Would have got in but didnt see last week and no good enough to start a week behind

Wrong thread!

@Higgins said in Tipping 2020:

@kiwipie KP, have you devised anything for this Super Season? It will be a bit difficult given there only appear to be four games each week (and only two in the first week which kicks off in just seven days time) so not sure if you can come up with a format to make it challenging given so few games are to be played each week.

As @taniwharugby says, I ran a comp for the 10 rounds of SR Aotearoa last year where I massaged your picks into a maximum of 80 points - 20 points with the usual scoring for the result of each game. 5 points for 8 categories - pick the points for all 4 teams and the number of tries for all 4 teams. I'm happy to do that again and ignore Aus and SA. And no team tipping comp unless we get enough interest to have 8 teams.

Last season the final top 10 was

Winger 426
Joan and Mary 416
Virgil 415
Kruse 414
Langakali 408
Higgins 403
Dogmeat 402
Paj 397
TR 395
Sportboy 393

I'll start a new thread for 2021 in the coming week.

@KiwiPie thanks again KP, super comp.

Thanks for the comp @KiwiPie, awesome as usual!

Better wrap this one up now the domestic season is done. Really close for most of the season but our champion is Boongalaulau with Higgins 2nd and Mary 3rd.

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@taniwharugby said in TSF Mitre 10 Cup Tipping 2018:

@kiwipie I reckon me, J77, FarNorthHayden & Gunner would all have been in the 2008 squad!

It was the fresh face of Fiamacho that helped though

I dug it out of the archive - Northland team photo from 2008 (man, look at those hairstyles) along with their overall placing

The Champ is Here 2
TR 6
Duluth 15
D-Up 25
J77 27
FarNthHayden 47

67 person comp that season. Overall winner was Brakdov with DK, BobbyDigital and Tim rounding out the top 5.

Thanks! @KiwiPie

OK I set up a Superbru Pool as that takes no time at all and I am already picking for Mitre 10 Cup. Register and I will sweep up and approve later on.

**Come play Mitre 10 Cup with me on Superbru! It's free and loads of fun. Just click here:

https://www.superbru.com/mitre10cup/pool.php?p=11743389

Pool name: Fern NPC

Pool code: armyskip**

@dogmeat said in TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2017 http://bit.do/tsfs17:

Well done again KP

One caveat much as I enjoy the comp I think it should end when the international break falls

Mind you I think Super Rugby should end then too

Agree.

Thanks again KP

@Pot-Hale said in 3. Tighthead Prop of the Year 2016:

(One-off exhibition matches against second-string NZ sides don't really count - apparently.) 😉

Yep, they need to do away with these 'friendlies' they demean the real matches...

@booboo It was more of an insinuation.

@Pot-Hale said in 12. Second Five-eighth of the Year 2016:

@Catogrande said in 12. Second Five-eighth of the Year 2016:

@Pot-Hale Two different players PH. Farrell is more of a SH type 2nd five-eighth, where Henshaw is more of a traditional NH centre type (which for you SH guys is the blokes with 12 & 13 on their backs). But yeah, I'd take Farrell due to both his unbeaten year, 6N Grand Slam and 3-0 whitewash down under, plus his overall importance to the team.

While Henshaw is very good and has had a good year, it is hard to argue with the bald facts re Farrell.

I have Henshaw down as an inside-centre in my book. None of that five-eighth shit. Since both wore 12, then Farrell had the better year of the two. So my vote is going with him.

There is no such position as 'inside centre". He who wears 12 is "Second Five-Eighth".

However your nomination is accepted.

@Nepia said in 6. Blindside Flanker of the Year 2016:

@Catogrande said in 6. Blindside Flanker of the Year 2016:

Of the three nominations, Kaino has had a quiet year (by his standards). Robshaw has been integral to England's renaissance, he has a phenomenal engine with a high work rate over the full 80+ minutes. But does he make a stand out difference in a match like Stander has done for Ireland? I'd say no and Stander takes it for me. I quite liked the work Fardy was doing for Aus but he seems to have fallen by the wayside.

Not really, he had a quiet end of the year (stupid lock experiment contributing to this) but he went near beast mode through much of the SH test season.

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Ok, this feels weird, but I think that Crotty deserves a nomination for at least one midfield position (and clearly Canerbry, Sammy C and Stargazer haven't found their way to this part of the Fern).

I feel dirty. So dirty.

@dogmeat said in 11. Left Winger of the Year 2016:

Shouldn't we rename this one leftard of the year 2016 and the guy on the opposite flank rwnjs of the year 2016?

Wouldn't OWM be a better fit for this current era?

@Catogrande said in 16. Coach of the Year 2016:

@Pot-Hale said in 16. Coach of the Year 2016:

Jones.
13 and counting.

Hansen 12 and 1.

Also it is not just about where you got to, it is also where you came from.

Japan and Wales, I think...

Hartley for managing to stay on the pitch for England until Eddie yanked him off. This shows a true understanding of what it take to be a modern international rugby player.

Mako is worth a nomination for his ball carrying and work around the field but the nomination here is for Prop and a prop's first duty is scrummaging. Mako has improved in this respect but I don't think he strikes fear into too many THs.

So MN5's nomination for Parisse didn't make the list this year.....

Smith??

Yeah's he's not bad.

Stuart Hogg for me in second place.

Barret.
Barett
Barrett

you'd know he'd spent time barefoot in Ireland with the way he plays.