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.

@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.

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Hey, don’t take away my only chance of glory! I think you’ll find that 22 is a higher pathetic number than 20

@crucial Ooops. Too early in the morning! To clarify the quarter-finals are

Great match-up between Donsteppa and I - and high quality 14-12 win to him!

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

@crucial Ooops. Too early in the morning! To clarify the quarter-finals are

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Great match-up between Donsteppa and I - and high quality 14-12 win to him!

I was wondering how I'd made the quarters after tipping 0 from 2

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@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

@crucial Ooops. Too early in the morning! To clarify the quarter-finals are

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Great match-up between Donsteppa and I - and high quality 14-12 win to him!

I was wondering how I'd made the quarters after tipping 0 from 2

I picked 0 from 2 even more inaccurately than you did!

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

@crucial Ooops. Too early in the morning! To clarify the quarter-finals are

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Great match-up between Donsteppa and I - and high quality 14-12 win to him!

What? Stop the Steal!

@nevorian We're having a recount ....

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

@nevorian We're having a recount ....

I blame the Venezuelans!

This is your final reminder to tip before the first game tonight.

A day late sorry but everything is up to date now at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Not sure we've ever had a game where nearly everyone has gone Home 17+ and it ended Away 17+. Not many points from the Highlanders win unless you picked them to score 3 tries while being thrashed. Solid scoring for the Blues win unless of course you picked the Canes in which case you're probably one of those who scored in single figures.

Best of the weekend was Dogmeat with 41 who was almost spot on with the Blues game (and did get the Highlanders with 3 tries). 30 was a decent score for the weekend. A bit of shuffling of places at the top but Winger still leads by 12 from Kruse with Victor moving up to 3rd.

Worst of the weekend was Delicatessen with just 6, Yeetyaah and ACT Crusader scored 7 and 8.

The TSF Semi-Finals are played over 2 legs with the final being over the last 2 weekends of the regular season.

Time to tip if you haven't already.

Everything is updated at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/

I had an almost perfect week to score 71 and shoot to the top of the table, leading Victor by 8 who is a point ahead of previous leader Winger. DK scored 65 to rise to 4th just another point back from Winger, Plastered Peni 62 to move up to 5th. Mikedogz the other 60+ score, 63 but still back in 20th place.

In the Cup, semi-final first leg victories for J77, 36-28 against Mikey07 and for Crucial leading Victor 53-43.

Came here expecting to see lots of posts congratulating me on my excellent performance - I'm disappointed.

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

Came here expecting to see lots of posts congratulating me on my excellent performance - I'm disappointed.

Given the progress of the Grumpy Old Man thread, you're probably lucky not to return to a "Get Off My Lawn" reply to your triumph

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

Came here expecting to see lots of posts congratulating me on my excellent performance - I'm disappointed.

As someone who slipped from around 2nd to around 8th, would a politely voiced "fuck. you." suffice?

@kruse At least you only dropped one place to third in the Superbru.com contest, still led by yours truly I modestly point out, even after a bit of a toe stubbing this weekend.

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

Came here expecting to see lots of posts congratulating me on my excellent performance - I'm disappointed.

It was an excellent score.

I guess you're a big fan of this golden point now?

@kruse said in Tipping 2021:

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

Came here expecting to see lots of posts congratulating me on my excellent performance - I'm disappointed.

As someone who slipped from around 2nd to around 8th, would a politely voiced "fuck. you." suffice?

Something about cream rising to the top?

@higgins said in Tipping 2021:

@kruse At least you only dropped one place to third in the Superbru.com contest, still led by yours truly I modestly point out, even after a bit of a toe stubbing this weekend.

For some reason I picked the Highlanders in Superbru - to be honest I thought I had gone Highlanders in TSF Tipping as well so it was a pleasant surprise when I hadn't!

@winger It is an excellent way to settle a draw!

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

Came here expecting to see lots of posts congratulating me on my excellent performance - I'm disappointed.

Not now you have admitted to it being an accident.

It was an impressive score though.

Time to tip everyone - first game is tonight

The results are in and are broadcast https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/

After last week took real skill to pick both games, this week was much more of a lottery - yeah right. Anyway Hurrycanes picked both games with margins to score 63 and top score by 15 and also hit the top of the table - 16 ahead with 2 weeks to go. With all games so tight, it is still all to play for though. If you picked 1/2 you had a decent week and went up in the table. Stockcar86 is up to 3rd, Crucial is up to 7th and Corkscrew and Donsteppa are up to 11th. Plenty picked neither game and fell accordingly.

J77 squeaked past Mikey07 by a single point and will play Crucial in the final of the TSF Cup - he thrashed Victor to get through. This weekend and next weekend count for the final.

Finally if you want to know who has scored the most 5 pointers for category picks - either picking the exact number of tries for a team or within 1 of a team's points total - here are the best so far

Now I feel pressure.

Get your tips in now.

@kiwipie Sorry KP shouldn't have sent that last entry in, I thought I had the Crusader Blues match points wrong. Please keep the first entry. Been going through a bit of hell here. Sorry.

@joan-and-mary No problem - that entry was duly ignored!

The site is updated for Week 9 - next weekend is the final time you have to tip for Super Rugby Aotearoa 2021.

With the title in his hands, Hurrycanes chose to pick the Blues to win which has given everyone else some hope. He still leads but is only 4 ahead of me. Then it is Winger 2 points behind and another 7 down to Crucial in 4th. Nobody had both results and margins but a few were close with Crusaders 9-16 and Chiefs 1-8. One of those was Triple T who top scored with 59 and is up to 6th overall.

Crucial leads J77 52-45 in the TSF Cup Final. All to play for next week.

For the final time in Super Rugby Aotearoa, it is your time to tip.

Still all to play for (except for those that don't have anything to play for)

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

For the final time in Super Rugby Aotearoa, it is your time to tip.

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Still all to play for (except for those that don't have anything to play for)

Had a peek at the tips from the top 4. This could get interesting. All four have gone for the same first tip and quite close on points/tries. For the second game the top 2 have gone for a close one with the next two going for 9-16 (all for the same winner). Again the points/tries are similar but different enough that they could make a difference.
Could be a very close scoreboard at the end of this or we all have it wrong and someone will come storming up the ladder and zooming past.

@crucial Thanks for the tips. I might go the direct opposite and hope for two upsets. No chance in hell in winning if I pick basically the same as those ahead of me on the table (and that's plenty this year). I have to decide whether to possibly crash and burn (or come out in a blaze of glory) or to maintain my current position. Decisions decisions...........

@higgins said in Tipping 2021:

@crucial Thanks for the tips. I might go the direct opposite and hope for two upsets. No chance in hell in winning if I pick basically the same as those ahead of me on the table (and that's plenty this yea. I have to decide whether to possibly crash and burn (or come out in a blaze of glory) or to maintain my current position. Decisions decisions...........

I usually try that approach about half way through the comp. good luck.

@crucial You could have ensured your maiden Cup Victory simply by mirroring J77s tips which came in before yours!!!!!! Good luck anyway in defending you seven point half time lead.

@higgins said in Tipping 2021:

@crucial You could have ensured your maiden Cup Victory simply by mirroring J77s tips which came in before yours!!!!!! Good luck anyway in defending you seven point half time lead.

Nah. Played fair on that one. Tipped first then looked.

@crucial said in Tipping 2021:

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

For the final time in Super Rugby Aotearoa, it is your time to tip.

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Still all to play for (except for those that don't have anything to play for)

Had a peek at the tips from the top 4. This could get interesting. All four have gone for the same first tip and quite close on points/tries. For the second game the top 2 have gone for a close one with the next two going for 9-16 (all for the same winner). Again the points/tries are similar but different enough that they could make a difference.
Could be a very close scoreboard at the end of this or we all have it wrong and someone will come storming up the ladder and zooming past.

I think it's strange that you're caring about the top of the table for once!

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

@crucial said in Tipping 2021:

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

For the final time in Super Rugby Aotearoa, it is your time to tip.

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Still all to play for (except for those that don't have anything to play for)

Had a peek at the tips from the top 4. This could get interesting. All four have gone for the same first tip and quite close on points/tries. For the second game the top 2 have gone for a close one with the next two going for 9-16 (all for the same winner). Again the points/tries are similar but different enough that they could make a difference.
Could be a very close scoreboard at the end of this or we all have it wrong and someone will come storming up the ladder and zooming past.

I think it's strange that you're caring about the top of the table for once!

So do I. Uncharted territory for me! I think I was about 20th at the beginning of the month.

None of the leaders was bold enough to pick a big win in either game and so Hurrycanes held on to be the champion by just 3 points from Winger who rose above me to be second. 4th was Victor who jumped above Crucial.

Smudge was the best of the weekend with 51 ahead of Kruse and Delicatessen on 49. Mikedogz recorded the lowest score of the season with just 2 points, if the Highlanders had scored just 1 try fewer he would have had the perfect zero.

Crucial won the TSF Cup, beating J77 by 2 in the 2nd leg to win by 9 overall.

Thanks to everyone who played, we'll be back for the NPC whenever that starts.

@kiwipie ha I didnt come last in that round after missing the 1st game!

Thanks as always KP

Cheers KP. Long time between silverware for me. Got a lucky run in the last month.
Well played @J77 that was tough

@kiwipie said in Tipping 2021:

Thanks to everyone who played, we'll be back for the NPC whenever that starts.

And thanks for running to your usual very high standard.