@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
Should we include the "friendlies" in the updated fixture list in the tipping or not? Thoughts? If teams can treat it like a pre-season game and roll a whole new 15 out at half time, the score would be anything.
Your comp your call mate! I reckon leave it for real rugby despite the fewer fixtures
I'm leaving them out - form is live now
Get your tips in people
@bayimports well so far this week, I am looking to take your record...
@taniwharugby Not quite - you actually picked a result!
Scores are all updated, report to follow later
When there are only 4 matches, it is possible to move up fast - as long as you can tip them correctly.
Victor was the best of the weekend with 4/4 (the only player to do it) and moves up to 4th overall. Also moving up fast is Paj with 51 and the only one to pick both top and lowest scorer. He is now up to 5th after being 23rd 2 weeks ago. Winger and Hydro11 both plunged down from 4th place to out of the top 10. OomPB the lowest scorer this weekend with just 8 points, TR, FarNthHayden & Broughie with 11.
Higgins still leads Plastered Peni by 6 with Stargazer another 6 points back.
In the 1st leg of the Cup, Hydro11 turned up late and goes into the 2nd leg with a 34-16 deficit.
The round robin is over in the teams competition and the semi-finals will be
Wellington v Counties-Waikato
Hawke's Bay v Wairarapa Bush
The Bush inflicted Wellington's 1st defeat of the season. In the battle for the wooden spoon, Harbour-Auckland beat Northland 10-4 with both teams having just 2 tippers left.
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
In the battle for the wooden spoon, Harbour-Auckland beat Northland 10-4 with both teams having just 2 tippers left.
Go @Dice
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
When there are only 4 matches, it is possible to move up fast - as long as you can tip them correctly.
Victor was the best of the weekend with 4/4 (the only player to do it) and moves up to 4th overall. Also moving up fast is Paj with 51 and the only one to pick both top and lowest scorer. He is now up to 5th after being 23rd 2 weeks ago. Winger and Hydro11 both plunged down from 4th place to out of the top 10. OomPB the lowest scorer this weekend with just 8 points, TR, FarNthHayden & Broughie with 11.
Higgins still leads Plastered Peni by 6 with Stargazer another 6 points back.
In the 1st leg of the Cup, Hydro11 turned up late and goes into the 2nd leg with a 34-16 deficit.
The round robin is over in the teams competition and the semi-finals will be
Wellington v Counties-Waikato
Hawke's Bay v Wairarapa BushThe Bush inflicted Wellington's 1st defeat of the season. In the battle for the wooden spoon, Harbour-Auckland beat Northland 10-4 with both teams having just 2 tippers left.
@dogmeat said in Tipping 2021:
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
In the battle for the wooden spoon, Harbour-Auckland beat Northland 10-4 with both teams having just 2 tippers left.
Go @Dice
Full credit to the boys.:thumbs_up:
Get tipping tipsters
Not really sure on the scoring this week. Probably just score it on the 3 games and nothing for high/low points.
Scores have been up for a while for this week but hadn't got around to posting - form for next week is live now as well.
I doubled the scores for the 3 games that took place and didn't include category picks. 6 players scored 50 points (Victor, Paj, Stockcar86, Mikedogz, Joan and Mary, Crucial. Higgins still leads by 4 from Victor who is 6 ahead of Paj. Plastered Peni, Stockcar86 and Stargazer in 4th, 5th, 6th are all within 18 of the lead so still all to play for with 2 weeks to go.
Counties-Waikato and Hawke's Bay will compete in the final over the next 2 weekends as Counties-Waikato defeated Wellington in a big upset.
Higgins won the TSF Cup so is going for the double.
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
Scores have been up for a while for this week but hadn't got around to posting - form for next week is live now as well.
I doubled the scores for the 3 games that took place and didn't include category picks. 6 players scored 50 points (Victor, Paj, Stockcar86, Mikedogz, Joan and Mary, Crucial. Higgins still leads by 4 from Victor who is 6 ahead of Paj. Plastered Peni, Stockcar86 and Stargazer in 4th, 5th, 6th are all within 18 of the lead so still all to play for with 2 weeks to go.
Counties-Waikato and Hawke's Bay will compete in the final over the next 2 weekends as Counties-Waikato defeated Wellington in a big upset.
Higgins won the TSF Cup so is going for the double.
This seems unusual, but all the players in the top 8 are from just 2 teams - Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa Bush
@stockcar86 said in Tipping 2021:
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
Scores have been up for a while for this week but hadn't got around to posting - form for next week is live now as well.
I doubled the scores for the 3 games that took place and didn't include category picks. 6 players scored 50 points (Victor, Paj, Stockcar86, Mikedogz, Joan and Mary, Crucial. Higgins still leads by 4 from Victor who is 6 ahead of Paj. Plastered Peni, Stockcar86 and Stargazer in 4th, 5th, 6th are all within 18 of the lead so still all to play for with 2 weeks to go.
Counties-Waikato and Hawke's Bay will compete in the final over the next 2 weekends as Counties-Waikato defeated Wellington in a big upset.
Higgins won the TSF Cup so is going for the double.
This seems unusual, but all the players in the top 8 are from just 2 teams - Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa Bush
That is weird - and the top 14 are all from those 2 teams plus Wellington. Which makes Counties-Waikato's achievement in making the final even more remarkable.
@stockcar86 Clearly they are cheating by actually knowing who has form in the Insert Building Products Supplier Cup.
Aside from somehow being aware that Hawkes Bay have held on to the RS I have no idea who has done well. No local representation and several plane loads of our best on tour with the AB's means the season has a massive * against all results
Don't forget to tip. This week and next week and then you can take 3 months off.
All updated on the site
Given the restricted nature of the comp, Broughie almost had a perfect 80, picking 4/4 margins and Hawke's Bay as top scorers. But picking Ta$man as low scorers was not done by anyone so he had to settle for 72. Still way down the table though. 4/4 results was also picked by Dogmeat, Corkscrew & Hooroo but none of these is in contention either.
Strangely nobody in the top 12 picked better than 2/2. Plastered Peni had 2 maximums and draws level with Higgins with 1 round to go. Their lead is 10 over Paj and 12 over Victor.
Counties-Waikato lead Hawke's Bay by 8 after the first leg of their final. Could this be their first title since Waikato won in 2009? In the 3/4 place game, Wairarapa Bush leads Wellington by 8. In the plate final, South Island had the highest score of the season and lead a shrinking BOP team by 39.
@antipodean Apologies - I should have called out that you matched Bay Imports for lowest score of the season. Correcting my mistake right now
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
@antipodean Apologies - I should have called out that you matched Bay Imports for lowest score of the season. Correcting my mistake right now
Cheers. Finally some recognition. :face_with_tears_of_joy:
Who out of the top 10 thinks they can take out the whole comp in the final week?
Higgins has won twice before and has been in the top 5 for the past 3 seasons.
Plastered Peni was 3rd in 2016.
Paj was once 2nd in 2010 but in his last 4 attempts he was no higher than 38th.
Victor has been 2nd 3 times and 3rd once.
Hurrycanes was 4th in 2011.
Stargazer was 4th in 2018.
Stockcar86 was 5th in 2011.
Propsicle won in 2013.
Buck was 3rd in 2015.
Laurence has never been higher than 17th.
Faaaarrrk, I didn’t know there was a game tonight!
Edit: so was tonight’s game on last weeks tip sheet?
@unite said in Tipping 2021:
Faaaarrrk, I didn’t know there was a game tonight!
Edit: so was tonight’s game on last weeks tip sheet?
In tipping terms, last night's game never happened.
Final tipping call of the season. Get those tips in now and make sure they possess quality!
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
Final tipping call of the season. Get those tips in now and make sure they possess quality!
May as well end the season now then... 
No surprises in the final 4 results so most of us picked all 4 - margins a bit more tricky and only Laurence, Crucial and FarNthHayden had 3 correct - but of those only Laurence had Southland as lowest scorers so had the top score of 67 - the 2nd highest of the season.
Both Higgins and Plastered Peni scored 62 to stay level at the top and share the title. Victor hopped above Paj to take 3rd as Paj picked Wellington to win.
Counties-Waikato win the team title against Hawke's Bay with Wairarapa Bush taking 3rd place.
Thanks to everyone that played, especially if you stuck it through to the end given all the disruption.
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
Counties-Waikato win the team title against Hawke's Bay with Wairarapa Bush taking 3rd place.
Thanks to everyone that played, especially if you stuck it through to the end given all the disruption.
Whilst disappointing to lose we can have no grumbles as the Counties-Waikato side beat the Bay guys in each of the three matches between the sides this season. Congratulations and well done to you lot, even having the cheek to take us on one short this week!!!!
And to wrap up TSF Tipping for 2021.
NPC Tipping Honours
Most Wins
Higgins 3
Winger, Bay Imports, TR 2
Most Top 3
Victor 5
Higgins, Winger 4
Most Top 10
Winger 12
Higgins 11
Competed in all 14 competitions
Donsteppa (1 win)
Justin77 (best 3rd)
Hooroo (best 5th)
TR (2 wins)
Dogmeat (best 5th)
Joan and Mary (1 win)
DK (best 3rd)
Sportboy (best 4th)
13 competitions for Winger, Higgins, KP, FarNthHayden, Hurrycanes, Cactus Jack, Unite, Paj, Crucial.
Best average finishing position
