This weekend games - predictions

Sat 16 14.30 Wales Argentina Wales by 8
Sat 16 14.30 England New Zealand NZ by 18
Sat 16 15:00 Italy Fiji Italy by 7
Sat 16 17.45 Ireland Australia Ireland by 5
Sat 16 18:00 France Tonga France by 18
Sun 17 15:00 Scotland South Africa Scotland by 3

Sat 16 14.30 Wales Argentina Wales by 10
Sat 16 14.30 England New Zealand NZ by 18
Sat 16 15:00 Italy Fiji Italy by 7
Sat 16 17.45 Ireland Australia Aussies by 5
Sat 16 18:00 France Tonga France by 18
Sun 17 15:00 Scotland South Africa South Africa by 13

Don't know.    

Is copying and pasting allowed?  
I'll need to think about it. I'm least confident about our lot... even after Turin.

Wales , New Zealand , Italy , Ireland . France and south Africa will win

Sat 16 14.30 Wales Argentina Wales by 13
Sat 16 14.30 England New Zealand NZ by 14
Sat 16 15:00 Italy Fiji Italy by 15
Sat 16 17.45 Ireland Australia Australia by 7
Sat 16 18:00 France Tonga France by 20
Sun 17 15:00 Scotland South Africa South Africa by 12

Linebreaker wrote:Is copying and pasting allowed?  
I'll need to think about it. I'm least confident about our lot... even after Milan.

I think the Ireland Australia match is the hardest to call. Crossing all of my fingers and toes.

Followed by Italy Fiji.

The other 3 are likely to be Wales, NZ and SA.

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:Wales     , New Zealand    , Italy   , Ireland . France and south Africa will win

Jimmy - a tenner six-way accumulator with the bookies spread would net you a nice wedge of cash if al six win!

Wales Argentina Argentina by 8
England New Zealand NZ by 10
Italy Fiji Italy by 15
Ireland Australia Ireland by 1
France Tonga France by 12
Scotland South Africa South Africa by 10

Wales by 12
England by 7 (I know, I know )
Italy by 10
Australia by 7
France by 20
South Africa by 15

Wales Argentina Wales by 10+
England New Zealand NZ by < 5
Italy Fiji Italy by 10
Ireland Australia Aussies by 5+
France Tonga France by 12+
Scotland South Africa South Africa by 15

Sat 16 14.30 Wales v Argentina -  Argentina by 8
Sat 16 14.30 England v New Zealand - New Zealand by 22
Sat 16 15:00 Italy v Fiji - Italy by 4
Sat 16 17.45 Ireland v Australia - Australia by 11
Sat 16 18:00 France v Tonga - France by 16
Sun 17 15:00 Scotland v South Africa - by Scotland by 6

Just enough rope to hang myself with!

Italy 25 - 11 Fiji
England 19 - 28 NZ
Wales 20 - 9 Argentina
France 30 - 10 Tonga
Ireland 25 - 17 Australia
Scotland 11 - 22 South Africa

Sat 16 14.30 Wales Argentina     Wales by 15
Sat 16 14.30        England New Zealand    NZ by 12
Sat 16 15:00        Italy Fiji             Italy by 14
Sat 16 17.45        Ireland Australia     Aus by 5
Sat 16 18:00        France Tonga     France by 19
Sun 17 15:00        Scotland South Africa    SA by 15

Wales by less than a score
NZ by more than a score
Italy by a score
Australia by a score
France by a lot more than a score
South Africa by a lot more than a score

Sat 16 14.30 Wales Argentina Wales by 17
Sat 16 14.30 England New Zealand NZ by 20
Sat 16 15:00 Italy Fiji Italy by 8
Sat 16 17.45 Ireland Australia Australia by 3
Sat 16 18:00 France Tonga France by 24
Sun 17 15:00 Scotland South Africa South Africa by 13

Theres no way I'd put my money on the Aus Ireland game, I see that going either way.

I have this little inkling about the scots too, if theyre brave enough to go for it, but I think thats dependant on the weather.

England have a chance, especially as NZ are going to be hurting.

Sat 16 14.30 Wales Argentina Wales by 15
Sat 16 14.30 England New Zealand NZ by 20
Sat 16 15:00 Italy Fiji Italy by 10
Sat 16 17.45 Ireland Australia Ireland by 10
Sat 16 18:00 France Tonga France by 30
Sun 17 15:00 Scotland South Africa SA by 15

Wales 24 Argentina 12
NZ 34 17 England
Italy 18 Fiji 12
Australia 24 Ireland 23
Tonga 15 France 12
Scotland 15 SA 12

Yes you heard it here first. I'm slipping from reality.

Three upsets Kia?

GunsGerms wrote:Three upsets Kia?

There are only 2 upsets there surely?

Cyril's right. Wales and Scotland with the upsets. The rest are according to ranking or logic.  

Cyril wrote:

GunsGerms wrote:Three upsets Kia?

There are only 2 upsets there surely?

I know Tonga beat France in the WC but cant see it happening again.

It's logic. France played well against NZ. The media will pick them up. They'll relax mentally. France will win but I'm going by logic. After a good performance they're due a fall.

GunsGerms wrote:

Cyril wrote:

GunsGerms wrote:Three upsets Kia?

There are only 2 upsets there surely?

I know Tonga beat France in the WC but cant see it happening again.

Tonga and Scotland being the upsets. The rest are as I would expect.

Sat 16 14.30 Wales Argentina Wales by 11
Sat 16 14.30 England New Zealand NZ by 15
Sat 16 15:00 Italy Fiji Italy by 18
Sat 16 17.45 Ireland Australia Draw
Sat 16 18:00 France Tonga France by 30
Sun 17 15:00 Scotland South Africa SA by 18.

Pretty confident bar Ireland v Australia - to oclose to call

Cyril wrote:

GunsGerms wrote:

Cyril wrote:

GunsGerms wrote:Three upsets Kia?

There are only 2 upsets there surely?

I know Tonga beat France in the WC but cant see it happening again.

Tonga and Scotland being the upsets. The rest are as I would expect.

Thanks for clarifying your stance Cyril. I got that already though.

GunsGerms wrote:

Cyril wrote:

GunsGerms wrote:

Cyril wrote:

GunsGerms wrote:Three upsets Kia?

There are only 2 upsets there surely?

I know Tonga beat France in the WC but cant see it happening again.

Tonga and Scotland being the upsets. The rest are as I would expect.

Thanks for clarifying your stance Cyril. I got that already though.

Out of interest, what's your 3rd 'upset' based on kia's predictions?

Cyril wrote:Out of interest, what's your 3rd 'upset' based on kia's predictions?

Do you really need to ask?

GunsGerms wrote:

Cyril wrote:Out of interest, what's your 3rd 'upset' based on kia's predictions?

Do you really need to ask?

Well, I'm guessing you mean Ireland/Aus. Do you really think Aus winning would be an upset?

Well possibly not but Ireland won their last match v Oz (in the WC) plus the last games in Landsdowne ended in a draw and a win for Ireland. Its a home game so anything less than a win for Ireland is a bad result dont you think?

I can see why people might favour Oz but if they play like the did v England it should be a handy win for Ireland I reckon.

A very interesting set of games this week-end

Wales vs Argentina. Both teams will be hurting, Wales after failing yet again to overturn a SH big team, while Argentina's first half performance against England was mediocre at best, and they won't have liked the way England bullied them in the forwards. I expect Argentina to put in a better effort this time around, keeping it close until the final quarter, where Wales's superior fitness and tired Argie legs will tell.
Prediction: Wales by something between one and two scores.

England vs New Zealand: despite all the noises coming from the NZ camp you'd expect them to be well up for this, as their tonking by England last time around is the only serious blot on an impeccable copy-book. England have been uneven in their two games so far, and will need to show the intensity they did last year, or in the first half against the Argies. If they can do that, they will be competitive.
Prediction: NZ by about a score.

Italy vs Fiji: probably the easiest game to call. Italy will be too strong in the forwards, and the Fiji backs just won't get a chance to shine.
Prediction: Italy by 10-15.

Ireland vs Australia: possibly the closest tie of the round. Ireland have a new coach, which means a fair amount of fine-tuning to do, while the Aussies have been up and down recently (good against the ABs, must have been decent in Italy, fairly average against England, very good against the Argies, poor in the RC otherwise, etc.) so it's hard what to make of them. Ultimately I think this AI is more about performance, and setting a solid base for Ireland than the results though.
Prediction: Aus by less than a score.

France-Tonga: on paper the easiest game to predict. France should beat Tonga fairly easily, especially as they should still be smarting from their WC defeat. HOWEVER, this is France, and a pretty mediocre France side at that, since PSA took over, and having turned in a pretty good performance last week there's always the possibility they'll fail to turn up this time. Despite all that, I think France will run out easy-ish winners.
Prediction: France by 15.

Scotland vs SA: Scotland have shown signs of improvement, but SA are comfortably the second-best team in the world right now, so I can't see anything other than SA dominating up front and easing to victory.
Prediction: SA by 15.

brennomac wrote:

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:Wales     , New Zealand    , Italy   , Ireland . France and south Africa will win

Jimmy - a tenner six-way accumulator with the bookies spread would net you a nice wedge of cash if al six win!

i think i would have but Ireland prob mess it up  

England by 14
aus by 3
Wales by 5
SA by 14
Italy by 3
France by 20

New Zealand by 1,
Wales by 10,
South Africa by 10,
Italy by 10,
France by 10.

But the one for me is Ireland to beat Australia by 6, watching that game last week I thought it was just the right game for Ireland at that time, they can build on that.

Here's one: predict the relative penalty count.

England v NZ 1:2

(i.e. 2 penalties + free kicks awarded against NZ for every 1 against England)

Scotland v SA 1:2
Ireland v Australia 1:2
Wales v Argentina 1:2
France v Tonga 1:2
Italy v Fiji 1:2

Wales Argentina - Wales by 12
England New Zealand - NZ by 17
Italy Fiji - Italy by 2
Ireland Australia - Ireland by 3
France Tonga - France by 27
Scotland South Africa - South Africa by 14

blackcanelion wrote:Here's one: predict the relative penalty count.

England v NZ 1:2

(i.e. 2 penalties + free kicks awarded against NZ for every 1 against England)

Scotland v SA 1:2
Ireland v Australia 1:2
Wales v Argentina 1:2
France v Tonga 1:2
Italy v Fiji 1:2

Thought I'd have a look back and check the relative penalty and free kick counts

Scotland v SA 1:1.8
Ireland v Australia 1:2.4
France v Tonga 1:1.9
Italy v Fiji 1:2.9
England v NZ 1:1.3
Wales v Argentina 1:1

100 % correct.  

aucklandlaurie wrote:
New Zealand by 1,
Wales by 10,
South Africa by 10,
Italy by 10,
France by 10.

But the one for me is Ireland to beat Australia by 6, watching that game last week I thought it was just the right game for Ireland at that time, they can build on that.

Well that does it Im not going to back Ireland for the rest of the year.

Mad for Chelsea wrote:A very interesting set of games this week-end

Wales vs Argentina. Both teams will be hurting, Wales after failing yet again to overturn a SH big team, while Argentina's first half performance against England was mediocre at best, and they won't have liked the way England bullied them in the forwards. I expect Argentina to put in a better effort this time around, keeping it close until the final quarter, where Wales's superior fitness and tired Argie legs will tell.
Prediction: Wales by something between one and two scores.

England vs New Zealand: despite all the noises coming from the NZ camp you'd expect them to be well up for this, as their tonking by England last time around is the only serious blot on an impeccable copy-book. England have been uneven in their two games so far, and will need to show the intensity they did last year, or in the first half against the Argies. If they can do that, they will be competitive.
Prediction: NZ by about a score.

Italy vs Fiji: probably the easiest game to call. Italy will be too strong in the forwards, and the Fiji backs just won't get a chance to shine.
Prediction: Italy by 10-15.

Ireland vs Australia: possibly the closest tie of the round. Ireland have a new coach, which means a fair amount of fine-tuning to do, while the Aussies have been up and down recently (good against the ABs, must have been decent in Italy, fairly average against England, very good against the Argies, poor in the RC otherwise, etc.) so it's hard what to make of them. Ultimately I think this AI is more about performance, and setting a solid base for Ireland than the results though.
Prediction: Aus by less than a score.

France-Tonga: on paper the easiest game to predict. France should beat Tonga fairly easily, especially as they should still be smarting from their WC defeat. HOWEVER, this is France, and a pretty mediocre France side at that, since PSA took over, and having turned in a pretty good performance last week there's always the possibility they'll fail to turn up this time. Despite all that, I think France will run out easy-ish winners.
Prediction: France by 15.

Scotland vs SA: Scotland have shown signs of improvement, but SA are comfortably the second-best team in the world right now, so I can't see anything other than SA dominating up front and easing to victory.
Prediction: SA by 15.

well at least I got the results right

Thought Arg would compete better than that, but Wales were very good, full credit to them.
Got Eng vs NZ pretty much spot on.
Fiji's backs obviously competed better than I thought they would, but as expected Italy's forwards too strong.
Thought Ireland-Aus would be much closer (like many on here obv.)
Wasn't far off with France-Tonga.
Thought Scotland would be a bit more competitive, didn't expect quite such a huge margin.

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:100 % correct.  

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you were right on one thing though: France had a poor game and only won by 20 conceding 2 tries

100 per cent correct, I am slipping from reality. Good result whocares. Maybe France's good run after Lions tests seems likely as that's two good consecutive performances.