Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sat Aug 27 2011 06:43 PM

Rugby World Cup

iRB World Cup

New Zealand

2011

The 2011 Rugby World Cup starts in 2 weeks time, on Friday 9th September. South Africa are the defending champions. This is the 7th iRB World Cup. The winners of the first six finals were:

1987

1991

1995

1999

2003

2007

The 20 finalists for 2011 have been split into 4 groups of 5 teams:

Pool A

Canada
France
Japan
New Zealand
Tonga

Pool B

Argentina
England
Georgia
Romania
Scotland

Pool C

Australia
Ireland
Italy
Russia
USA

Pool D

Fiji
Namibia
Samoa
South Africa
Wales

Rounds 1-5
pool matches x40
Round 6
quarter finals
Round 7
semi-finals
Round 8
Bronze Medal
World Cup Final

Fri 9th Sep to Sun 2nd Oct

Sat 8th & Sun 9th Oct

Sat 15th & Sun 16th Oct

Fri 21st October
Sun 23rd October

There will be 8 rounds in the tipping comp with 8 pts each round. The comp will run for 7 weeks with one round each weekend, except for the 2nd round which will be mid-week (see list of tipping threads in post below). Advance picks will be lodged in Round 1 for the four semi-finalists, and in Round 2 for the two finalists and the winner. The rules are the same as those used for the Super XV tipping comp:

points
default
draws
upsets
perfect picks
draw bonus

dead-heats

one point for each correct pick.
if you forget to pick, the wooden spoon score is all yours.
for those brave souls amongst us, you can pick a draw (good luck).
if you pick a game solo, you score a bonus point (or one of two tipsters).
of 8/8 scores a bonus point.
no-one picks a draw, bonus point for the minority who picked the upset
win (same as FLC and Super XV comps).
weekly wins vs. wooden spoon countback. If they're identical bonus pts
will be used; and then the advance pick for the winner.

This is the 3rd running of the iRB World Cup tipping comp. The first comp back in 2003 was won by Dazzy_D, followed by silverginger and Bertho. The second comp in 2007 was won by jonnowales, followed by srini701 and jill-geo.

Do we have any runners? Sign-in here to watch the aussie Wallabies beat their kiwi cousins, the All Blacks, in the World Cup Final!

Posted by: gtho4

Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Sat Aug 27 2011 06:43 PM

List of tipping threads:

iRB World Cup [ 1 ] Fri 9th Sep

iRB World Cup [ 2 ] Wed 14th Sep

iRB World Cup [ 3 ] Sun 18th Sep

iRB World Cup [ 4 ] Sat 24th Sep

iRB World Cup [ 5 ] Fri 30th Sep

iRB World Cup [ 6 ] Sat 8th Oct

iRB World Cup [ 7 ] Sat 15th Oct

iRB World Cup [ 8 ] Fri 21st Oct FINAL_ROUND

Posted by: BxBarracuda

Re: Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Sat Aug 27 2011 06:48 PM

I'm in

Posted by: N-Bomb

Re: Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Sat Aug 27 2011 07:39 PM

I'm also in - with no faith in my team

Posted by: srini701

Re: Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Sun Aug 28 2011 04:01 AM

I was on the podium the last time around? then I should try again

Posted by: paper_aero

Re: Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Sun Aug 28 2011 12:53 PM

I'm in up and under

Posted by: jonnowales

Re: Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Tue Aug 30 2011 06:57 AM

I have no idea how I won this last time! Count me in.

Posted by: Davjack

Re: Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Fri Sep 02 2011 12:13 AM

I am back for another stab,

Posted by: gtho4

Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Mon Sep 05 2011 02:06 AM

9 players have signed in and/or lodged their picks for the first round

the first round is Friday this week

Posted by: George95

Re: Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Mon Sep 05 2011 03:36 PM

We have a rugby team that is good enough to play in the World Cup??

I said that in the Cricket comp too.

I will play.

Posted by: triviapaul

Re: Rugby World Cup .. sign-in sheet - Fri Sep 09 2011 12:16 AM

Late entry here...

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Sep 11 2011 09:07 AM

Rugby World Cup
pool matches

Round 1

iRB World Cup
New Zealand

Fri 9th Sep

14 of 14 players lodged tips

41-10 34-24 49-19 47-21 09-13 32-6 22-10 17-16	14 14 13 14 12 14 14 13	New Zealand v Tonga Scotland v Romania Fiji v Namibia France v Japan Argentina v England Australia v Italy Ireland v USA South Africa v Wales	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Davjack KrivoyRog ozzz2002 Sypher
108

Tipping Comp Standings

  position                 points      
----- -----               -------      
TW LW hi-lo               LW   TW      bp  WIN FIN
----- -----               ------- hf ws    -------
 1     1-1  triviapaul  b    8 9   1    1         
 1     1-1  George95    b    8 9   1    1  ooo ooo
 1     1-1  BxBarracuda b    8 9   1    1         
 1     1-1  paper_aero  b    8 9   1    1         
 1     1-1  Howie72     b    8 9   1    1         
 1     1-1  jonnowales  b    8 9   1    1         
 1     1-1  N-Bomb      b    8 9   1    1         
 1     1-1  LeoDaVinci  b    8 9   1    1         
 1     1-1  srini701    b    8 9   1    1         
 1     1-1  gtho4       b    8 9   1    1        
11    11-11 Davjack          7 7     1           
11    11-11 KrivoyRog        7 7     1            
11    11-11 ozzz2002         7 7     1            
11    11-11 Sypher           7 7     1     ooo ooo
            late starters      7           
                           108    10 4  10
      (def) wooden spoon     7 7  
            best picks       8 8 
            perfect picks 00 8 8  
            bonus points    10 10

b = bonus point for perfect picks.
s = bonus pt for picking result solo, or one of two.
o = no one picked draw; bonus for picking upset win.
WIN = advance pick for winner.
FIN = advance pick for losing finalist.
def = default is wooden spoon score.

Weekly Leader

 
 1. +2 Everyone except four
 2.                  
 3.               
 4.              
 5.                       
 6.                             
 7.                             
 8.

            week         Hall of Fame                        Wooden Spoon

          %  bp |wk|   
108/112 96.4 10 | 1| 8/8 Everyone except four               7/8 Davjack KrivoyRog ozzz2002 Sypher
   /      .     | 2|  /8                                     /8      
   /      .     | 3|  /8                                     /8        
   /      .     | 4|  /8                                     /8                         
   /      .     | 5|  /8                                     /8                
   /      .     | 6|  /8                                     /8                 
   /      .     | 7|  /8                                     /8                
   /      .     | 8|  /8                                     /8               
                |  |
             10 |  |     10                                     4

A field of 14 runners were at the barriers for the start of the 3rd edition of the iRB World Cup tipping comp .. nine have played before (see table below at bottom right):

5 played in the 2nd one 4 years ago (Howie72, jonnowales, KrivoyRog, paper_aero & srini701);

two played in the first one 8 years ago but skipped the second (Davjack and Sypher);

and two have played in all three (ozz2002 and gtho4).

The five newbies to make it a field of 14 are: BxBarracuda, George95, LeoDaVinci, N-Bomb and triviapaul.

Between us we lodged 112 picks, and 108 of them were correct .. 10 of us had perfect picks of 8/8 and the remaining 4 collected a wooden spoon each for one error at 7/8!

That leaves us with 10 leaders after the first round .. and of those 10 seven have identical advance picks for the four semi-finalists (see table below at bottom left). It looks like the three medallists for this comp will be decided at the end of next month, when the World Cup Final is played.

There will be an upset or two along the way (the favurites can't win everything), and the podium finishers should be the ones who went for an upset that paid off. Sypher nearly hit pay dirt in the first round with Wales (South Africa came from behind to win) .. ditto KrivoyRog and ozz2002 with Argentina (England also came from behind to win).

Advance Picks : four semi-finalists


BxBarracuda AUS ENG NZ RSA
Davjack     AUS ENG NZ     FRA
George95    AUS ENG NZ RSA
gtho4       AUS ENG NZ RSA
Howie72     AUS ENG NZ RSA
jonnowales  AUS     NZ RSA FRA
KrivoyRog   AUS     NZ RSA FRA
LeoDaVinci  AUS ENG NZ RSA
N-Bomb      AUS ENG NZ RSA
ozzz2002    AUS     NZ RSA     SCO
paper_aero  AUS     NZ RSA FRA
srini701    AUS     NZ RSA FRA
Sypher      AUS ENG NZ         WAL
triviapaul  AUS ENG NZ RSA
  56        14  9   14 12  5   1+1

14 players lodged advance picks

2003 achenar ASA bertho Blinkybill Callybub Copago Davjack Dazzy_D ElfTwinkle Eraserhead Fosse4 gtho4 halfbakedangi izzi Jim_In_Oz JuniorTheJaws marchmadness manvinder01 ozzz2002 ProofReader silverginger Sypher wez	2007 Blinkybill Copago doomed ElfTwinkle Eraserhead gtho4 Howie72 jill-geo jonnowales JuniorTheJaws KrivoyRog ozzz2002 paper_aero Quiz_Beagle trevor1968 spanishliz srini701	2011 BxBarracuda Davjack George95 gtho4 Howie72 jonnowales KrivoyRog LeoDaVinci N-Bomb ozzz2002 paper_aero srini701 Sypher triviapaul
	The players in bold have played in two of the three iRB tipping comps .. gtho4 and ozzz2002 have played in all three.

Posted by: dg_dave

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Sep 11 2011 02:20 PM

Originally Posted By: gtho4

Between us we lodged 112 picks, and 108 of them were correct

That's an impressive 96.43% strike rate!

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sat Sep 17 2011 08:29 AM

Rugby World Cup
pool matches

Round 2

iRB World Cup
New Zealand

Wed 14th Sep

13 of 14 players lodged tips

40-12 20-25 15-6 08-13 83-7 43-8 49-3 06-15	13 4 13 10 13 13 13 1	Samoa v Namibia Tonga v Canada Scotland v Georgia Russia v USA N Zealand v Japan Argentina v Rom South Africa v Fiji Australia v Ireland	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx BxBarracuda George95 paper_aero Sypher Davjack ozzz2002 paper_aero BxBarracuda
91

Tipping Comp Standings

  position                 points      
----- -----               -------      
TW LW hi-lo               LW   TW      bp  WIN FIN
----- -----               ------- hf ws    -------
 1  1  1-1  BxBarracuda bs 9 8 19  2    3  ENG NZ 
 2  1  1-2  George95       9 7 16  1    1  AUS NZ 
 3  1  1-3  triviapaul     9 6 15  1    1  NZ  AUS
 3  1  1-3  paper_aero     9 6 15  1    1  NZ  AUS
 3  1  1-3  Howie72        9 6 15  1    1  NZ  AUS
 3  1  1-3  jonnowales     9 6 15  1    1  NZ  FRA
 3  1  1-3  N-Bomb         9 6 15  1    1  RSA NZ 
 3  1  1-3  LeoDaVinci     9 6 15  1    1  NZ  AUS
 3  1  1-3  srini701       9 6 15  1    1  AUS NZ 
 3  1  1-3  gtho4          9 6 15  1    1  AUS NZ
11 11 11-11 Sypher         7 7 14    1     ENG AUS
12 11 11-12 KrivoyRog      7   12    1            
12 11 11-12 Davjack        7 5 12    2     NZ  AUS
12 11 11-12 ozzz2002       7 5 12    2     AUS ENG
            late starters      12          
                            80    12 6  12
      (def) wooden spoon   7 5 12 
            best picks     8 8 16
            perfect picks  8 8 16 
            bonus points  10 2 12

Weekly Leader

 
 1. +2 George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb
       jonnowales LeoDaVinci srini701
       BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul
 2. +3 BxBarracuda   
 3.               
 4.              
 5.                       
 6.                             
 7.                             
 8.

            week         Hall of Fame                        Wooden Spoon

          %  bp |wk|   
                | 1|     George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb    
                |  |     jonnowales LeoDaVinci srini701
108/112 96.4 10 |  | 8/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul  7/8 Davjack ozzz2002 KrivoyRog Sypher
 80/104 76.9  2 | 2| 8/8 BxBarracuda                        5/8 Davjack ozzz2002
          .     | 3|                                                   
          .     | 4|                                                                    
          .     | 5|                                                           
          .     | 6|                                                            
          .     | 7|                                                           
          .     | 8|                                                          
                |  |
             12 |  |     12                                     6

Last week 10 players picked a perfect 8/8 for the opening round of the iRB World Cup .. and of those 10 just one player came back on stage for an encore performance.

BxBarracuda adds to last week's perfect with another one for another bonus point. He picked both upset wins, but the loss by Australia was a solo pick which earnt him a bonus point (aka there were two bonus pts in the 2nd round, and he collected both of them).

George95 stays in touch by picking Canada to win; which was no surprise as as he lives in Ontario!

The remaining 8 players from last week's 10 perfect-pickers are a further point behind = 4 pts behind the leader (and we've only played 2 of 8 rounds). Can our leader BxBarracuda keep up this frantic pace out front?

At the rear of the field, the two Sydney-siders Davjack and ozzz2002 picked 5/8 for back-to-back wooden spoons.

All seven advance picks are summarised in the table below.

Advance Picks
14 players lodged advance picks for the semi-finals and 13 lodged advance picks for the final

                                     |               |    
               FOUR SEMI-FINALISTS   | TWO FINALISTS |   WINNER
                                     |               |
BxBarracuda  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |      NZ  ENG  |         ENG
Davjack      AUS ENG NZ     FRA      |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
George95  #  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
gtho4     #  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
Howie72    @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
jonnowales   AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |      NZ  FRA  |      NZ
KrivoyRog    AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |               | 
LeoDaVinci @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
N-Bomb       AUS ENG NZ RSA          |      NZ  RSA  |         RSA
ozzz2002     AUS     NZ RSA     SCO  |  AUS     ENG  |  AUS
paper_aero   AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
srini701     AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
Sypher       AUS ENG NZ         WAL  |  AUS     ENG  |         ENG
triviapaul @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
                                     |               |

             14  9   14 12  5   1+1     10  11  3+1+1    4  6  2+1
                               (56)              (26)         (13)

# = all seven advance picks are identical
@ = ditto, these seven are also identical

Advance picks for semi-finalists added into the second-last round, Round 7. One point for each correct pick.
Advance picks for World Cup Final added into the last round, Round 8. One point for each finalist and 3 pts
for the winner (1 pt if they lose the final).

Posted by: dg_dave

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sat Sep 17 2011 08:31 AM

If Bx does it again next week, he will be the first to accomplish a new feat!

Posted by: BxBarracuda

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sat Sep 17 2011 02:15 PM

Sometimes it pays to go for the underdog, just got lucky by picking the right underdogs.

It looks the Tonga v Japan game maybe the biggest roadblock for me as my picks macth the majority on all the games and all but that game has a vast majority for one team.

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sat Sep 24 2011 05:59 AM

Rugby World Cup
pool matches

Round 3

iRB World Cup
New Zealand

Sun 18th Sep

13 of 14 players lodged tips

17-10 41-10 46-19 53-17 31-18 87-0 67-5 37-17	12 13 13 13 8 13 13 13	Wales v Samoa England v Georgia France v Canada Italy v Russia Tonga v Japan RSA v Namibia Australia v USA N Zealand v FRA	triviapaul xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx George95 gtho4 jonnowales ozzz2002 paper_aero .
98		the first three games were played on Sunday 18th September, no games Monday then one game a day, with the 8th game played Saturday 24th September

Tipping Comp Standings

  position                 points      
----- -----               -------      
TW LW hi-lo               LW   TW      bp  WIN FIN
----- -----               ------- hf ws    -------
 1  1  1-1  BxBarracuda b 19 8 28  3    4  ENG NZ 
 2  3  1-3  Howie72     b 15 8 24  2    2  NZ  AUS
 2  3  1-3  N-Bomb      b 15 8 24  2    2  RSA NZ 
 2  3  1-3  LeoDaVinci  b 15 8 24  2    2  NZ  AUS
 2  3  1-3  srini701    b 15 8 24  2    2  AUS NZ 
 6  2  1-6  George95      16 7 23  1 1  1  AUS NZ 
 6  3  1-6  jonnowales    15 7 23  1 1  1  NZ  FRA
 6 11  6-11 Sypher      b 14 8 23  1 1  1  ENG AUS
 9  3  1-9  triviapaul    15 7 22  1 1  1  NZ  AUS
 9  3  1-9  paper_aero    15 7 22  1 1  1  NZ  AUS
 9  3  1-9  gtho4         15 7 22  1 1  1  AUS NZ
12 12 11-12 Davjack     b 12 8 21  1 2  1  NZ  AUS
13 12 11-13 KrivoyRog     12   19    1            
13 12 11-13 ozzz2002      12 7 19    3     AUS ENG
            late starters      19          
                            98    18 12 19
      (def) wooden spoon  12 7 19 
            best picks    16 8 24
            perfect picks 16 8 24 
            bonus points  12 7 19

Weekly Leader

 
 1. +2 George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb
       jonnowales LeoDaVinci srini701
       BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul
 2. +3 BxBarracuda   
 3. +4 BxBarracuda
 4.              
 5.                       
 6.                             
 7.                             
 8.

            week         Hall of Fame                        Wooden Spoon

          %  bp |wk|   
                | 1|     George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb    
                |  |     jonnowales LeoDaVinci srini701
108/112 96.4 10 |  | 8/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul  7/8 ozzz2002 Davjack KrivoyRog Sypher
 80/104 76.9  2 | 2| 8/8 BxBarracuda                        5/8 ozzz2002 Davjack               
 98/104 94.2  7 | 3| 8/8 BxBarracuda LeoDaVinci srini701    7/8 ozzz2002 George95 gtho4 jonnowales
                |  |     Davjack Sypher Howie72 N-Bomb                       paper_aero triviapaul
          .     | 4|                                                                    
          .     | 5|                                                           
          .     | 6|                                                            
          .     | 7|                                                           
          .     | 8|                                                          
                |  |
             19 |  |     18                                     12

The third round saw 13 players lodge picks .. seven of them were a perfect 8/8 and six of them were 7/8 for a wooden spoon each. That's three perfect rounds by BxBarracuda to make it a 24 straight with 24/24.

However, 24 straight is not a record for the iRB tipping comp .. Dazzy_D, bertho and Eraserhead were 30/30 in the 2003 comp after 3 rounds and then picked the next two games to make it 32 straight before their first wrong pick arrived .. jonnowales was 28/28 after 7 rounds in the 2007 comp and then missed the first game of the 8th round (it was a draw, which was picked by no-one) to end his run at 30 straight.

George95 was second last week but collects one of the spoons and slips to 6th. This allows the 4 tipsters who were equal 3rd to jump up into equal 2nd place, and also allows BxBarracuda to extend his lead out front to a mouth-watering 4 pts .. and the next 10 players are separated by 2 pts.

For those of us who have both Australia and South Africa as our advance picks for the semi-finals, here's the bad news: Australia's upset loss to Ireland in the previous round means RSA and AUS will meet in the quarter-finals if the remaining pool matches play-out according to the form-guide (aka no upsets). Twelve of us have picked South Africa as a semi-finalist, and all 12 of us have also chosen Australia (one of those 12 is BxBarracuda). The two who do not have both of these teams are Davjack and Sypher.

Posted by: BxBarracuda

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Tue Sep 27 2011 01:02 PM

The draw bug just bit me after 29 straight.

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Wed Sep 28 2011 06:21 AM

Rugby World Cup
pool matches

Round 4

iRB World Cup
New Zealand

Sat 24th Sep

13 of 14 players lodged tips

67-3 07-27 62-12 13-12 81-7 23-23 27-10 25-9	13 11 13 11 13 0 11 8	England v Romania Fiji v Samoa Ireland v Russia Argentina v Scotland Wales v Namibia Canada v Japan Italy v United States Georgia v Romania	ozzz2002LeoDaVinci George95 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ozzz2002 LeoDaVinci ozzz2002 LeoDaVinci .. Sypher jonnowales ozzz2002 LeoDaVinci George95 jonnowales triviapaul
80		first game was played on Saturday, the next three on Sunday, one on Monday, two on Tuesday, and the 8th game was played on Wed 28th

Tipping Comp Standings

  position                 points      
----- -----               -------      
TW LW hi-lo               LW   TW      bp  WIN FIN
----- -----               ------- hf ws    -------
 1  1  1-1  BxBarracuda   28 7 35  4    4  ENG NZ 
 2  2  1-3  Howie72       24 7 31  3    2  NZ  AUS
 2  2  1-3  N-Bomb        24 7 31  3    2  RSA NZ
 2  2  1-3  srini701      24 7 31  3    2  AUS NZ
 5  2  1-5  LeoDaVinci    24 5 29  2    2  NZ  AUS
 5  9  1-9  paper_aero    22 7 29  2 1  1  NZ  AUS
 5  9  1-9  gtho4         22 7 29  2 1  1  AUS NZ
 5  6  5-11 Sypher        23 6 29  1 1  1  ENG AUS
 9 12  9-12 Davjack       21 7 28  2 2  1  NZ  AUS
 9  6  1-9  George95      23 5 28  1 1  1  AUS NZ 
 9  6  1-9  jonnowales    23 5 28  1 1  1  NZ  FRA
 9  9  1-9  triviapaul    22 6 28  1 1  1  NZ  AUS
13 13 11-13 KrivoyRog     19   23    1            
13 13 11-13 ozzz2002      19 4 23    4     AUS ENG
            late starters      23          
                            80    25 13 19
      (def) wooden spoon  19 4 23 
            best picks    24 7 31
            perfect picks 24 8 32 
            bonus points  19 - 19

Weekly Leader

 
 1. +2 George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb
       jonnowales LeoDaVinci srini701
       BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul
 2. +3 BxBarracuda   
 3. +4 BxBarracuda
 4. +4 BxBarracuda
 5.                       
 6.                             
 7.                             
 8.

            week         Hall of Fame                        Wooden Spoon

          %  bp |wk|   
                |  |     George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb    
                |  |     jonnowales srini701 LeoDaVinci
108/112 96.4 10 | 1| 8/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul  7/8 ozzz2002 Davjack KrivoyRog Sypher
 80/104 76.9  2 | 2| 8/8 BxBarracuda                        5/8 ozzz2002 Davjack               
 98/104 94.2  7 | 3| 8/8 BxBarracuda srini701 LeoDaVinci    7/8 ozzz2002 George95 gtho4 jonnowales
                |  |     Davjack Sypher Howie72 N-Bomb                       paper_aero triviapaul
 80/104 76.9  - | 4| 7/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero srini701    4/8 ozzz2002
                |  |     Davjack gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb                                     
          .     | 5|                                                           
          .     | 6|                                                            
          .     | 7|                                                           
          .     | 8|                                                          
                |  |
             19 |  |     25                                     13

There are no perfect picks in Round 4 as Canada v Japan finished a draw. This brings to an end BxBarracuda's run of perfect picks. After some detective work by dg_dave, the perfect picks record for the iRB comp is 32 straight as follows:

2003 : 32 : bertho, Dazzy_D, Eraserhead 10/10 10/10 10/10 +2
2011 : 29 : BxBarracuda 8/8 8/8 8/8 +5
2007 : 27 : jonnowales +3 4/4 4/4 4/4 4/4 4/4 4/4

There's no change out front. BxBarracuda retains his lead at +4 pts, with 3 players equal 2nd (down from four players last round) .. and then there's a gap of 2 pts to the rest of us.

If England win the Final, BxBarracuda will stroll through to the finish line and win this in a canter. However, if England lose their semi and fail to make the final, it's on for young an old (as BxBarracuda will lose 4 pts, one for picking a finalist and three for picking the winner).

That completes Round 4 and the first half of this comp.

Posted by: ozzz2002

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Wed Sep 28 2011 04:56 PM

Geez, not ANOTHER spoon!

Posted by: N-Bomb

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Wed Sep 28 2011 09:11 PM

Looks like my advance picks will fail me, oh well, go AB's!

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 02 2011 08:54 AM

Rugby World Cup
end of pool matches

Round 5

iRB World Cup
New Zealand

Fri 30th Sep

12 of 14 players lodged tips

13-6 68-22 14-19 16-12 25-7 79-15 66-0 36-6	12 12 1 10 11 12 12 11	Sth Africa v Samoa Australia v Russia France v Tonga England v Scotland Argentina v Georgia N Zealand v Canada Wales v Fiji Ireland v Italy	jonnowales xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx LeoDaVinci jonnowales ozzz2002 Sypher gtho4
81		the first game was played on Friday night, the next three were on Saturday and the remaining four were played on Sunday jonnowales missed first game with late picks but receives a point as a gimme, as all 11 of us picked RSA to win

Tipping Comp Standings

  position                 points      
----- -----               -------      
TW LW hi-lo               LW   TW      bp  WIN FIN
----- -----               ------- hf ws    -------
 1  1  1-1  BxBarracuda   35 7 42  4    4  ENG NZ 
 2  5  1-5  LeoDaVinci bs 29 8 39  3    4  NZ  AUS
 3  2  1-3  Howie72       31 7 38  3    2  NZ  AUS
 3  2  1-3  N-Bomb        31 7 38  3    2  RSA NZ
 3  2  1-3  srini701      31 7 38  3    2  AUS NZ
 6  5  1-9  paper_aero    29 7 36  2 1  1  NZ  AUS
 7  5  1-9  gtho4         29 6 35  2 2  1  AUS NZ
 7  9  1-9  George95      28 7 35  1 1  1  AUS NZ 
 7  9  1-9  triviapaul    28 7 35  1 1  1  NZ  AUS
 7  5  5-11 Sypher        29 6 35  1 2  1  ENG AUS
11  9  9-12 Davjack       28   34  2 2  1  NZ  AUS
11  9  1-11 jonnowales    28 6 34  1 2  1  NZ  FRA
13 13 11-13 KrivoyRog     23   29    1            
13 13 11-13 ozzz2002      23 6 29    5     AUS ENG
            late starters      29          
                            81    26 17 21
      (def) wooden spoon  23 6 29 
            best picks    31 8 39
            perfect picks 32 8 40 
            bonus points  19 2 21

b = bonus point for perfect picks.
s = bonus pt for picking result solo, or one of two.
o = no one picked draw; bonus for picking upset win.
WIN = advance pick for winner (3 pts).
FIN = advance pick for losing finalist.
def = default is wooden spoon score.

Weekly Leader

 
 1. +2 George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb
       jonnowales LeoDaVinci srini701
       BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul
 2. +3 BxBarracuda   
 3. +4 BxBarracuda
 4. +4 BxBarracuda
 5. +3 BxBarracuda
 6.           
 7.       
 8.

            week         Hall of Fame                        Wooden Spoon

          %  bp |wk|   
                |  |     George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb    
                |  |     jonnowales srini701 LeoDaVinci
108/112 96.4 10 | 1| 8/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul  7/8 ozzz2002 Davjack KrivoyRog Sypher
 80/104 76.9  2 | 2| 8/8 BxBarracuda                        5/8 ozzz2002 Davjack               
 98/104 94.2  7 | 3| 8/8 BxBarracuda srini701 LeoDaVinci    7/8 ozzz2002 gtho4 paper_aero triviapaul
                |  |     Davjack Sypher Howie72 N-Bomb                         jonnowales George95
 80/104 76.9  - | 4| 7/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero srini701    4/8 ozzz2002
                |  |     Davjack gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb                                     
 81/96  84.3  2 | 5| 8/8 LeoDaVinci                         6/8 ozzz2002 gtho4 jonnowales Sypher
          .     | 6|                                                            
          .     | 7|                                                           
          .     | 8|                                                          
                |  |
             21 |  |     26                                     17

Four players had a go at picking the upset, but only one succeeded. LeoDaVinci picked France to lose and hit pay dirt. He won the last round of pool matches with a perfect 8/8 and rockets up the table into 2nd place .. and BxBarracuda see's the leader's margin cut from +4 to +3 pts.

Australia finished 2nd in their group and now face South Africa in the quarter-finals .. and have ended up on the same side of the draw as New Zealand:

The two semi-finals are QF1 v QF2 and QF3 v QF4. In other words, those of us who have any of these three sets picks are rowing upstream without a full set of paddles:

o only one of South Africa and Australia will play in the semis.
o those of us who have picked a NZ v AUS final will lose another advance pick.
o ditto those of us who have picked a NZ v RSA final.

There are quite a few permutations to be played over the next three rounds. Grab your abacus and slide rule and out have a go at it! These are our seven advance picks for the last two rounds:

Advance Picks
14 players lodged advance picks for the semi-finals and 13 lodged advance picks for the final

                                     |               |    
               FOUR SEMI-FINALISTS   | TWO FINALISTS |   WINNER
                                     |               |
BxBarracuda  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |      NZ  ENG  |         ENG
Davjack      AUS ENG NZ     FRA      |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
George95  #  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
gtho4     #  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
Howie72    @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
jonnowales   AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |      NZ  FRA  |      NZ
KrivoyRog    AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |               | 
LeoDaVinci @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
N-Bomb       AUS ENG NZ RSA          |      NZ  RSA  |         RSA
ozzz2002     AUS     NZ RSA     SCO  |  AUS     ENG  |  AUS
paper_aero   AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
srini701     AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
Sypher       AUS ENG NZ         WAL  |  AUS     ENG  |         ENG
triviapaul @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
                                     |               |

             14  9   14 12  5   1+1     10  11  3+1+1    4  6  2+1
                               (56)              (26)         (13)

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 09 2011 09:26 AM

Rugby World Cup
quarter-finals

Round 6

iRB World Cup
New Zealand

Sat 8th Oct

11 of 14 players lodged tips

03-10 10-22 00-16 12-19 03-8 09-11 12-7 33-10	5 5 1 0 4 10 11 11	HT : Ireland v Wales FT : Ireland v Wales HT : England v France FT : England v France HT : South Africa v Australia FT : South Africa v Australia HT : New Zealand v Argentina HT : New Zealand v Argentina	paper_aero gtho4 Howie72 Sypher LeoDaVinci N-Bomb gtho4 Howie72 Sypher srini701 paper_aero xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx N-Bomb George95 ozzz2002 Sypher N-Bomb .
47		first last two quarter-finals were played on Sunday

Tipping Comp Standings

  position                 points      
----- -----               -------      
TW LW hi-lo               LW   TW      bp  WIN FIN
----- -----               ------- hf ws    -------
 1  1  1-1  BxBarracuda   42 3 45  4 1  4  ENG NZ 
 2  2  1-5  LeoDaVinci    39 4 43  3    4  NZ  AUS
 2  3  1-3  Howie72       38 5 43  3    2  NZ  AUS
 4  3  1-4  N-Bomb        38 4 42  3    2  RSA NZ
 4  3  1-3  srini701      38 4 42  3    2  AUS NZ
 4  6  1-9  paper_aero  s 36 5 42  2 1  2  NZ  AUS
 7  7  5-11 Sypher        35 6 41  2 2  1  ENG AUS
 8  7  1-9  gtho4         35 5 40  2 2  1  AUS NZ
 9  7  1-9  George95      35 4 39  1 1  1  AUS NZ 
10  7  1-10 triviapaul    35 3 38  1 2  1  NZ  AUS
11 11  9-12 Davjack       34   37  2 2  1  NZ  AUS
11 11  1-11 jonnowales    34   37  1 2  1  NZ  FRA
13 13 11-13 ozzz2002      29 4 33    5     AUS ENG
14 13 11-14 KrivoyRog     29   32    1            
            late starters      36          
                            47    27 19 22
      (def) wooden spoon  29 3 32 
            best picks    39 6 45
            perfect picks 40 8 48 
            bonus points  21 1 22

Weekly Leader

 
 1. +2 George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb
       jonnowales LeoDaVinci srini701
       BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul
 2. +3 BxBarracuda   
 3. +4 BxBarracuda
 4. +4 BxBarracuda
 5. +3 BxBarracuda
 6. +2 BxBarracuda
 7.       
 8.

            week         Hall of Fame                        Wooden Spoon

          %  bp |wk|   
                |  |     George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb    
                |  |     jonnowales srini701 LeoDaVinci
108/112 96.4 10 | 1| 8/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul  7/8 ozzz2002 Davjack KrivoyRog Sypher
 80/104 76.9  2 | 2| 8/8 BxBarracuda                        5/8 ozzz2002 Davjack               
 98/104 94.2  7 | 3| 8/8 BxBarracuda srini701 LeoDaVinci    7/8 ozzz2002 gtho4 paper_aero triviapaul
                |  |     Davjack Sypher Howie72 N-Bomb                         jonnowales George95
 80/104 76.9  - | 4| 7/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero srini701    4/8 ozzz2002
                |  |     Davjack gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb                                     
 81/96  84.3  2 | 5| 8/8 LeoDaVinci                         6/8 ozzz2002 gtho4 jonnowales Sypher
 47/88  53.4  1 | 6| 6/8 Sypher                             3/8 BxBarracuda triviapaul
          .     | 7|                                                           
          .     | 8|                                                          
                |  |
             22 |  |     27                                     19

Sypher is this round's winner with 6/8, and reduces the deficit behind 3rd from 3 pts to 2 pts. However, with the elimination of England he lost three advance picks: a semi-finalist, a finalist and the winner .. that's 5 pts (out of 16 pts) which are unavailable for the last two rounds.

BxBarracuda collects his first wooden spoon but retains the lead. With the elimination of England he also lost three advance picks .. but he also lost RSA as one of his semi-finalists .. that's 6 pts unavailable over the last two rounds. N-Bomb is in the same boat .. as he had RSA to win and England as a semi-finalist.

The other wooden spooner was trivapaul .. it wasn't ozzz2002. He's stopped the rot.

Australia will now meet New Zealand in the second semi-final .. and eight of us have chosen them as our two finalist. Al eight of us will be scratching for pts in the last round.

Our advance picks are in the table below. There are quite a few permutations to be played over the last two rounds .. four of the 8 pts in the 2nd last rond are advance picks, and 5 of the 8 pts in the last round are advance picks.

The two players behind BxBarracuda have both picked NZ to win the final .. if NZ lose then all three of them will go into the final round without a winner, and srini701 comes into contention (he will have a live pick for the winner). If NZ win their semi-final, and then win the final, the winner of this comp will/should be LeoDaVinci or Howie72 or paper_aero.

We won't know the winner of this comp until Sunday 23rd October, as the iRB do not play mid-week matches after the pool stage.

Advance Picks
14 players lodged advance picks for the semi-finals and 13 lodged advance picks for the final

                                     |               |    
               FOUR SEMI-FINALISTS   | TWO FINALISTS |   WINNER
             AUS     NZ     FRA  WAL |               |                     
  
BxBarracuda  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |      NZ  ENG  |         ENG
Davjack      AUS ENG NZ     FRA      |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
George95  #  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
gtho4     #  AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
Howie72    @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
jonnowales   AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |      NZ  FRA  |      NZ
KrivoyRog    AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |               | 
LeoDaVinci @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
N-Bomb       AUS ENG NZ RSA          |      NZ  RSA  |         RSA
ozzz2002     AUS     NZ RSA     SCO  |  AUS     ENG  |  AUS
paper_aero   AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
srini701     AUS     NZ RSA FRA      |  AUS NZ       |  AUS
Sypher       AUS ENG NZ         WAL  |  AUS     ENG  |         ENG
triviapaul @ AUS ENG NZ RSA          |  AUS NZ       |      NZ
                                     |               |

             14  9   14 12  5   1+1     10  11  3+1+1    4  6  2+1
                               (56)              (26)         (13)

Posted by: BxBarracuda

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 09 2011 10:19 AM

Luck can't last forever, it was a good run.

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 16 2011 05:44 AM

Rugby World Cup
semi-finals

Round 7

iRB World Cup
New Zealand

Sat 15th Oct

14 of 14 players lodged tips

03-6 08-9 06-14 06-20 four adv picks	4 5 7 8 1 5 14 14	HT: Wales v France FT: Wales v France HT: Aust v New Zealand HT: Aust v New Zealand Wales France Australia New Zealand	paper_aero Davjack LeoDaVinci triviapaul ozzz2002 paper_aero Davjack LeoDaVinci triviapaul ozzz2002 paper_aero Davjack LeoDaVinci triviapaul srini701 BxBarracuda Howie72 paper_aero Davjack LeoDaVinci triviapaul srini701 BxBarracuda Howie72 Sypher paper_aero Davjack jonnowales KrivoyRog srini701 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .
58		the second semi-final was played on Sunday night jonnowales & KrivoyRog did not lodge picks x4 for the semi-finals

Tipping Comp Standings

  position                 points      
----- -----               -------      
TW LW hi-lo               LW   TW      bp  WIN FIN
----- -----               ------- hf ws    -------
 1  1  1-1  BxBarracuda   45 4 49  4 1  4  ENG NZ 
 1  2  1-5  LeoDaVinci    43 6 49  3    4  NZ  AUS
 1  4  1-9  paper_aero    42 7 49  3 1  2  NZ  AUS
 4  2  1-4  Howie72       43 4 47  3    2  NZ  AUS
 4  4  1-4  srini701      42 5 47  3    2  AUS NZ
 6  7  5-11 Sypher      s 41 3 45  2 2  1  ENG AUS
 7  4  1-7  N-Bomb        42 2 44  3 1  2  RSA NZ
 8 11  8-12 Davjack       37 6 43  2 2  1  NZ  AUS
 8  9  1-9  George95      39 4 43  1 1  1  AUS NZ 
 8 10  1-10 triviapaul    38 5 43  1 2  1  NZ  AUS
11  8  1-11 gtho4         40 2 42  2 3  1  AUS NZ
12 11  1-12 jonnowales    37 3 40  1 2  1  NZ  FRA
13 13 11-13 ozzz2002      33 4 37    5     AUS ENG
14 14 11-14 KrivoyRog     32 3 35    1            
            late starters      00          
                            58    28 21 23
      (def) wooden spoon  32 2 34 
            best picks    45 7 52
            perfect picks 48 8 56 
            bonus points  22 1 23

Weekly Leader

 
 1. +2 George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb
       jonnowales srini701 triviapaul
       BxBarracuda LeoDaVinci paper_aero
 2. +3 BxBarracuda   
 3. +4 BxBarracuda
 4. +4 BxBarracuda
 5. +3 BxBarracuda
 6. +2 BxBarracuda
 7. +2 BxBarracuda LeoDaVinci paper_aero
 8.

            week         Hall of Fame                        Wooden Spoon

          %  bp |wk|   
                |  |     George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb    
                |  |     jonnowales srini701 LeoDaVinci
108/112 96.4 10 | 1| 8/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul  7/8 ozzz2002 Davjack KrivoyRog Sypher
 80/104 76.9  2 | 2| 8/8 BxBarracuda                        5/8 ozzz2002 Davjack               
 98/104 94.2  7 | 3| 8/8 BxBarracuda srini701 LeoDaVinci    7/8 ozzz2002 gtho4 paper_aero triviapaul
                |  |     Davjack Sypher Howie72 N-Bomb                         jonnowales George95
 80/104 76.9  - | 4| 7/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero srini701    4/8 ozzz2002
                |  |     Davjack gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb                                     
 81/96  84.3  2 | 5| 8/8 LeoDaVinci                         6/8 ozzz2002 gtho4 jonnowales Sypher
 47/88  53.4  1 | 6| 6/8 Sypher                             3/8 BxBarracuda triviapaul
 58/96  60.4  1 | 7| 7/8 paper_aero                         2/8 N-Bomb gtho4
          .     | 8|                                                          
                |  |
             23 |  |     28                                     21

BxBarracuda is still there but it's now a three-way tie out front with one round left. The defending title holder jonnowales is the only player who can score 8/8 in the final round, but he's too far behind at -9 pts to land on the podium.

Sypher scored the only bonus point but, as he has no live picks (worth 5 pts) for the final, can't catch any of the leaders .. and the rest of us from there down are also out of it.

The medallists will be three of the five in front of Sypher. Five of the 8 pts in the final round are our advance picks (1 pt each finalist + 3 pts the winner); the other three points will come from these three picks:

FT : Wales v Australia
HT : France v New Zealand
FT : France v New Zealand

BxBarracuda can still win this .. if the unthinkable happens and New Zealand lose to France.

Advance picks for World Cup Final added into the last round, Round 8. One point for each finalist and 3 pts for the winner (1 pt if they lose the final).

Posted by: gtho4

Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 23 2011 05:42 AM

Rugby World Cup
Final

Round 8

iRB World Cup
New Zealand

Fri 21st Oct

13 of 14 players lodged tips

18-21 00-5 07-8 three advance picks	7 9 11 11 1 18	FT: Wales v Australia HT: France v New Zealand FT: France v New Zealand New Zealand . (finalist x1 pt) France .. . . . . (finalist x1 pt) New Zealand (winner x3 pts)	jonnowales Davjack gtho4 Sypher Howie72 trivipaual jonnowales Davjack gtho4 BxBarracuda jonnowales Davjack ozzz2002 Sypher jonnowales jonnowales Davjack paper-aero Howie72 triviapaul LeoDaVinci
57		Bronze Final played Friday night and World Cup Final played Sunday night Davjack & jonnowales did not lodge picks x3 for these two games

Tipping Comp Standings

  position                 points      
----- -----               -------      
TW LW hi-lo               LW   TW      bp  WIN FIN
----- -----               ------- hf ws    -------
 1  1  1-5  LeoDaVinci    49 7 56  4    4  NZ  AUS
 1  1  1-9  paper_aero    49 7 56  4 1  2  NZ  AUS
 3  4  1-4  Howie72       47 6 53  3    2  NZ  AUS
 4  1  1-4  BxBarracuda   49 3 52  4 1  4  ENG NZ 
 5  4  1-5  srini701      47 4 51  3    2  AUS NZ
 6  8  1-10 triviapaul    43 6 49  1 2  1  NZ  AUS
 7  7  1-7  N-Bomb        44 4 48  3 1  2  RSA NZ
 8  8  8-12 Davjack       43 4 47  2 2  1  NZ  AUS
 8  8  1-9  George95      43 4 47  1 1  1  AUS NZ 
 8  6  5-11 Sypher        45 2 47  2 3  1  ENG AUS
11 12  1-12 jonnowales  s 40 5 46  1 2  2  NZ  FRA
12 11  1-12 gtho4         42 2 44  2 4  1  AUS NZ
13 13 11-13 ozzz2002      37 3 40    5     AUS ENG
14 14 11-14 KrivoyRog     35   37    1            
            late starters      00          
                            57    30 23 24
      (def) wooden spoon  34 2 36 
            best picks    52 7 59
            perfect picks 56 8 64 
            bonus points  23 1 24

Weekly Leader

 
 1. +2 George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb
       jonnowales srini701 triviapaul
       BxBarracuda LeoDaVinci paper_aero
 2. +3 BxBarracuda   
 3. +4 BxBarracuda
 4. +4 BxBarracuda
 5. +3 BxBarracuda
 6. +2 BxBarracuda
 7. +2 BxBarracuda LeoDaVinci paper_aero
 8. +3             LeoDaVinci paper_aero

            week         Hall of Fame                        Wooden Spoon

          %  bp |wk|   
                |  |     George95 gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb    
                |  |     jonnowales srini701 LeoDaVinci
108/112 96.4 10 | 1| 8/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero triviapaul  7/8 ozzz2002 Davjack KrivoyRog Sypher
 80/104 76.9  2 | 2| 8/8 BxBarracuda                        5/8 ozzz2002 Davjack               
 98/104 94.2  7 | 3| 8/8 BxBarracuda srini701 LeoDaVinci    7/8 ozzz2002 gtho4 paper_aero triviapaul
                |  |     Davjack Sypher Howie72 N-Bomb                         jonnowales George95
 80/104 76.9  - | 4| 7/8 BxBarracuda paper_aero srini701    4/8 ozzz2002
                |  |     Davjack gtho4 Howie72 N-Bomb                                     
 81/96  84.3  2 | 5| 8/8 LeoDaVinci                         6/8 ozzz2002 gtho4 jonnowales Sypher
 47/88  53.4  1 | 6| 6/8 Sypher                             3/8 BxBarracuda triviapaul
 58/96  60.4  1 | 7| 7/8 paper_aero                         2/8 N-Bomb gtho4
 57/104 54.8  1 | 8| 7/8 paper_aero LeoDaVinci              2/8 Sypher gtho4 
                |  |
             24 |  |     30                                     23

BxBarracuda ran out of steam and was swamped at the finish post. LeoDaVinci wins the gold medal on a countback 4-0 vs. 4-1 from paper_aero, and Howie72 takes the last podium spot and the bronze medal.

The wooden spoon which cost paper-aero the gold medal came in Round 3, when a score of 7/8 gave six players a spoon each!

jonnowales was the only player to pick both finalists, and the winner, with his three adavance picks .. jonnowales was the defending title-holder, and srini701 was the silver medallist in the 2007 tipping comp.

After 24 long years New Zealand once again win the William Webb Ellis Cup, beating France in a re-run of the 1987 World Cup Final. The bronze medal game was also a re-run of the 1987 match, but this time Australia beat Wales.

     Winner             Runner-Up   3rd place          4th place
1987 New Zealand  29-9  France      Wales        22-21 Australia
1991 Australia    12–6  England     New Zealand  13–6  Scotland 
1995 South Africa 15–12 New Zealand France       19–9  England 
1999 Australia    35–12 France      South Africa 22–18 New Zealand
2003 England      20–17 Australia   New Zealand  40–13 France 
2007 South Africa 15–6  England     Argentina    34–10 France 
2011 New Zealand   8–7  France      Australia    21–18 Wales

1st : LeoDaVinci
2nd : paper_aero
3rd : Howie72

Congratulations to the three medallists .. commiserations to BxBarracuda, and the rest of us! The next iRB tipping comp is four years away: England 2015.

Posted by: George95

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 23 2011 07:11 AM

Congrats to LDV, paper_aero, Howie72 and Bx, for doing so well in the first 7 rounds!

Thanks gtho4 for running the show!

Posted by: BxBarracuda

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 23 2011 08:29 AM

Way to go Leo, PA and Howie.

Once the playoffs started and the picking got tougher I fell right down the ladder lol.

Thanks for running the comp George.

Posted by: triviapaul

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 23 2011 04:36 PM

Well done winners, it was even closer than the final itself. Thanks to the master of ceremonies gtho.

Posted by: srini701

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Sun Oct 23 2011 11:10 PM

Well done to Leo, paper and Howie

Thanks to gtho for another nicely run comp

Posted by: LeoDaVinci

Re: Results & Standings .. iRB World Cup - Tue Oct 25 2011 05:32 AM

Wait a second, what sport was this? :P

Thanks to George for a great competition, and congratulations to paper_aero and Howie72.