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^moderator SE ^moderator Pokah Guru
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2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 11:18 AM. Post 1
Before I begin let me just say that, yes, this is a shameless attempt at creating a reasonable facsimile of amh’s now legendary Euro 2008 prediction thread.

Although, in my defense, I’m pretty sure there was at least one person who said they liked the idea when I first mentioned it.

The format will be similar and the winner will receive $33.00 worth of tournament tickets. The winner will also get to choose how he/she would like the $33 split ie. $20+2 and $10+1 / 6 x $5+0.50 / 3 x $10+1 etc.

As I’m somewhat new to setting these kinds of things up, there may be one or two oversights. If so, please let me know.

Closing time for predictions will be at 07:30 GMT on Saturday 5 July.

Categories will be as follows:

8pts for predicting the winner

5pts for top try scorer

3pts for top points scorer

2pts for the Bledisloe Cup winner

1pt for biggest win margin

1pt for correct final log standings

1pt for number of drop goals scored

1pt for correct number of tries scored per team (plus 2 bonus points for correctly predicting ALL 3 teams total tries scored)

Good luck!

Vinnie


PS: GO ALL BLACKS!!!

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ratty_2004 GB ratty_2004 Veteran
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 11:43 AM. Post 2
NH Vinnie.

Do they take the $33 out of you wages? wink

I know even less about rugby than i do about football, but ill have a go.

Anyone got a link to a list of teams and events? Would be a good start if i knew who was playing. wink

Thanx for setting this up Vinnie.
 
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ratty_2004 GB ratty_2004 Veteran
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 11:45 AM. Post 3
Also, whats this?

Bledisloe Cup winner

And you may need a tie breaker point. happy
 
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celticchicky CA celticchicky Enthusiast
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 11:50 AM. Post 4
Fixtures

Bledisloe Cup
 
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^moderator SE ^moderator Pokah Guru
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 11:54 AM. Post 5
Thanks Ratty,

The Bledisloe Cup is an age old contest between New Zealand and Australia, which I think dates back to when both nations started playing rugby.

I havn't googled it yet so I speak under correction.

For some background info, I found these sites.

Link#1

Link#2

Link#3

and yes, the $33 does come out of my salary sad
 
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amh11 GB amh11 Senior member
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 11:58 AM. Post 6
Yay well done vinnie very_happy

A closing time/date for entries is a good idea happy

Will do a bit of research and get an entry together very_happy
 
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^moderator SE ^moderator Pokah Guru
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 12:07 PM. Post 7
The Tie Breaker:

In the event of a tie, participants will play in a private tournament (participants to choose buy-in, time & date) and the winner will be awarded the tournament tickets.

Sound fair?

Let me know.

Also, thanks to Ratty for pointing that out.
 
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lykanthropos NO lykanthropos Enthusiast
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 12:23 PM. Post 8
Hey ya Vinnie

Thanx for setting this up. I wish moderators set up more competitions like this, and related.
That would make pokah very interesting. Previous we have had fantasy-poker and amh-soccer thingy and a few other good ideas.

I would love to participate in this one too, but im afraid i dont got the first clue how to set this upsad

Maybe ill just follow rattys examplemad, however im finally going on vacation tommorow, so i got tons to do.

Good luck all!
 
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silkydealer GB silkydealer Enthusiast
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 12:55 PM. Post 9
winners-new zealand
top try scorer-rokocoko
top points scorer-daniel carter
bledisloe cup winners-new zealand
biggest win margin-18points
final standings-1st;nz,2nd;sa,3rd;aus
drop goals-8
total tries per team-nz;27
sa;23
au;19
ty vinnie,good luck all
 
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Jeremy-1986 NZ Jeremy-1986 Senior member
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RE: 2008 Tri-Nations Rugby prediction thread

Jul 3, 2008 06:01 PM. Post 10
yus! top work, vinnie! happy
for the record, there's 4 bledisloe cup games this year - 3 within the tri-nations like usual, then another separate one (which doesn't count for the tri-nations) in hong kong at the beginning of november, so it might not be determined till almost 2 months after the tri-nations finishes. so you'll probably want to consider and clarify whether we're only counting the first three or counting all four and just hoping it's decided in those three and that the fourth doesn't matter. also, bledisloe rules are that if both teams win the same amount then the holder retains the cup, so people should know there's no ties.

winner: new zealand
top try scorer: ma'a nonu (nz)
top scorer: dan carter (nz)
bledisloe cup: new zealand
biggest margin: 15
final standings: 1st: nz, 2nd: sa 3rd:aus
drop goals: 2
tries per team: nz: 17, sa: 14, aus: 13


this is going to be such an awesome series. nz with some big changes from last year and with some key injuries (mccaw and rokocoko out, and williams questionable), south africa the world champions, and aus who sucked a little at the beginning of last year but came right and now have maybe the best coach in the world, a few new faces, and a whole lot of potential. anyone could beat anyone. any two or even all three teams could finish on equal points, and i have no idea whether it'll be high scoring or not, so no idea on number of tries. any number of players could take top tries too, i almost had to flip a coin to choose between the two i had.

can't wait. very_happy
 
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