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[G Las D]

WELCOME

to NRL ROUND 9


This week half of the teams have byes. There are just four games to tip this weekend therefore.
They all take place on Saturday Sunday or Monday. Friday sees the ANZAC test between the Kangaroos and the Kiwis and the NSW trial game between City and Country.
There's more information on these games in other threads.
So I guess that predicting the results will be even more of a challenge than usual as the teams that are playing will have a number of players involved in the rep games.
We've had new entrants the last two weeks so it's great to see that people reading this realise that we do welcome everyone to take part at whatever point in the season.
If you are not sure what to do, just look at previous competitions we've run this season so far.
Right, let's get on ...

Everyone reading this is welcome to take up the challenge whether you've entered previously or not.

ROUND 9 QUESTIONS:
*Poll Competition:
Let's gauge the scale of points scoring in the forthcoming round. Maybe team changes will see more opportunities to put the ball down over the line.:
Poll Question:
How many teams will score 30 or more points in Round 9?
- enter in the poll itself at the top and put it in your posting. (The poll is anonymous so we can't give you credit unless it is in your predictions post)
...And now the main event of the week:
*Match Tipping Competition:
Name the 4 (that's FOUR) winning teams in NRL Round 9 2011
*Points Competition
How many points will be scored by all the teams added together in R9?
This is a competition in itself and will act as a tie breaker for the match tipping comp if necessary. This is used as the decider when necessary so do give it a go.
*Home Win Competition:
How many HOME wins will there be in NRL R9 2011?
In rounds where the game is on the road and played at a neutral venue, the team named first in the fixture will be regarded as the home team for the purposes of this competition.

Fixtures


Animated awards will be given for the winner(s) of each competition question.
Match tipping scores will be added together as the season progresses to produce a Tipsters' Ladder which will be pinned to the top of the forum topic list page. So ... there's your challenge for this week. As I said above, new entrants are always welcome: entering the comp is a great way to get involved in every game of the NRL this season.
The best of luck to everyone

Enjoy your Rugby League!
Cheers
Graham

[thirteenthman]

Poll - 1 team

Points - 158

Home - 4

Broncos
Titans
Dragons
Sea Eagles

[Bourbon Rat]

Storm
Titans
Cowboys
Sea Eagles

Poll : 2
Points : 165
Home Wins : 2

[STORM2007]

poll: 1

Storm
Titans
Dragons
Sea Eagles

Home wins: 3

162 points scored

[G Las D]

This week is officially raised to the status of "tricky".

Byes ... Rep footy ( City/Country), Anzac test.

Team changes aplenty.
Some players backing up, some not ... but who????

This sort of round usually turns up results separate from form and expectancy.

Tip: why not work out who should win using logic and skill, then go for the other teams?

Edited by G Las D, 04 May 2011 - 06:30 PM.

[G Las D]

First game of the round is on Saturday so there's a little more time this week.

[G Las D]

Storm
Titans
Dragons
Sea Eagles

3 Home Wins

Poll 3

Points 190

[barney]

Poll - 2

Winners

Storm
Warriors
Dragons
Eagles

Home wins -2

Points - 157

[usain bolt]

Storm
Titans
Dragons
Sea Eagles

3 Home Wins

Poll 2

Points 166

[Queenslander]

Poll: 3

Winners:
Storm
Warriors
Sea Eagles
Dragons

Home Wins: 2

Points: 200

[Heeeres JONNI]

Broncos
Warriors
Dragons
Seagulls

[rugby female]

Glad we had another day to tip this wk, phew don't know where the wk has gone??!!!

Poll: 2

4 winning teams: Storm
Titans
Dragons
Sea eagles

Home wins: 3

Total points: 160

Good luck everyone!

[kiwityke]

Poll = 2

Winners
Broncos
Warriors
Cowboys
Eagles

home wins = 2

[G Las D]

Great first game of the round in the clash between Broncos with some young talent on show after resting their rep players and Storm who did play their rep players.
The Broncos pushed Storm hard in a terrific game. Broncos spilled the ball too often in the first half but improved their hold over the ball in the second half. They pulled level with just about ten minutes left.
In the end it was the experienced Storm outfit that showed their fitness and finished off with a flurry, a testament to their attitude and commitment.

Storm always had the edge for me, but the effforts of Wallace, Parker, Beale and Reed were impressive in front of a massive 34,000+ crowd in Brisbane.
Today it was Cronk who probably took the headlines with a try and then the important field goal when the scores were level. Quin'ns touchdown in the final minute improved the scoreline for Melbourne but the
young Broncos came agonisingly close to a victory which wasn't to be.

For Storm, the experience of Cam Smith, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater were invaluable though Billy had some moments he'd prefer to forget in the game.
Widdop was again threatening, but perhaps the improvement I saw in the forwards in this match over one or two performances this season was the most pleasing aspect. Norrie and Bromwich were great and Woolnough had the best game I've seen him play this season.
Ryan Hinchcliffe completed a wonderful weekend with a try on the half hour mark.

Well done Broncos and Storm for putting on an entertaining and very competitive game. Top quality rugby league for many players who'd already played a rep game the day before.

[G Las D]

Oh and the result:

Broncos

Spoiler

22 - 29

Storm

Spoiler

(Away Win - Poll: neither team scored 30 points)

[G Las D]

Sunday results:

Titans well beaten by Warriors

Gold Coast Titans

Spoiler

14 - 34

Warriors (Away Win, 1 team 30+ points)

Similarly Cowboys well beaten by Dragons who proved they could still play winning footy without Jamie Soward

St George-Illawarra Dragons

Spoiler

22 - 8

North Queensland Cowboys (Home Win, no team 30+points)

[G Las D]

Just the Monday night game between Manly and Canberra left to play.
It kicks off in about two hors time. It is being shown in full and live here in the UK.

[G Las D]

Full Results NRL Round 9
Brisbane Broncos 22 - 29 Melbourne Storm (Away Win, No team 30 or more points)
Gold Coast Titans v 14 - 34 New Zealand Warriors (Away Win, 1 team 30 or more points)
St George-Illawarra Dragons 22 - 8 North Queensland Cowboys (Home Win, No team 30 or more points)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 20 - 0 Canberra Raiders (Home Win, No team 30 or more points)

NRL Round 7 Summary
Winners: Storm, Warriors, Dragons and Sea Eagles
2 Home wins - Tigers
Points total: 149
Poll: Number of teams to score 30 or more points: 1

Tipping Comp Results (/4):
thirteenthman 2
Bourbon Rat 2
Storm 2007 3
G Las D 3
Barney 4
Heeeres Jonni 3
Rugby Female 3
Usain Bolt 3
Queenslander 4
Kiwityke 2

Two more 100%ers this week! They shared top spot this week with their 100% score! Our winners this week with full marks are : Barney and Queenslander
So again we used the points total predictions by the winners as a tie breaker.
Through this method our Champion Tipster this week is Barney Congratulations
Barney (+ was also closest to the Points Total with thirteenthman second (+9) followed by Rugby Female (+11) in third.
Our Home win predictions award this week is shared between four tipsters correctly predicting 2. Winners: Bourbon Rat, Barney, Queenslander and Kiwityke
There were two winners in our Poll competition to find the number of teams to score 30 or more points, Thirteenthman and Storm 2007. Only Warriors scored the required total (34 in their case).
I'll create the awards asap. Likewise the Round 10 tipping competition will be posted as soon as I can get it ready.

Congratulationsagain to all our tops scorers and especially Barney who had a triple award win and Queenslander who equal top scored and shared another award.
Thanks for taking part everybody.

[G Las D]

Having to leave the keyboard for a while - I'll be back asap.

[rugby female]

Well done Barney...........and Queenslander.

You're running away with the lead this season Barney, what's the secret?!