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I thought I was going to close right up by being closest to the winning margin for England - then discover one has to be within fifteen points to get the point! I don't think the most wildly optimistic England fan could have predicted yesterday's drubbing...


Quids' to lose, though the final round could be the hardest of all to predict - possible complacency from England, Ireland with a point to prove, Scotland lost a lot of men yesterday, Italy showed some flashes and a fair bit of spirit and Wales and France seem on about a par...could be interesting.

All to play for with the final fixtures tomorrow. Well for a few of you! I reckon a GSP will be hard earned and could prove decisive. The fixtures are:


Saturday


Scotland v Italy 12.30

France v Wales 14.45

Ireland v England 17.00


Good luck with those..........

Cripes - my dreams of creeping into the top two or at least ending up reassuringly average seem to have gone for a burton! Proud possessor of the wooden spoon...


Well done Quids and many thanks Alan M for organising, lent an extra interest to the competition, it's been fun. See you next year?


Quote of the day, Brian Moore in the fifteenth minute of overtime, "Well I suppose after all the peculiar things that have happened in the last year this is just another one of them..."

Don't know about a Lions competition RD, maybe nearer the time.


Wondering if any of you would be interested in playing Superbru's Master's competition. The golfers are divided into 4 groups and you pick one from each. You can repeat each day. Your score is determined by how they do. 3 under par = 3 points etc.


It wouldn't last very long but may be of interest. Given the time difference you would have plenty of time in the mornings to make/change your selections.


Anyone want to have a go at it? I don't want to start a thread at this point.

  • 2 months later...

I've set up a pool for the Lions tour. The previous participants should receive an invite automatically. Haven't had a chance to read the rules. This is a link to the site for anyone wishing to join & play


https://www.superbru.com/home/login_form.php?login=1&referer=%2Flionstour_predictor%2Fjoin_tournament.php%3Ffolder%3Dlionstour_predictor


Once registered, search for Lions Prediction Game, and then search in Pools for EDF Lions P G. To join use the code mudsbuds


Use your Forum name so we know who you are.

Points scoring is like this:

Win Point = 1 point (though I think it may be 2 for the Tests)

Margin Point = 0.5 points for getting prediction within 5 points

Bonus Point = 1 point but will be shared for those getting prediction within 15 points.

No Grand Slam points in this game.


Five players so far. This I think is far more difficult than the 6 nations. Anything could happen........

Well that was bloody insipid. I know they're jetlagged, haven't had much prep etc but really, the cream of four nations should be able to put up a better performance against a pickup team from New Zealand's second tier. Anyone spot any positives today? The Blues will slaughter them Wednesday without a 200% improvement.
For a scratch team I thought the Barbarians played really well. It's difficult to judge the Lions performance for the reasons you mentioned but 3 weeks seems like a very short time before the 1st Test. At least the Blues are the lesser of the NZ Super teams this season but I'm not sure that's much consolation. Gatland has a very difficult task to blend a team to prepare for the Tests. They won't want to lose any game but it's the Test series that matters.

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