@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.

Here's a wrap ... thanks to everyone who kept on tipping even if your performance was shite! Well done Northland winning your first title since 2008 (who was on both teams?). Look out for Super Rugby tipping early in 2019.

Top week - Fiamacho 74 in Week 5.
Worst week - Waynes World 16 in Week 1.
Most results picked correctly - Gunner 54 out of 70 (Tim & Langakali 53)
Most results with margins picked correctly - Fiamacho 25

Week 9 scores

Gunner 64
DK 64
Cactus Jack 64
Hooroo 61
Phooey 61
Victor 59
Virgil 59
TR 59
Triple T 58
Broughie 57
Hydro11 56
Smudge 56
Winger 54
KP 54
FarNthHayden 54
Justin77 53
Tim 51
Stockcar86 51
Laurence 51
Hurrycanes 51
Mikedogz 51
Fiamacho 49
Plastered Peni 49
Bay Imports 47
Langakali 46
Higgins 46
Buck 46
Joan and Mary 46
Dogmeat 46
Corkscrew 45
Stargazer 43
Donsteppa 43
Propsicle 43
Paj 42
Richie 40
Unite 35
Crucial 34
Waynes World 31
Trooa 26
Antipodean 26
Clara 26
Sportboy 26
ACT Crusader 26

We are all done for the season .... and the winners are

Langakali is the overall champion - just holding on in the closest finish for years. 4 points was the winning margin over the fast finishing Gunner who moved up from 7th to 2nd in the final week. Fiamacho also on the podium but left to rue tipping late and missing the easy 10 in the first game that would have won the title.

Northland win the team title with a late run on the final game - 4 maximums and a 7 to Wellington's collection of 7s meant their team scored 3 more points overall to win by just a single point with the average score. Gunner and Cactus Jack cancelled each other out with superb 64s and TR's 59 was critical to the win.

Finally Tim wins the TSF Cup by an embarrassing 33 points but Crucial did have to gamble in the final week - but missed tipping the only upset of the round.

More tomorrow but I have updated all the files at https://www.thesilverfern.com/tipping/

If Manawatu wins 17+, FIamacho wins. 9-16 and Langakali wins. 1-8 and Langakali wins by 1 from Stargazer and Higgins. If Southland wins, Langakali wins.

Langakali 425
Fiamacho 423
Stargazer 421
Higgins 421
Gunner 421
Tim 417
Winger 416
Victor 414
Hydro11 412
KP 409

Final Northland 46 - 48 Wellington
3rd Hawke's Bay 37 - 44 Wairarapa Bush
Plate Harbour-Auckland 47 - 24 BOP
7th South Island 37 - 32 Counties-Waikato

Crucial 68 v 101 Tim

Well no decisive move in the race for the title but the chasers lower down have all closed the gap meaning that there are 6 chasers within 10 of the lead. There isn't much difference in the picks for the final 2 games but Fiamacho could still snatch the title if Manawatu thrashes Southland.

Higgins and Stargazer are bound together and can't really pass Langakali. Tim might still compete with a narrow Auckland win and a big Manawatu win - I think.

The final looks like going to the wire with just a 2 point gap.

Langakali 418
Stargazer 414
Higgins 414
Fiamacho 413
Gunner 411
Tim 410
Winger 409
Victor 407
Hydro11 405
KP 402

Final Northland 38 - 40 Wellington
3rd Hawke's Bay 30 - 36 Wairarapa Bush
Plate Harbour-Auckland 38 - 21 BOP
7th South Island 30 - 27 Counties-Waikato

I'm as annoyed as only a man who tipped us 17+ can be ....

As Crucial has summarised the TSF Cup Final - here is progress on the rest.

Langakali retains a slim 4 point lead but Higgins has joined Stargazer in 2nd place. Fiamacho would be level at the top if he had tipped on time - as he gained maximums from the next 2 games.

Wellington with the early advantage due to Fiamacho turning up late but all to play for still. Interestingly all the Northland team has picked BOP to win while a couple of Wellingtonians have gone for Northland.

Langakali 411
Stargazer 407
Higgins 407
Fiamacho 401
Tim 395
Gunner 394
Winger 394
KP 392
Victor 392
Donsteppa 388
Hydro11 388

Final Northland 23 - 25 Wellington
3rd Hawke's Bay 21 - 26 Wairarapa Bush
Plate Harbour-Auckland 19 - 15 BOP
7th South Island 19 - 16 Counties-Waikato

@chiefy07 said in Poor Ole Ngati Porou East Coast!!:

Before Air NZ Cup started in 2005 they still had Promotion/Relegation games which is probably why Northlands mid 2000s run isn't being counted.

Surely by definition they aren't top division games? And with due respect to Northland 2003-2005, they were much worse than Southland 2016-2018. Hell even the mighty Steamers only just scraped a win v Southland - oh just remembered we only just scraped a win v Northland in 2004 (the only time I've met TR)

Didn't Northland have a longer run 2003-2005? 27 losses in 3 seasons? Plus the first 3 in the following season makes 30 losses in a row? Or are they arbitrarily distinguishing between NPC, Air NZ, ITM etc?

Almost everyone went Auckland 17+ so no real change - except Fiamacho tipped late and effectively has removed himself from the contest and Tim moves into 4th spot.