Fiso's Rugby World Cup Prediction Game - QFs

[Spencer4]

Tables after Set 3

[Spencer4]

Game 1 of Set 4
South Africa beat Scotland by 18 with 4 tries:

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.

Maldini (England) 19 - 20 Dummy (Moist)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) 12 - 19 The Bear (Uruguay)
SamD (USA) 17 - 17 Ashers (South Africa)
Geoffv (Samoa) 19 -13 Mo Bot (Scotland)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 12 - 19 Alchemist (Tonga)
Spencer4 (Georgia) 17 - 23 kingcurtley (Namibia)
Arabian Knight (Italy) 16 - 23 Spinynorman (Ireland)
Bluenosey (Canada) 13 - 18 Big Bird (Romania)

[Spencer4]

Game 2 of Set 4
Australia beat England by 20 with 4 tries:

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.

Maldini (England) -16 - -22 Dummy (Moist) (3 - -2)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) -22 - 9 The Bear (Uruguay) (-10 - 28)
SamD (USA) -18 - -23 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (-1 - -6)
Geoffv (Samoa) -15 - -23 Mo Bot (Scotland) (4 - -10)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 2 - -27 Alchemist (Tonga) (14 - -8)
Spencer4 (Georgia) 28 - 24 kingcurtley (Namibia) (45 - 47)
Arabian Knight (Italy) 25 - 26 Spinynorman (Ireland) (41 - 49)
Bluenosey (Canada) 27 - 28 Big Bird (Romania) (40 - 46)

[Ashers]

Game 2 of Set 4
Australia beat England by 20 with 4 tries:

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.


SamD (USA) -18 - -23 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (-1 - -6)

What's the penalty for?

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Game 2 of Set 4
Australia beat England by 20 with 4 tries:

MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 2 - -27 Alchemist (Tonga) (14 - -8)

Hi SP4.
Sorry about this, but gotta query the score ...
think it might be:
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 28 - 13 Alchemist (Tonga)
but I'm not sure ...
because my calculations ignore the fact that Alchemist chose the same margin as I did

I predicted the Aussies win, Alchemist went for a home win.
I chose a 7 point margin (so did Alchemist)
I predicted 4 tries (exact) Alchemist predicted 3
Applying no penalties I get a 28-13 scoreline.

BTW I'll PM you separately about the last round ... I think you beat me in the last game and I cannot follow your "Adjusted scores" (where I come out winning)

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Game 2 of Set 4
Australia beat England by 20 with 4 tries:

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.


SamD (USA) -18 - -23 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (-1 - -6)

What's the penalty for?

Nicking Teacher's ruler

[Spencer4]

Game 2 of Set 4
Australia beat England by 20 with 4 tries:

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.


SamD (USA) -18 - -23 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (-1 - -6)

What's the penalty for?

You, for some reason thought you were playing Geoffv and you copied his 3 point Eng win. No other matches that I can see.

[Spencer4]

Game 2 of Set 4
Australia beat England by 20 with 4 tries:

MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 2 - -27 Alchemist (Tonga) (14 - -8)

Hi SP4.
Sorry about this, but gotta query the score ...
think it might be:
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 28 - 13 Alchemist (Tonga)
but I'm not sure ...
because my calculations ignore the fact that Alchemist chose the same margin as I did

I predicted the Aussies win, Alchemist went for a home win.
I chose a 7 point margin (so did Alchemist)
I predicted 4 tries (exact) Alchemist predicted 3
Applying no penalties I get a 28-13 scoreline.

BTW I'll PM you separately about the last round ... I think you beat me in the last game and I cannot follow your "Adjusted scores" (where I come out winning)

Scoring for this game is:

Alchemist was 27 points away from the actual result, he gets no win points and no bonus try points = -27
You were 14 points better on the score prediction and got 5 points for the closer tries and 10 points for a win = 29 points better than him = 2

[Ashers]

Game 2 of Set 4
Australia beat England by 20 with 4 tries:

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.


SamD (USA) -18 - -23 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (-1 - -6)

What's the penalty for?

You, for some reason thought you were playing Geoffv and you copied his 3 point Eng win. No other matches that I can see.

Can I tweak my other predictions being the away team?

[Ashers]

SamD (USA) v Ashers (South Africa)

Argentina v Tonga - Arg, 25, 7
Italy v Ireland - Ire, 15, 5
Canada v Romania - Can, 10, 4
Fiji v Uruguay - Fij, 35, 7
USA v South Africa - RSA, 40, 8
Georgia v Namibia - Geo, 13, 5

If I can, here they are:

Argentina v Tonga, Arg, 24, 6
Italy v Ireland, Irl, 26, 6
Canada v Romania, Can, 11, 5
Fiji v Uruguay, Fij, 29, 5
USA v South Africa, RSA, 31, 6
Georgia v Namibia, Geo, 15, 3

[Spencer4]

You're thinking of another game Nope, you 'll live with what you have, your predictions are very close to Sam's anyway, no real differences so it'll all play out well.

I actually think the game plays much better with blind picks, the quarter finals will be by PM, I just couldn't face all the matches in the group stage being input that way.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Scoring for this game is:

Alchemist was 27 points away from the actual result, he gets no win points and no bonus try points = -27
You were 14 points better on the score prediction and got 5 points for the closer tries and 10 points for a win = 29 points better than him = 2

Aaaaaah

The fog drifts away, my eyes are opened and I enter a state of euphoric bliss... Nirvana beckons.... so I reach for the turntable and crank up the Amp

[Spencer4]

Game 3 of Set 4
Argentina beat Tonga by 29 with 7 tries:

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.

Maldini (England) 25 - 21 Dummy (Moist) (28 - 19)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) 22 - 35 The Bear (Uruguay) (12 - 63)
SamD (USA) 34 - 14 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (33 - 8)
Geoffv (Samoa) 30 - 25 Mo Bot (Scotland) (34 - -15)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 31 - 25 Alchemist (Tonga) (45 - 17)
Spencer4 (Georgia) 17 - 11 kingcurtley (Namibia) (62 - 58)
Arabian Knight (Italy) 26 - 19 Spinynorman (Ireland) (67 - 68)
Bluenosey (Canada) 29 - 20 Big Bird (Romania) (69 - 66)

[Spencer4]

Game 4 of Set 4
Ireland beat Italy by 7 with 1 try:

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.

Maldini (England) 26 - 20 Dummy (Moist) (54 - 39)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) 30 - 21 The Bear (Uruguay) (42 - 84)
SamD (USA) 27 - 18 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (60 - 26)
Geoffv (Samoa) 49 - 21 Mo Bot (Scotland) (83 - 36)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 38 - 24 Alchemist (Tonga) (83 - 41)
Spencer4 (Georgia) 25 - 32 kingcurtley (Namibia) (87 - 90)
Arabian Knight (Italy) 23 - 25 Spinynorman (Ireland) (90 - 93)
Bluenosey (Canada) 23 - 35 Big Bird (Romania) (92 - 101)

[Spencer4]

The fifth set of games will be:

Group Stage 5 (Games 33-40) Deadline for home teams is midnight 24.00 Wednesday, Away teams must post theirs before kick-off of first game.

1st game ko is 20.00 Friday

The Bear (Uruguay) v Maldini (England)
Surprised (Wales) v Subsonic (Australia)
Mo Bot (Scotland) v Ashers (South Africa)
SamD (USA) v Vannie (Japan)
Alchemist (Tonga) v Boddington (New Zealand)
kingcurtley (Namibia) v MickMacPaddywack (Argentina)
Big Bird (Romania) v Arabian Knight (Italy)
Spinynorman (Ireland) v GM (France)

Template:

New Zealand v Tonga
Samoa v Scotland
Australia v Wales
England v Uruguay
Argentina v Namibia
Italy v Romania
France v Ireland
USA v Japan

[Spencer4]

Game 5 of Set 4
Romania beat Canada by 2 with 4 tries: Only one person went for Romania

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.

Maldini (England) -9 / -11 Dummy (Moist) (45 - 28)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) -11 / -5 The Bear (Uruguay) (31 - 79)
SamD (USA) -7 / -10 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (53 - 16)
Geoffv (Samoa) 49-4 / -12 Mo Bot (Scotland) (79 - 24)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 2 / -20 Alchemist (Tonga) (85 - 21)
Spencer4 (Georgia)14 / -12 kingcurtley (Namibia) (101 - 78)
Arabian Knight (Italy) -5 / -3 Spinynorman (Ireland) (85 - 90)
Bluenosey (Canada) -12 / -11 Big Bird (Romania) (80 - 90)

[Alchemist]

New Zealand v Tonga NZ, 35, 7
Samoa v Scotland Sco, 15,4
Australia v Wales Aus, 17,3
England v Uruguay Who fxxxing cares.................. oh ok Eng, 45, 9
Argentina v Namibia Arg, 38, 7
Italy v Romania Ita, 21,4
France v Ireland Fra, 10,4
USA v Japan Jap, 10, 4

[Boddington]

oops - see below for response

[Boddington]

New Zealand v Tonga NZ, 35, 7
Samoa v Scotland Sco, 15,4
Australia v Wales Aus, 17,3
England v Uruguay Who fxxxing cares.................. oh ok Eng, 45, 9
Argentina v Namibia Arg, 38, 7
Italy v Romania Ita, 21,4
France v Ireland Fra, 10,4
USA v Japan Jap, 10, 4

New Zealand v Tonga NZ, 40, 8
Samoa v Scotland Sco, 14,5
Australia v Wales Aus, 7,4
England v Uruguay Eng, 50, 8
Argentina v Namibia Arg, 39, 6
Italy v Romania Ita, 20,5
France v Ireland Fra, 3,3
USA v Japan Jap, 8, 5

[kingcurtley]

kingcurtley (Namibia) v MickMacPaddywack (Argentina)

New Zealand v Tonga, NZ, 45, 9
Samoa v Scotland, SCO, 10, 5
Australia v Wales, AUS, 8, 4
England v Uruguay, ENG, 48, 9
Argentina v Namibia, ARG, 35, 8
Italy v Romania, ITA, 15, 5
France v Ireland, FRA, 5, 5
USA v Japan, JAP, 8, 4

Thanks for organising, bit a limp defence from the Africans.

[Spinynorman]

New Zealand v Tonga NZ, 40, 7
Samoa v Scotland Sco, 10,3
Australia v Wales Aus, 20,4
England v Uruguay Eng, 38, 6
Argentina v Namibia Arg, 40, 7
Italy v Romania Ita, 18,3
France v Ireland Ire, 6,2
USA v Japan Jap, 16, 4

[The Bear]

New Zealand v Tonga NZ, 49 ,8
Samoa v Scotland Sco, 16,4
Australia v Wales Aus, 12,4
England v Uruguay Eng, 55, 9
Argentina v Namibia Arg,38, 7
Italy v Romania Ita, 20,4
France v Ireland Ire, 6,4
USA v Japan Jap, 10, 4

[Spencer4]

Game 6 of Set 4
Fiji beat Uruguay by 32 with 9 tries.

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.

Maldini (England) 23 - 20 Dummy (Moist) (68 - 48)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) 16 - 18 The Bear (Uruguay) (47 - 97)
SamD (USA) 23 - 13 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (76 - 29)
Geoffv (Samoa) 30 - 14 Mo Bot (Scotland) (109 - 38)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 11 - 27 Alchemist (Tonga) (96 - 48)
Spencer4 (Georgia) 13 - 21 kingcurtley (Namibia) (114 - 99)
Arabian Knight (Italy) 12 - 22 Spinynorman (Ireland) (97 - 112)
Bluenosey (Canada) 12 - 24 Big Bird (Romania) (92 - 114)

[Big Bird]

v Arabian Knight (Italy)

New Zealand v Tonga, NZ 42,8
Samoa v Scotland, Sco 18,4
Australia v Wales, Aus 12,4
England v Uruguay, Eng 50,8
Argentina v Namibia, Arg 35,6
Italy v Romania, Ita 21,4
France v Ireland, Ire 6,4
USA v Japan, Jap 12,4

[Surprised]

v Subsonic

New Zealand v Tonga, NZ, 38, 7
Samoa v Scotland, Sco, 16, 2
Australia v Wales , Aus, 18,3
England v Uruguay, England, 18,3
Argentina v Namibi, Arg, 22, 4
Italy v Romania, Italy,17, 3
France v Ireland, France, 19,3
USA v Japan, Japan, 21, 4

good luck

[GM]

New Zealand v Tonga NZ, 40, 7
Samoa v Scotland Sco, 10,3
Australia v Wales Aus, 20,4
England v Uruguay Eng, 38, 6
Argentina v Namibia Arg, 40, 7
Italy v Romania Ita, 18,3
France v Ireland Ire, 6,2
USA v Japan Jap, 16, 4

Graham's Rnd 5 selections

New Zealand v Tonga NZ, 36, 7
Samoa v Scotland Sam, 6, 4
Australia v Wales Aus, 12, 6
England v Uruguay Eng, 40, 8
Argentina v Namibia Arg, 32, 6
Italy v Romania Ita, 26, 4
France v Ireland Ire, 12, 5
USA v Japan Jap, 12, 4

Thanks & good luck Spiny

[Spencer4]

Game 7 of Set 4
RSA beat USA 64 with 10 tries: No one got close !

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.

Maldini (England) 36 - 43 Dummy (Moist) (104 - 91)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) 30 - 41 The Bear (Uruguay) (77 - 138)
SamD (USA) 53 - 34 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (129 - 63)
Geoffv (Samoa) 40 - 47 Mo Bot (Scotland) (149 - 85)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 42 - 51 Alchemist (Tonga) (138 - 99)
Spencer4 (Georgia) 46 - 42 kingcurtley (Namibia) (160 - 143)
Arabian Knight (Italy) 51 - 44 Spinynorman (Ireland) (148 - 156)
Bluenosey (Canada) 39 - 52 Big Bird (Romania) (131 - 166)

[Spencer4]

FInal game of Set 4

Georgia beat Namibia by 1 point with 3 tries.

Subsonic doesn't bother turning up again so Maldini gets Moist as a 'Dummy' opponent.

Maldini (England) 19 - 22 Dummy (Moist) (123 - 113)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) 36 - 19 The Bear (Uruguay) (113 - 157)
SamD (USA) 24 - 32 Ashers (South Africa) (ashers -5 penalty included) (153 - 95)
Geoffv (Samoa) 43 - 23 Mo Bot (Scotland) (192 - 108)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 22 - 16 Alchemist (Tonga) (160 - 115)
Spencer4 (Georgia) 24 - 15 kingcurtley (Namibia) (184 - 158)
Arabian Knight (Italy) 18 - 20 Spinynorman (Ireland) (166 - 176)
Bluenosey (Canada) 34 - 26 Big Bird (Romania) (165 - 192)

Adjusted Scores:

Maldini (England) 15 - 14 Dummy (Moist)
Moist von Lipwig (Fiji) 14 - 19 The Bear (Uruguay)
SamD (USA) 19 - 11 Ashers (South Africa)
Geoffv (Samoa) 24 - 13 Mo Bot (Scotland)
MickMacPaddywack (Argentina) 20 - 14 Alchemist (Tonga)
Spencer4 (Georgia) 23 - 19 kingcurtley (Namibia)
Arabian Knight (Italy) 20 - 22 Spinynorman (Ireland)
Bluenosey (Canada) 20 - 24 Big Bird (Romania)

[Spencer4]

Final Fixtures:

The Bear (Uruguay) v Maldini (England)
Surprised (Wales) v Subsonic (Australia)
Mo Bot (Scotland) v Ashers (South Africa)
SamD (USA) v Vannie (Japan)
Alchemist (Tonga) v Boddington (New Zealand)
kingcurtley (Namibia) v MickMacPaddywack (Argentina)
Big Bird (Romania) v Arabian Knight (Italy)
Spinynorman (Ireland) v GM (France)

In Group A, Maldini and The Bear clash. They will both go through unless Maldini wins by 3. If that happens, Moist will make it.

In Group B, SamD is through and Mo Bot will join him if he beats Ashers. A draw will take Ashers through. Geoffv can enjoy his few days in the qualifying position, but that's as good as it's going to get for him.

In Group C, Spencer4 and Mick are through, though Mick just needs a point to win the group.

In Group D, Big Bird is through and the winner of Spiny and GM will join him. A draw isn't good enough for GM.

[SamD]

SamD (USA) v Vannie (Japan)

New Zealand v Tonga - NZ, 36, 7
Samoa v Scotland - Sco, 12, 4
Australia v Wales - Aus, 9, 3
England v Uruguay - Eng, 45, 7
Argentina v Namibia - Arg, 39, 7
Italy v Romania - Ita, 15, 4
France v Ireland - Ire, 5, 3
USA v Japan - Jap, 10, 4

Good luck, young Van...