TSF Tipping - Super Rugby Aotearoa
We're live again! Still the same link https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
A new tipping form and spreadsheet have been created so enter your tips now at
https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit
Changes are as follows
No team competition, you're all just playing for yourself for these 10 weeks.
80 points per weekend - double points for picking winner and margin as before so 40 points for the 2 games. 8 more categories of 5 points each.
For a team score, you score 5 for being correct or within 1, 4 for being 2/3 out, 3 for being 4/5 out etc etc. So if you're 10 or more away you get zero.
For team tries, you score 5 for being correct and 2 for being within 1.
The first game is on Saturday at 5pm so you have until then to submit.
Yessss My picking names and jerseys beat @taniwharugby throwing darts strategy
@dogmeat my method pays off over a longer comp, not this shortened version!
@taniwharugby there's no comp long enough dart boy!!!
[ignores fact we both finished in bottom 10]
VICTORY!!!
Not a massive number of votes but it is clear - the 2020 competition is ended with Higgins the champion, Barbarians the team champs and Triple T the cup winner.
A new competition will begin when the matches begin and we will just make it a battle of individuals in case we don't get enough returnees to form the teams. With just 2 games per weekend, look out for a new scoring system to test your skills.
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Not a massive number of votes but it is clear - the 2020 competition is ended with Higgins the champion, Barbarians the team champs and Triple T the cup winner.
A new competition will begin when the matches begin and we will just make it a battle of individuals in case we don't get enough returnees to form the teams. With just 2 games per weekend, look out for a new scoring system to test your skills.
Cool. Like getting bonus points for getting both results wrong?
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Is @Crucial restarting the Superbru competition?
I haven’t looked at it. Will check now.
@Crucial said in Tipping 2020:
Ok, I have re-activated the pool on Superbru and sent out invites. Apparently you can also search for it with a code (beansees)
Great I'm in.
@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie wow those new options make this game that much easier!
I'm liking that the points picks often don't bear a relation to the tries picks - 28 points and 5 tries??
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie wow those new options make this game that much easier!
I'm liking that the points picks often don't bear a relation to the tries picks - 28 points and 5 tries??
Sounds though Beuden has had a bad kicking day.
@Hooroo said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
@taniwharugby said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie wow those new options make this game that much easier!
I'm liking that the points picks often don't bear a relation to the tries picks - 28 points and 5 tries??
Sounds though Beuden has had a bad kicking day.
Missed 5 conversions from right in front and nailed a penalty from out wide?
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The results are in and the early leader is Phooey with a monstrous 67 points, with Kruse the only other tipper to get both results and margins correct. Already the table is well spread out but with so many points available per game, there will be plenty of chances to catch up.
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Only 9 entries so far this week - still a day to go before the games but don't forget to tip during your drunken Saturday
That's a lovely new pie you have there
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Only 9 entries so far this week - still a day to go before the games but don't forget to tip during your drunken Saturday
I just checked what I'd tipped, and I must have been more than drunk.
Everything is live at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
Nobody picked both games with margins but plenty went for Blues & Crusaders to win. Best score was Unite with 54, getting close on all of the points scores and picking Crusaders to score 5 tries. Phooey was 2nd with 51, also getting 5 tries for the Crusaders and getting the Blues score exactly right. He now leads overall by 13 from Joan and Mary with TR, Sportboy and Kruse making up the top 5. All of these 5 bar Kruse have picked 4 winners from 4 so far along with Richie who sits in 10th place.
At the other end of the table, Paj scored a spectacularly low 7 points getting almost everything wrong and forcing the non-tippers (Corkscrew, Canes4life, Mikedogz, Voodoo, Fiamacho) to get only 2 points.
@KiwiPie said in Tipping 2020:
Everything is live at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/
Nobody picked both games with margins but plenty went for Blues & Crusaders to win. Best score was Unite with 54, getting close on all of the points scores and picking Crusaders to score 5 tries. Phooey was 2nd with 51, also getting 5 tries for the Crusaders and getting the Blues score exactly right. He now leads overall by 13 from Joan and Mary with TR, Sportboy and Kruse making up the top 5. All of these 5 bar Kruse have picked 4 winners from 4 so far along with Richie who sits in 10th place.
At the other end of the table, Paj scored a spectacularly low 7 points getting almost everything wrong and forcing the non-tippers (Corkscrew, Canes4life, Mikedogz, Voodoo, Fiamacho) to get only 2 points.
Ahhh, bugger
@KiwiPie I thought I went Blues / Crusaders? Certainly meant to and wasn't drunk. Must be the onset of dementia
@dogmeat said in Tipping 2020:
@KiwiPie I thought I went Blues / Crusaders? Certainly meant to and wasn't drunk. Must be the onset of dementia
Looks like it - you picked Chiefs for a narrow win.
6/19/2020 17:08:37 dogmeat Home 1-8 Away 9-16
Brief report from the weekend.
Amazingly, Richie topped the scoring for the weekend despite getting the Blues v Highlanders result wrong. He did it by gathering up 35 points for the Crusaders game, picking a close 2 tries to 1 victory. Kruse and TR also exceeded 50 and are now 3rd and 2nd with Phooey still leading by 12. With a lot of people failing to tip, you could well guarantee a top 20 finish just by tipping every week.
4 are still picking results at 100% - Sportboy, Phooey, TR and Joan and Mary. Who is going to be the first to crack?