NRL/AFL Tipping and Discussion Thread 2006

[God]

THE New Zealand Warriors are set to be penalised four to six competition points and fined up to $500,000 for salary cap rorts, dating back to at least 2004, which put the club more than $500,000 over the $3.25 million cap limit.

The club's new management team is blaming the previous administration for secret player payments that have put the team's 2006 campaign at grave risk of becoming a disaster.

Warriors chairman Maurice Kidd told the Herald yesterday that when the management informed him of irregularities they had found, he reacted with "horror, shock and disbelief".

"It pissed me off," Kidd said. "It was brought to my attention and then we immediately brought it to the attention of the NRL. The arrangements in question were made prior to the new administration coming in and we told the league we didn't know how this should be treated. It was a Pandora's box."

Late last year, Wayne Scurrah was appointed chief executive as part of a new administration. But while the new management's co-operation with the NRL will help the club in terms of penalty, it won't stop the league from hitting the Warriors hard. The Warriors revealed the fact they were under investigation by issuing a media release yesterday morning. It was confirmed soon after by a release from the NRL.

It emerged Warriors management had last week discovered what the club described in the release as "a number of potential discrepancies" while preparing for an audit by the league's salary cap boss, Ian Schubert.

The Herald understands that when Schubert previously examined the club's books in November he sensed something was wrong, which led to his scheduling a more thorough investigation.

Kidd, Scurrah and John Hart, the Warriors executive director of football, met NRL chief executive David Gallop, Schubert and other league officials on Monday. The league's investigation will continue, with a result likely next week, but it is clear the Warriors are in big trouble. Gallop added yesterday: "There are significant questions that need answers."

Asked if the Warriors could lose points as well as be fined, Gallop replied: "All clubs know competition points are in jeopardy when breaches are of a certain nature and/or magnitude."

The most infamous salary cap case involved the Bulldogs, who, several weeks before the 2002 finals series, were penalised 37 competition points and fined $500,000 for systematic rorting. The fact this year's competition hasn't even started will be considered when the NRL decides on a penalty for the Warriors.

It would be hard enough for them to start a tough competition on -4 or -6 points, but the club could suffer a financial meltdown if it was penalised right out of the running for the finals, and crowds and sponsors dropped off. The Warriors are doing all they can to co-operate with the NRL, hoping that will have an impact on the penalty.

"I obviously take this very seriously," Kidd said. "And naturally I'm concerned we might face penalties. It's like if you're caught breaking and entering or drink-driving - you have to face the consequences. But, if we have to face the music, I'm sure that if anyone commits an offence there is usually some leniency if you are up front and co-operate."

Asked how big the breach was, Kidd replied: "No breach is minor." Asked if he thought there would be a points penalty, he replied: "I hope not."

Gallop gave Kidd and the club credit for working with the league on the issue. But, at the same time, he stressed the league's rules on the salary cap had to be respected above everything.

"The penalty system that is in place has always given credit for disclosure and co-operation," Gallop said. "But, equally, cap breaches involving secret payments strike at the heart of the fairness of the competition."

Kidd said the coaching and playing staff at the Warriors were "upset, but coping very well".

The NRL could look at the involvement of player agents and players more closely in this case, given the league's new agent-accreditation scheme. The Warriors' odds of winning the wooden spoon shortened yesterday and some agencies suspended betting.

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not good news. I seriously hope that this gets cleared up before the start of the comp, or else the warriors season is almost over before it begins, being 6 points adrift without a game being played would be very tough to peg back, both on the table and psychologically to the team.

and the competition begins March 10.

[SideshowTim]

not good for the warriors. hopefully for their sake everything gets sorted out. although really, 6 points is getting off easy considering the bulldogs had 37 revoked for the same sort of penalty.

[God]

yeah, but the bulldogs infringement occurred during the year they were punished i think, so stripping them of their points was fair. this is a completely new season with the finances that arew being investiagted part of last year, so only a fine should be invoked, perhaps made heavier to make up for the loss of no points.

[SideshowTim]

well since the breaches go back to 2004 i think the warriors will probably be fined some points. it's a shame because not all the players are in on it and it can sometimes divide a team. which is the last thing the warriors need at the start of a season.

[God]

yeah, i think they will be fined, i just don't want them to be :(.

[God]

BREAKING NEWS:

Warriors docked 4 points and $AU430,000, just been announced on radio.

Well, 4 points is a big blow for the team and quit hard to recover from. :(, I just hope they can pull something together this year.

[SideshowTim]

4 points will be costly if the competition is as tight as it was last year but that is unlikely. the warriors from now need to show some real character and come out and perform well this season. they need to be confident in themselves and not let this get them down.

[God]

yeah, i'm really hoping they can pull together and it would make for a great fairytale finish, but I think thats getting a bit far ahead. The Warriors need to concentrate on winning their first two games to try and regain some parity with the other teams.

[Dances In Underwear]

Does that mean that if they don't win their first game they'll have -4 points on the ladder? Because that would be cool.

And it would also mean theres a team out there that is, at least for the first week, shitter than whoever I decide to support this year. Fuck the Rabbitohs, I need a better team. One that isn't run by Russell Crowe at least.

[God]

Does that mean that if they don't win their first game they'll have -4 points on the ladder? Because that would be cool.

And it would also mean theres a team out there that is, at least for the first week, shitter than whoever I decide to support this year. Fuck the Rabbitohs, I need a better team. One that isn't run by Russell Crowe at least.

No, they start the season with -4, so if they win their first game, they will be on -2 ( 2 points for a win)

oh and support a team like manly or something.

[Dances In Underwear]

Alright, sure, Manly it is.

[SideshowTim]

the season is closer than i thought. only 10 days to go. i suppose we could start the tipping about a week or half a week before round 1. can't wait for it, i love the starts of the footy seasons.

if we can't be bothered renaming the thread we can just use the afl 2006 thread for tipping i suppose.

[God]

I'll PM a mod to get the AFL thread renamed to something, but what ? DIU's idea in the AFL thread was good.

[Dances In Underwear]

Why the AFL thread, out of curiosity? Makes no difference to me, but, yeah.

[SideshowTim]

I'll PM a mod to get the AFL thread renamed to something, but what ? DIU's idea in the AFL thread was good.
just get him to rename this one to just the NRL/AFL Tipping And Discussion Thread 2006. it'll probably be easier that way.

[Dances In Underwear]

Wasn't it going to have Super 14 as well? So maybe "Aussie Sport Tipping Thread 2006 (AFL, NRL, Super 14)" or something.

[SideshowTim]

since we already have the super 14 one going and there's only 3 people doing it i think we should just keep it seperate and like last year just have the thread dedicated to tipping and discussion for nrl and afl.

[God]

the media is really getting on the warriors back here, steve price denying that it was his contract that was in question too.

people have been dicussing the possibility of legal action against mick watson but i doubt that would happen.

[SideshowTim]

less than a week to go until the NRL season kicks off...very excited, i'll post the games and my tips for the first round which starts on friday night:

Wests Tigers vs. St. George/Illawarra Dragons
Newcastle Knights vs. Parramatta Eels
Cantebury Bulldogs vs. Penrith Panthers
Manly Sea Eagles vs. Canberra Raiders
NZ Warriors vs. Melbourne Storm
Brisbane Broncos vs. NQ Cowboys
South Sydney Rabbitohs vs. Sydney Roosters

dragons
knights
bulldogs
sea eagles
warriors
broncos
roosters

[God]

Dragons
Knights
Bulldog
Sea Eagles
Storm
Cowboys
Roosters

and it hasn't been confirmed if the footy show will be shown here this season, one network has got the rights but hasn't announced when/if.

[jase]

Yay NRL! My favourite of the footy codes :D

Dragons
Eels
Bulldogs
Eagles
Storm
Cowboys
Roosters

[Dances In Underwear]

I better beat last year's score.

Wests Tigers
Newcastle Knights
Cantebury Bulldogs
Manly Sea Eagles
Melbourne Storm
NQ Cowboys
Sydney Roosters

[Ryan]

Wests Tigers vs. St. George/Illawarra Dragons
Newcastle Knights vs. Parramatta Eels
Cantebury Bulldogs vs. Penrith Panthers
Manly Sea Eagles vs. Canberra Raiders
NZ Warriors vs. Melbourne Storm
Brisbane Broncos vs. NQ Cowboys
South Sydney Rabbitohs vs. Sydney Roosters


Knights
Bulldogs
Raiders
Warriors
Broncos
Roosters

[SideshowTim]

we'll have the same rules as last year, 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and if you forget to put your votes in, you get all the away teams for the upcoming round.

edit: ryan you forgot to put your vote in for the dragons/tigers game.

[God]

yeah same rules is good.
i'm looking forward to it. good to see we have a couple more people this year.

[Uncke Herb]

St. George/Illawarra Dragons
Newcastle Knights
Penrith Panthers
Canberra Raiders
Melbourne Storm
NQ Cowboys
Sydney Roosters

I'm not that big in NRL but I do know a fair bit.

[SideshowTim]

last night the reigning premiers got up 24-15 over the dragons. it was a lovely way to kick off the season with a nice tight one being decided by a try in the final minutes. benji marshall played superbly and bought out a stunning pass when it was really needed. the hopes of wests this year lie in their centre pairing again.

[God]

yeah pity that benji is now out for five weeks with injury.

i really hope the warriors can get up and win tomorrow, i think if they don't win at least 1 of their first two, its gonna be a loooooong season

[SideshowTim]

well round 1 has finished and there were some surprise results. the cowboys gave the broncos a belting and in doing so beat them for the first time in brisbane. the raiders beat manly which was strange because many though the raiders would be spooners. anyway, this weeks results were:

tigers 24 def. dragons 14
knights 25 def. eels 6
panthers 24 def. bulldogs 22
raiders 27 def. manly 14
storm 22 def. warriors 16
cowboys 36 def. brisbane 4
roosters 40 def. rabbitohs 22

the warriors remain on -4. not the kind of start they'd hoped for to the season.

[Dances In Underwear]

so I got 5. Not too shabby.

[jase]

Damn, I only got 3 :(

[SideshowTim]

i only got 2. horrible.

[God]

tigers 24 def. dragons 14
knights 25 def. eels 6
panthers 24 def. bulldogs 22
raiders 27 def. manly 14
storm 22 def. warriors 16
cowboys 36 def. brisbane 4
roosters 40 def. rabbitohs 22


most of you smart maths people have already figured out what you got but I'll just post again:

tim -
knights
roosters (2 correct)

your mother:
Storm
Cowboys
Roosters (3 correct)

Dances In Underwear:
Wests Tigers
Newcastle Knights
Melbourne Storm
NQ Cowboys
Sydney Roosters (5 correct)

Ryan:
Knights
Raiders
Roosters (3 correct)

Uncke Herb:
Newcastle Knights
Penrith Panthers
Canberra Raiders
Melbourne Storm
NQ Cowboys
Sydney Roosters (6 correct)

God:
Knights
Storm
Cowboys
Roosters (4 correct)

So the leaderboard looks like this:
Uncke Herb - 12
Dances in Underwear - 10
God - 8
Ryan, your mother - 6
sideshowtim - 4.

Round 2 games:
Bulldogs Vs Wests Tigers
Eels Vs Warriors
Sharks Vs Broncos
Cowboys Vs Sea Eagles
Roosters Vs Storm
Dragons Vs Panthers
Raiders Vs Knights
Rabbitohs Vs BYE


my tips:
Tigers
Eels
Sharks
Cowboys
Roosters
Dragons
Knights

[SideshowTim]

Bulldogs
Eels
Broncos
Cowboys
Roosters
Panthers
Knights

oh, and by the way god i should be on 4 points on the scoreboard instead of 2.

[jase]

Wests Tigers
Eels
Sharks
Cowboys
Storm
Dragons
Knights

[Dances In Underwear]

Wests Tigers
Warriors
Sharks
Cowboys
Roosters
Dragons
Raiders

[Uncke Herb]

Wests Tigers
Eels
Broncos
Cowboys
Storm
Panthers
Raiders

[God]

oh, and by the way god i should be on 4 points on the scoreboard instead of 2.

changed.

and man, in a losing team, rovelli was awesome for the warriors on the weekend.

[SideshowTim]

did anyone see morleys hit on walker? it wasn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be...walker fell into it a bit and morley was just going for the charge on him...he'll probably get 3 weeks...some people were going as far to say as he should be suspended for the season.

[God]

yeah, wasn't that bad, although because of morley's previous record with suspension he'l probably get 3.

[SideshowTim]

NAB cup final is this weekend. who will get up? i'm tipping the crows...but not by much. both teams should have a very good regular season though.

[Ryan]

Man i actually got a few right! Yay me.

Wests Tigers
Warriors
Broncos
Cowboys
Storm
Dragons
Raiders


I was tempted to say "BYE" will beat the Rabbitohs, but nah.

[God]

NAB cup final is this weekend. who will get up? i'm tipping the crows...but not by much. both teams should have a very good regular season though.

do teams put their full strength sides for this tournament or just their colts/b side ?

[Dances In Underwear]

Depends on the club, really. Most of the time its the newbies they want to put in the main team, mixed in with some old 'experienced' players.

And in case anyone missed it, Geelong won by 8 points after the Crows lead for all of the match, except when it mattered.

[SideshowTim]

i went to bed after a little bit and the crows were leading 39 to 8 or something ridiculous. not exactly sure how they threw that away and actually lost.

[God]

Winners:
Bulldogs
Eels
Broncos
Cowboys
Storm
Panthers
Knights

tim:
Bulldogs
Eels
Broncos
Cowboys
Panthers
Knights (6)

yourmother:
Eels
Cowboys
Storm
Knights (4)

ryan:
Broncos
Cowboys
Storm (3)

diu:
Cowboys (1)

uncke herb:
Eels
Broncos
Cowboys
Storm
Panthers (5)

god:
Eels
Cowboys
Knights (3)

so:

tim: 12
uncke herb: 10
your mother: 8
god + ryan: 6
diu: 2

Leaderboard:
Uncke Herb - 22
sideshowtim - 16
your mother, God -14
Dances in Underwear,Ryan-12


Round 3:
Knights Vs Bulldogs
Wests Tigers Vs Warriors
Sea Eagles Vs Sharks
Cowboys Vs Storm
Rabbitohs Vs Dragons
Broncos Vs Eels
Roosters Vs Raiders
Panthers BYE


My tips:
Knights
Wests Tigers
Sharks
Cowboys
Dragons
Broncos
Roosters

[Ryan]

Silly me to back the home team on my birthday, they got hammered. Lucky i didnt go to the game!

This week:
Knights
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Cowboys
Dragons
Eels
Raiders

[SideshowTim]

Knights
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Cowboys
Dragons
Eels
Roosters

[Dances In Underwear]

Knights
Warriors
Sharks
Cowboys
Dragons
Broncos
Roosters

[jase]

Knights
Tigers
Sharks
Cowboys
Dragons
Eels
Roosters

[Ryan]

On a semi-related note, browsing through the computer system at work to see what products i could get in for my section, i discovered NRL and AFL supporter balloons for every team. They're big foil balloons with a one-way valve so they stay inflated, cost around $4.50. I ordered a few different team designs in, have to see how those go.

[SideshowTim]

how widely is league followed in canberra, ryan? i would presume it would've been much bigger in the 90's with canberras dominance and all...but is it still big there?

[Ryan]

It was pretty massive when Mal Meninga captained the raiders and they won the final in 94, but since then it hasnt really been that big. The raiders will still pull a nice crowd when they play at home though.

[SideshowTim]

too bad my roosters are going to run all over them this weekend though ;)

[Ryan]

Well of course they are. But im a canberra lad all the way!

[SideshowTim]

i'm going well in tipping this week...4/4 for NRL so far and 6/6 for super 14.

[God]

Winners:
Knights
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Cowboys
Dragons
Broncos
Roosters

tim:
Knights
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Cowboys
Dragons
Roosters (6)

yourmother:
Knights
Cowboys
Dragons
Roosters (4)

ryan:
Knights
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Cowboys
Dragons (5)

diu:
Knights
Warriors
Cowboys
Dragons
Broncos
Roosters (6)

unckeherb:
(away teams)
warriors
dragons (2)

god:
Knights
Cowboys
Dragons
Broncos
Roosters (5)

so,
tim, diu = 12
god, ryan = 10
yourmother =8
uncke= 4

Leaderboard:
sideshowtim - 28
Uncke Herb - 26
God, Dances in Underwear-24
your mother, ryan - 22

round 4:
Eels Vs Cowboys
Sharks Vs Rabbitohs
Sea Eagles Vs Roosters
Raiders Vs Panthers
Wests Tigers Vs Storm
Dragons Vs Broncos
Knights Vs Warriors
Bulldogs BYE




my picks:
Cowboys
Rabbitohs
Roosters
Panthers
Storm
Dragons
Knights

[Dances In Underwear]

AFL is back, too. Lets go:

West Coast vs. St. Kilda [Subiaco]
Western Bulldogs vs. Richmond [Telstra Dome]
Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions [Skilled Stadium]
Essendon vs. Sydney [Telstra Dome]
Port Adelaide vs. Kangaroos [AAMI Stadium]
Hawthorn vs. Fremantle [Aurora Stadium]
Melbourne vs. Carlton [Telstra Dome]
Collingwood vs. Adelaide [Telstra Dome]

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My picks:
Cowboys
Sharks
Roosters
Raiders
Wests Tigers
Broncos
Knights

West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Geelong
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
Melbourne
Adelaide

[God]

West Coast
Richmond
Lions
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
Melbourne
Adelaide

[Ryan]

Holy crap, i got 5 from 6. That'll teach me to back the home team!

Eels
Sharks
Roosters
Raiders
Wests Tigers
Dragons
Knights

[jase]

NRL:
Cowboys
Sharks
Roosters
Panthers
Tigers
Dragons
Knights

AFL:
West Coast
Richmond
Geelong
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
Melbourne
Adelaide

[SideshowTim]

NRL:

Cowboys
Sharks
Roosters
Panthers
Storm
Dragons
Knights

AFL:

West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Geelong
Sydney
Kangaroos
Fremantle
Melbourne
Adelaide (will probably win by 11ty billion)

[SideshowTim]

west coast got up over st. kilda last night.

[God]

round 4:
Cowboys
Sharks
Sea Eagles
Raiders
Wests Tigers
Dragons
Warriors


tim:
Cowboys
Sharks
Dragons (3)

yourmother:
Cowboys
Sharks
Tigers
Dragons (4)

ryan:
Sharks
Raiders
Wests Tigers
Dragons (4)

diu:
Cowboys
Sharks
Raiders
Wests Tigers (4)

uncke herb:
away teams:
Warriors (1)

god:
Cowboys
Dragons (2)

So:
diu, yourmother, ryan = 8
tim=6
god= 4
uncke herb = 2

Leaderboard:
sideshowtim -34
Dances in Underwear-32
your mother, ryan - 30
Uncke Herb, God - 28

this week:
Cowboys Vs Wests Tigers
Broncos Vs Rabbitohs
Sharks Vs Roosters
Dragons Vs Knights
Warriors Vs Sea Eagles
Eels Vs Panthers
Raiders Vs Bulldogs
Storm BYE


my tips:
Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Warriors
Eels
Bulldogs

[Dances In Underwear]

Wests Tigers
Broncos
Sharks
Dragons
Warriors
Panthers
Raiders

AFL isn't over until tomorrow night, so I'll probably get the results up on Tuesday.

[SideshowTim]

Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Sea Eagles
Eels
Bulldogs

[Ryan]

this week:
Cowboys Vs Wests Tigers
Broncos Vs Rabbitohs
Sharks Vs Roosters
Dragons Vs Knights
Warriors Vs Sea Eagles
Eels Vs Panthers
Raiders Vs Bulldogs
Storm BYE


I went to the raiders v panthers game, fucking great win there.

This week
Wests Tigers
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Sea Eagles
Eels
Raiders

[SideshowTim]

I went to the raiders v panthers game, fucking great win there.
fucking lazy panthers. slack off with 20 minutes to go. cost me 2 points this round! and schifofske...what a bastard!

[jase]

Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Sea Eagles
Panthers
Bulldogs

[Dances In Underwear]

Okay then, winners were:
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Geelong
Essendon
Kangaroos
Hawthorn
Carlton
Adelaide

God -
West Coast
Adelaide
2 = 4pts

Tim -
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Geelong
Kangaroos
Adelaide
5 = 10pts

YourMother -
West Coast
Geelong
Adelaide
3 = 6pts

Me -
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Geelong
Adelaide
4 = 8pts

Ladder:
Tim - 10
DIU - 8
YourMother - 6
God - 4

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Round 2
Richmond vs. St. Kilda
Geelong vs. Kangaroos
Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne
Brisbane Lions vs. Essendon
Fremantle vs. Carlton
Sydney vs. Port Adelaide
Hawthorn vs. Collingwood
Adelaide vs. West Coast

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I say:
Saints
Geelong
Bulldogs
Lions
Freo
Port
Collingwood
Adelaide

[SideshowTim]

St. Kilda
Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
Sydney
Hawthorn
West Coast

[Ryan]

fucking lazy panthers. slack off with 20 minutes to go. cost me 2 points this round! and schifofske...what a bastard!

Ahaha. You're still ahead anyway Timmy J

The crowd went nuts when the raiders won, and some reporter goes up to Clinton and goes "How do you feel" and he just yells into the mike "YEEEEERRRRRRR!!!"

[jase]

St. Kilda
Geelong
Bulldogs
Essendon
Freemantle
Sydney
Hawthorn
West Coast

[God]

St. Kilda
Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn
West Coast

[SideshowTim]

scott hill got 2 weeks for giving the ref a little bit of a shove. i must say he was lucky not to get more though...that sorta thing usually lands you in really, really hot water in any sport.

[God]

yeah i remember when mathew ridge did something similar for the warriors back in super league i think.
slater got 7weeks. out of origin I.

[Dances In Underwear]

Round 2 winners:
Saints
Geelong
Bulldogs
Lions
Freo
Port
Collingwood
West Coast

Timmy:
St. Kilda
Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
West Coast
6 - 12pts

God:
St. Kilda
Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
Port Adelaide
West Coast
7 - 14 pts

Yourmother:
St. Kilda
Geelong
Bulldogs
Freemantle
West Coast
5 - 10pts

Me:
Saints
Geelong
Bulldogs
Lions
Freo
Port
Collingwood
7 - 14pts

Ladder:
Tim - 22
DIU - 22
God - 18
YourMother - 16

Round 3 (starts Thursday):
St Kilda v Brisbane
Geelong v Hawthorn
West Coast v Richmond
Carlton v Sydney
Melbourne v Adelaide
Essendon v Bulldogs
Port v Fremantle
Kangaroos v Collingwood

My tips:
Saints
Geelong
Eagles
Sydney
Adelaide
Bulldogs
Port
Collingwood

[jase]

St. Kilda
Geelong
West Coast
Sydney
Melbourne
Bulldogs
Fremantle
Collingwood

[God]

Winners:
Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Sea Eagles
Panthers
Bulldogs

Tim:
Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Sea Eagles
Bulldogs (6)

ryan:
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Sea Eagles (4)

diu:
Broncos
Panthers (2)

yourmtoher:
Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Sea Eagles
Panthers
Bulldogs (7)

god:
Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Knights
Bulldogs (5)

yourmother:14
tim:12
god:10
ryan:8
diu:4


Leaderboard:
sideshowtim -46
your mother-44
ryan,god - 38
Dances in Underwear-36

Uncke Herb, please let me know whether you still want to be in.


This week:
Roosters Vs Broncos
Sea Eagles Vs Dragons
Panthers Vs Storm
Raiders Vs Warriors
Wests Tigers Vs Sharks
Knights Vs Cowboys
Rabbitohs Vs Bulldogs
Eels BYE


my tips:
Broncos
Sea Eagles
Panthers
Warriors
Sharks
Knights
Bulldogs
--
St Kilda
Geelong
West Coast
Sydney
Adelaide
Essendon
Port
Collingwood

[Dances In Underwear]

Roosters
Dragons
Panthers
Warriors
Wests Tigers
Knights
Bulldogs

[SideshowTim]

AFL:
St Kilda
Geelong
West Coast
Sydney
Adelaide
Bulldogs
Port
Kangaroos

NRL:
Roosters
Dragons
Panthers
Warriors
Sharks
Knights
Bulldogs

[jase]

Roosters
Dragons
Panthers
Warriors
Wests Tigers
Cowboys
Bulldogs

[Ryan]

Roosters
Dragons
Panthers
Raiders
Wests Tigers
Knights
Bulldogs

[God]

Winners:
Broncos
Dragons
Storm
Raiders
Wests Tigers
Cowboys
Bulldogs

tim:
Dragons
Bulldogs (2)

ryan:
Dragons
Raiders
Wests Tigers
Bulldogs(4)

diu:
Dragons
Wests Tigers
Bulldogs (3)

yourmother:
Dragons
Wests Tigers
Cowboys
Bulldogs (4)

god:
Broncos
Bulldogs (2)

ao:
yourmother, ryan:8
diu:6
tim,god:4

Leaderboard:
your mother-52
sideshowtim -50
ryan-46
god, DIU - 42


this week:
Eels Vs Wests Tigers
Warriors Vs Rabbitohs
Storm Vs Knights
Sharks Vs Cowboys
Bulldogs Vs Sea Eagles
Broncos Vs Panthers
Dragons Vs Roosters
Raiders BYE

my tips:
Wests Tigers
Warriors
Knights
Cowboys
Bulldogs
Broncos
Dragons

[SideshowTim]

Eels
Warriors
Storm
Cowboys
Bulldogs
Panthers
Dragons

[jase]

Eels
Warriors
Knights
Cowboys
Sea Eagles
Broncos
Dragons

[Dances In Underwear]

Winners were Saints, Hawks, West Coast, Sydney, Adelaide, Bulldogs, Freo, Collingwood

Tim – 5 (10)
God – 5 (10)
YourMother – 6 (12)
Me – 6 (12)

DIU - 34
Tim - 32
God - 28
YourMother - 28

Round 4 (begins Friday and goes through to Tuesday (ANZAC day))
Carlton v Hawthorn (Telstra Dome)
Western Bulldogs v Geelong (Telstra Dome)
Brisbane Lions v Richmond (Gabba)
Fremantle v Adelaide (Subiaco)
Kangaroos v West Coast Eagles (Manuka Oval)
Sydney Swans v Melbourne (SCG)
Port Adelaide v St Kilda (AAMI Stadium)
Collingwood v Essendon

Carlton
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Adelaide
West Coast Eagles
Sydney Swans
Port Adelaide
Collingwood

Wests Tigers
Warriors
Storm
Cowboys
Bulldogs
Broncos
Roosters

[SideshowTim]

Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Adelaide
West Coast Eagles
Sydney Swans
Port Adelaide
Collingwood

[Ryan]

Wests Tigers
Warriors
Knights
Cowboys
Sea Eagles
Broncos
Roosters

[jase]

Hawthorn
Geelong
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
West Coast Eagles
Sydney Swans
St Kilda
Essendon

[God]

Carlton
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Adelaide
West Coast Eagles
Sydney
Port
Collingwood

[Dances In Underwear]

Alright, I'm off to the Gold Coast for a week (woo - go me). So I'm updating this with the next round's details and as much of the results as I could.

Winners were...
Hawthorn
Western Bulldogs
Richmond
Adelaide
West Coast Eagles
Melbourne

Tim: 4/6 - 8pts
God: 3/6 - 6pts
YM: 2/6 - 4pts
DIU: 3/6 - 6pts

Ladder:
Tim - 40
DIU - 40
God - 34
YourMother - 32

Remaining tips for Round 4:
Tim: Port Adelaide, Collingwood
God: Port, Collingwood
YM: St Kilda, Essendon
DIU: Port Adelaide, Collingwood

Round 5:
Richmond v Carlton
Melbourne v Kangaroos
Adelaidev Western Bulldogs
Sydney Swans v Geelong
West Coast Eagles v Brisbane Lions
St Kilda v Fremantle
Collingwood v Port Adelaide
Hawthorn v Essendon

My tips:
Carlton
Kangaroos
Adelaide
Geelong
West Coast Eagles
St Kilda
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn

Sharks
Roosters
Broncos
Storm
Warriors
Knights
Eels

[SideshowTim]

Richmond
Melbourne
Adelaide
Geelong
West Coast Eagles
St Kilda
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn

[God]

as with the afl, the nrl has a fixture on anzac day so i will update the table tomorrow night or wednesday.

heres this weeks fixtures if you want to get your tips in now:
Panthers Vs Sharks
Cowboys Vs Roosters
Storm Vs Dragons
Broncos Vs Raiders
Warriors Vs Bulldogs
Rabbitohs Vs Knights
Sea Eagles Vs Eels
Wests Tigers BYE

----
as with the afl, the nrl has a fixture on anzac day so i will update the table tomorrow night or wednesday.

Panthers
Cowboys
Storm
Broncos
Warriors
Knights
Sea Eagles
--
Richmond
Kangaroos
Bulldogs
Geelong
West Coast Eagles
St Kilda
Port
Hawthorn

[SideshowTim]

Panthers
Cowboys
Storm
Broncos
Warriors
Knights
Eels

[Ryan]

Panthers
Cowboys
Storm
Raiders
Warriors
Knights
Sea Eagles

[God]

winners:
Eels
Warriors
Storm
Sharks
Sea Eagles
Broncos
Dragons

tim:
(4)

ryan:
(3)

diu:
(5)

yourmother:
(5)

god:
(3)

diu, ym: 10
tim:8
ryan/god:6

Leaderboard:
your mother-62
sideshowtim -58
ryan,DIU - 52
god-48

Next weeks fixtures posted a couple of posts above

[SideshowTim]

god damn roosters....too inconsistent :(

[God]

yeah they have been a bit like the warriors so far, one week they look great and the next poor. interesting to note that if the warriors hadn't have been docked 4 points they would currently be sitting in 10th and not 14th.

[SideshowTim]

well there is one side they'll definitely finish ahead of this year...souths. they have been pitiful as always...

[God]

yeah well i don't think they should have been readmitted to the NRL after they were kicked out. they are plain awful and really don't look like getting better.
with the NRL at the moment most games are quite unpredictable with any team capable of beating any team in any given match, apart from the rabbitohs.
with the gold coast team being admitted next year i don't see it getting any better for the rabbitohs in the future.

[God]

Australia vs. NZ (Test Match)
Eels Vs Raiders
Cowboys Vs Panthers
Rabbitohs Vs Storm
Knights Vs Broncos
Roosters Vs Bulldogs
Wests Tigers Vs Sea Eagles
Sharks Vs Dragons
Warriors BYE

points update tomorrow

[God]

winners:
Sharks
Roosters
Storm
Bulldogs
Broncos
Knights
Sea Eagles

tim: (3)

diu: (5)

ryan: (3)

yourmother: away teams (4)

god: (4)

diu:10
god/mother:8
tim, ryan:6

Leaderboard:
your mother-70
sideshowtim -64
DIU - 62
ryan-58
god-56

my picks :
Eels
Cowboys
Storm
Knights
Roosters
Sea Eagles
Dragons

[SideshowTim]

are we gonna do the test match? if so i pick the Aussies.

Eels
Cowboys
Storm
Broncos
Roosters
Sea Eagles
Dragons

[God]

are we gonna do the test match? if so i pick the Aussies.


Yeah we may as well, I'll ad it to the fixtures.

I'm goin with the Kiwis, i hope they can pull it off again but the aussies are going to be fired up.

[Dances In Underwear]

Well, well, well, the Dockers have won after a long meeting today. I'm glad I couldn't do the results until tonight so I didn't have to redo that game's results.

Winners were
Port
Collingwood

Richmond
Melbourne
Adelaide
Sydney Swans
West Coast Eagles
Fremantle (eventually)
Collingwood
Hawthorn

Tim - 7/10 - 14pts
God - 5/10 - 10pts
YM - no tips = away teams, which means... ouch. 1/10. 2pts
DiU - 5/10 - 10pts.

Ladder:
Tim - 54
DIU - 50
God - 44
YourMother - 34

This week its 'Rivalry Round'.
Melbourne vs. Geelong M.C.G. (Night)
St. Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome
Fremantle vs. West Coast Subiaco
Essendon vs. Richmond M.C.G. (Night)
Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium (Night)
Brisbane Lions vs. Sydney Gabba
Carlton vs. Collingwood M.C.G.
Kangaroos vs. Hawthorn Telstra Dome

My tips:
Geelong
Bulldogs
West Coast
Richmond
Port
Sydney
Collingwood
Kangaroos

Aussies
Eels
Cowboys
Storm
Knights
Bulldogs
Tigers
Dragons

[SideshowTim]

Geelong
Western Bulldogs
West Coast
Essendon
Adelaide
Sydney
Collingwood
Hawthorn

[Ryan]

Leaderboard:
ryan-68
sideshowtim -64


Wow, im ahead of Tim??

Aussies
Raiders
Cowboys
Storm
Knights
Roosters
Sea Eagles
Dragons

[God]

Wow, im ahead of Tim??


turns out i screwed up. i didn't realise until you brought it up and i remembered you only got 3 correct so I went back and checked and seemingly i credited you 16 points instead of 6. buy ehy you're still ahead of me

adjusted:

Leaderboard:
your mother-70
sideshowtim -64
DIU - 62
ryan-58
god-56


my tips:
Geelong
St. Kilda
West Coast
Richmond
Port
Sydney
Carlton
Hawthorn

[Ryan]

turns out i screwed up. i didn't realise until you brought it up and i remembered you only got 3 correct so I went back and checked and seemingly i credited you 16 points instead of 6. buy ehy you're still ahead of me

DAMMIT.

[God]

winners:
Australia
Raiders
Cowboys
Storm
Knights
Bulldogs
Wests Tigers
Sharks

Tim: (3)
Diu: (6)
Ryan: (5)
God: (3)

so,
diu:12
ryan:10
me, tim:6


Your Mother, I'm kinda assuming you're not doing it anymore. Let me know if this is the case.

Leaderboard:
sideshowtim -70
DIU - 74
ryan-68
god-62

this week in the nrl:
NSW Country Origin Vs NSW City Origin

Dragons Vs Warriors
Storm Vs Cowboys
Broncos Vs Sea Eagles
Bulldogs Vs Eels
Wests Tigers Vs Knights
Raiders Vs Sharks
Panthers Vs Rabbitohs
Roosters BYE

my tips:
NSW Country
Warriors
Storm
Broncos
Bulldogs
Knights
Sharks
Panthers

[SideshowTim]

NSW City Origin
Dragons
Cowboys
Broncos
Eels
Knights
Sharks
Panthers

[Dances In Underwear]

Winners were
Melbourne
St. Kilda
Fremantle
Richmond
Adelaide
Sydney
Collingwood
Kangaroos

Tim: 3 - 6pts
God: 3 - 6pts
DiU: 4 - 8pts
Your Mother: Same, I assume you're not doing it, but since the away teams were basically just my tips (aside from the Kangaroos/Hawks game) and its not much effort fror me to work it out, I'll leave you in this week. 3 - 6pts

Ladder:
Tim - 60
DIU - 58
God - 50
YourMother - 40

This week:
St. Kilda v Geelong
Melbourne v Fremantle
Richmond v Syndey
Hawthorn v Brisbane
West Coast v Collingwood
Port v Bulldogs
Carlton v Essendon
Kangaroos v Adelaide

My tips:
Country
Dragons
Storm
Sea Eagles
Bulldogs
Knights
Raiders
Panthers

Geelong
Freo
Sydney
Hawks
West Coast
Port
Essendon
Adelaide

[SideshowTim]

St. Kilda
Fremantle
Syndey
Hawthorn
West Coast
Bulldogs
Carlton
Adelaide

[Lisa's First Word]

I'm new to AFL, well, what does it stand for?

[God]

I'm new to AFL, well, what does it stand for?
Australian Football League.
Basically the game is a weird cross between rugby and soccer, with passing and kicking into goals. A more indepth explanation can be found here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Rules_Football).

Geelong
Fremantle
Sydney
Hawthorn
West Coast
Bulldogs
Essendon
Kangaroos

[Ryan]

shit, nearly forgot my tips!!

NSW City Origin
Dragons
Cowboys
Sea Eagles
Eels
Wests Tigers
Raiders
Panthers

[SideshowTim]

Sydney - 28.12.180
Richmond - 9.8.62

that's more like it, lads!

[Dances In Underwear]

Winners were Cats, Demons, Swans, Lions, Eagles, Bulldogs, Blues and Crows.

Tim - 5 - 10pts
God - 4 - 8pts
DiU - 4 - 8pts

Ladder:
Tim - 70
DIU - 66
God - 58

Round 8
Hawthorn v Melbourne
Richmond v Adelaide
Fremantle v Kangaroos
Collingwood v Geelong
Bulldogs v Sydney (at the SCG, though)
Port v Brisbane
Carlton v St Kilda
Essendon v WC Eagles

Me: Melbourne, Adelaide, Freo, Collingwood, Syndey, Port, Saints, Eagles.

[SideshowTim]

Melbourne
Adelaide
Fremantle
Geelong
Sydney
Port
St Kilda
WC Eagles

[God]

Country
Dragons
Storm
Broncos
Bulldogs
Knights
Sharks
Panthers

tim:5
ryan:2
diu:6
god:7

god:14
diu:12
tim:10
ryan:4

Leaderboard:
DIU - 86
tim -80
god-76
ryan-72

upcoming games:
Panthers Vs Eels
Warriors Vs Wests Tigers
Sea Eagles Vs Storm
Knights Vs Raiders
Bulldogs Vs Sharks
Roosters Vs Rabbitohs
Broncos BYE
Dragons BYE
Cowboys BYE

Wed 24 May 2006 State of Origin 1
NSW Vs Qld


my tips:
Panthers
Warriors
Storm
Knights
Bulldogs
Roosters

NSW

oh and Eels coach Brian Smith has resigned, effective immediately

[Ryan]

Panthers
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Raiders
Sharks
Roosters

And for the origin:
NSW

[SideshowTim]

Panthers
Wests Tigers
Storm
Knights
Bulldogs
Roosters
NSW

[God]

whoops must have forgotten to post my afl tips:
Melbourne
Adelaide
Fremantle
Collingwood
Bulldogs
Port
St Kilda
Eagles

[Ryan]

c'mon god, results!!

[SideshowTim]

i gotta be off to earth camp tomorrow so i'll put my tips in for this round today:

NRL:

Knights
Cowboys
Bulldogs
Sharks
Storm
Roosters
Tigers

AFL:

Collingwood
Geelong
Adelaide
Port
Sydney
Fremantle
St. Kilda
West Coast

[Ryan]

i gotta be off to earth camp tomorrow

"How was jerk practice, boy? Did they teach you how to sing to trees? And build crappy furniture out of useless wooden logs? Huh?"

[Dances In Underwear]

I'm late.

Winners were Melbourne, Richmond, Freo, Collingwood, Sydney, Brisbane, St Kilda, Eagles. (...I think. that was a long time ago)

Tim - 5 - 10pts
God - 5 - 10pts
DiU - 6 - 12pts

Ladder:
Tim - 80
DIU - 78
God - 68

Round 9
Collingwood V Western Bulldogs MCG
Geelong V Richmond Skilled Stadium
Adelaide V Carlton AAMI
Essendon V Port Adelaide Telstra
Hawthorn V Sydney Swans MCG
Brisbane Lions V Fremantle Gabba
St Kilda V Kangaroos Telstra
West Coast V Melbourne Subiaco

Me: Collingwood, Geelong, Adelaide, Port, Sydney, Freo, St Kilda, West Coast.

Panthers, Wests Tigers, Storm, Knights, Sharks, Roosters and NSW

[God]

apologies team, i've had some more homework so haven't had a chance to update.

Winners:
Panthers
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Knights
Bulldogs
Roosters
NSW

Tim:5
Diu:4 (You made your tips for the round thats just been last night, I'll allow it though, seeing as you didn't check results or anything, any probs with that?)
Ryan:5
God:6

God:12
Tim, Ryan:10
Diu:8

overall:
DIU - 96
tim -90
god-88
ryan-82

this week:
Knights Vs Dragons
Cowboys Vs Raiders
Broncos Vs Bulldogs
Sharks Vs Warriors
Storm Vs Panthers
Eels Vs Roosters
Rabbitohs Vs Wests Tigers
Sea Eagles BYE


my tips:
Knights
Cowboys
Broncos
Warriors
Storm
Roosters
Tigers


Collingwood
Geelong
Adelaide
Essendon
Sydney Swans
Fremantle
St Kilda
West Coast

[Ryan]

Knights
Raiders
Broncos
Sharks
Panthers
Roosters
Wests Tigers


Out of curiosity, i checked the thread to see if anybody had actually tipped south sydney at all this season. God is GUILTY.


EDIT: WOW, the raiders actually BEAT the cowboys!!

[God]

well the rabbitohs usually win a token game or two during the season. i thought that it might be it.

and good result for the raiders.

this week:
Dragons Vs Eels
Storm Vs Roosters
Bulldogs Vs Knights
Raiders Vs Rabbitohs
Warriors Vs Broncos
Panthers Vs Sea Eagles
Wests TigersVs Cowboys
Sharks BYE

points update tomorrow

my tips:
Dragons
Storm
Knights
Rabbitohs (thats two!)
Broncos
Sea Eagles
Cowboys

[Ryan]

Dragons
Roosters
Knights
Raiders
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Cowboys

..It will be extremely humiliating if the rabbitohs beat the raiders this weekend, considering the raiders are having some big reunion at canberra stadium that day. Imagine losing to a team that hasnt won a game all year in front of shitloads of previous players/coaches etc. - and on home turf!

[God]

haha.


Winners:
Dragons
Raiders
Broncos
Sharks
Storm
Eels
Wests Tigers

Tim:3
ryan:4
diu: (aways)3
god:3

ryan:8
tim, me, diu:6


so, lets check the leaderboard:
DIU - 102
tim -96
god-94
ryan-90


this weeks fixtures above.

ryan, how much press coverage do the raiders get in canberra?

[SideshowTim]

Dragons
Roosters
Knights
Raiders
Broncos
Panthers
Wests Tigers

[Ryan]

ryan, how much press coverage do the raiders get in canberra?

quite a bit

[Dances In Underwear]

Hahaha, I'm so stupid. Thats fine with me, God.

Late again, have a fair bit of homework as well.

Winners were pies, tigers, crows, power, swans, lions, saints, eagles.
Tim - 6 - 12pts
God - 5 - 10pts
Me - 6 -12pts

Tim - 92
DIU - 90
God - 78

Round something-or-other. 10, I think
Adelaide vs. Essendon AAMI Stadium (Night)
Geelong vs. West Coast Skilled Stadium
Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn Telstra Dome
Collingwood vs. Brisbane Lions M.C.G. (Night)
Fremantle vs. Richmond Subiaco (Night)
Kangaroos vs. Sydney Manuka Oval
Carlton vs. Port Adelaide Telstra Dome
Melbourne vs. St. Kilda M.C.G.

My tips:
Adelaide
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
Fremantle
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Melbourne

Eels
Storm
Bulldogs
Raiders
Broncos
Panthers
Wests Tigers

EDIT: I'm curious, Ryan - how much coverage does the AFL get when there is a game at Manuka? More? Less? Same?

[SideshowTim]

Adelaide
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Melbourne

[Ryan]

EDIT: I'm curious, Ryan - how much coverage does the AFL get when there is a game at Manuka? More? Less? Same?

Few radio ads, couple on the tv. not too much at all really.

[God]

Adelaide
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
Fremantle
Sydney
Port Adelaide
St. Kilda

[SideshowTim]

wow, what a great comeback from west coast. down 54 points halfway through the third quarter and coming back to win by 3...great effort.

[God]

yeah that sounds like an awesome comeback from what i saw on the news.

what bout the nrl last night? 8-1. jesus. what a cracker.

[SideshowTim]

i kinda wish that cooper hadn't score that last try and it would've been 2-1. great game though, especially the last 10 minutes.

[God]

yeah 2-1 or 1-0 would have been great.

[Ryan]

Raiders bt Rabbitohs 24-22 last night :)

Absolute shocker of a season for South Sydney, twelve straight losses and not one win!

[SideshowTim]

only one more loss to equal the knights record of 13 straight losses. it's a bit of a joke really. they are playing the broncos next weekend and i can't see them winning that. it'll be pretty funny if they go through the whole season without winning. being a roosters supporter, i have no sympathy for south sydney at any point.

and the swans made it 6 in a row in canberra today against the kangaroos. came back very strongly in the last quarter with the wind against us.

[Ryan]

i have zero sympathy for the rabbitohs, and i expect them to lose next week too.

Pfft, the kangaroos can go to the gold coast for all i care.

[God]

neither i don't think the rabbitohs should have been re-admitted in the first place.
points update tomorrow or tuesday, i'm too tired to contemplate thinking now.

[Dances In Underwear]

Failr predictable round this week, though in 3 cases it almost wasn't.

Adelaide
West Coast
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood
Fremantle
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Melbourne

Tim: 7/8 - 14pts
God: 7/8 - 14pts
Me: 8/8 - 16pts

Ladder:
Tim: 106
DIU: 106
God: 92

Round 11
Geelong v Essendon
Richmond v Kangaroos
Brisbane v Adelaide
Syndey v St Kilda
Port v Hawthorn
Bulldogs v Fremantle
West Coast v Carlton
Melbourne v Collingwood

Me: Geelong, Richmond, Adelaide, Sydney, Port, Freo, West Coast, Collingwood.

[SideshowTim]

Geelong
Kangaroos
Adelaide
Sydney
Port
Bulldogs
West Coast
Collingwood

[God]

Dragons
Storm
Bulldogs
Raiders
Broncos
Sea Eagles
Wests Tigers

tim:4
diu:5
ryan:3
god:4

diu:10
tim, god:8
ryan:6

now, if you would follow me over to the leaderboard:
DIU - 112
tim -104
god-102
ryan-96

this weeks fixtures:

Sea Eagles Vs Wests Tigers
Panthers Vs Dragons
Cowboys Vs Sharks
Rabbitohs Vs Broncos
Roosters Vs Warriors
Eels Vs Storm
Bulldogs Vs Raiders
Knights BYE

Qld Vs NSW at Suncorp Stadium, QLD.

my tips:
Sea Eagles
Dragons
Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Storm
Bulldogs

NSW

Geelong
Kangaroos
Adelaide
Syndey
Port
Bulldogs
West Coast
Collingwood

[SideshowTim]

NSW
Wests Tigers
Panthers
Sharks
Broncos
Warriors
Storm
Bulldogs

[Ryan]

NSW
Wests Tigers
Dragons
Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Storm
Raiders

[Dances In Underwear]

Wests Tigers
Panthers
Cowboys
Broncos
Roosters
Storm
Bulldogs
Qld

[God]

HAHAHA. BRONCOS.

[God]

winners:
Sea Eagles
Dragons
Sharks
Rabbitohs
Warriors
Storm
Raiders
Qld Vs NSW - yet to be played, will add to this weekends totals.

tim:3
diu:1
ryan:3
god:3

ryan, god, tim: 6
diu:2

leaderboard! leaderboard! leaderboard! :
DIU - 114
tim -110
god-108
ryan-102

This week:
Broncos Vs Dragons
Wests Tigers Vs Roosters
Sharks Vs Sea Eagles
Eels Vs Rabbitohs
Warriors Vs Knights
Storm Vs Raiders
Bulldogs Vs Cowboys
Panthers BYE



Dragons
Wests Tigers
Sea Eagles
Eels
Warriors
Storm
Bulldogs

[Ryan]

winners:
Rabbitohs

Who'd-a thunk it?

3 in a row for the raiders too :D

Dragons
Wests Tigers
Sea Eagles
Eels
Knights
Raiders
Cowboys

[SideshowTim]

Dragons
Roosters
Sharks
Eels
Knights
Storm
Bulldogs

you fucking suck, brisbane.

[God]

i can't beleive they lost. even with a below strength team. bloody awful.

[Ryan]

State of Origin tomorrow night, fellas.

[SideshowTim]

CARN THE BLUES

[Ryan]

I was at work tonight and realised it was state of origin tomorrow, so i got on the phones and called in 3 extra register staff, because every SOG night, it's unbelievably busy until 7-7.30pm, where it completely dies. The amount of people that come in for beer and chips..

[Dances In Underwear]

Late again, can't be stuffed updating at the moment. Will do it later this week or next week, probably.

St Kilda vs Adelaide
Fremantle vs Geelong
Brisbane vs Bulldogs
Port Adelaide vs West Coast
Hawthorn vs Richmond (Aurora Stadium)
Essendon vs Melbourne
Kangaroos vs Carlton
Sydney vs Collingwood


Adelaide, Fremantle, Bulldogs, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Melbourne,
Carlton, Sydney.
Dragons, Tigers, Sea Eagles, Eels, Knights, Storm, Cowboys.

[SideshowTim]

Adelaide
Geelong
Bulldogs
West Coast
Richmond
Melbourne
Carlton
Sydney

[Ryan]

Queensland won...

[God]

absolutely gave them a hiding too.

St Kilda
Geelong
Brisbane
West Coast
Richmond
Melbourne
Kangaroos
Collingwood

[SideshowTim]

you know after game 1 of origin this year i kinda started feeling sorry for the maroons.

now i realise why i hate them again.

[God]

hahahaha.

well its kinda cool that the 3rd game is on neutral territory.

[Dances In Underwear]

Who called it? Yeah, me, thats who. Good ol' Maroons.

This weeks a split round (didn't realise that when I put the tips up), so heres last week's and 3/4 of this week's update.

Winners:
Round 11 -
Geelong, Richmond, Adelaide, St Kilda, Port, Bulldogs, West Coast, Melbourne
Round 12 (so far) -
Adelaide, Geelong, Bulldogs, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Melbourne
Still to play:
Kangaroos vs Carlton
Sydney vs Collingwood

Tim
R11 - 5/8
R12 - 4/6
= 18pts
Remaining Tips:
Carlton, Sydney

God:
R11 - 5/8
R12 - 2/8
= 14pts
Remaining Tips:
Kangaroos, Collingwood

Me:
R11 - 5/8
R12 - 5/8
= 20pts
Remaining Tips:
Carlton, Sydney.

Ladder:
DIU: 126
Tim: 124
God: 106

[God]

winners:
QLD
Dragons
Wests Tigers
Sharks
Eels
Warriors
Storm
Bulldogs

Tim:5
Diu:5
Ryan:3
God:6

this week:
god:12
tim, diu:10
ryan:6

leaderboard:
DIU - 124
tim -120
god-120
ryan-108

this weeks fixtures:
Storm Vs Bulldogs
Knights Vs Sharks
Panthers Vs Wests Tigers
Dragons Vs Cowboys
Raiders Vs Roosters
Sea Eagles Vs Broncos
Rabbitohs Vs Warriors
Eels BYE

i pick:
Storm
Knights
Wests Tigers
Dragons
Roosters
Sea Eagles
Warriors

[SideshowTim]

Storm
Sharks
Wests Tigers
Dragons
Roosters
Sea Eagles
Warriors

[Ryan]

Man i'm falling behind!

Storm
Wests Tigers
Dragons
Raiders
Broncos
Warriors

[God]

I'm getting smashed in afl too. oh well. you can always peg a few results back in finals where its 3 for a win (if thats whats gonna happen this year, as in previous seasons).

Broncos haven't been playing too well lately although that is possibly down to SOO duty, but now hunt and eastwood are injured too.

[SideshowTim]

broncos always start playing crap around this part of the season.

[God]

Yeah and they never seem to fully recover, always around 6th place at the end.

also i hear on the radio that the anti-tampering law is probably gonna go. while its disappointing, no-one sticks to it anyway.

[Dances In Underwear]

Storm
Knights
Wests Tigers
Cowboys
Raiders
Sea Eagles
Warriors

[Ryan]

Raiders thrashed roosters and Warriors absolutely belted souths. Gottaloveit

[God]

Souths must go. David Gallop (ceo of nrl) has to make the decision, he's made some tough ones in the past (docking the bulldogs of points, handling player indescretions) but this is one that must be made. I couldn't really care if a movie star owns them, they need to go. They don't have the fanbase they think they do. Look how many people turned up yesterday. They're crap. They sign one or two solid players each year, but nothing ever happens. They are always getting dicked. 66-0 is an absolute hiding. I wouldn't bet against a bigger score before the year is out.

right and now to the other thing:
Storm
Sharks
Panthers
Dragons
Raiders
Broncos
Warriors

Tim:4
Ryan:5
diu: 3
god:3

so, ryan:10
tim:8
diu, god:6


leaderboard:
DIU - 130
tim -128
god-126
ryan-118

Sea Eagles Vs Knights
Warriors Vs Panthers
Raiders Vs Eels
Cowboys Vs Rabbitohs
Broncos Vs Sharks
Wests Tigers Vs Bulldogs
Storm BYE
Roosters BYE
Dragons BYE

NSW vs QLD.

my tips:
Sea Eagles
Warriors
Raiders
Cowboys
Sharks
Bulldogs

NSW

[Ryan]

Sea Eagles
Warriors
Raiders
Cowboys
Sharks
Wests Tigers

NSW

Is it normal for THREE teams to have a bye in one week? I've just gotten into footy this year so yeah.. fill us in lads.

[Dances In Underwear]

I know nothing about NRL, but I'm guessing its to even out the amount of byes.

Winners were Kangaroos and Collingwood. God gets both, for 4 pts, Tim and I get none. That was easy.
Ladder:
DIU: 126
Tim: 124
God: 110

Round 13
Kangaroos v Essendon
Melbourne v Port
St Kilda v Hawthorn
Brisbane v Carlton
Sydney v Fremantle
Adelaide v Geelong
Richmond v Collingwood
West Coast v Bulldogs

My tips: Roos, Power, Saints, Lions, Swans, Crows, Pies, Eagles

Sea Eagles, Warriors, Raiders, Cowboys, Broncos, Wests Tigers
EDIT: Forgot State of Origin: NSW

[SideshowTim]

NSW
Knights
Warriors
Raiders
Cowboys
Sharks
Bulldogs


AFL:
Kangaroos
Melbourne
St Kilda
Brisbane
Sydney
Adelaide
Collingwood
West Coast

[God]

I know nothing about NRL, but I'm guessing its to even out the amount of byes.

Yeah that and also they give 3 teams byes during origin weeks (the main sydney teams and queensland teams) so that they aren't effected too much by having their star players out.


Kangaroos
Port
St Kilda
Brisbane
Fremantle
Geelong
Collingwood
West Coast

[Ryan]

ah ok, makes sense.

[SideshowTim]

i think it would be better, since we have no byes next year, if we take the weekend before origin off so that teams don't miss their star players like they normally do. it would make for a much fairer competition and would also allow teams the rest they'd normally get.

[God]

yeah i hope they do that. would also give the other players a chance to refresh.

[Ryan]

fuckin' eels

[God]

Knights
Warriors
Eels
Cowboys
Broncos
Bulldogs

tim:4
ryan:2
diu:3
god:3

tim:8
god/diu:6
ryan:4

Leaderboard:
DIU, Tim - 136
god-132
ryan-122

Origin will be added next week

round 18:
Roosters Vs Sea Eagles
Sharks Vs Wests Tigers
Bulldogs Vs Warriors
Dragons Vs Rabbitohs
Panthers Vs Raiders
Storm Vs Broncos
Eels Vs Knights
Cowboys Vs BYE

my picks:
Sea Eagles
Sharks
Bulldogs
Dragons
Raiders
Storm
Knights

[Ryan]

Sea Eagles
Wests Tigers
Warriors
Dragons
Raiders
Storm
Knights

[SideshowTim]

Sea Eagles
Sharks
Bulldogs
Dragons
Panthers
Storm
Knights

[Dances In Underwear]

Winners: Kangaroos, Melbourne, St Kilda, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Richmond, Bulldogs
Tim - 6 =12pts
God - 3 = 6pts
DIU - 5 = 10pts

Ladder:
Tim: 136
DIU: 136
God: 116

Round 14:
Fremantle v Essendon
Carlton v Geelong
Hawks v West Coast
Melbourne v Brisbane
Port v Richmond
Sydney v Adelaide
St Kilda v Collingwood
Bulldogs v Kangaroos

Me:
Roosters, Wests Tigers, Bulldogs, Dragons, Panthers, Storm, Knights

Freo, Carlton, West Coast, Melbourne, Port, Adelaide, Collingwood, Bulldogs

[SideshowTim]

Fremantle
Geelong
West Coast
Melbourne
Richmond
Adelaide
St Kilda
Bulldogs

[God]

Fremantle
Geelong
West Coast
Melbourne
Port
Sydney
St Kilda
Bulldogs



and nsw just got beaten in the league. tim won't be happy.

[Ryan]

so uh, Tim. Who won the state of origin??

[SideshowTim]

:'(

[Ryan]

john howard pictured with mal meninga in the paper today, drinking a XXXX beer.

[God]

are they allowed to show images of beer like that in aussie? if some sports star was pictured with that here, the beer logo would have to be blurred out i think.

[God]

winnaz:
QLD

Sea Eaglez
Westz Tigerz
Bulldogz (in ET :( )
Dragonz
Pantherz
Storm
Eelz

SST:5 (10)
Ryan:4 (8)
DIU: 5 (10)
god:4 (8)

Leaderboard:
DIU, Tim - 146
god-140
ryan-130

this week
Dragons Vs Bulldogs
Warriors Vs Eels
Panthers Vs Cowboys
Rabbitohs Vs Sea Eagles
Knights Vs Storm
Raiders Vs Wests Tigers
Roosters Vs Sharks
Broncos BYE

my tips:
Bulldogs, Eels, Cowboys , Sea Eagles, Storm, Wests Tigers,Sharks

[SideshowTim]

Dragons
Eels
Panthers
Sea Eagles
Storm
Raiders
Sharks

[Ryan]

are they allowed to show images of beer like that in aussie? if some sports star was pictured with that here, the beer logo would have to be blurred out i think.

I presume so, the photo was in the paper. XXXX is the QLD beer of choice, whereas NSW drinkers favour Tooheys New.

Bulldogs
Eels
Cowboys
Sea Eagles
Storm
Raiders
Sharks

[Dances In Underwear]

Winners were Fremantle, Geelong, West Coast, Melbourne, Richmond, Adelaide, St Kilda, Kangaroos.

Tim - 7 = 14pts
God - 5 = 10pts
Me - 4 = 8pts

Ladder:
Tim: 150
DIU: 144
God: 126

This Week -
Richmond vs. Melbourne M.C.G. (Night)
Essendon vs. St. Kilda M.C.G.
Adelaide vs. Hawthorn AAMI Stadium
Kangaroos vs. Brisbane Lions Telstra Dome (Night)
West Coast vs. Sydney Subiaco (Night)
Geelong vs. Port Adelaide Skilled Stadium (Early Start)
Carlton vs. Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome
Collingwood vs. Fremantle M.C.G.

My tips:
Melbourne, St. Kilda, Adelaide, Brisbane Lions, Sydney, Port Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, Collingwood

Dragons, Warriors, Cowboy, Sea Eagles, Storm, Wests Tigers, Sharks

[SideshowTim]

Melbourne
St. Kilda
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
West Coast
Geelong
Western Bulldogs
Collingwood

[God]

Richmond
St. Kilda
Adelaide
Brisbane
Sydney
Geelong
Bulldogs
Collingwood

[Ryan]

Nice win to the raiders today :)

[SideshowTim]

and the roosters...finally. if we win every single game from here on in we're in with a slight chance of making the 8.

[Ryan]

yay for optimism.

raiders play newcastle next weekend at canberra stadium. I think we're in with a good chance!

[SideshowTim]

newcastle will win, they'll be too hungry and put in a good effort against the top of the ladder storm today.

[Ryan]

Man, i'd hate to be a rabbitohs supporter.

[God]

and the roosters...finally. if we win every single game from here on in we're in with a slight chance of making the 8.


the warriors are in with a slight chance too, but losing in GPET last week wasn't good and we should have beaten the eels, we played awfully though. they should win against the bye this week, 2 valuable points.

[SideshowTim]

those 4 points might come back and bite the warriors in the backside later in the year. it'd suck for them if they missed out on the finals because of 4 competition points. they should be on 18 at the moment which would put them much closer to the top 8. 11th place in fact.

[God]

yeah i have a feeling they will finish in around 11th place, same as last year.

[Ryan]

at least they won't be as far down the ladder as south sydney [/overkill]

[God]

Winners:
Bulldogs
Eels
Panthers
Sea Eagles
Storm
Raiders
Roosters

Tim: 10
Ryan: 10
Diu: 4
God:8

Leaderboard:
Tim - 156
DIU - 150
god-148
ryan-140

This weeks fixtures:
Storm Vs Sharks
Bulldogs Vs Roosters
Knights Vs Rabbitohs
Cowboys Vs Broncos
Wests Tigers Vs Eels
Sea Eagles Vs Panthers
Raiders Vs Dragons
Warriors BYE

my tips:
Storm
Bulldogs
Knights
Cowboys
Eels
Sea Eagles
Dragons

[SideshowTim]

Storm
Bulldogs
Knights
Broncos
Eels
Sea Eagles
Dragons

[Ryan]

Storm
Bulldogs
Knights
Broncos
Eels
Sea Eagles
Raiders

[SideshowTim]

http://i2.tinypic.com/20a9j81.gif

BOOM. love this hit.

[Ryan]

haha, that was awesome

[Dances In Underwear]

Sorry I'm late again.

Winners were Melbourne, St. Kilda, Adelaide, Brisbane Lions, West Coast, Geelong, Western Bulldogs, Fremantle

Tim - 7 = 14pts
God - 5 = 10pts
Me - 5 = 10pts

Ladder:
Tim: 164
DIU: 154
God: 136

Round 16: Heritage Round
Adelaide vs. Kangaroos AAMI Stadium (Night)
Collingwood vs. West Coast Telstra Dome
Essendon vs. Carlton M.C.G.
Brisbane Lions vs. Hawthorn Gabba (Night)
Sydney vs. Richmond S.C.G. (Night)
St. Kilda vs. Port Adelaide Aurora Stadium (Early Start)
Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome
Fremantle vs. Melbourne Subiaco

My tips:
Adelaide, West Coast, Essendon, Brisbane Lions, Sydney, Port Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, Melbourne

Storm, Bulldogs, Knights, Cowboys, Wests Tigers, Panthers, Dragons

[God]

haha great hit

Adelaide
West Coast
Essendon
Brisbane
Sydney
Port
Geelong
Fremantle

[SideshowTim]

Adelaide
West Coast
Carlton
Brisbane Lions
Sydney
St. Kilda
Western Bulldogs
Fremantle

[Ryan]

raiders win again :d

[Dances In Underwear]

Winners were Adelaide, Collingwood, Brisbane Lions, Sydney, St. Kilda, Geelong, Fremantle. Essendon and Carlton drew, so 1 pt to each.

Tim: 5.5 = 11pts
God: 5.5 = 11pts
Me: 3.5 = 7pts

Ladder:
Tim: 175
DIU: 161
God: 147

Round 17:
Collingwood vs. Hawthorn M.C.G. (Night)
St. Kilda vs. Richmond M.C.G.
West Coast vs. Adelaide Subiaco
Essendon vs. Brisbane Lions Telstra Dome (Night)
Port Adelaide vs. Sydney AAMI Stadium (Night)
Kangaroos vs. Geelong Manuka Oval (Early Start)
Carlton vs. Fremantle Telstra Dome
Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs M.C.G.

My tips: Collingwood, St Kilda, Adelaide, Brisbane, Port, Geelong, Fremantle, Melbourne

[SideshowTim]

Collingwood
St. Kilda
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
Sydney
Geelong
Fremantle
Western Bulldogs

[God]

canberra and eels looking a possibility for the playoffs.

Storm
Bulldogs
Knights
Cowboys
Eels
Sea Eagles
Raiders

tim:10
ryan: 12
diu: 8
god: 12

overall:
Tim - 166
god-160
DIU - 158
ryan-152

this week:
Sharks Vs Knights
Panthers Vs Warriors
Eels Vs Sea Eagles
Rabbitohs Vs Raiders
Broncos Vs Wests Tigers
Dragons Vs Storm
Roosters Vs Cowboys
Bulldogs BYE

i say
Knights
Warriors
Eels
Raiders
Broncos
Storm
Cowboys

and
Collingwood
St. Kilda
WC
Brisbane Lions
Sydney
Geelong
Fremantle
Western Bulldogs

[SideshowTim]

Sharks
Panthers
Eels
Raiders
Broncos
Storm
Cowboys

[Ryan]

Sydney still not going well for you Tim :(

Riaders will be in the top 8 if they beat South Sydney on Saturday, and lets face it: they will.

Sharks
Panthers
Eels
Raiders
Broncos
Storm
Cowboys

[God]

what the fuck happened to adelaide?
i saw the last quarter and eagles just smashed them all over the ground

[God]

Riaders will be in the top 8 if they beat South Sydney on Saturday, and lets face it: they will.


Rabbitohs 21 Raiders 8.

[Lardlad!]

just reckon eagles where willing to win more than adelaide

afl tipping i got 5 total: 95

[Ryan]

Rabbitohs 21 Raiders 8.

aw go root a sheep, slit a throat and thwack somebody with your handbag elliot! :)

[God]

aw go root a sheep, slit a throat and thwack somebody with your handbag elliot! :)

with pleasure!

Winners:
Knights
Panthers
Eels
Rabbitohs
Wests Tigers
Storm
Roosters

Tim: 6
Ryan: 6
Diu: 6 (away teams)
God: 6
that was easy

Tim - 172
god- 166
DIU - 164
ryan-158


Eels Vs Dragons
Warriors Vs Sharks
Storm Vs Wests Tigers
Cowboys Vs Bulldogs
Raiders Vs Broncos
Roosters Vs Knights
Rabbitohs Vs Panthers
Sea Eagles BYE

my tips:
Eels
Sharks
Storm
Bulldogs
Raiders
Knights
Panthers

[SideshowTim]

Eels
Sharks
Storm
Bulldogs
Broncos
Roosters
Panthers

[Ryan]

Eels
Sharks
Storm
Cowboys
Raiders
Knights
Panthers

[SideshowTim]

roosters still a mathematical chance of making the 8 this year if we win every reamaining game. here's hoping for a miracle.

[God]

weren't they in the same position this time a year ago?

[Ryan]

roosters still a mathematical chance of making the 8 this year if we win every reamaining game. here's hoping for a miracle.

stranger things have happened. Who have the roosters drawn as opponents?

[God]

they have the knights, panthers, eels, warriors and dragons

[mike_donnelly]

collingwood are going to get slaughtered this week.

[Dances In Underwear]

Had I have actually remembered to tip last week I was honestly gonna pick the Rabbtiohs - Ryan's newfound slightly cockiness annoyed me, plus Canberra.... pfft. No team should be forced to have a home in Canberra. ;)


Eh, can't be stuffed getting results. I'll do it later. I'm sleepy.

Also if Lardlad or mike wants to tip this week (lardlad appears to have a total from somewhere - dunno about mike), then, assuming there are no objections, go ahead.

Round 18

St. Kilda vs. West Coast Telstra Dome (Night)
Carlton vs. Melbourne Telstra Dome
Richmond vs. Western Bulldogs M.C.G.
Sydney vs. Essendon S.C.G. (Night)
Adelaide vs. Collingwood AAMI Stadium (Night)
Brisbane Lions vs. Geelong Gabba
Kangaroos vs. Port Adelaide Telstra Dome
Fremantle vs. Hawthorn Subiaco

Me - West Coast, Melbourne, Western Bulldogs, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Port Adelaide, Fremantle.
- Eels, Sharks, Storm, Cowboys, Broncos, Knights, Panthers

[God]

West Coast
Melbourne
Bulldogs
Sydney
Adelaide
Geelong
Port
Fremantle

[SideshowTim]

West Coast
Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Sydney
Adelaide
Geelong
Kangaroos
Fremantle

[Ryan]

Had I have actually remembered to tip last week I was honestly gonna pick the Rabbtiohs - Ryan's newfound slightly cockiness annoyed me, plus Canberra.... pfft. No team should be forced to have a home in Canberra. ;)

Dammit, why can't you be a kiwi so i can mock you like i mocked elliot?

[God]

you can still mock him, I won't mind

[Ryan]

nah, he's in SA so i can't mock him without mocking adam.

So, RAIDERS WON.

[God]

so did the Rabbits!

Eels
Warriors
Storm
Bulldogs
Raiders
Knights
Rabbitohs

Tim: 6
Diu: 6
God: 10
Ryan: 8

Overall:
Tim - 178
god- 176
DIU - 170
ryan-166

This week:
Knights Vs Sea Eagles
Warriors Vs Cowboys
Sharks Vs Eels
Panthers Vs Roosters
Broncos Vs Storm
Bulldogs Vs Dragons
Wests Tigers Vs Raiders
Rabbitohs BYE

my tips:
Sea Eagles
Warriors
Eels
Roosters
Storm
Bulldogs
Raiders

[Ryan]

suprised that the warriors and souths won!

Sea Eagles
Cowboys
Eels
Panthers
Storm
Bulldogs
Raiders

[SideshowTim]

Knights
Warriors
Eels
Panthers
Storm
Bulldogs
Raiders

[Dances In Underwear]

I was gonna play the 'I can't be stuffed updating' card again, but I better not since I did so last week.

Winners were Collingwood, St. Kilda, West Coast, Essendon, Sydney,
Kangaroos, Fremantle, Melbourne
and West Coast, Carlton, Bulldogs, Sydney, Adelaide, Geelong, Kangaroos, Fremantle.

Tim - 4 + 7 = 11 = 22pts
God - 5 + 6 = 11 = 22pts
Me - 4 + 5 = 9 = 18pts

Ladder:
Tim: 197
DIU: 179
God: 169

This Week:
Essendon vs. Collingwood M.C.G. (Night)
Melbourne vs. Sydney M.C.G.
West Coast vs. Kangaroos Subiaco
Richmond vs. Brisbane Lions Telstra Dome (Night)
Western Bulldogs vs. Port Adelaide Marrara Oval (Night)
Adelaide vs. Fremantle AAMI Stadium
Geelong vs. St. Kilda Telstra Dome
Hawthorn vs. Carlton M.C.G.

Me - Collingwood, Sydney, West Coast, Richmond, Port Adelaide, Adelaide, St. Kilda, Hawthorn
- Knights, Cowboys, Eels, Panthers, Storm, Bulldogs, Wests Tigers.

[SideshowTim]

Collingwood
Sydney
West Coast
Richmond
Western Bulldogs
Adelaide
St. Kilda
Carlton

[God]

Collingwood
Melbourne
West Coast
Richmond
Western Bulldogs
Freo
St. Kilda
Carlton

[SideshowTim]

good win by the swannies. :) that takes us up to third on the ladder, and with a few winnable games coming up we should cement that spot and have a second chance (hopefully we won't need it). we're hitting good form close to the finals which is great news. hope we can make it 2 in a row!

[God]

i think the cowboys are gone from the nrl playoff hunt surely after last nights humiliation.