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
Only three games to go. There are a couple of finals places still up for grabs, as well as the all important wooden spoon battle, which is proving to be more inspirational than wondering which big market team is going to finish where in the top four. Draw Gold Coast (7-14) @ Parramatta (13-8) While the… Read More NRL Tips – Round 24, 2017
Results South Sydney 28 (8-13) d Canterbury 14 (7-14) Newcastle 29 (5-16) d Parramatta 10 (13-8) Brisbane 32 (14-7) d Cronulla 10 (13-8) St George Illawarra 42 (11-10) d Gold Coast 16 (7-14) Melbourne 16 (17-4) d Sydney City 13 (14-7) Penrith 24 (12-9) d North Queensland 16 (12-9) Canberra 36 (10-11) d New Zealand 16 (7-14) Wests Tigers 30 (6-15) d Manly… Read More NRL Projections Update – Round 23, 2017
It may surprise you to discover that this blog is actually fairly low on my list of priorities and when time’s tight, its always going to be the first to suffer so this isn’t going to be much of a post. With that in mind, this week’s games are looking like a re-run of round… Read More NRL Tips – Round 23, 2017
Most rugby league commentators wouldn’t know what a linear regression is or how do one. I’m no different but I do like to compare two variables and see if they’re correlated. A scatter plot with a linear trendline and an R-squared – remember R-squared goes from 0, no correlation, to 1, perfect correlation; I usually… Read More Analysis – The more competitive the season, the more bums on seats
I’m running a bit short on time this week, so I’ll dispense with the usual round up of matches and dive straight into it. Actually, I’ll take one moment to say that I watched five of the eight games on the weekend (missed the Saturday fixtures) and the Souths-Saints game was the best of the… Read More NRL Projections Update – Round 22, 2017
I struggled to get this post together. I must be running low on creative juices after what feels like a season that’s already been decided (Melbourne to win everything) but for some reason, we have to go through the formalities of playing the last few games. I propose we just lock the ladder positions now,… Read More NRL Tips – Round 22, 2017
I think rugby league historians prefer the expression “dour” when they really mean “boring” game. The Panthers-Bulldogs match on Thursday night will not be making much of an impression in the record books and so I think we’re safe to use the expression “boring”. The teams went to the break at Pepper Stadium even but… Read More NRL Projections Update – Round 21, 2017
We’re getting down to the wire, with only a handful of rounds left to run until finals time. While the finals places may be more or less decided, unless you’re a Panthers or Eels fan, there’s still a lot to play for. The better teams are looking to secure a pathway through the finals that… Read More NRL Tips – Round 21, 2017
The Broncos kicked off round 20 by throttling the Bulldogs. Brisbane were on from the gun and Canterbury were in the contest for the first twenty minutes before conceding late tries before half time. The Broncos returned after the break firing and after securing a series of repeat sets in the third quarter, ran the… Read More NRL Projections Update – Round 20, 2017
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