RWC Competition 2019

by hugehandoff Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:20 am

First topic message reminder :

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 maestegmafia Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:50 pm

We probably need to cut off the entries pretty soon here lads as the score for the first match is getting a little easy to predict as the first match progresses.

by robbo277 Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:50 pm

ebop wrote:Japan 30 - 10 Russia

Good shout. A lot of people seemed to have Russia on 10 as it happens, including myself (33-10).

Personally thought Japan were better by a bigger margin, but the weather might be a leveller.

by Armchairexpert Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:19 pm

Too late for game 1 but hopefully ok to join (not that I expect to do very well because i’m Using more heart than brain)

Japan - Russia -
Australia 27 Fiji 32
France 24 Argentina 12
New Zealand 21 South Africa 28
Italy 33 Namibia 10
Ireland 26 Scotland 21
England 52 Tonga 11
Wales 18 Georgia 10

by Guest Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:50 pm

Late in the game here and back from the dead, but I'll go with the following:

Australia 26 Fiji 18
France 22 Argentina 17
New Zealand 33 South Africa 20
Italy 40 Namibia 7
Ireland 29 Scotland 20
England 68 Tonga 12
Wales 26 Georgia 3

by hugehandoff Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:25 pm

Please ensure you add your predictions before matches are played. I have added some more to the original article so you can do just a few or all of them as you prefer!

by **Afro** Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:29 pm

Russia 14-32 Samoa
Fiji 45-9 Uruguay
Italy 66-12 Canada
Thu, 26 Sep England 71-9 USA
Argentina 28-18 Tonga
Japan 14-35 Ireland
South Africa 65-12 Namibia
Georgia 28-14 Uruguay
Australia 15-18 Wales
Scotland 35-24 Samoa

Thanks once again!

by Taylorman Mon Sep 23, 2019 4:42 am

Taylorman wrote:
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

Russia 13- 32 Samoa
Fiji 56-12 Uruguay
Italy 44-16 Canada
England 56-18 USA
Argentina 29-21 Tonga
Japan 14-43 Ireland
South Africa 78-3 Namibia
Georgia 29-13 Uruguay
Australia 27-18 Wales
Scotland 23-21 Samoa

by **RDW** Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:38 am

Russia 15- 35 Samoa
Fiji 38-14 Uruguay
Italy 32-17 Canada
England 37-16 USA
Argentina 32-16 Tonga
Japan 18-34 Ireland
South Africa 67-10 Namibia
Georgia 32-12 Uruguay
Australia 26-22 Wales
Scotland 32-26 Samoa

by Wiglaf Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:33 am

Russia 16 - 29 Samoa
Fiji 22 - 9 Uruguay
Italy 31 - 11 Canada
England 38 - 17 USA
Argentina 27 - 16 Tonga
Japan 15 - 30 Ireland
South Africa 68 - 6 Namibia
Georgia 24 - 10 Uruguay
Australia 28 - 30 Wales
Scotland 31 - 12 Samoa

by **LondonTiger** Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:47 am

Russia 12 - 34 Samoa
Fiji 32 - 9 Uruguay
Italy 41 - 10 Canada
England 54 - 6 USA
Argentina 27 - 9 Tonga
Japan 24 - 30 Ireland
South Africa 82 - 3 Namibia
Georgia 24 - 10 Uruguay
Australia 17 - 18 Wales
Scotland 36 - 12 Samoa

by BamBam Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:00 am

Russia 13 - 39 Samoa
Fiji 37 - 9 Uruguay
Italy 27 - 13 Canada
England 44 - 6 USA
Argentina 33 - 14 Tonga
Japan 13 - 34 Ireland
South Africa 74 - 6 Namibia
Georgia 29 - 14 Uruguay
Australia 19 - 24 Wales
Scotland 31 - 17 Samoa

by alive555 Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:04 am

Russia 12 - 34 Samoa
Fiji 44 - 9 Uruguay
Italy 29 - 18 Canada
England 52 - 12 USA
Argentina 28 - 12 Tonga
Japan 18 - 34 Ireland
South Africa 74 - 6 Namibia
Georgia 26 - 12 Uruguay
Australia 26 - 24 Wales
Scotland 35 - 18 Samoa

by Rinsure Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:05 am

Rinsure wrote: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

Russia 12 - 28 Samoa
Fiji 44 - 10 Uruguay
Italy 23 - 18 Canada
England 40 - 9 USA
Argentina 26 - 6 Tonga
Japan 18 - 15 Ireland
South Africa 66 - 6 Namibia
Georgia 24 - 22 Uruguay
Australia 18 - 21 Wales
Scotland 21 - 23 Samoa

by TightHEAD Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:09 am

Russia 17 - 38 Samoa
Fiji 58 - 12 Uruguay
Italy 37 - 15 Canada
England 48 - 15 USA
Argentina 36 - 15 Tonga
Japan 11 - 42 Ireland
South Africa 72 - 9 Namibia
Georgia 35 - 12 Uruguay
Australia 29 - 23 Wales
Scotland 35 - 22 Samoa

by **Pal Joey** Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:22 am

Russia 10 - 35 Samoa
Fiji 59 - 13 Uruguay
Italy 43 - 16 Canada
England 42 - 14 USA
Argentina 37 - 20 Tonga
Japan 15 - 40 Ireland
South Africa 71 - 3 Namibia
Georgia 27 - 20 Uruguay
Australia 32 - 26 Wales
Scotland 25 - 22 Samoa

by BigTrevsbigmac Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:44 am

Russia 12- 25 Samoa
Fiji 62 - 18 Uruguay
Italy 32 - 20 Canada
England 62 - 17 USA
Argentina 32 - 29 Tonga
Japan 21 - 37 Ireland
South Africa 62- 18 Namibia
Georgia 18 - 25 Uruguay
Australia 29 - 21 Wales
Scotland 23 - 22 Samoa

by bsando Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:11 pm

Russia 15 - 29 Samoa
Fiji 50 - 15 Uruguay
Italy 40 - 14 Canada
England 45 - 18 USA
Argentina 21 - 9 Tonga
Japan 21 - 33 Ireland
South Africa 55 - 7 Namibia
Georgia 34 - 18 Uruguay
Australia 34 - 33 Wales
Scotland 33 - 21 Samoa

by LordDowlais Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:34 pm

Russia 22-32 Samoa
Fiji 55-12 Uruguay
Italy 45-18 Canada

Thu, 26 Sep
England 65-12 USA
Argentina 30-18 Tonga
Japan 14-45 Ireland
South Africa 70-7 Namibia
Georgia 35-14 Uruguay
Australia 15-13 Wales
Scotland 20-24 Samoa

by Guest Mon Sep 23, 2019 2:19 pm

Russia 16 - 35 Samoa
Fiji 39 - 13 Uruguay
Italy 35 - 12 Canada
England 52 - 16 USA
Argentina 38 - 20 Tonga
Japan 17 - 38 Ireland
South Africa 65 - 12 Namibia
Georgia 33 - 13 Uruguay
Australia 13 - 15 Wales (HEART OVER HEAD)
Scotland 36 - 19 Samoa

by No 7&1/2 Mon Sep 23, 2019 3:13 pm

Russia 12-40 Samoa
Fiji 35-6 Uruguay
Italy 36-12 Canada
England 52-9 USA
Argentina 28-18 Tonga
Japan 10 - 30 Ireland
South Africa 52-6 Namibia
Georgia 23-14 Uruguay
Australia 23-18 Wales
Scotland 28- 13Samoa

Cheers

by No9 Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:14 pm

Russia 10-15 Samoa
Fiji 32-18 Uruguay
Italy 20-16 Canada
England 38-18 USA
Argentina 30-20 Tonga
Japan 18-32 Ireland
South Africa 50-3 Namibia
Georgia 22-6 Uruguay
Australia 23-25 Wales
Scotland 20-18 Samoa

by maestegmafia Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:20 pm

Russia 13-35 Samoa
Fiji 45-12 Uruguay
Italy 27-23 Canada
England 50-0 USA
Argentina 28-25 Tonga
Japan 12-47 Ireland
South Africa 70-3 Namibia
Georgia 28-15 Uruguay
Australia 13-15 Wales
Scotland 21-20 Samoa

by robbo277 Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:36 pm

Russia 15 - 33 Samoa
Fiji 43 - 7 Uruguay
Italy 56 - 12 Canada
England 45 - 9 USA
Argentina 28 - 13 Tonga
Japan 17 - 26 Ireland
South Africa 55 - 6 Namibia
Georgia 30 - 12 Uruguay
Australia 19 - 24 Wales
Scotland 33 - 20 Samoa

by Irishhoneymonster Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:38 pm

Russia 12 - 32 Samoa
Fiji 43 - 12 Uruguay
Italy 28 - 15 Canada
England 54 - 15 USA
Argentina 28 - 15 Tonga
Japan 21 - 42 Ireland
South Africa 65 - 12 Namibia
Georgia 26 - 10 Uruguay
Australia 28 - 24 Wales
Scotland 32 - 24 Samoa

by Guest Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:58 pm

Russia 10 - 30 Samoa
Fiji 50 - 10 Uruguay
Italy 30 - 20 Canada
England 50 - 10 USA
Argentina 20 - 10 Tonga
Japan 20 - 30 Ireland
South Africa 60 - 0 Namibia
Georgia 20 - 10 Uruguay
Australia 20 - 30 Wales
Scotland 20 - 10 Samoa

by Noble-Surfer Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:38 pm

Russia 12 - 30 Samoa
Fiji 47 - Uruguay 9
Italy 27 - 15 Canada
England 48 - 13 USA
Argentina 17 - 12 Tonga
Japan 15 - 32 Ireland
South Africa 50 - 0 Namibia
Georgia 27 - Uruguay 13
Australia 17 - Wales 20
Scotland 23 - Samoa 12

by SecretFly Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:56 pm

New Zealand 23 - Deck chairs 23

by sportform Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:49 am

Russia 13-35 Samoa

by eirebilly Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:13 am

Russia 17 - 35 Samoa
Fiji 41 - 13 Uruguay
Italy 30 - 20 Canada
England 62 - 15 USA
Argentina 29 - 23 Tonga
Japan 17 - 42 Ireland
South Africa 47 - 11 Namibia
Georgia 20 - 10 Uruguay
Australia 20 - 27 Wales
Scotland 33 - 17 Samoa

by hugehandoff Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:12 am

Russia 15 - 28 Samoa
Fiji 44 - 12 Uruguay
Italy 29 - 17 Canada
England 46 - 12 USA
Argentina 35 - 15 Tonga
Japan 17 - 37 Ireland
South Africa 53 - 15 Namibia
Georgia 25 - 18 Uruguay
Australia 24 - 22 Wales
Scotland 28 - 18 Samoa

by Duty281 Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:28 am

Russia 10-27 Samoa
Fiji 35-10 Uruguay
Italy 45-21 Canada
England 101-0 USA
Argentina 18-17 Tonga
Japan 21-42 Ireland
South Africa 85-3 Namibia
Georgia 40-15 Uruguay
Australia 21-20 Wales
Scotland 22-25 Samoa

by **rodders** Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:41 am

Russia 12-26 Samoa
Fiji 40-10 Uruguay
Italy 30-22 Canada
England 70-18 USA
Argentina 40-12 Tonga
Japan 15-42 Ireland
South Africa 50-8 Namibia
Georgia 30-10 Uruguay
Australia 30-27 Wales
Scotland 28-18 Samoa

by Collapse2005 Tue Sep 24, 2019 9:45 am

Russia 19-17 Samoa
Fiji 35-11 Uruguay
Italy 37-22 Canada
England 41-10 USA
Argentina 43-14 Tonga
Japan 14-37 Ireland
South Africa 58-15 Namibia
Georgia 27-0 Uruguay
Australia 17-27 Wales
Scotland 30-9 Samoa

by Tattie Scones RRN Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:06 am

Russia 15-35 Samoa
Fiji 40-10 Uruguay
Italy 35-15 Canada
England 50-10 USA
Argentina 50 -15 Tonga
Japan 20-45 Ireland
South Africa 60-10 Namibia
Georgia 25-15 Uruguay
Australia 20-30 Wales
Scotland 35-20 Samoa

by Pete330v2 Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:05 am

Russia 22 - 33 Samoa
Fiji 45 - 10 Uruguay
Italy 36 - 15 Canada
England 55 - 15 USA
Argentina 38 - 21 Tonga
Japan 12 - 48 Ireland
South Africa 56 - 15 Namibia
Georgia 25 - 7 Uruguay
Australia 26 - 31 Wales
Scotland 33 - 25 Samoa

by sportform Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:36 am

Fiji 27-13 Uruguay
Italy 17-13 Canada
England 55-12 USA
Argentina 34-10 Tonga
Japan 17-27 Ireland
South Africa 45-7 Namibia
Georgia 22-14 Uruguay
Australia 16-27 Wales
Scotland 18-25 Samoa

by LordDowlais Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:38 am

Well, well, well.

Todays result has just blown us all out of the water. Laugh

Lets start again next week. Whistle

by **Pal Joey** Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:19 am

Yeah, we all fell for that one! Well played Uruguay! clap

The Italy of the Western Hemisphere.
Quite a skilled bunch of switched on players. They were good to watch.

How will they go against Georgia... could there be another similar result?

by BamBam Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:21 am

At least we ALL cocked it up

by LordDowlais Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:21 am

I cannot wait for the predictions next week. Very Happy

by TightHEAD Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:36 am

I didn't like the result, can we change it by taking it to the supreme court?

by robbo277 Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:46 am

TightHEAD wrote:I didn't like the result, can we change it by taking it to the supreme court?

Unfortunately not. But if Uruguay lied to Bill Beaumont to get him to prorogue the tournament until the 14th October to cement their third place, we'd have to get Lady Hale on the phone.

by **rodders** Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:06 am

TightHEAD wrote:I didn't like the result, can we change it by taking it to the supreme court?

Sure, as long as we can prorogue groups A & B until October 19th...

by lostinwales Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:22 pm

TightHEAD wrote:I didn't like the result, can we change it by taking it to the supreme court?

The correct analogy is using the courts to allow the citing committee to review an on field decision by the ref.

by Guest Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:50 pm

TightHEAD wrote:I didn't like the result, can we change it by taking it to the supreme court?

Thankfully not how rugby works...and thankfully, a democratic system isn't decided by how many points you score over 80 minutes.

by hugehandoff Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:11 pm

Scores on the doors up to and including the Wales V Georgia match. I will include all matches post that one at some point (it was more work than i relaised:roll: ). Please do check your own scores as human error could be a factor and any issues then please PM me and I will double check/correct. A long way to go and getting a complete match bang on really makes a difference, which is what EBOP did - congrats there on the opening match.

ebop 230
Irishhoneymonster 229
BamBam 228
robbo227 226
Pal Joey 224
7&1/2 222
alive555 218
TightHEAD 212
hugehandoff 212
No9 210
BigTrevsbigmac 210
quinnsforever 208
Noble-Surfer 208
RDW 199
Collapse2005 199
Pete330v2 199
Tattie Scones RRN 198
London Tiger 197
Afro 197
rainbow-warrior 196
Taylorman 193
Wiglaf 191
eirebilly 191
LordDowlais 189
tigertattie 187
Pie 177
miaow 177
demosthenes 170
maestegmafia 169
Rinsure 168
sportform 163
rodders 157
bsando 156
Armchairexpert 135
Duty281 116

by **Pal Joey** Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:24 pm

Thanks hugehandoff.... that's a heap of work!

Quick question: what happens if one picks a draw (and the result is a win) - is it just the points off the 10 maximum possible from the actual scores of each team if applicable?

by hugehandoff Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:37 pm

I have PM sportform who originally started this thing and await his reply.

by **Pal Joey** Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:18 pm

hugehandoff wrote:I have PM sportform who originally started this thing and await his reply.

No worries... the thought just crossed my mind. Smile

by quinsforever Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:59 pm

fack. missed first 4 matches. oh well. next six anyway

Argentina 32-12 Tonga
Japan 7-28 Ireland
South Africa 50-6 Namibia
Georgia 15-12 Uruguay
Australia 21-30 Wales
Scotland 21-12 Samoa

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