DS Forums

 
 

Rugby Union World Cup 2015 - Prediction Competition


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 16-09-2015, 14:46
MinkyJoe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 682

Would anybody be interested in taking part in a prediction competition for the Rugby Union World Cup?

The rules are quite straightforward:

For each match simply predict the winning margin like so:

England v Fiji +10 (You think England are going to win by 10 points)
England v Fiji -10 (You think Fiji are going to win by 10 points)
England v Fiji 0 (You think the game will end in a draw)

The scoring will be as follows:

In the group stage. If you get the result right, you score 1 X (points difference between your prediction and the winning margin). If you get the result wrong, you score 3 X points difference.

In the quarter final, the ‘multiplication factors’ are 2 and 5 respectively
In the semi final, 3 and 8 respectively
For the final, 5 and 10

Please note: 3rd place play off will not be included.

Please also note: The winner will be the person with the lowest score.

Eg: Let’s say England v Fiji has a final score of England 25 v 15 Fiji

If you had predicted +30, (expecting England to win by 30), you would have been out by 20 having chosen the right result, so would score 1 X 20 = 20

If you had predicted -3, (expecting Fiji to win by 3), you would be out by 13 and would have chosen the wrong result, so would score 3 X 13 = 39

If you had predicted 0, (expecting a draw), you would be out by 10 and chosen the wrong result, so would score 3 X 10 = 30.

Extra time will not count.

In addition, there will be the following bonuses:

Predict who will finish 3rd in each group.
-50 for each correct prediction.

Predict the biggest winning margin of the tournament.
-100 for the nearest and an additional -100 if spot on.

No worries if this doesn’t take off but it might be fun.
MinkyJoe is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 16-09-2015, 14:49
MinkyJoe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 682
Template covering the first round of matches. Entry closes Friday 8:00pm

England v Fiji
Tonga v Georgia
Ireland v Canada
South Africa v Japan
France v Italy
Samoa v USA
Wales v Uruguay
New Zealand v Argentina

3rd Place

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Biggest winning margin:
MinkyJoe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-09-2015, 15:02
MinkyJoe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 682
England v Fiji +12
Tonga v Georgia +7
Ireland v Canada +25
South Africa v Japan +40
France v Italy +13
Samoa v USA +10
Wales v Uruguay +80
New Zealand v Argentina +21

3rd Place

Group A Wales
Group B Samoa
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 90
MinkyJoe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-09-2015, 15:25
MinkyJoe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 682
[quote=MinkyJoe;79657687]Template covering the first round of matches. Entry closes Friday 8:00pm/QUOTE]

Friday 18th September naturally 😊
MinkyJoe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-09-2015, 17:45
davethecue
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: The Sunny North
Posts: 8,728
Good shout

Will enter tomorrow when I've more time
davethecue is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-09-2015, 17:55
CGG_12
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Ireland
Posts: 7,470
This looks a bit of fun and seems nice and uncomplicated, fair play!

maybe worth starting a thread in the overall sport forum itself to link to this might get more traffic?

Anyhow my own

England v Fiji +15
Tonga v Georgia +7 (this is tough to predict actually!)
Ireland v Canada +40
South Africa v Japan +35
France v Italy +7
Samoa v USA +9
Wales v Uruguay +60
New Zealand v Argentina +15

3rd Place

Group A Wales
Group B Samoa
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 75
CGG_12 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-09-2015, 19:24
Sam_Clarke1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 1,684
Don't know much about the lesser teams but will give it a go

England v Fiji +22
Tonga v Georgia +12
Ireland v Canada +33
South Africa v Japan +38
France v Italy +8
Samoa v USA +10
Wales v Uruguay +72
New Zealand v Argentina +16

3rd Place

Group A Wales
Group B Scotland
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 88

Cheers
Sam_Clarke1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-09-2015, 09:13
Realale
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Milton Keynes
Posts: 5,741
England v Fiji +15
Tonga v Georgia +5
Ireland v Canada +25
South Africa v Japan +30
France v Italy +5
Samoa v USA +15
Wales v Uruguay +45
New Zealand v Argentina +20

3rd Place

Group A - Wales
Group B - Samoa
Group C - Tonga
Group D - Italy

Biggest winning margin: 82
Realale is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 17-09-2015, 11:55
tso
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 19,630
England v Fiji +30
Tonga v Georgia +25
Ireland v Canada +50
South Africa v Japan +65
France v Italy +35
Samoa v USA +25
Wales v Uruguay +60
New Zealand v Argentina +55

3rd Place

Group A: Wales
Group B: Samoa
Group C: Tonga
Group D: Italy

Biggest winning margin: 75

cheers
tso is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-09-2015, 13:21
neilwatson
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 3,079
England v Fiji +31
Tonga v Georgia +26
Ireland v Canada +52
South Africa v Japan +45
France v Italy +21
Samoa v USA +26
Wales v Uruguay +67
New Zealand v Argentina +12

3rd Place

Group A - Australia
Group B - Samoa
Group C - Tonga
Group D - Italy

Biggest winning margin: 91
neilwatson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-09-2015, 14:59
Mark F
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 12,251
England by 20
Tonga v Georgia by 25
Ireland v Canada by 55
South Africa by 60
France by 12
Samoa by 20
Wales by 50
New Zealand by 15

3rd Place

Group A - Wales
Group B - Samoa
Group C - Tonga
Group D - Italy



Biggest winning margin: 93
Mark F is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-09-2015, 18:05
davethecue
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: The Sunny North
Posts: 8,728
England v Fiji +22
Tonga v Georgia +36
Ireland v Canada +32
South Africa v Japan +66
France v Italy +10
Samoa v USA +20
Wales v Uruguay +47
New Zealand v Argentina +18

3rd Place

Group A - Wales
Group B - Samoa
Group C - Tonga
Group D - Italy

Biggest winning margin: 80
davethecue is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-09-2015, 21:55
DimSum
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Jackie Chan Palace
Posts: 3,787
England v Fiji +25
Tonga v Georgia +11
Ireland v Canada +40
South Africa v Japan +50
France v Italy +14
Samoa v USA +18
Wales v Uruguay +65
New Zealand v Argentina +22

3rd Place

Group A - Wales
Group B - Samoa
Group C - Tonga
Group D - Italy

Biggest winning margin: 95
DimSum is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-09-2015, 22:03
topgooner100
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 1,644
Sounds Fun Nice one MinkyJoe

England v Fiji +28
Tonga v Georgia +19
Ireland v Canada +35
South Africa v Japan +57
France v Italy +19
Samoa v USA +28
Wales v Uruguay +33
New Zealand v Argentina +52

3rd Place

Group A Wales
Group B Samoa
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin:89
topgooner100 is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 17-09-2015, 22:35
Stunty
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 42,423
England v Fiji +15
Tonga v Georgia +39
Ireland v Canada +37
South Africa v Japan +55
France v Italy +14
Samoa v USA +31
Wales v Uruguay +57
New Zealand v Argentina +24

3rd Place

Group A Australia
Group B Scotland
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 73
Stunty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 06:12
James1953
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: The Mainland
Posts: 4,189
England v Fiji +22
Tonga v Georgia +14
Ireland v Canada +34
South Africa v Japan +61
France v Italy +8
Samoa v USA +28
Wales v Uruguay +65
New Zealand v Argentina +12

3rd Place

Group A - Wales
Group B - Scotland
Group C - Tonga
Group D - Italy

Biggest winning margin: 78
James1953 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 06:54
The Net
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St Albans
Posts: 3,547
England v Fiji +14
Tonga v Georgia +17
Ireland v Canada +40
South Africa v Japan +52
France v Italy +12
Samoa v USA +17
Wales v Uruguay +54
New Zealand v Argentina +17

3rd Place

Group A - Wales
Group B - Samoa
Group C - Tonga
Group D - Italy

Biggest winning margin: 98
The Net is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 08:26
Marmite Baby
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Northampton, UK
Posts: 3,247
England v Fiji +15
Tonga v Georgia +10
Ireland v Canada +30
South Africa v Japan +35
France v Italy +10
Samoa v USA +20
Wales v Uruguay +60
New Zealand v Argentina +15

3rd Place

Group A Wales
Group B Samoa
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 85
Marmite Baby is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 11:41
tonypennys
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Leigh
Posts: 4,156
England v Fiji +22
Tonga v Georgia +15
Ireland v Canada +40
South Africa v Japan +30
France v Italy +12
Samoa v USA +25
Wales v Uruguay +45
New Zealand v Argentina +25

3rd Place

Group A Wales
Group B Samoa
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 80
tonypennys is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 12:37
mb@2day
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 8,710
England x Fiji 15
Tonga x Georgia 25
Ireland x Canada 30
S Africa x Japan 40
France x Italy 30
Samoa x USA 20
Wales x Uruguay 55
NZ x Argentine 15

3rd place

Group A England
Group B Scotland
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 91
mb@2day is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 13:05
MinkyJoe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 682
There will be a cup competition running concurrently with the main competition. It will start in the next round of fixtures.

I will also introduce bonus points - there will be one prediction to make for each round, starting in the next round of fixtures.

The bonus points will count towards both the main competition and the cup competition if everybody is ok with that?

If you're not sure what I mean by the above, don't worry, it will become clear in due course.
MinkyJoe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 17:15
dtcdtcdtc
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Back on the Road
Posts: 9,956
England v Fiji +36
Tonga v Georgia +18
Ireland v Canada +40
South Africa v Japan +60
France v Italy +14
Samoa v USA +38
Wales v Uruguay +55
New Zealand v Argentina +32

3rd Place

Group A Wales
Group B Scotland
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 85

Nice one
dtcdtcdtc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 17:44
dean michael
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,777
England v Fiji +34
Tonga v Georgia +13
Ireland v Canada +37
South Africa v Japan +47
France v Italy +20
Samoa v USA +28
Wales v Uruguay +60
New Zealand v Argentina +28

3rd Place
Group A Wales
Group B Samoa
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 80pts
dean michael is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 18:13
Cuishla
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 15,046
England v Fiji +26
Tonga v Georgia -8
Ireland v Canada +49
South Africa v Japan +52
France v Italy +24
Samoa v USA +22
Wales v Uruguay +56
New Zealand v Argentina +26

3rd Place
Group A Wales
Group B Scotland
Group C Georgia
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 77pts
Cuishla is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-09-2015, 18:50
Cissy Fairfax
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 7,349
England v Fiji +28
Tonga v Georgia +5
Ireland v Canada +27
South Africa v Japan +32
France v Italy +44
Samoa v USA +2
Wales v Uruguay +37
New Zealand v Argentina +20

3rd Place

Group A Wales
Group B Scotland
Group C Tonga
Group D Italy

Biggest winning margin: 98
Cissy Fairfax is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:12.