Hey folks!
Welcome to another Tipping update!
2 weeks into the NRL competition and already the season is looking ominously familiar already.
Premiers Manly and Melbourne are 2 from 2, while Des Hasler's Bulldogs also have a new lease of life under the premiership winning coach after two impressive victories so far.
Other teams continue to be inconsistant while last seasons strugglers the Sharks and Eels find themselves battling an uphill battle already if they don't pull things together very soon.
In our tipping competition, tais1 has hit the lead on 13 points, just 1 point ahead of closest rivals ootz and Mr Busy, after another impressive week of tipping, nailing 6 from 8. Bearette also managed to land 6 matches and climbed up from 18th to 4th Place.
At the bottom of the pile, Bearass didn't get his tips in which resulted in 0 from 8 (Lowest Score with an adjustment of -1), giving him a grand total of 1 so far. Still plenty of time to make amends, mate!
tais1 with 6 points and a margin of 2. Very Nice!
Keep getting those tips in!
Here's what's happened in Week Two!
BOWEN BRILLIANCE BREAKS THE BRONCOS
A piece of Matt Bowen birthday magic in the dying minutes clinched North Queensland a thrilling 28-26 victory over the Broncos in Brisbane on Friday night.
Trailing by four points, Gerard Beale's failed attempt to take a late bomb gave the Cowboys prime field position to try and escape with a last-gasp victory.
A slippery Bowen picked up the ball from the scrum base, dummied his way through the line and sprinted 20 metres to score under the posts and hand Johnathan Thurston the easiest of conversions to win the game.
The spectacular try capped a roller-coaster 30th birthday for the electric full-back, who was also culpable for a few errors that proved costly at the other end.
Bowen and team-mate Brent Tate both agreed the Cowboys deserved the pasting they copped during the week for last weekend's defeat to the Titans, but were happy to come out victorious in front of a massive crowd of 47,171.
"It still wasn't a really polished performance, we still handed way too much ball over," Tate told Grandstand.
"But it was a pretty gutsy performance. There is still plenty of rust in us but to guts it out and get a win like that, I'm pretty stoked."
Tate said he was hoping game-breakers Thurston and Bowen would pull out something special.
"When he got behind I must admit I was thinking - JT and Mango - I hope they come to the fore," he said.
"And the little magician, he snuck away with it."
The Cowboys lead 16-8 at the break before Brisbane scored two tries in five minutes after half-time to take a shock 20-16 lead.
Bench forward Josh McGuire could not believe his luck, swooping on one of Bowen's spilled balls on 42 minutes.
The Broncos were in again when centre Jack Reed delivered a one-handed looping pass to winger Beale to score before the enigmatic Bowen touched down for the first in his double off a lovely Thurston pass.
But Ben Te'o looked to have given Brisbane the win when he capped a superb Broncos counterattack only for Bowen late try to end Brisbane's nine-game winning streak at Lang Park.
The Cowboys were helped considerably in the first half by a 7-3 penalty count.
Their opening try of the match, however, came from some poor Brisbane defence with lock Dallas Johnson ambling across in just the fifth minute without being touched.
Brisbane replied when winger Jharal Yow Yeh slid over in the right corner following a quick shift and spread with skipper Sam Thaiday, playing his 150th game for the club, delivering the last pass.
Cowboys: 28 (M Bowen 2, D Johnson, J Segeyaro, B Tate tries; J Thurston 3/4 conv)
Broncos: 26 (G Beale, J McGuire, B Te'o, J Yow Yeh tries; C Parker 4/4 conv; 1/1 pen)
Titans Jordan Rankin scored a brilliant Titans team try in the 31st minute v Raiders on Saturday that Rankin almost bombed when he decided to ignore a five-on-two overlap to his outside to dash infield and score under the posts.
RANK
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TIPPER
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ROUND 2 SCORE
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ROUND 2 MARGIN
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TOTAL MARGIN
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TOTAL SCORE
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1
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tais1
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6
|
2
|
14
|
13
|
2
|
ootz
|
5
|
0
|
7
|
12
|
3
|
MrBusy
|
5
|
4
|
11
|
12
|
4
|
Bearette
|
6
|
8
|
15
|
11
|
5
|
haze13
|
5
|
10
|
21
|
11
|
6
|
Wilshere Wonderland
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
10
|
7
|
5JS
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
10
|
8
|
sole@basher
|
4
|
2
|
9
|
10
|
9
|
steven bowers
|
4
|
2
|
11
|
10
|
10
|
sava4
|
5
|
8
|
15
|
10
|
11
|
Hemi Ropata
|
5
|
10
|
17
|
10
|
12
|
TUMUCH
|
5
|
10
|
21
|
10
|
13
|
Big Trouble
|
5
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
14
|
Feet Little
|
4
|
2
|
9
|
9
|
15
|
BT Ross
|
5
|
2
|
11
|
9
|
16
|
Heath Caldwell
|
5
|
2
|
13
|
9
|
17
|
Steven Marshall
|
5
|
4
|
13
|
9
|
18
|
Tigerstu
|
3
|
10
|
17
|
9
|
19
|
Tiger Warrior
|
3
|
8
|
19
|
9
|
20
|
Dean Campbell
|
4
|
11
|
20
|
9
|
21
|
Sanka
|
3
|
9
|
20
|
9
|
22
|
The Neighbour
|
5
|
12
|
21
|
9
|
23
|
rog the dodge
|
4
|
14
|
43
|
9
|
24
|
boogs_nz
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
8
|
25
|
Shay Wall
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
8
|
26
|
melros
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
8
|
27
|
ROOSTERSRCHAMPIONS
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
8
|
28
|
Gaddaffi
|
5
|
2
|
9
|
8
|
29
|
killswitch
|
3
|
2
|
9
|
8
|
30
|
Vee8head
|
4
|
4
|
11
|
8
|
31
|
NO1QPRNZ
|
5
|
0
|
13
|
8
|
32
|
Beakster
|
3
|
4
|
13
|
8
|
33
|
melz
|
4
|
6
|
15
|
8
|
34
|
Rex Kwando
|
4
|
8
|
15
|
8
|
35
|
Keith Wilton
|
2
|
10
|
15
|
8
|
36
|
kazgriffo
|
4
|
6
|
17
|
8
|
37
|
jared francois
|
3
|
8
|
17
|
8
|
38
|
wayne
|
4
|
10
|
19
|
8
|
39
|
Kiwi_Misty
|
3
|
8
|
19
|
8
|
40
|
Brenda Kirkman
|
3
|
10
|
19
|
8
|
41
|
BEARlythere
|
4
|
12
|
22
|
8
|
42
|
cmcnls+1day
|
5
|
11
|
28
|
8
|
43
|
NZ Tiger
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
7
|
44
|
Yo Mama
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
45
|
Evra69
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
46
|
eviltwin
|
4
|
1
|
8
|
7
|
47
|
Harveysan
|
3
|
0
|
8
|
7
|
48
|
Scotsta
|
4
|
2
|
11
|
7
|
49
|
Richard McCourt
|
3
|
2
|
11
|
7
|
50
|
Scott Nielson
|
5
|
10
|
15
|
7
|
51
|
Simply The Bears
|
4
|
4
|
15
|
7
|
52
|
Redv4me
|
3
|
12
|
15
|
7
|
53
|
katie rice
|
3
|
10
|
19
|
7
|
54
|
TimmyDemon
|
3
|
10
|
21
|
7
|
55
|
blo1
|
3
|
10
|
21
|
7
|
56
|
Jessamine
|
3
|
12
|
21
|
7
|
57
|
Warmess
|
3
|
14
|
21
|
7
|
58
|
Bruiser
|
4
|
12
|
23
|
7
|
59
|
money_box_man
|
2
|
10
|
23
|
7
|
60
|
Matthew Bowers
|
4
|
21
|
32
|
7
|
61
|
kelren
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
62
|
mdt64
|
4
|
2
|
11
|
6
|
63
|
Dave Gearey
|
3
|
0
|
11
|
6
|
64
|
Lainey
|
3
|
4
|
12
|
6
|
65
|
Darren Scott
|
4
|
4
|
13
|
6
|
66
|
OVERATEDBENJI
|
3
|
2
|
13
|
6
|
67
|
Sincas
|
3
|
6
|
15
|
6
|
68
|
Balmainadrian
|
2
|
8
|
15
|
6
|
69
|
Radman
|
4
|
8
|
19
|
6
|
70
|
Tiger77
|
3
|
8
|
19
|
6
|
71
|
Joejoez
|
3
|
12
|
19
|
6
|
72
|
Link Abrams
|
3
|
9
|
20
|
6
|
73
|
Bronco2020
|
3
|
12
|
21
|
6
|
74
|
Pistol
|
3
|
12
|
21
|
6
|
75
|
Staks
|
2
|
12
|
21
|
6
|
76
|
Irontiger
|
3
|
14
|
23
|
6
|
77
|
Kyle Thomson
|
2
|
12
|
23
|
6
|
78
|
taijay
|
4
|
18
|
31
|
6
|
79
|
Tubasaurus
|
2
|
4
|
13
|
5
|
80
|
Joey James
|
2
|
12
|
23
|
5
|
81
|
Anotherstranger
|
1
|
8
|
13
|
3
|
82
|
Bearass
|
0
|
4
|
9
|
1
|
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That's it for another update.
Hope you all have a great week and enjoy this weekend's footy action!
Mark
aka NZ Tiger
DON'T FORGET! 3 WEEKS until the first of 5 Jokers Rounds for 2012.....
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