NPC Tipping 2025

If you think your tipping score was terrible at the weekend, you're in good company - we were nearly all terrible. https://silverfern.rugby/tipping/

Best was 5/7 picks by @Corkscrew and a top score of 39, 4/7 for @Joan-and-Mary & @MacDazzler and only 1/7 for some - if they picked Counties to win. Season low score of 7 for @george33 & @Duluth

No real change at the top but Corkscrew moves up from 20th to 6th overall. We've reached the last 8 in the Cup. Joan and Mary very unlucky to lose as the 2nd highest scorer of the weekend.

Wellington and BOP tie their game so Wellington still unbeaten. Only 4 points cover 2nd to 7th on the ladder.

Get those tips in https://silverfern.rugby/tipping-submit

Still about half of the tipping contingent are yet to tip.

The results are in https://silverfern.rugby/tipping/

An easier week and almost everyone picked 5/7, missing out on the Northland and Southland wins. @Landers92 with the top score of 52 getting both Canterbury and Harbour as the category picks. 49 for @barky1 & @Kirwan

Not much change at the top with @Laurence increasing the lead to 5 ahead of @hydro11 and Propsicle up into 3rd ahead of @jamsb . The Cup semi-finals will be
Plastered Peni v Barky1
Propsicle v @Corkscrew

A first defeat of the season for Wellington who lead by 2 from BOP and Counties-Waikato with Hawke's Bay making up the top 4. 2 more rounds of games to decide the semi-finalists and 7 teams still in contention as the Bush and Northland still have to play the hopeless Harbour-Auckland.

Remember the first game of the round is tonight so get your tips in soon https://silverfern.rugby/tipping-submit/

The results are in - remember there is another Thursday night game this week so tip early. https://silverfern.rugby/tipping/

The week was OK for tipping until Sunday with 2 big upsets, only 3 picking a Steamers win and only 2 going for Auckland. The best results picked was 5/7 for @barky1 @taniwharugby Richie & @MacDazzler But the best score was 44 for @antipodean with 2 margins correct and both category picks (Canterbury & Northland).

We have a new leader, @jamsb now leads by 2 from @Laurence with Propsicle 3rd, @barky1 up to 4th and Plastered Peni dropping to 5th. Still only 20 points between 1st and 13th so plenty are still in contention for the title.

In the teams comp, with one week of round robin left there are 6 teams still battling for the top 4 - 4 points from Counties-Waikato in 1st and Northland in 6th.

Finally in the Cup, the final will be between Barky1 & Propsicle - to be played out over the next 2 weekends.

It's another Thursday start for NPC so tips in soon please https://silverfern.rugby/tipping-submit/

Tipping results are posted https://silverfern.rugby/tipping/

A wide range of scores this weekend which meant a bit of movement overall. Picking 6/7 and topping the scorers were @Chris with 47 and @Corkscrew who made the only correct category pick (Southland as low scorers). Overall, after taking the lead last weekend, @jamsb crashed down to 7th scoring only 23 which means that @Laurence is back on top, 5 points clear of Corkscrew with @barky1 in 3rd, Propsicle 4th and @Justin77 up to 5th. 3 rounds to go and all to play for.

The round robin is over, playoffs start next weekend. Only 2 points between BOP in 1st and Hawke's Bay missing out on the play-offs, with Northland 2nd on total points scored ahead of Wellington in 3rd and Counties-Waikato in 4th. Results were unpredictable all season except for Harbour-Auckland losing every game.

In the Cup Final, after the 1st leg Barky1 leads Propsicle by 33 to 30.

Missing tippers (the number is growing every week) were @Hurrycanes @MacDazzler @DurryMexted @trooa ian_pop, @Yeetyaah Glen @Canes4life & @Tim

@KiwiPie ahh sorry in too many different leagues, too late to come back?

@Yeetyaah said in NPC Tipping 2025:

@KiwiPie ahh sorry in too many different leagues, too late to come back?

You're too late to win the whole thing - but as part of the Counties-Waikato team, they need you for the playoffs - so yes please come back

@Yeetyaah Boet, we need you, now the real games starts.

Time to tip - TSF playoffs start this weekend https://silverfern.rugby/tipping-submit/

BOP v Counties-Waikato (Round: Semi 1)
Northland v Wellington (Round: Semi 2)
Hawke's Bay v Harbour-Auckland (Round: Plate 1)
Wairarapa Bush v South Island (Round: Plate 2)

We have better charts on the stats page now

The week's results are in https://silverfern.rugby/tipping/ and the form for week 9 is live - Thursday game this week so tip early.

Best of the weekend was @Chris with 46 just ahead of @Winger (45) and @hydro11 (44). Nobody at all picked Otago to win and very few went for Counties and Waikato and only @ploughboy picked 5/7.

The effect has been to close the title race right up with just 2 weeks to go. There is a 3 way tie between @justin77 @Laurence & Propsicle with Winger in 4th a point back and @Corkscrew another point back in 5th. 1st to 9th are covered by 10 points so plenty can still come through to win.

Counties-Waikato beat the minor premiers BOP and will contest the final against Wellington who thrashed Northland. The final (and other placings) are decided over 2 legs for the final 2 weeks.

Propsicle wins the TSF Cup beating @barky1 over 2 legs.

@Duluth said in NPC Tipping 2025:

We have better charts on the stats page now

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just goes to show my tipping hasnt been that diabolical but cant pick a margin to save myslef

If you feel like NPC tipping is much harder this season, well it is.

In 2024, 13 players picked results at 67% or better - this season only Corkscrew (70%) is above that mark.

In 2024, 13 players picked margins at 25% or better - this season only 6 players are achieving this.

@KiwiPie Often it becomes a bit monotonous with form prevailing but not this year where there have been plenty of what could be called "upsets". and big swings in form between weeks for some teams. Not picking the favoured team has been fruitful this season!

Even better is that the overall leaderboard sees a miserly two points between the top fiver tippers and nine within ten points (that's just one win!). I sneak into the top ten but are too far back to be any realistic hope of podiuming. It is noted @Winger is lurking there in a very challenging spot, timing his run impeccably as per usual.............................

Interesting to note that the defending Teams champs missed out on making the playoffs thanks to having the most points scored against them but there's not much you can do about that other than to bemoan bad luck that your opposition all seem to have their best performances when coming up against you!!!!!

OK start flipping that coin and making your picks for week 9 of TSF Tipping https://silverfern.rugby/tipping-submit/

The first game starts in 4 hours time.

For once it was a predictable week - all the results are up at https://silverfern.rugby/tipping/ - one more week left to tip and then you can rest and recuperate until February.

With the first draw of the season (zero points for all) all of the other 6 went to form meaning more people picked 6/6 than didn't. Best was @Winger with 4 margins and 57 points to move into the overall lead by 2 ahead of @Laurence who shared the 2nd best score of 54 with @Donsteppa . 3rd is Plastered Peni who is another 9 back so it could be Winger and Laurence battling it out in the final week.

In the Teams final, it's a pretty low scoring affair with Wellington leading Counties-Waikato by 38-34 after the first leg. Good scoring by BOP to have a huge lead in the 3rd place playoff and a top game between Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa Bush (44-43) for 5th place.

It's the final week of TSF NPC Tipping and there are some tricky choices to be made https://silverfern.rugby/tipping-submit/

The fact that there are a fair few games without a clear favourite means someone can still come through to steal the tipping crown. The top 10 going into the round are

1. Winger 347
2. Laurence 345
3. Plastered Peni 336
4. Barky1 333
5. Propsicle 333
6. Kiwipie 330
7. Justin77 327
8. Corkscrew 323
9. Higgins 321
10. Hydro11 318
11. Paj 318

and the teams final is poised at

Wellington 38-34 Counties-Waikato

I'll try to do an update after tonight and after Saturday's games.

Hopefully I got in just in time

@mikey07 said in NPC Tipping 2025:

Hopefully I got in just in time

Yep more than 5 minutes to spare!

Here's the top 10 after 1 game - @Laurence draws level with @Winger

1 Laurence 7 352
1 Winger 5 352
3 Plastered Peni 10 346
4 Propsicle 10 343
5 Barky1 7 340
6 Justin77 10 337
6 Kiwipie 7 337
8 Higgins 7 328
8 Paj 10 328
10 Corkscrew 2 325

Final Wellington 4 (42) - 6 (40) Counties-Waikato
3rd BOP 7 (53) - 4 (31) Northland
Plate Hawke's Bay 7 (51) - 6 (49) Wairarapa Bush
7th South Island 4 (35) - 1 (17) Harbour-Auckland

Missing tippers (who didn't give up a while ago) are @Landers92 @sparky @BorderJB

@KiwiPie Thanks. Better late than never I guess.

Top 10 update - both the top 2 have struggled with margins so far and the teams final is very close. Otago with 51 points are the clubhouse leaders for top scorers but Hawke's Bay will hope to get more.

1 Laurence 17 362
1 Winger 15 362
3 Plastered Peni 25 361
4 Propsicle 25 358
5 Justin77 25 352
5 Kiwipie 22 352
7 Barky1 14 347
8 Higgins 22 343
8 Paj 25 343
10 Corkscrew 17 340

Final Wellington 53 - 51 Counties-Waikato
3rd BOP 64 - 39 Northland
Plate Hawke's Bay 64 - 57 Wairarapa Bush
7th South Island 41 - 19 Harbour-Auckland

Still tied at the top. Final picks for the top 3 are
Laurence H 1-8, H 1-8
Winger H 9-16 H 1-8 Manawatu as low scorer
Plastered Peni H 9-16 H 1-8 Manawatu as low scorer

1 Laurence 37 382
1 Winger 35 382
3 Plastered Peni 45 381
4 Kiwipie 42 372
5 Propsicle 37 370
6 Justin77 37 364
7 Higgins 42 363
8 Paj 42 360
9 Barky1 26 359
10 Hydro11 40 358

Final Wellington 69 - 64 Counties-Waikato
3rd BOP 81 - 56 Northland
Plate Hawke's Bay 80 - 69 Wairarapa Bush
7th South Island 52 - 22 Harbour-Auckland

It's all over for TSF NPC Tipping 2025. https://silverfern.rugby/tipping/

The winner and retaining his title is @Winger by just a single point from Plastered Peni with @Laurence in 3rd. Laurence was leading until the category picks when the 2 above him picked Manawatu as low scorers. Rounding out the top 5 were Propsicle in 4th and @justin77 in 5th, along with @mikedogz the only 2 tippers with 7/7.

Winning the teams comp were Wellington 78-75 against Counties-Waikato. BOP were bronze medalists, Hawke's Bay won the Plate and South Island avoided the wooden spoon which went to Harbour-Auckland, down to a single tipper by week 10.

Thanks to everyone who played, especially those who stuck with it until the end. Come back in early February for Super Rugby Tipping.

cheers @KiwiPie for your efforts much appreciated

Cheers KP, the one comp i always remember to tip

@Winger wins his 4th NPC tipping title after 18 competitions since 2006. He is now the leading title winner ahead of @Higgins & @bayimports on 3 and @taniwharugby on 2.

Wellington won their first title since 2014, only their 2nd title and still behind Hawke's Bay with 5 wins and Northland & Wairarapa Bush on 3.

well done @Winger

Many thanks @KiwiPie for another rendition.

@Winger's ability to discern the future has me questioning what I thought I knew.