TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18
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It's raining so you get an early update this weekend. If you think you're racing ahead with 2/2 maximums, calm your farm as that is not uncommon. In being late and not turning up at all news, Hooroo and ACT were late and Tim hasn't arrived at all.
BOP Chiefs 16 - 19 Barbarians
Blues A 19 - 16 SunJags
Blues B 18 - 17 South Island
Hurricanes Gold 18 - 19 Hurricanes BlackTSL Cup Semis
Crucial 20 v 20 Triple T
Bones 20 v 17 Hydro11 -
All updated now. The category picks were profitable for some this weekend, Langakali picked all 4 for 20 points which made up for some average tipping. Bones had 2 category picks to go with 5 maximum point tips and the season high of 62 - it launches him into the top 10 overall and into the final of the TSL Cup to play Triple T.
Nobody picked 6/6 this weekend with the Reds win stumping most but there were a few 5/6 and the margin picks were crucial to a good score - Hurrycanes was 2nd best with 57 and up to 4th overall, Dogmeat and Triple T scored 54.
Overall, Winger has finally overhauled me at the top by a point after closing the gap each week - Hydro11 is a further 10 points back in third.
Canes Black stay top on the team comp with a solid win over Canes Gold, the Barbarians thrashed a woeful BOP Chiefs to be right behind them and Blues B are now in 3rd - the other win was for Blues A who are 6th but can still make the top 4.
Bones 62
Hurrycanes 57
Dogmeat 54
Triple T 54
Bruce Kenyon 52
Donsteppa 52
Rico#1 52
Joan and Mary 52
Higgins 51
Langakali 51
Winger 49
Justin77 49
Virgil 49
Broughie 49
Smudge 49
Victor 47
Hydro11 44
Stockcar86 44
TaniwhaRugby 44
FarNthHayden 44
Crucial 44
JK 44
Gunner 44
Phooey 44
Pauncefote 44
KP 43
Paj 43
Waynes World 43
ACT Crusader 42
DK 41
Plastered Peni 41
Buck 41
Skudderstep 41
Corkscrew 41
Barbarian 39
Sportboy 39
No Quarter 38
Richie 38
Fiamacho 37
Unite 36
GT12 33
Antipodean 33
Hooroo 31
Cactus Jack 31
Mikedogz 25
Tim 20
KiwiMurph 20
Handsome Ray 20 -
I find the fact that Winger is leading this comp extremely disconcerting.
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@bones damn you Highlanders...expect a low scoring round
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@taniwharugby said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
@bones damn you Highlanders...expect a low scoring round
Somewhere in the range of low scores to very very low scores
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And Bones picked it - the win to the Stormers gave Triple T the TSL Cup.
Bones 32 v 36 Triple T
Wins for the top 2, BOP Chiefs win to go up to 3rd and a rare win to South Island
BOP Chiefs 40 - 35 SunJags
Blues A 34 - 35 South Island
Blues B 32 - 33 Hurricanes Black
Hurricanes Gold 38 - 41 BarbariansHere is the current overall top 10 and the week's scores (calling @Tim and @KiwiMurph - where are you)
Winger 448
KP 440
Higgins 433
Hydro11 432
Hurrycanes 427
DK 421
Bruce Kenyon 419
Plastered Peni 414
Bones 412
Hooroo 407Higgins 57
Mikedogz 56
Sportboy 47
Corkscrew 47
Plastered Peni 46
Phooey 45
Fiamacho 42
Victor 41
GT12 40
Skudderstep 40
Buck 39
Richie 38
Hurrycanes 37
DK 37
TaniwhaRugby 37
Crucial 37
Waynes World 37
Cactus Jack 37
Winger 36
Hooroo 36
Triple T 36
Donsteppa 34
Virgil 34
Langakali 34
Dogmeat 34
Joan and Mary 34
Antipodean 34
Bruce Kenyon 32
Bones 32
Gunner 32
Pauncefote 32
Hydro11 31
KP 29
Barbarian 29
Justin77 29
JK 29
ACT Crusader 29
Paj 27
Stockcar86 26
Broughie 26
No Quarter 22
Unite 20
Smudge 16
Rico#1 14
FarNthHayden 12
Tim 7
KiwiMurph 7
Handsome Ray 7 -
Website up to date now as well including next week's tipping form.
Only 3 tippers picked 5/6 - nobody at all went for the Jaguares. All 3 of the Waratahs, Stormers and Sharks games were picked around 70%-30% and in only the Stormers game were the 70% correct which is why some of the scoring was so low. Higgins, Mikedogz and Corkscrew picked 5/6 and at the other end of the scale, DK, Bruce Kenyon, Rico, FarNthHayden & Smudge were only 2/6 getting all 3 of the marginal calls incorrect.
The category picks were very important this week, Mikedogz managed to get all 4 correct for 20 points (picking the Chiefs as top penalty kickers was inspired) and Higgins, DK, Sportboy, Skudderstep, Plastered Peni and Phooey scored 15 extra points.
6 weeks left to go - 3 weeks until the silly season of internationals starts. There won't be a tipping round for the games of 1 and 2 June as this is the completion of the very first round where only the SA conference played. That will leave 3 more rounds after the internationals which will be when we run the play-offs of TSF Tipping.
A new Cup will start next week which will have the final in the final weeks of our season.
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I might be leaving my charge late, but this week I've looked at the team lineups and respective positions.
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Everything is updated.
Nobody picked 7/7 this week with the Sunwolves catching out most (although not all) and the Rebels win doing the same thing. 6/7 by Barbarian, TR, Paj, Skudderstep and Mikedogz. They were the top 5 scorers unsurprisingly with Barbarian, TR and Mikedogz leading on 49.
At the other end of the scale, just 15 for Fiamacho - picking a Blues win is a brave call.
Winger increased his lead overall to 11 but the chasers are massing, Barbarian and TR moving into the top 10 to replace DK and Plastered Peni.
In the big game, Canes Black thrashed the Barbarians with a very solid team effort and moving 4 points clear at the top. Wins for BOP Chiefs and Blues B mean they should be safe in the top 4 to make the play-offs.
A few more missing tippers this week, Tim, Smudge and Justin77 - come on, only 2 more weeks and then you get an international break.
Barbarian 49
TaniwhaRugby 49
Mikedogz 49
Skudderstep 48
Paj 45
JK 43
Virgil 42
FarNthHayden 42
Bones 41
Hooroo 41
Antipodean 41
Hydro11 39
Phooey 39
Crucial 37
Winger 36
Bruce Kenyon 36
Stockcar86 36
Langakali 36
Buck 36
Richie 36
ACT Crusader 36
Pauncefote 36
Dogmeat 35
Joan and Mary 35
Broughie 34
Cactus Jack 34
KP 33
Hurrycanes 33
Rico#1 33
Unite 33
Gunner 32
Triple T 32
Plastered Peni 31
Donsteppa 31
GT12 31
Corkscrew 31
Higgins 29
Waynes World 29
DK 27
Victor 26
Sportboy 25
No Quarter 24
Fiamacho 15
Justin77 10
Smudge 10
Tim 10
KiwiMurph 10
Handsome Ray 10 -
Time to tip and that means you @Smudge @Tim @justin77 @KiwiMurph
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A few more players dropped off this week, is the season too long? One more week of tipping to go before the international break.
Tricky week for high scoring, nobody managed 7/7 and margins were elusive for all. Picking 6/7 were Virgil (top scorer for the week), Broughie, Pauncefote and Unite. Hooroo the low scorer with 3/6 and no margins.
No big moves overall as most of the scoring was around the low to mid 30s but Hydro11 moved up to 2nd, 11 behind Winger and Virgil moved into the top 10.
The top 4 is set for the playoffs as they can't be caught - Canes Black looking assured of the minor premiership.
Virgil 44
Broughie 42
Corkscrew 42
Pauncefote 41
Bones 39
Rico#1 39
Unite 38
Hydro11 37
Hurrycanes 37
Dogmeat 37
Richie 37
Winger 35
KP 34
DK 34
Stockcar86 34
JK 34
Mikedogz 34
Justin77 34
ACT Crusader 34
Bruce Kenyon 33
Joan and Mary 33
No Quarter 33
Sportboy 33
Smudge 33
Waynes World 32
Antipodean 32
Triple T 32
Buck 32
Higgins 31
Langakali 31
Phooey 31
Victor 31
TaniwhaRugby 29
Plastered Peni 29
Gunner 29
Barbarian 28
Paj 28
Donsteppa 27
Skudderstep 27
GT12 26
Hooroo 21
Crucial 16
FarNthHayden 16
Cactus Jack 16
Fiamacho 16
Tim 16
KiwiMurph 16
Handsome Ray 16 -
@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
A few more players dropped off this week, is the season too long?
They're like pace setters in athletics; no chance of winning after the first two laps so they drop out, job done.
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@antipodean said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
@kiwipie said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18:
A few more players dropped off this week, is the season too long?
They're like pace setters in athletics; no chance of winning after the first two laps so they drop out, job done.
I'll fess up. Just got absorbed into some actual work and completely forgot until half way up a hill on my mountainbike on Saturday. Was way too late to do anything by then.
