th and 16 off the lead.

The Cup final is between Hooroo and Laurence who beat Kruse and Plastered Peni respectively.

Hell that is super tight at the top of the table, six tippers within ten points of each other. I suspect I will have little chance of breaking into that group as unless there are some monumental upsets next week the twenty odd points I need to make up are just too great. On the down side going for upsets to try and make up ground also has the probability of a huge downward plunge as others stick with the logical tips. About the only hope for us in the chasing pack will be to hit a purple patch in the margins and, especially, categories sections.

@kiwipie Just annoyed that I forgot to place a bet on the Brumbies - easy money against the Hurricanes.

@tim I didn’t forget tho I did pick the Crusaders for double points thinking they’d decimate the Force

@KiwiPie i can’t remember if I’ve done my tips at the start of the week so I’m going to do them again disregard the former if that’s the case, going senile at the ripe age of 35

@mikey07 said in Tipping 2021:

@KiwiPie i can’t remember if I’ve done my tips at the start of the week so I’m going to do them again disregard the former if that’s the case, going senile at the ripe age of 35

You can go to the tipping spreadsheet and go to the bottom of it to find the current week

and it shows you hadn't already tipped.

@kiwipie You learn something new everyday

Final week of Trans- Ta$man Tipping, then you can take a break until the NPC.

In play update as it is the final weekend. No great movement at the top as most people underestimated the margins of victory. Laurence now leads by a point over Victor. Time and Hooroo dropped back as Tim picked the Reds to win and Hooroo went for the Brumbies. Lawrence is doubling the Crusaders game and needs a 17+ and Victor is doing he same (as is Plastered and Tim) so there won't be a change from that game. It might be a mistake but Laurence has the Blues losing tonight and that result will either lose (or seal) the title.

Laurence v Hooroo in the Cup final is a 7 point lead to Laurence so far.

@kiwipie Crap, I thought the Hurricanes were the away team!

@tim I’ve done that before . . Often.

@tim said in Tipping 2021:

@kiwipie Crap, I thought the Hurricanes were the away team!

Don't worry, it only cost you a tipping title!

Everything is added up and

Victor is the Champion.
Laurence is the Cup Winner.

All the leaders made similar choices so it actually came down to not making mistakes in actually submitting your tips. Tim mistakenly went against the Hurricanes and I'm pretty sure that Laurence didn't mean to pick the Force to win. That left the way clear for Victor to take the title by 5 points having been in the lead after every round.

Laurence took the cup from Hooroo 47-44 despite picking the Force mainly because Hooroo picked the Brumbies (presumably intentionally) in a bold move that could have given him a league and cup double if it had come off.

Top scorer for the final week was Crucial who lifted from 21 to 11 with a score of 59.

Canes4life picked the results of 24/25 games correctly which is unprecedented accuracy while many had 23 (picking NZ teams to always win). Tim and Plastered Peni picked 11 of 25 correct with margin while Victor picked most categories (9/20) which was the key to overall victory.

Thanks for playing for this short burst and we'll be back with NPC Tipping in August with 7 games a weekend, teams forming again and all that good stuff.

If you’re only as good as your last game that makes me awesome

I did worse in this comp then I did in SRA oh well wait for the NPC to start.

NPC Tipping is live for the competition start this coming weekend. Usual format and usual rules, tip Week 1 to enter.

Has the Superbru Fern NPC Tipping Competition been reactivated for 2021 yet as I am hoping to improve on my silver medal from last season into a gold medal this time out?

@higgins I reactivated one - not sure if it was last season's comp

Join Fern NPC, my Bunnings NPC league on Superbru! You can find my pool here:

or by downloading the Superbru app and searching for the pool with code:

buckgait

Still plenty of space in some of the teams to fill up to their full muster of six. Sme of these maybe/should be interested in joining up in the worlds best tipping competition where there are both individual and teams component.
Regulars/last years tippers still to decide on their tips include
Northland @FarNthHayden @Gunner @justin77
Harbour/Auckland @dice @tim @caprice @Virgil
Counties/Waikato @yeetyaah @Hooroo
Bay of Plenty @sportboy @bayimports @Cactus-Jack @KiwiPie @trooa
Hawkes Bay @Stargazer @propsicle @billsy
Wairarapa Bush @victor @buck
Wellington @Winger @laurence
South Island @Corkscrew @Smudge @Kiwiwomble @Phooey

If some teams are full you will be allocated to another to fill up rosters that might need another tipper, or even the possibility of having a another team like Wellington Development formed if enough want to tip for Wellington! If you were in that boat last season you obviously elect to tip for your preferred option naturally. There is also the individual component as well that also creates a lot of interest.

Others that might want to take the plunge include the likes of @Bovidae @Dan54 @kiwimurph @ACT-Crusader @Daffy-Jaffy @Duluth @booboo @canefan @antipodean @Machpants (Bush might be needing you as both myself and the captain - Waynes World have yet to locate Buck) @MN5 @Number-10 (we seem to struggle to get a 6th tipper for our HB team!) @kev @Pepe @foobaNZ @gt12 @shark @george33 and many others out there that are not listed.

With the lockdown over in Aus there might be a bit more interest from expats over there that will have more time to follow and watch the games (on Stan I believe) so they can have a slightly better idea on who teams are going and thus making picking winners a bit easier. If in doubt you can always use the blindfold and stick a pin in method! Anyway give it some though and get your tips in by 7.05pm NZ time tonight (or if you miss that you can still tip for the remaining games)

@Higgins

I gave up as I always forget to put my tips in.

That's kind of ok as an individual but untenable if I'm letting down others in a team.

On that basis I rule myself out and I'll sit back and watch.

@higgins great commitment from yourself. Will give it a go again..hopefully i remember every week

Brilliant work @Higgins - doing my job for me!

I've tipped as an individual Hopefully I can remember to tip every week.

Sounds good - i'm in

Good to see at least three Saffas tipping this year so there is no excuse for anyone from Aussie (or anywhere else for that matter) having a go! Tips from the following received so far
Northland: MuddyRiver, TaniwhaRugby, FarNthHayden, Gunner, Justin77, One still needed
Harbour/Auckland: DK, Fiamacho, Andrew Farrell, Dogmeat, Two still needed
Counties/Waikato: Mikedogz, Crucial, OomPB, Unite, Hooroo, One still needed how about @OleOleOle ????
Bay of Plenty: Donsteppa, Bayimports, Sportboy, Three still needed
Hawkes Bay: Delicatessen, PAJ, Stockcar86, Higgins, Two still needed
Wairarapa Bush: Waynes World, Triple T, Langakali, Plastered Peni, Victor, One still needed
Wellington: Hurrycanes, Richie, Canes4Life, Mikey07, Hydro11, Laurence, Roster fill but still enter for Wellington if you want as KP will make the final determination as to the starting lineup
South Island: Broughie, Stag, Four more still required
Individual: Joan & Mary, Jonathan Wiltshire, Kruse, Antipodean, Kiwimurph, Still room for plenty more Remember cut off time if you want to be in for every game is 7.05pm NZ time. Miss that time you can still tip for the remaining games

@higgins i support Otago! you mixing up your blue and gold teams

...i'm also shit at tipping

@kiwiwomble Like we all hope we can do at the start of every tipping season you might come good this time round, just like your Otago team promises to do. Plenty of room in the South Island Team for you.

Please those of you prevaricating because your worried you might forget to tip. Give it a go. Then forget. You're all that keeps me off the bottom every year

@higgins Happy to join Auckland tipping team. Should probably run that decision by @dK @dogmeat etc. who can review my tipping prowess (or lack thereof).

I'm on for Auckland

Sorry @Higgins I'm out - don't know how much of it I'll be able to see, so will definitely end up letting the side down.

This year I don't think I even managed Super rugby tipping...