The Rugby Championship prediction game - Final Table up, ASBO wins!

First topic message reminder :

As you all know the Rugby Championship is on its way. Same game as last time.

Predict the score in each match, currently RDW has the number 1 ranking, he earned his position with the summer tours.

Because this is the big SH tournament it will count for the same ranking points as the summer tours.

Fixtures.

18 August 2012
Australia vs New Zealand - Sydney
South Africa vs Argentina - Capetown

25 August 2012
New Zealand vs Australia - Auckland
Argentina vs South Africa - Mendoza

8 September 2012
Australia vs South Africa - Perth
New Zealand vs Argentina - Wellington

15 September 2012
Australia vs Argentina - Gold Coast
New Zealand vs South Africa - Duneden

29 September 2012
South Africa vs Australia - Pretoria
Argentina vs New Zealand - La Plata

6 October 2012
South Africa vs New Zealand -Soweto
Argentina vs Austalia - Rosario.

Get you predictions in, remember you miss a game you get 50 points penalty.

LEADERBOARD.

Spoiler:

LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND TWO.

Spoiler:

FINAL LEADERBOARD

1ST ASBO
2ND Taylorman
3RD KIA


Well done boys.

Spoiler:

I just write the letter to Hansen to let him know this handling errors keeping down the score are costing me some credibility.

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:
The bedroom is reserved for the other Canterbury legend: me.

Was going to say...you'd already listed all the others

15th September 2012:
Australia 29-15 Argentina
New Zealand 46-13 South Africa

15 September 2012
55 Australia vs Argentina 3 - Gold Coast
40 New Zealand vs South Africa 15- Duneden

Agentina will get wiped out this week. They are spent for this series (away)

Australia 34-17
New Zealand 33-16

Aus 17
Arg 10

NZ 26
SA 9

Damn you and your realistic sounding predictions.

Aus 35 - Arg 9
NZ 45 - SA 22

Aus 9 - Arg 16
NZ 35 - SA 15

How is the table looking? Will we get an update soon?

After this weekend, I do it after every two week "mini tour"

OK mate, just curious.

No worries.

NZ 36 - SA 12

Aus 32 - Arg 15

15 September 2012

25 Australia vs Argentina 10 - Gold Coast
27 New Zealand vs South Africa 16 - Duneden

15 Sept

ABs 32 SAf 15
Aust 22 Arg 15

15 sept
NZ 23 SA 15
Aus 22 Arg 15

Aus 30 - Arg 16
NZ 35 - SA 12

Full Credit wrote:Aus 30 - Arg 16
NZ 35 - SA 12

FC,

I hope you and I have been drinking the same stuff as our picks are incredibly close - mine were:

Aus 32 - Arg 15

NZ 36 - SA 12

Any updates Biltong? Or are we still in mourning for that SA loss? Don't worry, I'll be wearing black on Saturday out of respect.

Last time I copy you Otago!

I predict the Boks are stuffed

I wish I shared your enthusiasm mowgli but I fear that if anyone's going to get towelled up on the weekend it's Oz.

Nz 14
Arg 0

Sa 2
Oz 0

Biltongs format doesn't require the score, only the diff and the result.

Damn... 2 own goals by Schwarzer!

Where is the updated table or do we have to wait until October?

Claw back time, although the 2 oggies would be more likely.

Argie 13
NZ 31

SA 17
Oz 24

Argie 15
NZ 26

SA 24
Oz 19

SA 29 OZ 17
ARG 19 NZ 23

mowgli wrote:I predict the Boks are stuffed

I think you are hoping they are stuffed, but hey, don't let your personal feelings for all things south African stand in your way of being objective.

I wonder what game plan Australia will be preparing for?

Good work Biltong. Looks like at the bottom of the page you had to do some serious adding up! Some illustrious company on 7 win points but the next round will be the toughest so I'm getting in my gloating now because I fully expect to go plummeting down the leaderboard.

Yep, half the guys were perdicting OZ to beat SA and the other half predicted SA to beat OZ.

It might be the decider.

Biltong wrote:

mowgli wrote:I predict the Boks are stuffed

I think you are hoping they are stuffed, but hey, don't let your personal feelings for all things south African stand in your way of being objective.

since you know jack about my personal feelings about all things south african, don't let your massive ego and inferiority complex about any post i make ref SA being poor lead you into thinking it is personal.

mowgli wrote:

Biltong wrote:

mowgli wrote:I predict the Boks are stuffed

I think you are hoping they are stuffed, but hey, don't let your personal feelings for all things south African stand in your way of being objective.

since you know jack about my personal feelings about all things south african, don't let your massive ego and inferiority complex about any post i make ref SA being poor lead you into thinking it is personal.

Now that's a tad better, yet a little weak in the execution.

YAAAWWWWN

I am sure i am not the first to tell you this but biltong you really are a total bore

Surprisingly you're the first.

I can't believe Mowgli is the one who accuses me of popping up everywhere he posts (bizarrely) when he has literally whinged about pretty much every post Biltong has made over the past month. It is getting pretty tiresome mate. Want to stop?

Cue abusive PMs etc..

Rory_Gallagher wrote:I can't believe Mowgli is the one who accuses me of popping up everywhere he posts (bizarrely) when he has literally whinged about pretty much every post Biltong has made over the past month. It is getting pretty tiresome mate. Want to stop?

Cue abusive PMs etc..

Shhhhht!

He's my stalker.

Like a predictable dose of something itchy and annoying, here comes Rory banging the same toy drum before he chucks it in the corner...you two make a lovely couple.

yes that describes your inevitable but touching leap to Biltong's defence at every opportunity rather well....a little bromance flowers on the internet, its beautiful to watch

I'm glad you think so.

I think, now that Stephen Moore is out that South Africa will win this one quite comfortably.

Sorry Biltong I'm changing my pick for the SA game this weekend. That said I'll think you'll like the change. I think Australia's winning streak against SA is going to come undone this weekend. I like the changes Meyer has made and Australia can't keep getting out of jail like they have.

So SA 21 Australia 12. Lock it in Eddie. That's my final answer.

Kia, you sure you don't want to phone Meyer first?

Or should we go to an ad break so that you can think about this a little more?

I've used up my 50:50. That was no help! I did phone Meyer but the line was engaged. He's having to deal with an irate Morné Steyn recently. I'd ask the 606 audience but the top of the table are in the minority and the rest obviously are snatching numbers from their arses.

So SA 21 Australia 12 that's my final answer mate.

I know this is unrelated but check out this vid: it requires multiple views. It's layered. Check out the far left lane next to the Hulk. I don't know which is worse. To smash through every one or to try to jump every one and fail all and take an age to do it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNB1Cg1BIZg

What took ya?
Tipped the Boks by 11 for the same reasons kia.
Also tipped them in the T20, Biltong. It's SA week here...

Changing mine too.
SA by 20 for me. Say ...34- 14. The changes mean everything fo me. SA are going to have so many more scoring opportunities. I like the hougaard, pienaar, goosen setup too. Goosen spent a fair bit of time checking the blind side from memory from the cats matches and with habana on the other wing the blind has huge potential either side. I expect the oz wings to be very busy.

Will be supporting SA big time in this one.

Linebreaker wrote:What took ya?
Tipped the Boks by 11 for the same reasons kia.
Also tipped them in the T20, Biltong. It's SA week here...

To be honest it could be a combination of things.

I just couldn't believe how we put ourselves in both away games and conspired to lose both. So there was disappointment, then I got busy at work and ultimately forgot all about it.