EOYT Tipping Competition

[Scarfman]

Sorry - I'm a bit late with this. Just checked our SuperBru and their EOYT tipping comp includes ALL northern hemisphere games this season. Should be fun just going to school on a few of the minor games.

Here's the schedule

Round 1
1 Australia v New Zealand Sat 31 Oct 17:30 National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
2 Gloucester Rugby v Australia Tues 3 Nov 19:45 Kingsholm, Gloucester
Round 2
3 Leicester Tigers v South Africa Fri 6 Nov 19:30 Welford Road, Leicester
4 England v Australia Sat 7 Nov 14:30 Twickenham Stadium, London
5 Portugal v Namibia Sat 7 Nov 15:00 TBC, Somewhere
6 Wales v New Zealand Sat 7 Nov 17:15 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Round 3
7 Wales v Samoa Fri 13 Nov 19:30 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
8 Ireland A v Tonga Fri 13 Nov 19:30 Ravenhill, Belfast
9 France v South Africa Fri 13 Nov 20:45 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
10 Italy v New Zealand Sat 14 Nov 15:00 San Siro, Milan
11 England v Argentina Sat 14 Nov 14:30 Twickenham Stadium, London
12 Scotland v Fiji Sat 14 Nov 14:30 Murrayfield, Edinburgh
13 Japan v Canada Sun 15 Nov 14:00 Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
14 Ireland v Australia Sun 15 Nov 15:00 Croke Park, Dublin
15 Saracens v South Africa Tues 17 Nov 19:30 Twickenham Stadium, London
Round 4
16 Japan v Canada Sat 21 Nov 14:00 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
17 Italy v South Africa Sat 21 Nov 15:00 Stadio Friuli, Udine
18 England v New Zealand Sat 21 Nov 14:30 Twickenham Stadium, London
19 Wales v Argentina Sat 21 Nov 14:30 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
20 France v Samoa Sat 21 Nov 18:00 Stade de France, Paris
21 Ireland v Fiji Sat 21 Nov 17:15 Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
22 Scotland v Australia Sat 21 Nov 17:15 Murrayfield, Edinburgh
30 Cardiff Blues v Australia Tues 24 Nov 17:00 TBC, Somewhere
Round 5
23 Italy v Samoa Sat 28 Nov 15:00 Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno
24 Ireland v South Africa Sat 28 Nov 14:30 Croke Park, Dublin
25 Scotland v Argentina Sat 28 Nov 14:30 Murrayfield, Edinburgh
26 Portugal v Tonga Sat 28 Nov 15:00 TBC, Somewhere
27 Wales v Australia Sat 28 Nov 17:15 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
28 France v New Zealand Sat 28 Nov 20:45 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Round 6
29 Barbarians v New Zealand Sat 5 Dec 17:00 Twickenham Stadium, London

TO JOIN UP DO THIS

Website: http://www.superbru.com/endofyear
Pool code: rinkglia
Pool name: GAGR

Even if you miss the first game, join up, there's 28 more games to catch up.

 

[PaarlBok]

I am in. We have a pool running by the Saffers also and the Lion boer lot have a price sponsorred one by their CEO on www.born2brag.co.za. Price a weekend for 2 accomodation & breakfast included at KloofSig in the Lang Kloof and a drink in the ladies bar to meet 2009 Miss LangKloof.

 

[Scarfman]

Excellent - we're up to 6.

If we get 20, G&GR will put up a prize. We're talking jersey / ball / DVD territory.

I'd like to see your Lees, your fatprops, your nazas get into it. It's a money/mouth situation.

 

[PaarlBok]

They'r pissies Doc, I tried now for nearly five years to get Oom Lee in the tipping, no way, point blank. Fattie may join tho.

 

[Scarfman]

C'mon guys - only 8 so far.

I reckon with the wide variety of games on tap it should really test rugby knowledge. I've been on the Gloucseter fan forum trying to glean some late mail on the team and how they're shaping up.

Decent guys, apart from being English.

 

[Scarfman]

This is a joke - I'm winning the tipping comp! If you can't beat me from one game down you're just not trying.

Get on board softcocks! 28 games to go, starting tomorrow.

 

[Biffo]

This is a joke - I'm winning the tipping comp! If you can't beat me from one game down you're just not trying.

Get on board softcocks! 28 games to go, starting tomorrow.

2 Qs:

1. Are we, as a team, in competition against others?
2. What is the points scoring system?

 

[Scarfman]

Just join up, dickless!

 

[Biffo]

Just join up, dickless!

Ask someone to go to the site and read to you the names of your members, you illiterate moron. :huxley to you.

 

[TheRiddler]

Ask someone to go to the site and read to you the names of your members, you illiterate moron. :huxley to you.

Bring back the biff!!

if only the Wobblies had so much aggression and commitment to the ruck.......

 

[TheRiddler]

I'm in. Apart from all the ads dominating the site, looks like quite a good setup.

 

[Scarfman]

For biffo's benefit, you get 2.0 for the win, 0.5 for being within 5 points of the correct margin, and 1.0 for being closest to the pin. And an extra 1.0 if you pick all the winners in a round.

We're in a pool of our own, but the overall winner (out of about 50,000) gets a rugby ball or something. But like I said, if we can get about 8 more blokes to harden up then I'll put up a prize myself.

 

[TheRiddler]

if we can get about 8 more blokes to harden up then I'll put up a prize myself.

A signed copy of a soon-to-be-published book?

 

[Scarfman]

Second prize: two copies.

 

[Newb]

sounds more like a wooden spoon substitute :fishing

but seriously congrats on the publishing scarfie

 

[Biffo]

thank you, gifted man of letters

 

[Biffo]

Ask someone to go to the site and read to you the names of your members, you illiterate moron. :huxley to you.

Bring back the biff!!

if only the Wobblies had so much aggression and commitment to the ruck.......

only way to treat blouses

 

[Scarfman]

AFTER ROUND ONE

1 Scarfman 4.50
2 Biffo 3.50
3 GC.. 3.50
4 Newb 3.00
5 PaarlBok 3.00
6 Jets 2.50
7 Lindommer 1.00
8 Eddo 1.00
9 TheRiddler 1.00
10 Noddy 1.00
11 Cheezel 1.00
12 Henry 0.00
13 Zeno 0.00

 

[RugbyReg]

Shall we get some team news happening to help the tippers?

Round 2
3 Leicester Tigers v South Africa Fri 6 Nov 19:30 Welford Road, Leicester

Leicester: (tba)

South Africa: (tba)

4 England v Australia Sat 7 Nov 14:30 Twickenham Stadium, London

England: 15 Ugo Monye; 14 Mark Cueto, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Shane Geraghty, 11 Matt Banahan; 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Danny Care; 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Tom Croft; 5 Steve Borthwick [c], 4 Louis Deacon; 3 David Wilson, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Tim Payne.

Replacements:16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Duncan Bell, 18 Courtney Lawes, 19 James Haskell, 20Paul Hodgson, 21 Andy Goode, 2 Ayoola Erinle


Australia: (tba)

5 Portugal v Namibia Sat 7 Nov 15:00 TBC, Somewhere

Portugal: (tba)

Namibia: (tba)

6 Wales v New Zealand Sat 7 Nov 17:15 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Wales: (tba)

New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Brendon Leonard; 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw [c], 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Wyatt Crockett. Reserves: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Tom Donnelly, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Jimmy Cowan, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Ben Smith.

 

[TheRiddler]

Shall we get some team news happening to help the tippers?

That implies that we use such knowledge to make informed, educated tipping decisions, as opposed to the wild guess work that really happens....