TSF NPC Tipping 2024

[KiwiPie]

Final reminder to get your tips in for NPC 2024. https://thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit/

[KiwiPie]

This first game might be critical with a fairly even split of picks for Northland and Otago. Of the top 4, only Donsteppa picked Northland and the lead is down to just 4 points.

Bush take an early lead in the final

No change in the TSF Cup Final after 10 apiece

[KiwiPie]

Winger has closed the gap to just 2 points after being closer with the margin of the Canterbury win. It all comes down to the Shield challenge, Winger has Taranaki winning it and if that happens then Winger is champion.

[Donsteppa]

Nicely done to @Winger. I knew Northland was a risky one, but I thought Ta$man might have valued the Shield, rather than rolling over

[KiwiPie]

@Donsteppa said in TSF NPC Tipping 2024:

Nicely done to @Winger. I knew Northland was a risky one, but I thought Ta$man might have valued the Shield, rather than rolling over

Don't give up hope. Every team I've picked to win this weekend has instantly gone 20 points down and I'm 3/5.

[Donsteppa]

@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2024:

@Donsteppa said in TSF NPC Tipping 2024:

Nicely done to @Winger. I knew Northland was a risky one, but I thought Ta$man might have valued the Shield, rather than rolling over

Don't give up hope. Every team I've picked to win this weekend has instantly gone 20 points down and I'm 3/5.

The first 50 minutes of the weekend were great, until Northland got intercepted

[Donsteppa]

Confirmed congrats to @Winger

[KiwiPie]

It's all over and the results are at https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/

Congratulation to @Winger running down @Donsteppa in the final week and clinching the title when Taranaki took the Ranfurly Shield. 3rd place to @sportboy after years of comical underachievement, that's a great performance.

Best of the weekend was @Dan54 with 50 points, 6/7 and Waikato as lowest scorers. Winger, @Paj and @Landers92 scored 49, the latter with 7/7 which means 1 of only 3 to pick Southland to win.

Hawke's Bay took out the teams title with a narrow 34-33 win over Wairarapa Bush. Indebted to Paj for the outstanding score and to @Stockcar86 who mysteriously picked Southland as top scorers. As he picked Counties for low scorers, then I presume he got them the wrong way round and without that cunning plan, Bush would have won.

Winger did the league and cup double, thrashing me 84-68 over 2 weekends.

[Stockcar86]

Thanks @KiwiPie . Sometimes it really is better to be stupid and lucky, than be good

[Dan54]

Add my thanks @KiwiPie , I still can't get over it I have never really got into picking comps, but seem to enjoy these ones.
Could be a good rugby site combined with a well run comp!!!

[KiwiPie]

Finally for the season, a review of the history of NPC Tipping. The winners have been

2006 Brakdov
2008 Donsteppa/KP/Higgins
2009 TR
2010 Bay Imports
2011 TR
2012 Winger
2013 Propsicle
2014 Cactus Jack
2015 Higgins
2016 Joan and Mary
2018 Langakali
2019 Bay Imports/Winger
2020 Dice
2021 Higgins/Plastered Peni
2022 Crucial
2023 Bay Imports
2024 Winger

3 titles each for Winger, Higgins and Bay Imports. 2 for TR.

2006 Valley
2008 Northland
2009 Waikato
2010 Hawke's Bay
2011 Hawke's Bay
2012 BOP
2013 Hawke's Bay
2014 Wellington
2015 Wairarapa Bush
2016 Wairarapa Bush
2018 Northland
2019 Wairarapa Bush
2020 Northland
2021 Counties-Waikato
2022 Harbour-Auckland
2023 Hawke's Bay
2024 Hawke's Bay

5 titles for Hawke's Bay, 3 for Wairarapa Bush and Northland.