The Silver Fern

@KiwiPie I suspect there will be quite a few people who haven't got the message yet that the NPC is starting this weekend. There may be some late tippers tonight or tomorrow.

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Finally KIrwan's "pick without thinking" strategy was dashed on the rocks in what could be the pivotal weekend for the competition. The 3 games that weren't blowouts had quite a few people going for Northland, Tasman and Auckland and those people have dropped down the table rapidly. Dolamite, Laurence, Paj, Joan & Mary and Unite all picked 7 from 7 and top score was 57 for Dolamite and Winger who picked 6/7 but had 5 margin calls. At the other end of the scale, Duluth had 24, Kirwan 26 & Higgins & Plastered Peni 33.

All of which means it is all change at the top with Victor now leading by 4 from Donsteppa who is 4 clear of Waynes World. It is 2 back to Winger and 2 more to Dolamite. Bayimports is up to 6th after 2 great weeks. Plastered Peni dropped 5 places, Kirwan from 1st to 8th, Higgins down to 10th and Duluth from 4th to 13th.

All to play for on the final weekend with a few unpredictable games coming up.

In the teams comp, the top 2 on the ladder - unbeaten all season - crashed out at the semi-final stage with wins for Wellington and Hawkes meaning they will contest the final next weekend. Winger, Laurence & Hydro11 all topped 50 while Hawkes were grateful to Paj, kiwimatrix and Stockcar86 but solid scoring.

The Cup final is a low scoring affair with Higgins & Plastered Peni tied on 33-33 after the first leg.

@Winger said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2023:

Another crap 1st week. With some strange selections too. Less interesting getting so far behind from week 1😠

Same. You’d think that I would have learned to stay conservative in the first couple of rounds after all these years.

@KiwiPie ha, didn't come last and I didn't tip the last couple of weeks and missed at least a couple of rounds...

I'm in!

Thanks @KiwiPie. Excellent standard as always. And well done to the winners

If you're in the Fern Tipping Comp, this is your reminder to tip for Week 2. https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit

This thread will unpin soon so all comms will be on the thread on the Competitions forum

https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/5139/tsf-tipping-2022

16 players so far, this is a reminder for the usual suspects to get their tips in and for new players to join up.

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@kiwipie thanks as always KP!!

Covid threw out some challenges, dampened enthusiasm, but yours is the only comp I do all the time!

@broughie Most teams haven't been named, yet. And you can find them all on the Fern, if the team lists have been published.

🔗 https://www.thesilverfern.com/info/rugby-teamsheets

@KiwiPie said in Bay NPC Fixtures 2020:

@Hooroo said in Bay NPC Fixtures 2020:

@KiwiPie said in Bay NPC Fixtures 2020:

Here we go - 3 Tauranga games in the final 4 weeks for that semi-final push.

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Hopefully the 4th of Oct is a shield challenge....

That's taking a long view!

and hopeful

Awesome work, KP!

Clayton McMiillan

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Have to agree on the performance of karpik and Harris who was like an extra loose forward. I thought the reserves added a lot when they came on Matenga stood out. It was a real team effort on D by the whole pack and looks like there is competition for places across the board. EARLY DAYS but a got start and we will learn a lot more against Waikato.

@KiwiPie thanks again KP, super comp.

@Donsteppa said in The Silver Fern Super Rugby Tipping Comp:

Is there a link to the page of the tips that we've submitted?

This will be the link for the whole season - which means that all the tips will accumulate - including those from last season. So just sort column A (Right click on column, Sort Z-A) and the current week's tips will appear.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13rvFutTFczUwjYSTGzQ8pJlIRRO_3n7KgDyCPDrrPRk/edit

Thanks for the comp @KiwiPie, awesome as usual!

Oh what could have been. If we played with the acuracy we showed today, we'd be in the semis. Though another game where we leaked points in the last 20. Fitness needs to be looked at next year. Narawa looked great on the wing. Plenty of positives from the pack. We needed a better centre (shame Foketi was injured all season) this year. A new backs coach too. We were too predictable. Shame we didn't have Monty Ioane this year. He was electric. I'm still dumbfounded how he missed out on a super contract.