* NEW * murf's 6 Nations Egg Chasing Predictions Knockout Cup 2020 * NEW *

[murf]

22 in.

Just 10 spaces left. First come, first served.

DEADLINE = 2:15 PM

[Doogal]

Wales 32
Ireland 20
England 10

[DavidLloydIsAHero]

Wales 28
Ireland 7
England 15

[Smurphy Paw]

Go on then!

Wales 27
Ireland 12
England 9


Thanks murf

[murf]

7 spaces and 12 minutes left.

DEADLINE LOOMING

LAST CALL

[murf]

Wales walking it by 28 at the mo.

With 9 to go out you need to be scoring 43 or more points I think to be going through (7 or less out).

EDIT Now up to 35-0. Everyone picking a margin of 21 or more is in the top 16.

Ta
murf (=17th with a pick of 20)

[murf]

ROUND 1 - GAME 1 - SCORES ON T'DOORS
Wales 42 - Ireland TBA - England TBA
1 Doogal 32 20 10 40 40
2 bluenosey 31 19 7 39 39
3 forestfan 28 14 3 36 36
4 DavidLloydIsAHero 28 7 15 36 36
5 kcjonze 27 19 11 35 35
6 Smurphy's Paw 27 12 9 35 35
7 Spencer4 26 20 7 34 34
8 Spinynorman 25 15 5 33 33
9 Johnners 24 14 3 32 32
10 trampie 24 12 -2 32 32
11 Shaggy365 24 14 4 32 32
12 Rookster 22 14 6 30 30
13 topspur 22 16 10 30 30
14 Oxford NZ 21 18 3 29 29
15 morganb 21 14 7 29 29
16 Arabian Knight 21 15 10 29 29
17 murf 20 12 6 28 28
18 Mo Bot 20 20 10 28 28
19 jimmyching 19 7 -2 27 27
20 Minitoff 19 13 8 27 27
21 sportsmeister 19 13 1 27 27
22 theo29 18 15 10 26 26
23 steve foster 17 9 12 25 25
24 Ave a banana 17 18 19 25 25
25 eagle224 12 10 6 20 20

[murf]

Ireland by 7. Two of you spot on for your 10 point bonus.

[murf]

ROUND 1 - GAME 2 - SCORES ON T'DOORS
Wales 42 - Ireland 7 - England TBA
Wal Ire Eng
1 DavidLloydIsAHero 28 7 15 36 60 96
2 jimmyching 19 7 -2 27 60 87
3 Smurphy's Paw 27 12 9 35 45 80
4 forestfan 28 14 3 36 43 79
5 Doogal 32 20 10 40 37 77
6 bluenosey 31 19 7 39 38 77
7 trampie 24 12 -2 32 45 77
8 Spinynorman 25 15 5 33 42 75
9 Johnners 24 14 3 32 43 75
10 Shaggy365 24 14 4 32 43 75
11 kcjonze 27 19 11 35 38 73
12 Rookster 22 14 6 30 43 73
13 murf 20 12 6 28 45 73
14 steve foster 17 9 12 25 48 73
15 morganb 21 14 7 29 43 72
16 Spencer4 26 20 7 34 37 71
17 topspur 22 16 10 30 41 71
18 Arabian Knight 21 15 10 29 42 71
19 Minitoff 19 13 8 27 44 71
20 sportsmeister 19 13 1 27 44 71
21 Oxford NZ 21 18 3 29 39 68
22 theo29 18 15 10 26 42 68
23 eagle224 12 10 6 20 47 67
24 Mo Bot 20 20 10 28 37 65
25 Ave a banana 17 18 19 25 39 64

Our 2 exact pickers top the charts and are looking pretty. Spencer4 currently surviving on the tie-break rule but it really all comes down to the England result. A couple have gone for France including jimmyching who maybe isn't that pretty after all....

[jimmy ching]

Hence my attempted too late to edit to England by 1.

[murf]

Hence my attempted too late to edit to England by 1.

You should be safe with a tight England win. Your 10 point 'penalty' for the wrong team leaves you 6pts clear of the dreaded red ink so that leaves you safe up to a 4pt England win and there will be some slack after that for others getting their England margins wrong. I threw England winning by 6 into the spreadsheet and you were safe. Winning by 7 and you lose on the tie-break (closest to England score).

I also threw some in for my situation and I get through on a tie-break with a few of them

[jimmy ching]

Thanks for that stat run down. I just get the feeling I've caught a bout of Bielsaitus.

[Smurphy Paw]

On the other hand, jimmy and trampie might be on to something. England ten down after 15 minutes

[DavidLloydIsAHero]

One of the worst tmo decisions I have seen, french player knocked it on twice...

[forestfan]

One of the worst tmo decisions I have seen, french player knocked it on twice...

It went backwards off him then hit the England player.

Awful performance from England, they can’t complain about decisions. Saracensgate has clearly sunk team morale.

[DavidLloydIsAHero]

One of the worst tmo decisions I have seen, french player knocked it on twice...

It went backwards off him then hit the England player.

Awful performance from England, they can’t complain about decisions. Saracensgate has clearly sunk team morale.

Oh we've been poor, it looked forward off his hand onto Lawes then it hit him on the shoulder and went forward again

[forestfan]

Wales were 16-0 down to France at half-time in their opening match last year... how did that end up for them?

[murf]

Think sportsmeister and Oxford NZ could turn from red to green (barring an English miracle).
Steve foster and kc jonze could regret their over confidence in England.

[murf]

ROUND 1 - FINAL SCORES

Just 2 people got exact scores (Ireland)
Just 2 people predicted a France win
jimmyching was 2 of those people and so top scores with 132.
All a bit of unnecessary showing off if you ask me as you only needed 97 to get through - mind you, 9 of you failed to even score that high and so are bade farewell until this time next year (when apparently we also have the African Cup of Nations back in its traditional spot so my comp for that could well return).
16 through to fight another day (/weekend).
Draw tomorrow hopefully.

42 7 -7
Wal Ire Eng
1 jimmyching 19 7 -2 27 60 45 132
2 trampie 24 12 -2 32 45 45 122
3 DavidLloydIsAHero 28 7 15 36 60 18 114
4 forestfan 28 14 3 36 43 30 109
5 Johnners 24 14 3 32 43 30 105
6 Smurphy's Paw 27 12 9 35 45 24 104
7 Shaggy365 24 14 4 32 43 29 104
8 bluenosey 31 19 7 39 38 26 103
9 Spinynorman 25 15 5 33 42 28 103
10 sportsmeister 19 13 1 27 44 32 103
11 Doogal 32 20 10 40 37 23 100
12 Rookster 22 14 6 30 43 27 100
13 murf 20 12 6 28 45 27 100
14 morganb 21 14 7 29 43 26 98
15 Oxford NZ 21 18 3 29 39 30 98
16 Spencer4 26 20 7 34 37 26 97
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17 Minitoff 19 13 8 27 44 25 96
18 kcjonze 27 19 11 35 38 22 95
19 topspur 22 16 10 30 41 23 94
20 Arabian Knight 21 15 10 29 42 23 94
21 steve foster 17 9 12 25 48 21 94
22 eagle224 12 10 6 20 47 27 94
23 theo29 18 15 10 26 42 23 91
24 Mo Bot 20 20 10 28 37 23 88
25 Ave a banana 17 18 19 25 39 14 78

[Spencer4]

Never in doubt

[Oxford NZ]

Think sportsmeister and Oxford NZ could turn from red to green (barring an English miracle).
Steve foster and kc jonze could regret their over confidence in England.

Thanks murf, The England miracle thankfully did not materialise

[Mo Bot]

Thanks for organising Murf.

[murf]

ROUND 2 DRAW & FIXTURES

forestfan v bluenosey
sportsmeister v morganb
Spinynorman v Rookster
Johnners v Doogal
Oxford NZ v Shaggy365
DavidLloydIsAHero v Smurphy's Paw
jimmyching v trampie
murf v Spencer4

Saturday 8th February 2019
Ireland v Wales 14:15
Scotland v England 16:45
Sunday 9th February 2019
France v Italy 15:00

TEMPLATE

Ireland 6
England 6
France 24

(template is also my picks, NOW edited......)

And so the knockout starts....

[Oxford NZ]

Wales 10
England 15
France 30

[Johnners]

Ireland 4
England 8
France 26

[forestfan]

Wales 5
England 7
France 35

[jimmy ching]

Ireland 2
England 11
France 28

Gone bravado. Maybe foolish but I've got to get more behind my team.

[murf]

5 in so far - all with home draws

where are you away teams? Travel problems out there in the ether?

[Shaggy365]

Ireland 7
England 8
France 28

[Oxford NZ]

Ireland 7
England 8
France 28

Onz
Wales 10
England 15
France 30

Ireland v Wales should decide this tie, but I think I have given England too much credit.

Good luck Shaggy and Wales