I can finally put a woefully inadequate season of tipping behind me. For a guy that had an Elo rating system that could practically see the future last year (up around 67%), Euclid did let us all down really badly this year. But how good has the football been? This weekend sees the fairy tale-esque… Read More NRL Tips – Grand Final, 2017
We’re down to the final four. There’s the impossibly good expansion team from Melbourne, the pretty good expansion team from Brisbane, the grit-sucking, giant-slaying fairy tale machine from regional Queensland and there’s the 109 year old club of gronks that no one in their city wants to support. The NRL could not have set it… Read More NRL Tips – Preliminary Finals, 2017
I was right at least that my bracket was destroyed within fifteen minutes of the first game as the Roosters went to an early lead against the Broncos that they only briefly gave up. I finished the round one tip from four, meaning that the only thing I got right was that I got my… Read More NRL Tips – Semi Finals, 2017
This is the last projections update for the year. It’s come around so fast. While I realise there’s still three weeks of finals left, in reality there’s three games left after next weekend. The Stocky is not great at dealing with small sample sizes of games, as evidenced by its relative lack of performance towards… Read More NRL Projections Update – Finals Wk 1, 2017
If you haven’t checked out the deep dive in this year’s finals yet, I urge you to do so. I’ve sliced the finals every which way imaginable but for the record, here’s my bracket that will almost certainly be destroyed within fifteen minutes of the first game: Here’s why I tipped the way I did.… Read More NRL Tips – Qualifying Finals, 2017
Results Brisbane 20 (16-8) d North Queensland 10 (13-11) Parramatta 22 (16-8) d South Sydney 16 (9-15) Sydney City 20 (17-7) d Gold Coast 16 (7-17) Manly 28 (14-10) d Penrith 12 (13-11) Melbourne 32 (20-4) d Canberra 6 (11-13) Cronulla 26 (15-9) d Newcastle 18 (5-19) Canterbury 26 (10-14) d St George Illawarra 20 (12-12) Wests Tigers 28 (7-17) d New Zealand… Read More NRL Projections Update – Round 26, 2017
We did it, guys! We made it to the end of the season. If you’re like me, it’s been a slog. It’s certainly the most committed I’ve been to watching large, sweaty men smashing into each other for many years. Making it so far has not been aided by my truly terrible tipping performance but… Read More NRL Tips – Round 26, 2017
Results Parramatta 52 (15-8) d Brisbane 34 (15-8) Canberra 46 (11-12) d Newcastle 28 (5-18) North Queensland 22 (13-10) d Wests Tigers 14 (6-17) Canterbury 26 (9-14) d Gold Coast 14 (7-16) Melbourne 64 (19-4) d South Sydney 6 (9-14) Sydney City 16 (16-7) d Cronulla 14 (14-9) Manly 22 (13-10) d New Zealand 21 (7-16) St George Illawarra 16 (12-11)… Read More NRL Projections Update – Round 25, 2017
This is a real headscratcher of a round. Enough crap teams have recently found some form in the bottom of the barrel so they can at least go into pre-season training with a semblance of self-esteem. It also means that they are playing better than the teams whose season is actually on the line. The… Read More NRL Tips – Round 25, 2017
Results Parramatta 30 (14-8) d Gold Coast 8 (7-15) South Sydney 36 (9-13) d New Zealand 18 (7-15) Brisbane 24 (15-7) d St George Illawarra 12 (11-11) Melbourne 44 (18-4) d Newcastle 12 (5-17) Sydney City 22 (15-7) d Wests Tigers 18 (6-16) Cronulla 26 (14-8) d North Queensland 16 (12-10) Penrith 26 (13-9) d Canberra 22 (10-12) Canterbury 30 (8-14) d Manly… Read More NRL Projections Update – Round 24, 2017
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