It seems a 2 horse race this year with a big improver in the Highlanders in third place with the Canes and Chiefs fighting it out for the bottom spot.
I backed both teams I want to lose. Crusaders as them always winning is boring. And Blues because they play the Canes. Although maybe with the Blues they might be able to win this year so not too upset if they win well looking like title contenders. But not too well.
Missing from last year at this stage appear to be @barbarian @Bones @Canes4life @Caprice @fiamacho @gt12 @gunner @hydro11 @voodoo
Looks to be a few newcomers this year which is good but they could well be returning tippers tipping under a different name this season. Good Luck to everyone!
Still time to get you tips in before the first games kicks off at 7.05pm NZ Summer Time
@bones said in Tipping 2021: @Higgins
@higgins yeah I'm not gonna bother this year sorry. Too useless!
yeah, what he said, thanks anyway!
@higgins said in Tipping 2021:
@voodoo You can't hope to win if you don't enter!
That's true, but I also can't hope to win if I do! 
@taniwharugby words of wisdom right there
Results are in for Week 1. Now all you have to do is remember to tip for the next 9 weeks.
The reigning champion Winger is already out in the lead with a superb 73 points, almost perfect selections except for being a bit low on the points for the Highlanders and Crusaders. Triple T is just 2 behind with Antipodean, Arhs and Crucial rounding out the top 5.
Only Winger, Triple T, Unite and Donsteppa picked both games 9-16 to the away team but the latter 2 fell down on their category picks. Richie is 45th and last, the only one to pick the Highlanders and the Hurricanes to win.
If anybody's interested in doing the SuperBru one again, I've created a pool called "TheSilverFern".
If people are not bothered, but only because they didn't pick Round One - I can configure it to only count from Round 2 onwards.
@kruse said in Tipping 2021:
If anybody's interested in doing the SuperBru one again, I've created a pool called "TheSilverFern".
If people are not bothered, but only because they didn't pick Round One - I can configure it to only count from Round 2 onwards.
I am already entered so I did pick Round 1 - but happy if you start for Round 2. Will join, thanks!
Only around 20 have tipped so far this week - is it hard for people to remember to do something 2 weeks in a row? Or maybe you want to give yourself the maximum thinking time.
@jk said in Tipping 2021:
Would have got in but didnt see last week and no good enough to start a week behind
You start 5 behind the worst tipper last week - so would you have 13 points. And plenty of people will forget to tip as the weeks go by and you will fly past them
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
Only around 20 have tipped so far this week - is it hard for people to remember to do something 2 weeks in a row? Or maybe you want to give yourself the maximum thinking time.
Probably because the teams haven't been named for the second match
A quick update after Game 1 not at all connected to the fact that I picked the Highlanders to win. All these people picked them too, Delicatessen & Fiamacho with 9-16.
Delicatessen 34
Fiamacho 28
ACT Crusader 24
Rico 24
KP 23
Stockcar86 23
Corkscrew 20
Richie 16
which leaves the top 10 looking like this
Winger 80
ACT Crusader 78
Triple T 78
Stockcar86 77
KP 75
Antipodean 70
Langakali 69
Higgins 69
Victor 68
Rico 68
Plenty of people picked and have zero so far. These people didn't pick at all
@Hooroo , @Nevorian , @Tim , @Canes4life , @Kiwiwomble , @Stag , @ARHS Bruce K
The results are ready and available at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
Rico top scored with 62 points, a great score on a week when most people went for the Highlanders. Winger still leads through getting 39 points for the Crusaders game alone, 11 clear of ACT Crusader with Victor 3rd and Rico and Stockcar86 level in 4th.
Paj scored only 6 points, showing a touching faith in the Hurricanes.
The tipping form is ready for next weekend.
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
The results are ready and available at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
Rico top scored with 62 points, a great score on a week when most people went for the Highlanders. Winger still leads through getting 39 points for the Crusaders game alone, 11 clear of ACT Crusader with Victor 3rd and Rico and Stockcar86 level in 4th.
Paj scored only 6 points, showing a touching faith in the Hurricanes.
The tipping form is ready for next weekend.
Shut the comp down now....
If you haven't tipped then the first game has almost started - well actually the first game is on Saturday but tip now then you can relax all weekend.
@act-crusader said in Tipping 2021:
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
The results are ready and available at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
Rico top scored with 62 points, a great score on a week when most people went for the Highlanders. Winger still leads through getting 39 points for the Crusaders game alone, 11 clear of ACT Crusader with Victor 3rd and Rico and Stockcar86 level in 4th.
Paj scored only 6 points, showing a touching faith in the Hurricanes.
The tipping form is ready for next weekend.
Shut the comp down now....
Sorry too late shutting it down but you did prove your point!
Results are in
Kruse was the only one to pick both games 17+ to the home team and with one more try to the Crusaders he would have been close to a perfect 80 points. 71 was good enough to put him 3rd overall. I move up to 2nd based on picking the result for all 6 games so far (Corkscrew is also 6/6) but Winger still leads, a healthy gap of 17 points. Richie managed just 18 to be the lowest scorer of the round.
Finally I received some tips from "Dannh" on Saturday afternoon - were these from Danny as you had already tipped a few days before?
You still have over 24 hours to get your tips in but if you're the sort of person who disappears into a drunken haze when the weekend starts then get your tips in now
Finally got round to getting my tips in, looks like about another six or eight tippers still to get theirs in, including Winger. If he fails to meet the referee's whistle that will give a chance to us all! Looks like there could be a fair bit of carnage on the score sheets this round with both games looking like they could go either way so getting on the wrong side of the results could see single figure scores being recorded. Fingers crossed that you are on the right side of the results and good luck to us all in this challenging round.
All updated at
Picking both winners was tricky and only 6 tippers managed it. Stockcar86 picked both margins as well but blew out on the other 8 selections meaning that Corkscrew was top scorer with 58, there was 52 for Danny ahead of Stockcar86 with 50.
Kruse was next with 48 moving him up to 2nd overall just 2 behind Winger. Stockcar86 is up to 3rd with Hurrycanes in 4th. Waynes World missed the first game and was low scorer with 7. Dogmeat the lowest with 2 tips, with just 11.
Check out the scores from round 1 of the TSF Cup. And remember we are back to a Friday night and Saturday night game next weekend.
@delicatessen said in Tipping 2021:
@kiwipie how does the cup work?
The top 32 from last weekend qualified for Round 1 - this was head to head this past weekend with the results you can see on https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/ - lose and you're out of the cup.
You were tied 32nd in qualifying and Stag scored highest this weekend to make it into the cup.
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
@delicatessen said in Tipping 2021:
@kiwipie how does the cup work?
The top 32 from last weekend qualified for Round 1 - this was head to head this past weekend with the results you can see on https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/ - lose and you're out of the cup.
You were tied 32nd in qualifying and Stag scored highest this weekend to make it into the cup.
OK that makes sense, but I thought I was 30th last round?
Get your tips in people. Almost kick-off time.
@taniwharugby Surely Tipping comes ahead of work!
A very low scoring weekend as nobody picked both results and most people didn't get either. Top score was DK with 40 by picking the Canes and being accurate with try totals. Yeetyah had 39, Victor 37 and only Mikedogz and Danny scored 30 or more.
Winger still keeps the lead as none of the top 3 picked a result but Victor is up to 4th and Danny and DK lurk around the top 10.
In the Cup, J77, Victor, Stockcar86, Mikey07, Donsteppa, Nevorian, Antipodean and Danny made it through to the quarter-finals.
@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:
A very low scoring weekend as nobody picked both results and most people didn't get either. Top score was DK with 40 by picking the Canes and being accurate with try totals. Yeetyah had 39, Victor 37 and only Mikedogz and Danny scored 30 or more.
Winger still keeps the lead as none of the top 3 picked a result but Victor is up to 4th and Danny and DK lurk around the top 10.
In the Cup, J77, Victor, Stockcar86, Mikey07, Donsteppa, Nevorian, Antipodean and Danny made it through to the quarter-finals.
Hey, don’t take away my only chance of glory! I think you’ll find that 22 is a higher pathetic number than 20
