Hi everyone!
Welcome to this Week 19 Tipping blog update edition!
Sorry, no update last week. I've been far too busy at work lately (a few late nights) as we aim to wrap up Rugby League Live 2. >_<
So far the Joker rounds have pulled up some big suprises in terms of results and tipping positions on the Championship ladder and I expect this coming round to be no different.
Note, this is the 4th of 5 Joker Rounds for the season so only two more chances to pick up extra points and improve your position on the Tipping Championship and Bonus Pools Tables!
Don't forget to tip, folks!
Also if anyone is keen on joining my EPL tipping competition, head over to this [LINK] to enter (must be logged into Footy Tips for link to work). Last years comp was exciting & no doubt this season will be much the same!
In the NRL, with the finals less than a couple of months away, points are now becoming super important as the Top 8 begins to take shape.
On Friday night, the Broncos and Warriors played out an epic finals like struggle in the rain with the Broncos hanging on at home 10-8, while Bulldogs won their 8th straight match easily disposing their rivals, the Eels, 32-12.
On Saturday, leaders Melbourne Storm were stunned 20-16 at home by the Cowboys, making it 3 losses on the trot. That result has opened up the race for the minor premiership after it appeared the Storm had it seemingly wrapped up with a 6 point lead.
The Wests Tigers broke a 3 match losing streak to beat the lowly Panthers 26-18 at home to sneak back in the 8, while the Knights caused the biggest upset of the round, blowing the premiers Manly away 32-6!
On Sunday the Raiders failed to live up to their favouritism tag, getting beat 38-26 by the Titans while the Dragons kept their finals hopes alive with an 18-10 win over the Sharks at Wollongong.
The final match on Monday was, again, an NRL special between the Rabbits & Roosters - read all about it in this weeks Match of the Round below!
In our tipping competition, sava4 (110) remains top of the Championship table, opening a two point gap over The Neighbour (108) in what is becoming a fearce battle for the top prize.
Not far behind them in particular with a Joker Round coming up are Vee8Head and cmcnls+1day (both 105) in 3rd equal place, with Steven Marshall, Feet Little, Wilshere Wonderland and Kiwi_Misty all a further two points back in 5th eqal spot on 103.
Boogs NZ with an score of 6 points and a margin of 2. Nice work!
Here's what's happened in Week Nineteen!
PULLING A BUNNY OUT OF THE HAT
Miracles don't come much sweeter than this for South Sydney with two tries in the final two minutes reversing their round one nightmare as they somehow beat bitter rivals Sydney Roosters 24-22 on Monday night.
Just as the Roosters did to them in the season-opener, the Rabbitohs came back from dead to snatch a win - the match-winner a 100 metre effort from a kick-off taken with just 45 seconds left on the clock.
After Nathan Merritt had scored his second to cut the Roosters' lead to 22-18 with a minute left on the clock, Dave Taylor took the restart and sent Chris McQueen racing off downfield, the ball passing through Merritt and Issac Luke before eventually finding Adam Reynolds to dive over, his conversion proving the difference.
The stunned Roosters could not even bring themselves to stay on the field to claim the Ron Coote Cup they claimed as aggregate winners in this year's clashes between the two teams, the win lifting the Rabbitohs into the top four and leaving the Roosters five points out of the top eight.
"It was a bit of a nightmare," said Roosters skipper Braith Anasta, who was celebrating his 250th game.
"I just couldn't believe it had happened. It was just total shock.
"I will never forget that one, it's a 250th to remember."
Souths coach Michael Maguire admitted he reminded his players of the round one result in the dying stages.
"We learnt the hard way in round one," he said.
"The message went out from our trainers, we've had it done to ourselves so lets go out and play a bit of footy."
For Reynolds, the finish added to a rookie resume of match-winning plays.
"You definitely dream of it as a kid," Reynolds said.
"You always want to score the winning try and you watch your heroes when you're a little boy and when they score a try you want to be like them."
The Roosters were seemingly gone when Mitchell Pearce scored with five minutes to go to give the Roosters a 22-12 lead, and even when Merritt scored his second of the night with two minutes to go, victory seemed impossible for the Rabbitohs.
But this is a Bunnies side on a mission, now two points out of top spot and with a friendly run into the finals.
The Roosters had shown tremendous courage to recover from a 12-4 halftime deficit to score 18 straight points in the second period - and even an unbelievable no-try ruling against BJ Leilua by video referee Russell Smith looked like it was going to matter.
Leilua scored six minutes later to give the Roosters the lead before Pearce extended it beyond a converted try, but it was all to no avail as the Rabbitohs came home late.
The only downside for the Rabbitohs was Luke being put on report for a dangerous throw on Shaun Kenny-Dowall which could land him in some trouble with the match review committee.
The Roosters issued a media release after the match apologising for not being on the field to accept the Ron Coote Cup, saying they had apologised to the Coote family and blaming their absence on "disbelief" after the thrilling finish to the match.
Rabbitohs: 24 (N Merritt 2, A Everingham, A Reynolds tries; A Reynolds 4/4 cons)
Roosters: 22 (B Cordner, T Moga, J Leilua, M Pearce tries; B Anasta 3/4 cons)
SEE IT FOR YOURSELF
The Last 3 minutes of play of an epic RL match!! I HAVE SEEN IT ALL! lol
But this is a Bunnies side on a mission, now two points out of top spot and with a friendly run into the finals.
The Roosters had shown tremendous courage to recover from a 12-4 halftime deficit to score 18 straight points in the second period - and even an unbelievable no-try ruling against BJ Leilua by video referee Russell Smith looked like it was going to matter.
Leilua scored six minutes later to give the Roosters the lead before Pearce extended it beyond a converted try, but it was all to no avail as the Rabbitohs came home late.
The only downside for the Rabbitohs was Luke being put on report for a dangerous throw on Shaun Kenny-Dowall which could land him in some trouble with the match review committee.
The Roosters issued a media release after the match apologising for not being on the field to accept the Ron Coote Cup, saying they had apologised to the Coote family and blaming their absence on "disbelief" after the thrilling finish to the match.
Rabbitohs: 24 (N Merritt 2, A Everingham, A Reynolds tries; A Reynolds 4/4 cons)
Roosters: 22 (B Cordner, T Moga, J Leilua, M Pearce tries; B Anasta 3/4 cons)
SEE IT FOR YOURSELF
RANK
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TIPPER
|
ROUND 19 SCORE
|
ROUND 19 MARGIN
|
TOTAL SCORE
|
TOTAL MARGIN
|
1
|
sava4
|
5
|
4
|
110
|
184
|
2
|
The Neighbour
|
4
|
8
|
108
|
237
|
3
|
Vee8head
|
5
|
8
|
105
|
223
|
4
|
cmcnls+1day
|
4
|
10
|
105
|
256
|
5
|
Steven Marshall
|
4
|
7
|
103
|
176
|
6
|
Feet Little
|
5
|
6
|
103
|
190
|
7
|
Wilshere Wonderland
|
5
|
6
|
103
|
197
|
8
|
Kiwi_Misty
|
5
|
4
|
103
|
210
|
9
|
Sincas
|
5
|
4
|
101
|
199
|
10
|
wayne
|
4
|
7
|
101
|
201
|
11
|
Brenda Kirkman
|
4
|
8
|
101
|
213
|
12
|
ootz
|
4
|
8
|
101
|
222
|
13
|
BEARlythere
|
6
|
8
|
101
|
263
|
14
|
tais1
|
4
|
10
|
100
|
222
|
15
|
Link Abrams
|
4
|
7
|
99
|
219
|
16
|
Bronco2020
|
4
|
12
|
98
|
296
|
17
|
killswitch
|
4
|
8
|
97
|
186
|
18
|
steven bowers
|
5
|
5
|
97
|
233
|
19
|
TUMUCH
|
5
|
8
|
97
|
236
|
20
|
Jessamine
|
5
|
8
|
97
|
244
|
21
|
Simply The Bears
|
6
|
6
|
97
|
246
|
22
|
Yo Mama
|
4
|
8
|
96
|
236
|
23
|
Harveysan
|
5
|
10
|
95
|
190
|
24
|
Warmess
|
4
|
6
|
95
|
220
|
25
|
melz
|
4
|
6
|
95
|
268
|
26
|
jared francois
|
4
|
4
|
94
|
254
|
27
|
Evra69
|
2
|
2
|
93
|
197
|
28
|
Beakster
|
5
|
8
|
93
|
204
|
29
|
Lainey
|
3
|
6
|
93
|
212
|
30
|
Keith Wilton
|
5
|
10
|
93
|
242
|
31
|
Heath Caldwell
|
5
|
8
|
93
|
255
|
32
|
TimmyDemon
|
5
|
8
|
93
|
256
|
33
|
blo1
|
4
|
8
|
93
|
281
|
34
|
ROOSTERSRCHAMPIONS
|
5
|
3
|
92
|
175
|
35
|
kazgriffo
|
4
|
4
|
92
|
198
|
36
|
sole@basher
|
5
|
6
|
92
|
221
|
37
|
Staks
|
4
|
8
|
92
|
222
|
38
|
NZ Tiger (Aka NZ Ranger)
|
4
|
8
|
91
|
218
|
39
|
NO1QPRNZ
|
3
|
2
|
91
|
220
|
40
|
Richard McCourt
|
5
|
8
|
91
|
232
|
41
|
Dean Campbell
|
5
|
3
|
91
|
263
|
42
|
MrBusy
|
3
|
10
|
90
|
172
|
43
|
Joejoez
|
3
|
4
|
90
|
193
|
44
|
Bearette
|
6
|
4
|
90
|
198
|
45
|
eviltwin
|
3
|
4
|
90
|
205
|
46
|
boogs_nz
|
6
|
2
|
89
|
195
|
47
|
Shay Wall
|
5
|
4
|
89
|
208
|
48
|
Balmainadrian
|
4
|
6
|
89
|
219
|
49
|
OVERATEDBENJI
|
5
|
8
|
89
|
226
|
50
|
taijay
|
4
|
12
|
89
|
250
|
51
|
Anotherstranger
|
3
|
2
|
88
|
194
|
52
|
Pistol
|
4
|
8
|
88
|
220
|
53
|
Darren Scott
|
5
|
6
|
88
|
234
|
54
|
5JS
|
5
|
5
|
88
|
235
|
55
|
Matthew Bowers
|
4
|
7
|
88
|
242
|
56
|
Tiger Warrior
|
4
|
10
|
87
|
263
|
57
|
melros
|
5
|
3
|
86
|
190
|
58
|
Scotsta
|
4
|
6
|
86
|
246
|
59
|
Kyle Thomson
|
4
|
6
|
85
|
228
|
60
|
Scott Nielson
|
3
|
14
|
85
|
231
|
61
|
Redv4me
|
5
|
2
|
84
|
249
|
62
|
money_box_man
|
4
|
10
|
84
|
292
|
63
|
kelren
|
3
|
8
|
83
|
198
|
64
|
Hemi Ropata
|
2
|
2
|
83
|
208
|
65
|
Irontiger
|
1
|
2
|
82
|
220
|
66
|
Bearass
|
4
|
4
|
82
|
254
|
67
|
Tigerstu
|
1
|
2
|
82
|
258
|
68
|
Joey James
|
1
|
2
|
81
|
203
|
69
|
katie rice
|
4
|
8
|
81
|
258
|
70
|
Bruiser
|
3
|
6
|
80
|
200
|
71
|
Radman
|
4
|
12
|
80
|
215
|
72
|
haze13
|
1
|
2
|
80
|
228
|
73
|
rog the dodge
|
4
|
12
|
80
|
255
|
74
|
BT Ross
|
5
|
8
|
80
|
280
|
75
|
mdt64
|
4
|
12
|
79
|
224
|
76
|
Rex Kwando
|
5
|
1
|
79
|
245
|
77
|
Gaddaffi
|
5
|
7
|
78
|
256
|
78
|
Tubasaurus
|
4
|
2
|
77
|
268
|
79
|
Dave Gearey
|
1
|
2
|
67
|
205
|
80
|
Sanka
|
1
|
2
|
63
|
197
|
81
|
Big Trouble
|
1
|
2
|
59
|
204
|
82
|
Tiger77
|
1
|
2
|
55
|
266
|
TO SEE WHO TIPPED WHAT - VISIT THE FOOTY TIPS 'WHO TIPPED WHAT' LINK (YOU MUST BE SIGNED IN TO VIEW). FOR THE LATEST POOLS TABLES PLACINGS - VISIT THE CURRENT POOLS TABLE PAGE
That's it for another update.
Have a great weekend!
Seeya'll next week!
Mark
aka NZ Tiger
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