Rugby World Cup Tipping Comp
 

I did consider setting a comp up on OzTips, but the site only allows for predictions of win, lose or draw &, as a lot of the games in the early stages are bound to be mismatches, I thought it'd be more interesting if we did in tipping in-thread.

My proposal is this: we tip the winners and the margin of victory, with more points awarded depending on the closeness of the prediction to the actual result.

As an example, the first game is France v Argentina. You predict: France by 10 points or however many you think they (or Argentina) will win by.

Points awarded thusly:

Spot-on prediction: 10 points

1-7 points out: 5 points

8-14 points out: 3 points

Correct outcome: 1 point

NB: no points for incorrect tip, regardless of narrowness of result.

So blindling simple even a league fan could understand it. Fixtures for the first week:

7 September:
France v Argentina

8 September:
England v USA
Australia v Japan
New Zealand v Italy

9 September:
Ireland v Namibia
Wales v Canada
South Africa v Samoa
Scotland v Portugal

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia

12 September:
Italy v Romania
USA v Tonga
Japan v Fiji

All welcome, tip at your leisure. :)

My tips:

7 September:
France v Argentina - France by 12 points

8 September:
England v USA - England by 70 points
Australia v Japan - Australia by 80 points
New Zealand v Italy - NZ by 55 points

9 September:
Ireland v Namibia - Ireland by 60 points
Wales v Canada - Wales by 25 points
South Africa v Samoa - SA by 30 points
Scotland v Portugal - Scotland by 45 points

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia - Argentina by 35 points

12 September:
Italy v Romania - Italy by 30 points
USA v Tonga - Tonga by 15 points
Japan v Fiji - Fiji by 25 points

France v Argentina - France by 8 points
England v USA - England by 55 points
Australia v Japan - Australia by 65 points
New Zealand v Italy - New Zealand by 40 points
Ireland v Namibia - Ireland by 50 points
Wales v Canada - Wales by 35 points
South Africa v Samoa - South Africa by 25 points
Scotland v Portugal - Scotland by 30 points
Argentina v Georgia - Argentina by 35 points
Italy v Romania - Italy by 15 points
USA v Tonga - Tonga by 10 points
Japan v Fiji - Fiji by 15 points

7 Sept
Argentina (to draw with France) to create their finest moment in World Cup History:) -Draw

8 Sept
England by 30 points
Australia by 50 points
NZ by 60 points

9 September
Ireland by 60 points
Wales by 20 points
South Africa by 40 points
Scotland by 30 points

11 September
Argentina by 50 points

12 September
Italy by 40 points
Tonga by 7 points
Fiji by 15 points

Do you wanna have a crack at the margins of victory too? Otherwise you're limiting the points you can score from each game to one. :)

Another option is to use Telecomvirtualrugby.co.nz

Does the margins option

Allows you to be in a group challenge as well as giving an overall ranking.

Fair play. You wanna set up a league, I'll happily join. :)

My tips:

7 September:
France v Argentina - France by 15 points

8 September:
England v USA - England by 55 points
Australia v Japan - Australia by 70 points
New Zealand v Italy - NZ by 50 points

9 September:
Ireland v Namibia - Ireland by 40 points
Wales v Canada - Wales by 35 points
South Africa v Samoa - SA by 45 points
Scotland v Portugal - Scotland by 50 points

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia - Argentina by 30 points

12 September:
Italy v Romania - Italy by 25 points
USA v Tonga - Tonga by 25 points
Japan v Fiji - Fiji by 30 points

7 September:
France v Argentina - France by 12 points

8 September:
England v USA - England by 60 points
Australia v Japan - Australia by 85 points
New Zealand v Italy - NZ by 40 points

9 September:
Ireland v Namibia - Ireland by 50 points
Wales v Canada - Wales by 30 points
South Africa v Samoa - SA by 20 points
Scotland v Portugal - Scotland by 45 points

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia - Argentina by 50 points

12 September:
Italy v Romania - Italy by 45 points
USA v Tonga - Tonga by 15 points
Japan v Fiji - Fiji by 14 points

Alright a competition has been set up

www.telecomvirtualrugby.co.nz

Once your signed up, go to your mates list, then to challenges
Challenge is called Cricket Web and the password is 1987

Joined with the user name of Perm.

France v Argentina - France by 25

England v USA - England by 60
Australia v Japan - Australia by 90
New Zealand v Italy - New Zealand by 60
Ireland v Namibia - Ireland by 60
Wales v Canada - Wales by 40
South Africa v Samoa - South Africa by 40
Scotland v Portugal - Scotland by 50
Argentina v Georgia - Argentina by 50
Italy v Romania - Italy by 40
USA v Tonga - Tonga by 20
Japan v Fiji Fiji by 15

I'm in under BoyBrumby. If it ain't broke....

A curse on the house of everyone who tipped against the mighty Romanians.

7 September:
France v Argentina 25

8 September:
England v USA 45 Points
Australia v Japan 70 Pointa
New Zealand v Italy 60 Points

9 September:
Ireland v Namibia Ireland 50 Points
Wales v Canada 60 Points
South Africa v Samoa 15 Points
Scotland v Portugal 40 Points

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia 30 Points

12 September:
Italy v Romania 15 Points
USA v Tonga 15 Points
Japan v Fiji 20 Points