AUTUMN INTERNATIONALS - INHOUSE PREDICTION GAME

First topic message reminder :

It seems the prediction games this year have been quite a hit with some, so on popular demand I have put together the Autumn International prediction game.

I have tweaked the way of scoring points a bit as the points difference one doesn't provide an accurate enough method due to - and + predictions as well as the penalty points weren't working out well. If you forgot to perdict a game you could still gain as a 50 point penalty could actually be the score difference.

So this time round it doesn't penalise you if you don't predict, but you gain no points if you forget to predict.

NB! if you are worried you might forget, predict them all in the beginning.

How it will work this time:

You predict a Home Team Name win or Away Team Name win or Draw.
Then you predict more than seven- Yes or No

For a correct (win) prediction you earn 2 points - home TEAM NAME, away TEAM NAME or Draw.
For a correct (margin) prediction you earn 0.5 points - more than 7 - Yes or No.

Fixtures.

November

Sat 10

Italy v Tonga, Brescia
England v Fiji, Twickenham
Wales v Argentina, Millennium Stadium
Ireland v South Africa, Lansdowne Road
France v Australia, Stade de France
Scotland v New Zealand, Murrayfield

Fri 16

Wales v Samoa, Millennium Stadium

Sat 17

Italy v New Zealand, Rome
England v Australia, Twickenham
Scotland v South Africa, Murrayfield
France v Argentina, Lille

Sat 24

Ireland v Argentina, Lansdowne Road
Italy v Australia, Firenze
England v South Africa, Twickenham
Scotland v Tonga, Aberdeen
France v Samoa, Stade de France
Wales v New Zealand, Millennium Stadium

December 2012

Sat 1

England v New Zealand, Twickenham
Wales v Australia, Millennium Stadium

Important points, if you decide to change your prediction, please make sure you head your post with "CHANGING PREDICTION" as it will make my job slightly easier.

Good luck and enjoy.

After that Rodders I will pay little attention to your posts as you have revealed you're current level of rugby nous - Could do better is an understatement

Ah come on now Ruby those games could have went either way......

By the way did I mention that I think you guys have a great chance this weekend

Thanks for the vote of confidence Rodders - Now I know we're doomed

Ireland v Argentina, Lansdowne Road Ireland No
Italy v Australia, Firenze Australia yes
England v South Africa, Twickenham South Africa no
Scotland v Tonga, Aberdeen Scotland Yes
France v Samoa, Stade de France Frnace yes
Wales v New Zealand, Millennium Stadiu New Zealand yes

This a stupid game (cos I am doing so badly), but I will continue to partake in the humliation that is this predictor

Ireland v Argentina, Lansdowne Road Argentina Yes
Italy v Australia, Firenze Australia yes
England v South Africa, Twickenham England no
Scotland v Tonga, Aberdeen Scotland Yes
France v Samoa, Stade de France Frnace yes
Wales v New Zealand, Millennium Stadiu New Zealand yes


Riskysports v The rest of the world , the Internet , The rest of the world yes

Riskysports wrote:This a stupid game (cos I am doing so badly), but I will continue to partake in the humliation that is this predictor

Been visiting AWOP, have you?

Ireland v Argentina, Ireland yes
Italy v Australia, Australia yes
England v South Africa, South Africa no
Scotland v Tonga, Scotland yes
Francev Samoa, France yes
Wales v New Zealand, NZ yes.

Biltong wrote:

Riskysports wrote:This a stupid game (cos I am doing so badly), but I will continue to partake in the humliation that is this predictor

Been visiting AWOP, have you?

Too spoooky and bland of colour for me

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA YES
England v South Africa, SA YES
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND NO
France v Samoa, FRANCE NO
Wales v New Zealand, WALES NO

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA Yes
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA Yes
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA Yes
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND Yes
France v Samoa, FRANCE Yes
Wales v New Zealand, NEW ZEALAND Yes

Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND No
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA Yes
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA Yes
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND No
France v Samoa, FRANCE Yes
Wales v New Zealand, NEW ZEALAND Yes

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA YES
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA YES
England v South Africa, ENGLAND NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND NO
France v Samoa, FRANCE NO
Wales v New Zealand, NZ YES

Might be out with England and I'm banking on SL having learned something about SA from their summer tour.

Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA YES
England v South Africa, ENGLAND NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND NO
France v Samoa, FRANCE YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ YES

Wi11 wrote:
Changing my predictions from those laid out at the start

Wales vs SAMOA YES
Italy vs NEW ZEALAND YES
England vs AUSTRALIA NO
Scotland vs SOUTH AFRICA NO
FRANCE vs Argentina NO

Wi11

You were correct mate, I saw all the capital letters as your winners, and my eyes fooled me into believing you selected Argentina as well.

My most sincere apologies. Your correct score is 21.

The revised score will show next weekend after the matches (I am too lazy too copy, paste, host images etc. )

I though you get an extra 1/2 for a 7 pt win, it must be over 7 - Damn Samoans let me down again

Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA NO
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE NO
Wales v New Zealand, NZ YES

Sticking my neck out here but I think Italy and Samoa can keep Australia and France close but lose. Also think Scotland will hammer Tonga.

Just watched Tonga USA game. Dire from both sides TBH.

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ YES

"CHANGING PREDICTION"

Just one change Biltong...

Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND NO.

A bridge too far methinks for the very well performed Argies. Would be their toughest year ever and only now do they show signs of yielding.

Would back them to win this a month ago but I think France let some of the air out while Ireland are on the up going into the 6N and will have more in the tank for this.

Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND - YES
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, ENGLAND - NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND - YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

rodders wrote:Ireland v Argentina, Argentina/YES
Italy v Australia, Austalia/YES
England v South Africa, England/YES
Scotland v Tonga, Scotland/YES
France v Samoa, France/YES
Wales v New Zealand, New Zealand/YES

Bilts I want to change my prediction for the Wales v NZ game please....

Wales v New Zealand, WALES/YES

Cheers

Rodders. Shame on you. Drunk on a school day.

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA - NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND - NO
France v Samoa, FRANCE - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

Ireland v Argentina, Lansdowne Road - IRELAND / NO

Italy v Australia, Firenze - AUSTRALIA / YES

England v South Africa, Twickenham - ENGLAND / NO

Scotland v Tonga, Aberdeen - SCOTLAND / NO

France v Samoa, Stade de France - FRANCE / YES

Wales v New Zealand, Millennium Stadium - NEW ZEALAND / YES

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA - YES
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND - YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA - no
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - yes
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - yes
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND - yes
France v Samoa, FRANCE - yes
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - no

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA - YES
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND - YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND - NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND - YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

Biltong wrote:Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND - NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND - YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

You are a traitor to the Southern Hemisphere , you copied my predictions and have changed only Argentina

Nearly Forgot!


Ireland v Argentina, Argentina No
Italy v Australia, Australia Yes
England v South Africa, England No
Scotland v Tonga, Scotland No
France v Samoa, France Yes
Wales v New Zealand, New Zealand Yes

Let me take this opportunity to welcome George Michael to the boards. Let's hope he keeps out of the threads on judiciaries.

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA - NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - NO
Scotland v Tonga, TONGA - NO
France v Samoa, SAMOA - NO
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

Ireland v Argentina, Ireland - No
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - No
England v South Africa, England - No
Scotland v Tonga, Scotland - No
France v Samoa, France - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

anotherworldofpain wrote:Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA - YES
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - YES
Scotland v Tonga, TONGA - YES
France v Samoa, SAMOA - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

I will come back and fix the predictions before kick off, I have to finish drinking my tea.

Full house for SH

Argie fan wrote:

anotherworldofpain wrote:Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA - YES
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - YES
Scotland v Tonga, TONGA - YES
France v Samoa, SAMOA - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

I will come back and fix the predictions before kick off, I have to finish drinking my tea.

Full house for SH

It's great the way you SH lads stick together ....

Updating predictions

Arg, no
Aus, no
SA, no
Sco, no
Fra, no
NZ, yes

Plenty of tight calls. Was tempted to call Samoa and Italy for upsets but I don't think either will quite make it.

Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND YES
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA YES
England v South Africa, ENGLAND NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ YES

GW3

Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA / No
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA / Yes
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA / Yes
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND / No
France v Samoa, FRANCE / No
Wales v ABs, ABs - Yes

rodders wrote:

Argie fan wrote:

anotherworldofpain wrote:Ireland v Argentina, ARGENTINA - YES
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - YES
Scotland v Tonga, TONGA - YES
France v Samoa, SAMOA - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

I will come back and fix the predictions before kick off, I have to finish drinking my tea.

Full house for SH

It's great the way you SH lads stick together ....

Except for Biltong of course....

There's still time to change your SA pick to "yes" Argie fan. A Super "Emack" Positive Grand Slam

Biltong wrote:Ireland v Argentina, IRELAND - NO
Italy v Australia, AUSTRALIA - YES
England v South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA - NO
Scotland v Tonga, SCOTLAND - YES
France v Samoa, FRANCE - YES
Wales v New Zealand, NZ - YES

OK, changing my Prediction

ARGENTINA , NO

We all rise together... or go down together.

Sons of the South.... united we stand... or fall.

Blood brothers. Until the next Rugby Championship.

Biltong wrote:Blood brothers. Until the next Rugby Championship.

Next Rugby Championship we will be bloodied brothers.

Ireland v Argentina, Ireland/ NO

Italy v Australia, Austalia/YES

England v South Africa, South Africa/YES

Scotland v Tonga, Scotland/YES

France v Samoa, France/YES

Wales v New Zealand, New Zealand/YES 

Mine for this week....

England vs New Zealand, NZ, Yes

Wales vs Australia, Oz, yes

anyone..... here?

England vs New Zealand NZ Yes (hope they're over the virus!)

Wales vs Australia Ok I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Wales No

England vs New Zealand, New Zealand - Yes

Wales vs Australia, Australia - yes

I was doing well in this comp until last week when I forgot to post my predictions That is what stress and work deadlines does to you - gets in the way of the important stuff.

This is now academic for me, but....

New Zealand - yes
Australia - yes