RWC Competition 2019

by hugehandoff Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:20 pm

All the pool games now added so please continue to post your predictions prior to all kick offs or you won't score in that match.

Just checking if there is an appetite to have a RWC competition similar to our normal 6Ns one? Same rules which I copy below. I am happy to run this, but if someone else who has done it before has a desire to run it I will happily stand aside??

Your predictions must be posted prior to the matches starting.

1 Friday, Sept. 20 A Japan vs. Russia 19:45 Tokyo Stadium
2 Saturday, Sept. 21 D Australia vs. Fiji 13:45 Sapporo Dome
3 Saturday, Sept. 21 C France vs. Argentina 16:15 Tokyo Stadium
4 Saturday, Sept. 21 B New Zealand vs. South Africa 18:45 International Stadium Yokohama
5 Sunday, Sept. 22 B Italy vs. Namibia 14:15 Hanazono Rugby Stadium
6 Sunday, Sept. 22 A Ireland vs. Scotland 16:45 International Stadium Yokohama
7 Sunday, Sept. 22 C England vs. Tonga 19:15 Sapporo Dome
8 Monday, Sept. 23 D Wales vs. Georgia 19:15 City of Toyota Stadium

and the next bunch of matches before they start please!!

Tue, 24 Sep Russia v Samoa Kumagaya Rugby Stadium Watch Live 19:15
Wed, 25 Sep Fiji v Uruguay Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium Watch Live 14:15
Thu, 26 Sep Italy v Canada Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium Watch Live 16:45
Thu, 26 Sep England v USA Kobe Misaki Stadium Watch Live 19:45
Sat, 28 Sep Argentina v Tonga Hanazono Rugby Stadium Watch Live 13:45
Sat, 28 Sep Japan v Ireland Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa Watch Live 16:15
Sat, 28 Sep South Africa v Namibia City of Toyota Stadium Watch Live 18:45
Sun, 29 Sep Georgia v Uruguay Kumagaya Rugby Stadium Watch Live 14:15
Sun, 29 Sep Australia v Wales Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo Watch Live 16:45
Mon, 30 Sep Scotland v Samoa Kobe Misaki Stadium Watch Live 19:15
Oct 2 France vs USA Pool C, Fukuoka 8.45am
Oct 2 New Zealand vs Canada Pool B, Oita 11.15am
Oct 3 Georgia vs Fiji Pool D, Higashiosaka 6.15am
Oct 3 Ireland vs Russia Pool A, Kobe 11.15am
Oct 4 South Africa vs Italy Pool B, Shizuoka 10.45am
Oct 5 Australia vs Uruguay Pool D, Oita 6.15am
Oct 5 England vs Argentina Pool C, Tokyo 9am
Oct 5 Japan vs Samoa Pool A, Toyota City 11.30am
Oct 6 New Zealand vs Namibia Pool B, Tokyo 5.45am
Oct 6 France vs Tonga Pool C, Kumamoto 8.45am
Oct 8 South Africa vs Canada Pool B, Kobe 11.15am
Oct 9 Argentina vs USA Pool C, Kumagaya 5.45am
Oct 9 Scotland vs Russia Pool A, Shizuoka 8.15am
Oct 9 Wales vs Fiji Pool D, Oita 10.45am
Oct 11 Australia vs Georgia Pool D, Shizuoka 11.15am
Oct 12 New Zealand vs Italy Pool B, Toyota City 5.45am
Oct 12 England vs France Pool C, Yokohama 9.15am
Oct 12 Ireland vs Samoa Pool A, Fukuoka 11.45am
Oct 13 Namibia vs Canada Pool B, Kamaishi 4.15am
Oct 13 USA vs Tonga Pool C, Higashiosaka 6.45am
Oct 13 Wales vs Uruguay Pool D, Kumamoto 9.15am
Oct 13 Japan vs Scotland Pool A, Yokohama 11.45am

1) Each week you will be asked to predict the scores from that weekend's games. All predictions must be made before the start of the games.

2) You will be get points depending on how close you are to the actual score. Points will be awarded in the following way:-
- You will get 20 points for getting the correct match outcome.
- You will get 10 points for getting a teams score correct.
- You will lose one of those 10 points for every point you are away from a teams score. Therefore you must be with 10 points of a teams score to gain points.
- If you get a match score spot on you will be awarded with double points. So if the correctly predict a match's score you will receive a maximum 80 points.

Example:-
Your prediction - Ireland 17-31 Wales
Actual result - Ireland 25-31 Wales
Your score 32 points

You would receive 20 points for correctly predicting Wales to win. As you were 8 points off Ireland's score you get 2 points for that and another 10 points for getting Wales' score spot on.

by **LondonTiger** Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:38 pm

Thanks hugehandoff. I am perfectly happy for you to run this. Sportform is the other guy who has hosted these and usually not autumn games.

Predictions to follow.

PS - anyone wanting to do the SuperBru predictor I have created a pool: https://www.superbru.com/worldcup_predictor/pool.php?p=12136890

by hugehandoff Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:41 pm

I will do a round 1 leaderboard then round 2 etc

by **LondonTiger** Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:52 pm

hugehandoff wrote:I will do a round 1 leaderboard then round 2 etc

Good luck

by hugehandoff Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:04 pm

On gardening leave so need something to keep me busy.....good timing with the RWC though!

by **LondonTiger** Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:09 pm

hugehandoff wrote:On gardening leave so need something to keep me busy.....good timing with the RWC though!

Nice.

by **LondonTiger** Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:16 pm

Japan 42 Russia 12
Australia 32 Fiji 18
France 21 Argentina 19
New Zealand 17 South Africa 20
Italy 54 Namibia 7
Ireland 24 Scotland 12
England 48 Tonga 21
Wales 31 Georgia 9

Would like to have an idea of the sides selected, but initial stab which may be altered before first game.

by LordDowlais Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:21 pm

Japan 50 Russia 7
Australia 29 Fiji 15
France 12 Argentina 19
New Zealand 35 South Africa 17
Italy 65 Namibia 7
Ireland 18 Scotland 12
England 60 Tonga 7
Wales 45 Georgia 9

by **Pal Joey** Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:43 pm

Thanks for setting this up, hugehandoff. Great competition!

Japan 34 Russia 17
Australia 38 Fiji 24
France 26 Argentina 21
New Zealand 21 South Africa 16
Italy 27 Namibia 13
Ireland 22 Scotland 26
England 53 Tonga 7
Wales 43 Georgia 9

by maestegmafia Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:10 pm

Nice one mate...! Very excited for the tournament to start

Japan 45 Russia 0
Australia 54 Fiji 17
France 32 Argentina 34
New Zealand 35 South Africa 32
Italy 40 Namibia 0
Ireland 15 Scotland 6
England 65 Tonga 23
Wales 45 Georgia 6

by **LondonTiger** Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:16 pm

maestegmafia wrote:Nice one mate...! Very excited for the tournament to start

Japan 45 Russia 0
Australia 5r Fiji 17 ?????
France 32 Argentina 34
New Zealand 35 South Africa 32
Italy 40 Namibia 0
Ireland 15 Scotland 6
England 65 Tonga 23
Wales 45 Georgia 6

You may want to amend that.

Any idea whether Gats will go full strength or will he be resting key players for Australia game?

by maestegmafia Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:26 pm

LondonTiger wrote:
maestegmafia wrote:Nice one mate...! Very excited for the tournament to start

Japan 45 Russia 0
Australia 5r Fiji 17 ?????
France 32 Argentina 34
New Zealand 35 South Africa 32
Italy 40 Namibia 0
Ireland 15 Scotland 6
England 65 Tonga 23
Wales 45 Georgia 6
You may want to amend that.

Any idea whether Gats will go full strength or will he be resting key players for Australia game?

Cheers...

I think it will be a mixed squad, I think there is a lot of competition for places but he has an idea who is preferred 23 are. Gatland eluded earlier in the pre-RWC matches that the first team would play the opening two games, Georgia and the Bazzers a week later.

I think he may choose a few players who aren’t first choice for this one. Rumours around the welsh rugby press and forums elude to a start for Elliot Dee, Tomos Williams, Rhys Patchell and Arran Wainwright

by **RDW** Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:34 pm

Japan 38 Russia 10
Australia 39 Fiji 18
France 22 Argentina 26
New Zealand 28 South Africa 25
Italy 32 Namibia 8
Ireland 20 Scotland 16
England 55 Tonga 16
Wales 32 Georgia 12

by bsando Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:51 pm

Japan 51 Russia 14
Australia 32 Fiji 31
France 33 Argentina 27
New Zealand 18 SA 25
Italy 40 Namibia 10
Ireland 18 Scotland 27
England 60 Tonga 10
Wales 40 Georgia 20

by Rinsure Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:59 pm

Japan 38 Russia 0
Australia 26 Fiji 24
France 24 Argentina 15
New Zealand 14 SA 17
Italy 42 Namibia 6
Ireland 18 Scotland 20
England 43 Tonga 10
Wales 18 Georgia 15

by tigertattie Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:01 am

I'll be playing.

Will the squads for the later games be announced before the first games though? Not a fan of prediciting without seeing who is liningup for each team!

by Pie Wed Sep 18, 2019 2:23 am

Japan 35 Russia 7
Australia 28 Fiji 21
France 18 Argentina 26
New Zealand 22 SA 29
Italy 39 Namibia 10
Ireland 33 Scotland 26
England 65 Tonga 7
Wales 29 Georgia 20

by Wiglaf Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:25 am

Japan 36 Russia 12
Australia 46 Fiji 21
France 24 Argentina 26
New Zealand 30 South Africa 24
Italy 42 Namibia 10
Ireland 18 Scotland 18
England 32 Tonga 17
Wales 41 Georgia 12

by alive555 Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:10 am

Japan 38 Russia 12
Australia 38 Fiji 24
France 28 Argentina 22
New Zealand 32 South Africa 27
Italy 44 Namibia 10
Ireland 25 Scotland 28
England 42 Tonga 14
Wales 42 Georgia 12

by sportform Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:16 am

LondonTiger wrote:Thanks hugehandoff. I am perfectly happy for you to run this. Sportform is the other guy who has hosted these and usually not autumn games.

Predictions to follow.

PS - anyone wanting to do the SuperBru predictor I have created a pool: https://www.superbru.com/worldcup_predictor/pool.php?p=12136890

I was looking to do a competition but haven't really had/ got the time at the moment so happy to take the back seat Very Happy

Japan 55-16 Russia
Australia 36-18 Fiji
France 25-25 Argentina
New Zealand 21-27 South Africa
Italy 46-24 Namibia
Ireland 17-22 Scotland
England 45-12 Tonga
Wales 31-19 Georgia

by Taylorman Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:11 am

Japan 46- 9 Russia
Australia 28-21 Fiji
France 16-25 Argentina
New Zealand 28-19 South Africa
Italy 51-12 Namibia
Ireland 34-22 Scotland
England 78-15 Tonga
Wales 46-0 Georgia

by No9 Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:36 am

Japan 28-20 Russia
Australia 28-22 Fiji
France 26-23 Argentina
New Zealand 38-18 South Africa
Italy 27-0 Namibia
Ireland 22-18 Scotland
England 29-20 Tonga
Wales 28-20 Georgia

by TightHEAD Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:13 pm

Japan 42 Russia 19
Australia 56 Fiji 22
France 29 Argentina 17
New Zealand 26 South Africa 24
Italy 38 Namibia 11
Ireland 27 Scotland 19
England 67 Tonga 10
Wales 35 Georgia 15

by tigertattie Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:43 pm

Japan 46- 10 Russia
Australia 28-17 Fiji
France 19-15 Argentina
New Zealand 28-22 South Africa
Italy 39-7 Namibia
Ireland 23-26 Scotland
England 56-10 Tonga
Wales 35-6 Georgia

by BamBam Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:01 am

Japan 49-9 Russia
Australia 34-17 Fiji
France 24-21 Argentina
New Zealand 21-14 South Africa
Italy 29-7 Namibia
Ireland 31-23 Scotland
England 57-10 Tonga
Wales 34-6 Georgia

by **Afro** Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:06 am

Japan 45 Russia 9
Australia 35 Fiji 15
France 18 Argentina 22
New Zealand 24 South Africa 21
Italy 67 Namibia 12
Ireland 20 Scotland 14
England 52 Tonga 12
Wales 24 Georgia 15

Can see Wales being complacent and Georgia pushing them close

Thanks for doing this

by demosthenes Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:05 am

Firstly, thanks to hugehandoff for running this.

Secondly, here are my guesses for the first round games. Note, not predictions, guesses :

Japan 45-18 Russia
Australia 26- 20 Fiji
France 35-20 Argentina
New Zealand 21-27 South Africa
Italy 28-20 Namibia
Ireland 25-29 Scotland
England 52-18 Tonga
Wales 22-18 Georgia

Bottom of the ranking awaits!!!

by quinsforever Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:16 am

Japan 21 Russia 10
Australia 42 Fiji 13
France 15 Argentina 10
New Zealand 32 South Africa 20
Italy 42 Namibia 10
Ireland 15 Scotland 12
England 50 Tonga 10
Wales 40 Georgia 10

by quinsforever Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:17 am

and thank you for doing this huge! not an insignificant amount of work

by Noble-Surfer Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:56 pm

Japan 32 - 12 Russia
Australia 36 - 12 Fiji
France 18 - 10 Argentina
New Zealand 28 - 20 South Africa
Italy 30 - 9 Namibia
Ireland 18 - 14 Scotland
England 42 - 13 Tonga
Wales 45 - 7 Georgia

by Collapse2005 Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:09 pm

Japan 35 - 7 Russia
Australia 21 - 28 Fiji
France 27 - 17 Argentina
New Zealand 31 - 17 South Africa
Italy 41 - 7 Namibia
Ireland 21 - 14 Scotland
England 38 - 14 Tonga
Wales 50 - 10 Georgia

by hugehandoff Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:18 pm

Japan 37 Russia 13
Australia 24 Fiji 21
France 18 Argentina 25
New Zealand 23 SA 19
Italy 37 Namibia 15
Ireland 29 Scotland 23
England 47 Tonga 15
Wales 42 Georgia 12

by **rodders** Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:27 pm

Japan 38 - 15 Russia
Australia 40 - 24 Fiji
France 20 - 24 Argentina
New Zealand 28 - 30 South Africa
Italy 30 - 7 Namibia
Ireland 24 - 26 Scotland
England 60 - 18 Tonga
Wales 28 - 12 Georgia

by Tattie Scones RRN Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:42 pm

Japan 55-10 Russia
Australia 40-25 Fiji
France 30-20 Argentina
New Zealand 30-25 South Africa
Italy 40-5 Namibia
Ireland 20-25 Scotland
England 65-10 Tonga
Wales 50-10 Georgia

by Guest Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:03 pm

Japan 30 - 10 Russia
Australia 40 - 20 Fiji
France 20 - 30 Argentina
New Zealand 20 - 10 South Africa
Italy 20 - 0 Namibia
Ireland 30 - 20 Scotland
England 50 - 10 Tonga
Wales 30 - 0 Georgia

by **Pal Joey** Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:19 pm

I see you're playing close attention to those possible scorelines, ebop. Laugh

10/10!

by **LondonTiger** Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:02 pm

LondonTiger wrote:
PS - anyone wanting to do the SuperBru predictor I have created a pool: https://www.superbru.com/worldcup_predictor/pool.php?p=12136890

Just pushing the superbru league. Would love to see more people.

by BamBam Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:10 pm

What's the difference between this competition and SuperBru?

by Duty281 Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:12 pm

Japan 52-17 Russia
Australia 17-3 Fiji
France 20-21 Argentina
New Zealand 22-26 South Africa
Italy 18-15 Namibia
Ireland 18-25 Scotland
England 55-10 Tonga
Wales 26-28 Georgia

Thanks for running this. thumbsup

by **LondonTiger** Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:17 pm

BamBam wrote:What's the difference between this competition and SuperBru?

SuperBru you just predict margin - and as well as the pool up against 240k other people. Easy enough to do, especially if you have already made predictions here.

by Old Man Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:43 pm

Nice to see there are people predicting a SA win, let’s hope you are right.

by lostinwales Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:15 pm

Old Man wrote:Nice to see there are people predicting a SA win, let’s hope you are right.

Problem is that often we get one bad performance from the AB's per RWC and a lot of us would rather that happened in the knock out phase

by No 7&1/2 Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:22 pm

Japan 38 Russia 10
Australia 32 Fiji 12
France 21 Argentina 15
New Zealand 27 South Africa 13
Italy 52 Namibia 7
Ireland 24 Scotland 17
England 45 Tonga 10
Wales 30 Georgia 9

May change these slightly as teams all come in.

by BamBam Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:36 pm

LondonTiger wrote:
BamBam wrote:What's the difference between this competition and SuperBru?

SuperBru you just predict margin - and as well as the pool up against 240k other people. Easy enough to do, especially if you have already made predictions here.

In

by BigTrevsbigmac Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:21 am

apan 37 Russia 13
Australia 28 Fiji 21
France 28 Argentina 21
New Zealand 23 SA 25
Italy 29 Namibia 6
Ireland 27 Scotland 24
England 55 Tonga 9
Wales 38 Georgia 18

by robbo277 Fri Sep 20, 2019 5:42 pm

Japan 33-10 Russia
Australia 35-15 Fiji
France 26 - 17 Argentina
New Zealand 27 - 16 South Africa
Italy 38 - 3 Namibia
Ireland 18 - 12 Scotland
England 45 - 14 Tonga
Wales 38 - 9 Georgia

by Irishhoneymonster Fri Sep 20, 2019 7:27 pm

Japan 35 - 10 Russia
Australia 38 - 25 Fiji
France 32 - 24 Argentina
New Zealand 28 - 20 South Africa
Italy 42 - 10 Namibia
Ireland 28 - 18 Scotland
England 48 - 21 Tonga
Wales 32 - 15 Georgia

by rainbow-warrior Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:39 pm

Japan 38 Russia 15
Australia 21 Fiji 18
France 18 Argentina 15
New Zealand 21 South Africa 34
Italy 37 Namibia 9
Ireland 24 Scotland 18
England 31 Tonga 12
Wales 50 Georgia 12

by eirebilly Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:50 pm

Well, here goes nothing.

Japan 27 Russia 13
Australia 35 Fiji 19
France 22 Argentina 29
New Zealand 38 South Africa 29
Italy 30 Namibia 8
Ireland 17 Scotland 13
England 55 Tonga 17
Wales 36 Georgia 13

by Pete330v2 Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:46 pm

Japan 42 - 12 Russia
Australia 35 - 23 Fiji
France 15 - 26 Argentina
New Zealand 32 - 15 South Africa
Italy 35 - 9 Namibia
Ireland 28 - 13 Scotland
England 55 - 12 Tonga
Wales 36 - 12 Georgia

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