She's all over for another season! A big congratulations to the South Sydney Rabbitohs on an emphatic 30-6 victory over the Canterbury Bulldogs in last weekend's Grand Final.
Sam Burgess turned in his own John Sattler moment as the South Sydney Rabbitohs ended 43 years of heartbreak to beat the Bulldogs.
Burgess fractured his cheek bone in the first tackle of the game, when he clashed heads with Canterbury's tough English forward James Graham.
He immediately called for the trainer, pointing to his face, but stayed on the field, turning in an inspirational performance similar to Rabbitohs legend John Sattler who played out the 1970 grand final with a broken jaw.
"The doc seems to think I'll need surgery on my face tomorrow. This cheek, it's gone inwards," Burgess said.
"I'd imagine I'll be getting it fixed over the next 24 hours."
Burgess, whose right eye was blackened and fully closed, said he never considered leaving the game.
Although he knew immediately that he had broken his cheekbone, he also revealed he never felt any initial pain and was deliberately not listening to the team's medical officials attending to him in case they told him to go off.
"The joy is overriding the pain at the moment," he said.
"I wasn't really listening to what he (doctor) was saying to be honest, my team-mates really helped me through the process.
"I just had to get on with it I guess ... nothing was going to stop me enjoying that ride and that moment with the team tonight.
"We've worked for this day from November 1, so there was no chance I was missing out."
Departing the NRL for English rugby union at the end of the season, Burgess led from the front to help the Rabbitohs win their first title since 1971.
Burgess finished the game with 25 hit-ups for 225 metres and 36 tackles to etch his name into history and collect the Clive Churchill Medal in front of a record crowd of 83,833.
Co-owner actor Russell Crowe says he was deeply satisfied with the team's victory.
"It's a grand reward for everyone who stepped up to the plate and decided that we weren't going to put up with South Sydney being a losing club anymore."
In our Tipping Competition, all the prizes have been finalized for 2014.
Congrats again to our 2014 Tipping Champion Simply The Bears on a fine season of tipping and collecting $660 (along with his Pool F victory) while Redv4me collected $350 with his runner up prize and POOL B victory. Feet Little took out $150 for the 2nd Runner Up prize.
The remaining POOL winners collecting $100 each were POOL A - Bearass (183), POOL C - NZ Tiger (198), POOL D - Anotherstranger (177) and POOL E - Tonz (184).
Please take a moment to complete my quick survey regarding some of the aspects of this years competition. I will be taking feedback on board for next year's season which I hope will be bigger and badder! Complete the survey HERE: http://bit.ly/1uFsobW
THE FINAL PRIZES 2014
TOTAL PRIZE POOL - $1560* (NZ)
1st Prize + POOL F: Simply The Bears ($660)
3rd Prize: Feet Little ($150)
POOL A: Bearass ($100)
POOL C: NZ Tiger ($100)
POOL D: Anotherstranger ($100)
POOL E: Tonz ($100)
Congratulations to all our prize winners!!
Please email me regarding prize payment at nztigers.nrl.tipping@gmail.com
*Note: Payment made based on Aust-NZ currency exchange on day of deposit + any international transfer fees that may occur.
CHECK OUT THE FINAL POOLS STANDINGS HERE
The Rabbitohs have secured a first rugby league title in 43 years after beating the Bulldogs 30-6 in the NRL grand final at Sydney's ANZ stadium last Sunday night.
A 20th-minute breakthrough saw Alex Johnston open the scoring for the Rabbitohs, only for Tony Williams to level it up in the 50th minute for Canterbury.
But the Rabbitohs' lead was restored when George Burgess stormed over for a brilliant try beneath the posts on the 57th minute.
Kirisome Auvaa was then alert to a fortunate bounce to pounce for a third Rabbitohs try to effectively seal the title with five minutes remaining.
There was more joy to follow as Adam Reynolds stole in to score from a John Sutton kick, before Greg Inglis stormed home for another try in a storming finish.
THE FINAL TABLE FOR 2014 - Where did you finish?
|
RANK
|
TIPPER
|
TOTAL SCORE
|
TOTAL MARGIN
|
|
1
|
Simply The Bears
|
178
|
398
|
|
2
|
Redv4me
|
173
|
347
|
|
3
|
Feet Little
|
171
|
350
|
|
4
|
The Neighbour
|
168
|
304
|
|
5
|
NZ Tiger
|
166
|
355
|
|
6
|
Scotsta
|
166
|
371
|
|
7
|
Lainey
|
166
|
376
|
|
8
|
Butch
|
165
|
346
|
|
9
|
kazgriffo
|
164
|
379
|
|
10
|
Sincas
|
163
|
349
|
|
11
|
sava4
|
163
|
355
|
|
12
|
Tonz
|
162
|
372
|
|
13
|
Richard McCourt
|
161
|
364
|
|
14
|
cmcnls+1day
|
160
|
398
|
|
15
|
Warmess
|
160
|
398
|
|
16
|
Yo Mama
|
160
|
410
|
|
17
|
steven bowers
|
159
|
350
|
|
18
|
Heath Caldwell
|
159
|
368
|
|
19
|
danz ??
|
158
|
362
|
|
20
|
Mr Busy
|
157
|
378
|
|
21
|
Brad Ellison
|
157
|
431
|
|
22
|
Steve Rootsey
|
156
|
382
|
|
23
|
Anotherstranger
|
156
|
385
|
|
24
|
jall091
|
156
|
397
|
|
25
|
BT Ross
|
156
|
415
|
|
26
|
Vee8head
|
155
|
371
|
|
27
|
Anu
|
155
|
425
|
|
28
|
Titta
|
154
|
369
|
|
29
|
Misty Taylor
|
154
|
391
|
|
30
|
trey waldron
|
154
|
397
|
|
31
|
Alfie
|
153
|
389
|
|
32
|
Bearass
|
152
|
377
|
|
33
|
emmy_k
|
152
|
417
|
|
34
|
mickeytheboot
|
151
|
362
|
|
35
|
Link Abrams
|
150
|
351
|
|
36
|
Bronco2020
|
150
|
396
|
|
37
|
Darren Scott
|
149
|
468
|
|
38
|
Jessamine
|
148
|
376
|
|
39
|
Rex Kwando
|
148
|
399
|
|
40
|
melz
|
148
|
472
|
|
41
|
Keith Wilton
|
146
|
436
|
|
42
|
NO1QPRNZ
|
144
|
329
|
|
43
|
boogs_nz
|
144
|
414
|
|
44
|
BEARHUG
|
142
|
383
|
|
45
|
tais1
|
142
|
424
|
|
46
|
Balmainadrian
|
142
|
475
|
|
47
|
taijay
|
142
|
483
|
|
48
|
eaglesrock
|
141
|
363
|
|
49
|
Burnside_NZ
|
141
|
388
|
|
50
|
blo1
|
141
|
491
|
|
51
|
haze13
|
140
|
508
|
|
52
|
Desire Wilton
|
139
|
382
|
|
53
|
Toddy
|
139
|
389
|
|
54
|
Westroar
|
139
|
394
|
|
55
|
Kye Hudson
|
137
|
367
|
|
56
|
killswitch
|
135
|
360
|
|
57
|
Craig Carnihan
|
131
|
432
|
|
58
|
Team Upton
|
130
|
408
|
|
59
|
rog the dodge
|
127
|
502
|
|
60
|
eviltwin
|
126
|
394
|
|
61
|
HUDS99
|
124
|
435
|
|
62
|
1YEARWONDERBARBA
|
116
|
470
|
|
63
|
campbell roberts
|
96
|
420
|
|
64
|
LOUNGIN SON
|
84
|
458
|
|
65
|
Bruiser
|
67
|
438
|
|
66
|
Joejoez
|
60
|
432
|
|
67
|
Stevefromoz(2009 Champion)
|
53
|
415
|
|
68
|
Wilshere Wonderland
|
47
|
453
|
|
69
|
pimp machine
|
33
|
417
|
So that's it for yet another NRL season, our 11th season since this competition became an online competition. I hope you all enjoyed being a part of it and hopefully we'll see you all back next year!
Go the NZ Kiwis!!
Til next season.....
Mark
aka NZ Tiger
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