Fortaleza

Here's a bit of fun for everybody and a bit of inter-board competition. Absolutely no knowledge of rugby is necessary (although it stands to reason that a basic idea of the strengths of the teams would help) and it should be fun.

Quite simply, on a week by week basis you will be asked to predict the winners, score and winning margin of each game. If you think it will be a draw - for those with little knowledge, draws are not as regular an occurance in Rugby as they are in Football - then predict the draw, the score and the winning margin would of course be 0.

Scoring would be marked thus:

Correct Winning Team or Draw = 5pts
Correct Result Score = 10pts
Correct Winning Margin = 7pts


So for example:

Eng v Fra .... = ENG WIN .... 22-18....MARGIN 4pts

If the actual result was indeed that of the example you would win 22pts = 5pts for prediciting Eng win, 7pts for predicting the 4 point winning margin and 10pts for correctly prediciting the result score.

If the final score was England win 26-22, then you score 12pts (5pts for Eng Win, 7pts for Margin).
If the score was France win 26-22, then you can still score 7pts for correctly predicting the winning margin despite getting the score and winner wrong.

There a lots of ways to score points so the playing field is levelled out a bit. For Purists, it may be too simplified but it gives those not up on rugby a chance to score points and get on the leader board.

Below are the first week's games. Either copy and paste or simply quote to enter your predictions in reply to this thread. For those new to the sport, one, two and four points are impossible to score in rugby.

Have fun and we'll see who's King (or Queen) of the Board. After the first week I'll post league tables to show who's leading in each section of the board, which section of the board is doing the best and who's the overall leader.

To help you with your predicitions, this website has the latest odds on all participating nations. http://www.online-betting-guide.co.u...orld-Cup!2.htm

Good Luck:

7 September: WINNER SCORE MARGIN
France v Argentina

8 September:
New Zealand v Italy
Australia v Japan
England v USA

9 September:
Wales v Canada
South Africa v Samoa
Scotland v Portugal
Ireland v Namibia

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia

12 September:
USA v Tonga
Japan v Fiji
Italy v Romania

ENTRIES MUST BE RECIEVED BY 19.30h BST. Anything recieved after that time will not be included.

tommyauvergne

Excellent Idea.
I'm hoping for a really tight competition, so here's my predictions...

7 September
France v Argentina = France WIN 30-15 MARGIN 15pts

8 September:
New Zealand v Italy = New Zealand WIN 43-18 MARGIN 25pts
Australia v Japan = Australia WIN 43-12 MARGIN 31pts
England v USA = England WIN 27-9 Margin 18pts

9 September:
Wales v Canada = Wales WIN 30-12 Margin 18pts
South Africa v Samoa = South Africa WIN 44-21 Margin 23pts
Scotland v Portugal = Scotland WIN 28-12 Margin 16pts
Ireland v Namibia = Ireland WIN 43-9 Margin 34pts

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia = Argentina WIN 26-9 Margin 17pts

12 September:
USA v Tonga = Tonga WIN 19-10 Margin 9pts
Japan v Fiji = Fiji WIN 32-12 Margin 20pts
Italy v Romania = Italy WIN 35-12 Margin 23pts

Of course England will win although France is my second favourite.

dreamcatcher

Hi there Im not sure what to do here,so please bear with meI cant get the betting page to show.


7sept France-Argintina ----France to win ....10
8sept New Zealand to win ..........................5
Australia to win................................8
England to win .................................2
9sept Canada to win..................................8
Somoa to win...................................5
Scotland to win...................................6
Ireland to win....................................9
11sept Argintina to win.................................18
12sept Tonga to win.....................................5
Fiji to win.........................................2
Italy to win.......................................10




I hope Ive sort of done it right Thanks for taking the time to put this up



France to win the whole thing

Fortaleza

Hi! Just a small modifaction, you need to put in a score. We know who you think will win, and by what margin. Now put in a score. Correct score wins 10 extra points so it's worth doing!!! I've redone your predictions below. Where you see SCORE??? delete and put in a score. Remember it has to reflect the margin you suggested before.

Here's the betting link again, I hope it's ok this time: http://www.online-betting-guide.co.u...orld-Cup!2.htm


7 September: WINNER SCORE MARGIN
France v Argentina FRANCE by 10 SCORE????

8 September:
New Zealand v Italy NZ by 5 SCORE????
Australia v Japan AUS by 8 SCORE????
England v USA ENG by 2 SCORE????

9 September:
Wales v Canada CANADA by 8 SCORE????
South Africa v Samoa SAMOA by 5 SCORE????
Scotland v Portugal SCO by 6 SCORE????
Ireland v Namibia IRE by 9 SCORE????

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia ARG by 18 SCORE????

12 September:
USA v Tonga TONGA by SCORE????
Japan v Fiji FIJI by 2 SCORE????
Italy v Romania ITALY by 10 SCORE????

dreamcatcher

[QUOTE=Fortaleza;5283989]Hi! Just a small modifaction, you need to put in a score. We know who you think will win, and by what margin. Now put in a score. Correct score wins 10 extra points so it's worth doing!!! I've redone your predictions below. Where you see SCORE??? delete and put in a score. Remember it has to reflect the margin you suggested before.

Here's the betting link again, I hope it's ok this time: http://www.online-betting-guide.co.u...orld-Cup!2.htm


7 September: WINNER SCORE MARGIN
France v Argentina FRANCE by 10 ...32..22

8 September:
New Zealand v Italy NZ by 5 ....45...40
Australia v Japan AUS by 8 .....41..33
England v USA ENG by 2 ......25..23

9 September:
Wales v Canada CANADA by 8 .....28...20
South Africa v Samoa SAMOA by 5 32..28
Scotland v Portugal SCO by 6 ........28..22
Ireland v Namibia IRE by 9 ............30...21

11 September:
Argentina v Georgia ARG by 18 ...28....10

12 September:
USA v Tonga TONGA by 8......28..20
Japan v Fiji FIJI by 2 ............30..28
Italy v Romania ITALY by 10 ....32..22


Thank you so much for your patience,hope this is ok now. Hope you are going to do a best loser list
I reckon Il do well with that.But this will be really fun to follow now thanks to you.


The link worked thanks, is that really 5001..to..1

Fortaleza

[QUOTE=dreamcatcher;5284212] Not a problem!! We need to drum up a bit of support from you fellow posters in France. A bit of rivalry between the boards will be good. We have people on the Aussie, France and Spain boards - waiting for the others to catch on. Have fun!!

dreamcatcher

Oh dear not a good start

Kate45

Is it too late to join in .....of course I won't put my predictions in for the game the french lost

Fortaleza

Yeah, go ahead. Obvioulsy late entries won't include games already played (not a biggie this time anyway, given that nobody predicted the Argentina win!!)

Kate45

Thanks will post them soon ...just have to get kids to Saturday sport etc

Kate45

Ok here goes ......have consulted the so called experts in this house

8th Sept
New Zealand by 66pts 70-4
Australia by 60 pts 60-0
England by 26 pts 28-2
9th Sept
Wales by 26pts 30-4
South Africa by42pts 48-6
Scotland by 32pts 36-4
Ireland by 82pts 82-0
11th sept
Argentina by 86pts 86-0
12th Sept
Tonga by 14pts 30-16
Fiji by 32pts 44-12
Italy by 22pts 28-6

There we have it ....just a bit of fun

Fortaleza

Well done, Kate!

ANYONE still wishing to take part can still do so but games that have started or have been played before the time of your post will not be taken into account.

tommyauvergne

New Zealand vs Italy.
Well, At least I had the correct score for NZ in the 32nd minute. If they would be as polite to stop scoring and let Italy kick 6 penalties.........

Fortaleza

PREDICTION GAME UPDATE:
With most of the first round matches out of the way I thought I'd let you know how you are doing before the first official KOTB (King of the Board) Thread get's posted on Thursday.

With one notable exception, the games have gone pretty much to plan meaning most people have similar scores. This will no doubt change in the next few games with the "minnows" playing each other.

I'll leave out individual progress for the moment but between the 5 boards that bothered to take part, Spain leads with an average score per player of 39.75; Canada and Australia share second place with an average of 35; France takes fourth place with 34 average whilst NZcan only muster 32.5.

Try to encourage more guys on your boards to have a go as they may find it difficult to win the individual title, but as the average scores of each board is taken into account, they can help your board win Board title.

Second Round predictions will be up tomorrow.

dreamcatcher

Thanks Fortaleza, for taking the time and effort to set this up.Even though I havent much of a clue what Im doing its nice to be able to participate.