Rugby Union World Cup 2015 - Prediction Competition

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neilwatson

24-10-2015

Saturday 24th October 2015
South Africa v New Zealand -21

Sunday 25th October 2015
Argentina v Australia -13

Backs v Forwards +31

Early: New Zealand
Late: Australia

tso

24-10-2015

Saturday 24th October 2015
South Africa v New Zealand +12

Sunday 25th October 2015
Argentina v Australia -20

Backs v Forwards +28

Early: New Zealand
Late: Australia

dean michael

24-10-2015

Saturday 24th October 2015
South Africa v New Zealand -13

Sunday 25th October 2015
Argentina v Australia -10

Backs v Forwards +31

Early : New Zealand
Late : New Zealand

DM: 9

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

Try time: Early/Late (-50 for nearest or -100 if exact)

Code:

Cuishla           Argentina/New Zealand
Marmite Baby      Argentina/New Zealand
tonypennys        Argentina/New Zealand
Sam_Clarke1       Australia/Argentina
Cissy Fairfax     Australia/Australia
DimSum            Australia/Australia
James1953         Australia/Australia
davethecue        Australia/New Zealand
MinkyJoe          Australia/New Zealand
topgooner100      Australia/New Zealand
Mark F            New Zealand/Australia
neilwatson        New Zealand/Australia
Realale           New Zealand/Australia
tso               New Zealand/Australia
dean michael      New Zealand/New Zealand
jake1981          New Zealand/New Zealand
dtcdtcdtc         South Africa/New Zealand

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

Backs v Forwards (You get a progressively bigger bonus depending on whether you’re 40, 20, 10 or 5 out.)

Code:

davethecue        10
dtcdtcdtc         15
Realale           18
Sam_Clarke1       20
Cuishla           22
James1953         25
tso               28
jake1981          30
dean michael      31
neilwatson        31
MinkyJoe          32
topgooner100      32
Marmite Baby      35
tonypennys        40
Mark F            45
Cissy Fairfax     46
DimSum            55

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

Diego Maradona sightings.
Note: Only the round winner will score points, which will be 5 X (Number of sightings of Diego Maradona).

Code:

Sam_Clarke1       0
Cissy Fairfax     3
davethecue        4
DimSum            4
tonypennys        5
Cuishla           6
Mark F            6
dtcdtcdtc         7
MinkyJoe          7
dean michael      9
topgooner100      9
James1953        10
Marmite Baby     10
jake1981         14

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

South Africa 18 v 20 New Zealand
So back to back World Cup wins is still a possibility/probability as New Zealand edge this full bloodied encounter. davethecue absolutely nails it - great call! Close too were Sam_Clarke1, 3 off, and Mark F, 4 off - well done.

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

Early Try/Late Try after 1 match:
(-50 for the nearest, -100 if spot on)

New Zealand (6 minutes)/New Zealand (52 minutes)

Code:

Cuishla           Argentina/New Zealand
Marmite Baby      Argentina/New Zealand
tonypennys        Argentina/New Zealand
Sam_Clarke1       Australia/Argentina
Cissy Fairfax     Australia/Australia
DimSum            Australia/Australia
James1953         Australia/Australia
davethecue        Australia/New Zealand
MinkyJoe          Australia/New Zealand
topgooner100      Australia/New Zealand
Mark F            New Zealand/Australia
neilwatson        New Zealand/Australia
Realale           New Zealand/Australia
tso               New Zealand/Australia
dean michael      New Zealand/New Zealand
jake1981          New Zealand/New Zealand
dtcdtcdtc         South Africa/New Zealand

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

Backs 33 v 5 Forwards after 1 match: 28

Code:

Backs:    33 - Pollard(SA) 15 (5 penalties)
               Carter(NZ)  10 (1 penalty
                               1 drop goal
                               2 conversions)
               Barrett(NZ)  5 (1 try)
               Lambie(SA)   3 (1 penalty)

Forwards: 5 -  Kaino        5 (1 try)

Code:

davethecue        10
dtcdtcdtc         15
Realale           18
Sam_Clarke1       20
Cuishla           22
James1953         25
tso               28
jake1981          30
dean michael      31
neilwatson        31
MinkyJoe          32
topgooner100      32
Marmite Baby      35
tonypennys        40
Mark F            45
Cissy Fairfax     46
DimSum            55

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

Cup Final - Latest Score

jake1981 48 v 56 MinkyJoe

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

Round score, after 1 match:

Code:

davethecue         0
Sam_Clarke1        9
Mark F            12
DimSum            18
topgooner100      21
Realale           24
Cuishla           30
Marmite Baby      30
dean michael      33
James1953         36
tonypennys        39
dtcdtcdtc         42
Cissy Fairfax     48
jake1981          48
MinkyJoe          56
neilwatson        57
tso              112

MinkyJoe

24-10-2015

Overall standings:

Code:

Cissy Fairfax     796
Marmite Baby      865
Mark F            978
Sam_Clarke1       979
tonypennys        985
jake1981         1000
Cuishla          1025
DimSum           1027
Realale          1082
dean michael     1096
MinkyJoe         1101
dtcdtcdtc        1143
James1953        1147
neilwatson       1187
tso              1275
topgooner100     1332
davethecue       1423
mb@2day
CGG_12
Stunty
The Net

davethecue

25-10-2015

Originally Posted by MinkyJoe:
“South Africa 18 v 20 New Zealand
So back to back World Cup wins is still a possibility/probability as New Zealand edge this full bloodied encounter. davethecue absolutely nails it - great call! Close too were Sam_Clarke1, 3 off, and Mark F, 4 off - well done.”

Bang goes my attempt on 2000 points

Top 10 is the new target

Marmite Baby

25-10-2015

I should have waited to give my prediction until I knew Pocock was playing for Australia.

MinkyJoe

25-10-2015

Argentina 15 v 29 Australia
Courageous defence and incisive offence saw Australia through, plus another brilliant performance from Pocock, alluded to by Marmite Baby.

MinkyJoe and neilwatson came closest, both being 1 off. Realale was 2 off, Cissy Fairfax and Sam_Clarke1 a commendable 3 off.

MinkyJoe

25-10-2015

Early Try/Late Try
(-50 for the nearest, -100 if spot on)

Australia (2 minutes)/Australia (72 minutes)

This might have been different if the 4th Aussie try had been referred to the TMO. However that didn’t happen, so Cissy Fairfax, DimSum and James1953 all score -100 points - well done!

Code:

Cuishla           Argentina/New Zealand
Marmite Baby      Argentina/New Zealand
tonypennys        Argentina/New Zealand
Sam_Clarke1       Australia/Argentina
Cissy Fairfax     Australia/Australia
DimSum            Australia/Australia
James1953         Australia/Australia
davethecue        Australia/New Zealand
MinkyJoe          Australia/New Zealand
topgooner100      Australia/New Zealand
Mark F            New Zealand/Australia
neilwatson        New Zealand/Australia
Realale           New Zealand/Australia
tso               New Zealand/Australia
dean michael      New Zealand/New Zealand
jake1981          New Zealand/New Zealand
dtcdtcdtc         South Africa/New Zealand

MinkyJoe

25-10-2015

Backs 72 v 10 Forwards: 62

Code:

Backs:    72 - Ashley-Cooper(Aus) 15 (3 tries)
               Pollard(SA)        15 (5 penalties)
               Sanchez(Arg)       15 (5 penalties)
               Carter(NZ)         10 (1 penalty
                                      1 drop goal
                                      2 conversions)
               Foley(Aus)          9 (1 penalty
                                      3 conversions)
               Barrett(NZ)         5 (1 try)
               Lambie(SA)          3 (1 penalty)

Forwards: 10 - Kaino(NZ)           5 (1 try)
               Simmons(Aus)        5 (1 try)

Within 40 -5 (Semi Final 1 Forwards or Semi Final 2 Forwards, take your pick)
Within 20 -10 (SF 1 Forwards + SF 2 Forwards)
Within 10 -43 (All but SF 2 Backs)
Within 5 -82 (Total points in both Semi Finals)

Well done to DimSum, within 10.

Code:

                             Bonus
davethecue        10             0
dtcdtcdtc         15             0
Realale           18             0
Sam_Clarke1       20             0
Cuishla           22            -5
James1953         25            -5
tso               28            -5
jake1981          30            -5
dean michael      31            -5
neilwatson        31            -5
MinkyJoe          32            -5
topgooner100      32            -5
Marmite Baby      35            -5
tonypennys        40            -5
Mark F            45           -10
Cissy Fairfax     46           -10
DimSum            55           -43

MinkyJoe

25-10-2015

Cup Final - Latest Score

jake1981 63 v 59 MinkyJoe

With just the World Cup Final to play, our cup final can go either way.

MinkyJoe

25-10-2015

Round Score

With this round’s bonus question slightly easier to predict, we get 3 negative scores. Congratulations to James1953 and Cissy Fairfax and especially to the round winner, DimSum

Code:

DimSum            -58
James1953         -52
Cissy Fairfax     -43
davethecue         18
Sam_Clarke1        18
Realale            30
Mark F             33
topgooner100       42
dean michael       45
MinkyJoe           59
neilwatson         60
tonypennys         60
jake1981           63
dtcdtcdtc          75
tso               130
Cuishla           174
Marmite Baby      190

MinkyJoe

25-10-2015

Diego Maradona bonus.

Diego Maradona was shown 4 times during the match, so the round winner, DimSum, gets an additional 4 X -5 = -20 bonus.

Rather neatly, DimSum, (along with davethecue) was spot on with his prediction.

Code:

Sam_Clarke1       0
Cissy Fairfax     3
davethecue        4
DimSum            4
tonypennys        5
Cuishla           6
Mark F            6
dtcdtcdtc         7
MinkyJoe          7
dean michael      9
topgooner100      9
James1953        10
Marmite Baby     10
jake1981         14

MinkyJoe

25-10-2015

Overall standings:

Surely Cissy Fairfax is out of reach now? A great round for DimSum sees him move up 6 places to second.
Close battle for 3rd between Sam_Clarke1 and Mark F

Code:

Cissy Fairfax     695

DimSum            888
Sam_Clarke1       988


Mark F            989
tonypennys       1001
jake1981         1010
Marmite Baby     1020
James1953        1054
Realale          1088
MinkyJoe         1099
dean michael     1103
Cuishla          1164
dtcdtcdtc        1176
neilwatson       1185
tso              1288
topgooner100     1348
davethecue       1441
mb@2day
CGG_12
Stunty
The Net

Marmite Baby

26-10-2015

My high-risk strategy failed spectacularly & I've collapsed like the England cricket team.

MinkyJoe

28-10-2015

Multiplication factors for the final: 5 and 10.

Third place play off not included.

Bonus – Against the head. (Included in our Cup Final)
Calculate the number of points where:
Own lineout lost: 1 point
Own scrum lost: 3 points
Free kick conceded at own lineout or scrum: 3 points
Penalty conceded at own lineout or scrum: 5 points
(-50 for the nearest, -100 if spot on)

Additional bonus. (Not included in our Cup Final)
8 questions

Scoring:
5 correct: -25
6 correct: -50
7 correct: -75
All correct: -100

1st break in play caused by: try scored/drop goal scored/lineout/scrum - knock on/scrum - forward pass/scrum - other/penalty - offside/penalty - ruck or maul infringement/penalty - other
First try before 22 minutes? (If no try scored, ‘No’ wins)
Last try after 62 minutes? (If no try scored, ‘No’ wins)
First successful penalty kick before 6 minutes 30 seconds? (Time when ball goes through the posts)
Last successful penalty kick after 75 minutes? (Time when ball goes through the posts)
Will there be a drop goal scored?
Will there be a card shown? (Either red or yellow)
Which team will win the most turnovers at rucks and mauls? (Lineouts and scrums not included. If equal, we all lose!)

Saturday 31st October 2015
New Zealand v Australia

Predictions before 4:00pm, Saturday please.

MinkyJoe

29-10-2015

Against the head: 12

First break in play: Lineout
First try before 22 minutes: No
Last try after 62 minutes: Yes
First penalty kick before 6 minutes 30 seconds: Yes
Last penalty kick after 75 minutes: No
Drop goal: No
Yellow/Red card: Yes
Most turnovers: Australia

Saturday 31st October 2015
New Zealand v Australia +10

Mark F

29-10-2015

Own lineout lost: 4
Own scrum lost: 2
Free kick conceded at own lineout or scrum: 5
Penalty conceded at own lineout or scrum: 3

1st break in play caused by: ruck or maul infringement/penalty.
First try before 22 minutes? Yes
Last try after 62 minutes? Yes
First successful penalty kick before 6 minutes 30 seconds? No
Last successful penalty kick after 75 minutes? Yes
Will there be a drop goal: Yes
Will there be a card shown? Yes
Which team will win the most turnovers at rucks and mauls? Australia

Saturday 31st October 2015

New Zealand by 6

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