World Cup Tipping

ok here are the first games

France vs Argentina
New zealand vs Italy
Australia Vs Japan
England Vs USA
Wales Vs Canada
South Africa Vs Samoa
Scotland Vs Portugal
Ireland Vs Namibia

Originally posted by boarman
ok here are the first games

France vs Argentina
New zealand vs Italy
Australia Vs Japan
England Vs USA
Wales Vs Canada
South Africa Vs Samoa
Scotland Vs Portugal
Ireland Vs Namibia

France
NZ
Aus
England
Wales
SA
Scotland
Ireland

Originally posted by boarman
ok here are the first games

France vs Argentina
New zealand vs Italy
Australia Vs Japan
England Vs USA
Wales Vs Canada
South Africa Vs Samoa
Scotland Vs Portugal
Ireland Vs Namibia

France
Italy
Australia
USA
Wales
SA
Portugal
Ireland

Originally posted by boarman
ok here are the first games

France vs Argentina
New zealand vs Italy
Australia Vs Japan
England Vs USA
Wales Vs Canada
South Africa Vs Samoa
Scotland Vs Portugal
Ireland Vs Namibia

Argentina
Italy
Very close.. Japan
England
Wales
SA
Portugal
Ireland

Originally posted by boarman
ok here are the first games

France vs Argentina
New zealand vs Italy
Australia Vs Japan
England Vs USA
Wales Vs Canada
South Africa Vs Samoa
Scotland Vs Portugal
Ireland Vs Namibia

FRANCE (by 10 points)
New ZEALAND (by 10 points)
Australia (by 30 points)
England (by 15 points)
Wales (by 4 points)
South Africa (by 4 points)
Scotland (by 25 points)
Ireland (by 30 points)

rugby...

Originally posted by EmLasker
rugby...

YES Rugby Union

Originally posted by spurs73
FRANCE (by 10 points)
New ZEALAND (by 10 points)
Australia (by 30 points)
England (by 15 points)
Wales (by 4 points)
South Africa (by 4 points)
Scotland (by 25 points)
Ireland (by 30 points)

Jeez, are we talking about the same sport here, sport?

NZ by 50 points
Aus by 40 points
England by 30 points
SA by 25 points

Can we turn this into a sort of competition for bragging rights?
I've played this type of format game with some friends for other rugby competitions and it works pretty well.


For every game you have to predict the score.
Points are awarded as follows:

Predict the winning side:
5 points
Draws are almost impossible to predict, so you get 2 points if you predicted a winning side and it's a draw, but if you predicted a draw, you get 5 points

If your predicted points margin is within:
12 points = 1 point
6 points = 3 points
3 points = 5 points

For the actual scoreline you predicted, points are awarded as follows:
For every game you start with 5 points (max) per (team) score. 1 point is deducted for every 5 points you are off from the actual score.

So, you can get 20 points maximum per prediction.


So, for example:
I predict SA to beat Samoa: SA 37 - Samoa 15
The final score is: SA 27 - Samoa 3
My score for this game:

Win = 5 points
Point margin = within 3 of my prediction (prediction 37-15=25, actual 27-3=24) = 5 points
Scoreline:
SA (37-27=10) = 3 points
Samoa (15-3=12) = 2 points
TOTAL = 5+5+3+2=15



What do you guys think?
I like this kind of game, because it takes as much as possible from the game to award your points. It may be an open game, so your scores may be out of whack, bu if you call the correct margin, you can still score some points.

Originally posted by Crowley
Can we turn this into a sort of competition for bragging rights?
I've played this type of format game with some friends for other rugby competitions and it works pretty well.


For every game you have to predict the score.
Points are awarded as follows:

Predict the winning side:
5 points
Draws are almost impossible to predict, so you get 2 points ...[text shortened]... cores may be out of whack, bu if you call the correct margin, you can still score some points.

If a draw is harder to pick you should be awarded more points if you correctly choose a draw.

You will end up with bragging rights for whoever wins at the end .

My suggestion is 5 points for a correct prediction of a draw.

4 points awarded for a win

3 points for an unpredicted draw

You can pick up bonus points for score nominations .You dont actually pick a scoreline but pick whether the winning margin will be more or less than 7 .If you get it correct you pick up a bonus point.
At times throughout the Cup i will hold random chances to pick up bonus points,FOR Example , Tries scored in certain games,First try scorers.

FOOTNOTE as there has already been tips from people this bonus point system might not work.

Originally posted by boarman
France
NZ
Aus
England
Wales
SA
Scotland
Ireland

as above...
USA has no chance, won't even win a game!!

Originally posted by Crowley
Can we turn this into a sort of competition for bragging rights?
I've played this type of format game with some friends for other rugby competitions and it works pretty well.


For every game you have to predict the score.
Points are awarded as follows:

Predict the winning side:
5 points
Draws are almost impossible to predict, so you get 2 points ...[text shortened]... cores may be out of whack, bu if you call the correct margin, you can still score some points.

i like it but maybe 10 points for a draw.

Guys, it doesn't matter. If you predict a draw correctly, you can have 50 points. The chances of anyone actually predicting a draw are probably 1/10^6

Originally posted by Crowley
Guys, it doesn't matter. If you predict a draw correctly, you can have 50 points. The chances of anyone actually predicting a draw are probably 1/10^6

ireland france draw 😉

Originally posted by Crowley
Jeez, are we talking about the same sport here, sport?

NZ by 50 points
Aus by 40 points
England by 30 points
SA by 25 points

NZ to beat italy by 50 points? what you on!

Did you not watch italy in the 6 nations?