Rugby Union World Cup 2015 - Prediction Competition

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jake1981

18-09-2015

England v Fiji +24
Tonga v Georgia +25
Ireland v Canada +39
South Africa v Japan +62
France v Italy +12
Samoa v USA +21
Wales v Uruguay +57
New Zealand v Argentina +10

3rd Place

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

Biggest winning margin: 87

MinkyJoe

18-09-2015

One hour to go...

MinkyJoe

19-09-2015

England 35 v 11 Fiji

21 players in the competition and jake1981 is off to a flyer, getting the winning margin for the first game spot on. DimSum was 1 out, with Sam_Clarke1, davethecue, James1953, tonypennys and Cuishla all just 2 out.

The first 11 entrants get a bye in the cup - with the remaining 10 playing each other. More details later.

3rd place picks look like this:

Pool A
Wales 18
Australia 2
England 1

Pool B
Samoa 13
Scotland 8

Pool C
Tonga 20
Georgia 1

Pool D
Italy 21

MinkyJoe

19-09-2015

Biggest margin:

Stunty 73
CGG_12 75
tso 75
Cuishla 77
James1953 78
davethecue 80
tonypennys 80
dean michael 80
Realale 82
Marmite Baby 85
dtcdtcdtc 85
jake1981 87
Sam_Clarke1 88
topgooner100 89
MinkyJoe 90
neilwatson 91
mb@2day 91
Mark F 93
DimSum 95
The Net 98
Cissy Fairfax 98

So far - 24

Marmite Baby

19-09-2015

How silly of me to think the minnows of South Africa would beat mighty Japan!

MinkyJoe

20-09-2015

Tonga 10 v 17 Georgia
Kudos to Cuishla - not only the only one to predict a win for Georgia but also within 1 point - well played.

Ireland 50 v 7 Canada
Close calls from CGG_12, DimSum, tonypennys, The Net and dtcdtcdtc all within 3

South Africa 32 v 34 Japan
What some are calling the biggest shock result in Rugby history predictably caused carnage here. The only two to score under 100 points, both with 96 were tonypennys and Realale

France 32 v 10 Italy
With the final game going to form, we saw neilwatson going closest, being 1 off. dean michael and Cuishla 2 off and topgooner100 3 off.

MinkyJoe

20-09-2015

After yesterday's madness we have Cuishla, Realale and tonypennys leading the way. All very close.

Code:

Cuishla           173
Realale           176
tonypennys        177
CGG_12            180
Cissy Fairfax     180
Marmite Baby      196
Sam_Clarke1       203
MinkyJoe          207
DimSum            222
dean michael      225
mb@2day           252
neilwatson        257
The Net           257
topgooner100      270
James1953         277
dtcdtcdtc         284
jake1981          302
Mark F            308
tso               323
Stunty            332
davethecue        358

MinkyJoe

20-09-2015

Samoa 25 v 16 United States
CGG_12 was on the money here - getting the winning margin spot on. Sam_Clarke1 and MinkyJoe were 1 out.

Wales 54 v 9 Uruguay
Realale and tonypennys came up with the exact winning margin - good call. davethecue was 2 out.

New Zealand 26 v 16 Argentina
jake1981 was spot on with his +10 prediction. James1953 and neilwatson were 2 out.

MinkyJoe

20-09-2015

Biggest margin:

Code:

Stunty         73
CGG_12         75
tso            75
Cuishla        77
James1953      78
davethecue     80
tonypennys     80
dean michael   80
Realale        82
Marmite Baby   85
dtcdtcdtc      85
jake1981       87
Sam_Clarke1    88
topgooner100   89
MinkyJoe       90
neilwatson     91
mb@2day        91
Mark F         93
DimSum         95
The Net        98
Cissy Fairfax  98

After 1st round of matches 45. Wales 54 v 9 Uruguay

MinkyJoe

20-09-2015

With the first round of matches completed, Realale leads the way, closely followed by CGG_12 and Cissy Fairfax.

Still a long way to go...

Code:

Realale        192
CGG_12         200
Cissy Fairfax  205
tonypennys     208
Cuishla        213
Marmite Baby   227
Sam_Clarke1    237
MinkyJoe       254
DimSum         263
dean michael   277
mb@2day        278
The Net        281
neilwatson     298
James1953      318
jake1981       326
Mark F         329
topgooner100   343
dtcdtcdtc      345
davethecue     379
Stunty         380
tso            399

MinkyJoe

20-09-2015

The second round of matches will decide the cup draw:
The best 11 scorers of the second round, with the bonus included, will get a bye. The remaining 10 will not. (This is a change from what I said earlier but I think it’s a better way).

Second round of matches:

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan
Australia v Fiji
France v Romania

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada
South Africa v Samoa
England v Wales

Bonus question. This is worth -50 to the nearest and -100 if you are exactly right.
Disciplinary points: Award 1 point per yellow card, 3 points per red card. What will be the total disciplinary points in the 8 matches? (Any retrospective action, through citing will not count - just yellows and reds awarded during the matches)

Predictions by 14:30 on Wednesday 23rd September please.

dtcdtcdtc

21-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan +19
Australia v Fiji +38
France v Romania + 55

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia + 72

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +3

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +12
South Africa v Samoa + 14
England v Wales + 7

Bonus 18

Good stuff Minky

Marmite Baby

21-09-2015

Scotland v Japan +15
Australia v Fiji +25
France v Romania +40

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +80

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +12

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +20
South Africa v Samoa +10
England v Wales +6

Bonus 16

jake1981

21-09-2015

Scotland v Japan +12
Australia v Fiji +28
France v Romania +38

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +58

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +6

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +11
South Africa v Samoa +19
England v Wales -3

Bonus 21

Mark F

21-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015

Scotland by 15
Australia by 18
France by 40

Thursday 24th September 2015

New Zealand by 65

Friday 25th September 2015

Argentina by 25

Saturday 26th September 2015

Italy by 20
South Africa by 16
England by 7

Bonus question: 22

tso

21-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan +15
Australia v Fiji +33
France v Romania +45

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +60

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +15

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +20
South Africa v Samoa +20
England v Wales +10

bonus: 24

Sam_Clarke1

22-09-2015

Scotland v Japan +24
Australia v Fiji +54
France v Romania +44

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +68

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +2

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +18
South Africa v Samoa +29
England v Wales +8

Bonus 14

MinkyJoe

22-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan +22
Australia v Fiji +30
France v Romania +50

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +90

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +18

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +18
South Africa v Samoa +40
England v Wales +5

Bonus: 17

Realale

22-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan +10
Australia v Fiji +20
France v Romania +40

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +70

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +15

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +15
South Africa v Samoa +12
England v Wales +7

Bonus: 20

davethecue

22-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan +16
Australia v Fiji +44
France v Romania +42

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +82

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +18

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +11
South Africa v Samoa +22
England v Wales +12

Bonus: 19

tonypennys

22-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan +9
Australia v Fiji +24
France v Romania +28

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +60

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +21

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +18
South Africa v Samoa +15
England v Wales +10

Bonus: 10

topgooner100

22-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan -7
Australia v Fiji +36
France v Romania +42

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +52

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +23

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +27
South Africa v Samoa +41
England v Wales +9

Bonus 11

Cissy Fairfax

22-09-2015

Scotland v Japan +6
Australia v Fiji +30
France v Romania +23

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +56

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +9

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +11
South Africa v Samoa +22
England v Wales +6

Bonus 12

Cuishla

22-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan +9
Australia v Fiji +21
France v Romania +32

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +69

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +8

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +14
South Africa v Samoa +20
England v Wales +6

Bonus: 18

DimSum

22-09-2015

Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Scotland v Japan +14
Australia v Fiji +22
France v Romania +38

Thursday 24th September 2015
New Zealand v Namibia +72

Friday 25th September 2015
Argentina v Georgia +18

Saturday 26th September 2015
Italy v Canada +14
South Africa v Samoa +18
England v Wales +7

Bonus: 14

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