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    • KiwiPie

      Tipping 2021
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      JK

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

    • Crucial

      SuperBru 2017
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      Higgins

      Wrong thread!

    • taniwharugby

      Tipping 2020
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      KiwiPie

      @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

      TSF NPC Tipping 2019
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      Joan and Mary

      @KiwiPie thanks again KP, super comp.

    • KiwiPie

      TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2019
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      Unite

      Thanks for the comp @KiwiPie, awesome as usual!

    • KiwiPie

      Superbru Mitre 10 Cup - Fern NPC
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      KiwiPie

      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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    • KiwiPie

      TSF Mitre 10 Cup Tipping 2018
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      KiwiPie

      @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.

    • KiwiPie

      TSF Super Rugby Tipping 2018 http://bit.do/tsf18
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      Thanks! @KiwiPie

    • KiwiPie

      TSF NPC Tipping - do we want it?
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      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**

    • KiwiPie

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

    • booboo

      15. Fullback 2016 - POLL (Just for NTA)
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      Derm McCrum

      @booboo said in 15. Fullback 2016 - POLL (Just for NTA):

      @Pot-Hale said in 15. Fullback 2016 - POLL (Just for NTA):

      @Virgil said in 15. Fullback 2016 - POLL (Just for NTA):

      @Pot-Hale said in 15. Fullback 2016 - POLL (Just for NTA):

      @booboo said in 15. Fullback 2016 - POLL (Just for NTA):

      @Pot-Hale said in 15. Fullback 2016 - POLL (Just for NTA):

      @booboo said in 15. Fullback 2016 - POLL (Just for NTA):

      Too fucking late

      No, it's not. It's never too late to admit the mistakes(booboos?) you've made in life.

      Or in leaving out the 6 Nations Player of the Tournament...... 😉

      Oh and he plays for Scotland too......

      @Pot-Hale no. It's too fucking late.

      You've had over three weeks.

      Your mistake was not nominating.

      Now now - there's no need to be cranky. If you don't want to include him because you didn't think of him, that's okay to say so....

      I don't think you grasp how this works. It's not up to Booboo to nominate every option.
      You should have nominated the 2nd best fullback this year.

      Eh I grasp it clearly Virgil. I know it's not up to BooBoo - I'm taking the pish, it's just banter.
      In my defence, I did actually say something in the nominations like " yeah Smith not bad, Stuart Hogg was pretty good too or a good second" - or words to that effect.
      Edit:
      @Pot-Hale said in 15. Fullback of the Year 2016:

      Smith??

      Yeah's he's not bad.

      Stuart Hogg for me in second place.

      Thanks. So you admit you didn't on nominate him and said he wasn't good enough to be considered.

      No.

    • booboo

      16. Coach 2016 - POLL
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      Derm McCrum

      @booboo said in 16. Coach 2016 - POLL:

      @Pot-Hale on review of the thread I can't see where I was quoting anybody.

      I expect it was a comment directly from the judging panel. Which pretty much stems from the fact that Joe Schmidt is a flufflybunny and always will be as far as I am concerned. Fuck him. Never liked him from scouts and school days.

      Also tell me what was wrong with the comment "one good win"? Who else did he beat of any quality? ...

      Well they beat Scotland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well. But if you want to be a begrudging moanfart, why not just say so? Tsk tsk.

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      10. First Five-eighth 2016 - POLL
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      @Snowy plenty of them about!

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      14. Right Winger 2016 - POLL
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      13. Centre 2016 - POLL
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      12 Second Five-Eighth 2016 - POLL
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      11. Left Winger (Karl Marx) 2016 - POLL
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      9. Halfback 2016 - POLL
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      8. No.8 2016 - POLL
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      7. Openside Flanker 2016 - POLL
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      6. Blindside Flanker 2016 - POLL
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      4 & 5. Locks 2016 - POLL (Take 3 ...)
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      2. Hooker 2016 - POLL
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      1. Loosehead Prop 2016 - POLL
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      3. Tighthead Prop 2016 - POLL
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      3. Tighthead Prop of the Year 2016
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      taniwharugby

      @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

      14. Right Winger of the Year 2016
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      Catogrande

      @booboo It was more of an insinuation.

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      12. Second Five-eighth of the Year 2016
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      @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.

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      6. Blindside Flanker of the Year 2016
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      @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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    • booboo

      13. Centre of the Year 2016
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      Nepia

      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.

    • booboo

      11. Left Winger of the Year 2016
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      Nepia

      @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?

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      16. Coach of the Year 2016
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      Derm McCrum

      @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...

    • booboo

      2. Hooker of the Year 2016
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      Catogrande

      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.

    • booboo

      1. Loosehead Prop of the Year 2016
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      Catogrande

      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.

    • booboo

      8. No.8 of the Year 2016
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      So MN5's nomination for Parisse didn't make the list this year.....

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      15. Fullback of the Year 2016
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      Derm McCrum

      Smith??

      Yeah's he's not bad.

      Stuart Hogg for me in second place.

    • booboo

      10. First Five-eighth of the Year 2016
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      Derm McCrum

      Barret.
      Barett
      Barrett

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