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[G Las D]

WELCOME
to NRL Round 17

Everyone welcome whether you've entered before or not. There's just five games in the round this week with six teams having byes..
ROUND 17 QUESTIONS:
*Poll Competition:
Poll Question:
How many teams will end up with only single figure scores at the full time whistle in round 17?
...And now the main event of the week
*Match Tipping Competition
Name the 5 (that's FIVE) winning teams in NRL Round 17 2011
*Points Competition
How many points will be scored by all the teams added together in R17?
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 R17?

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. If you are new, see previous competition threads to get the idea of them.
Match tipping scores are added together.
See our Tipsters' Ladder pinned to the top of the forum topic list page.
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

[Bourbon Rat]

Broncos
Bulldogs
Rabbitohs
Knights
Roosters

Points : 176

Home Wins : 1

Poll : 2

[thirteenthman]

Poll - 2

Eels
Bulldogs
Rabbitohs
Dragons
Roosters

Home - 3

Points - 198

[barney]

Poll - 0

Winners
Broncos
Panthers
Sharks
Dragons
Raiders

Home wins - 3

Points - 199

Edited by barney, 28 June 2011 - 09:30 PM.

[G Las D]

Well there's plenty of variety in the tips posted so far. We've already got a difference of opinion on every one of the five games.

[STORM2007]

Broncos
Panthers
Sharks
Dragons
Roosters

4 home wins

182 points

[G Las D]

Looking at the poll results is that I (one) team to score 9 points or less for you Storm 2007?

[usain bolt]

broncos
panthers
sharks
dragons
raiders

homes 3
points 206
poll 1

[rugby female]

Poll: 1

5 winning teams: Broncos
Panthers
Rabbits
Dragons
Raiders


Home wins: 2

Total points: 200

Good luck everyone!

[G Las D]

Broncos
Bulldogs
Rabbitohs
Dragons
Raiders

Points: 174
Home wins: 1

Poll:2

Another testing week. There's split match tipping decisions on every game.
Good luck everyone.

[G Las D]

Evening, Kiwityke, or as I say here, Morning Kiwityke.
Sunshine and birdsong here!

Edited by G Las D, 01 July 2011 - 08:25 AM.

[kiwityke]

Poll zero

Winners
Eels
Bulldogs
Rabbitohs
Dragons
Roosters

Home wins = 3

Points = 156

I feel like RF's avatar at present. Running long and hard but getting nowhere.

[G Las D]

NRL R17 2011
Friday Result:


Parramatta Eels 12 - 16 Brisbane Broncos

I couldn't help feeling for Nathan Hindmarsh at the end of this game. He put absolutely everything into the match. he tackled like a demon throughout and led his team by example. Ells clawed there way back to 12-12 after being behind most of the game only for Matt Gillett to make a move out of nowhere to score a terrific match winning try for the Broncos.
Broncos fans deserve to feel both happy and proud of their team who, according to the commentary team were all 22 years old or younger.
This was a great performance by them. Eels could have done with a win today. Their chances of reaching the top 8 look slim after this. Who knows though.

[rugby female]

Poll zero

Winners
Eels
Bulldogs
Rabbitohs
Dragons
Roosters

Home wins = 3

Points = 156

I feel like RF's avatar at present. Running long and hard but getting nowhere.

Hey Kiwi, what do you mean " getting nowhere", my cherry and whites are going right to the top at the mo!!!

[kiwityke]

I only need the raiders to win and I have a big fat zero.

[Bourbon Rat]

I only need the raiders to win and I have a big fat zero.

It ain't easy being green - Unless your opponents are chicken

[barney]

FULL TIME
PAR12
BRI16

FULL TIME
PEN20
BUll 6
FULL TIME
CRO26
SOU4

FULL TIME
STG10
NEW14

FULL TIME
SYD12
CAN38

[G Las D]

Thanks Barney.
I've been away again this weekend this time in the Midlands.
Actually I like capital letters, they're a very rugged option, though maybe it's just your lucky pin has got lodged in your Caps Lock button!

You and UB have had a good weekend. Hold tight for a few minutes and I'll post the results.
I'll now screw my eyeballs back in their sockets after reading your post.

[G Las D]

Full Results NRL Round 17
Eels 12 - 16 Broncos Away No single figure score
Panthers 20 - 6 Bulldogs Home 1 single figure score
Sharks 26 - 4 Rabbitohs Home 1 single figure score
Dragons 10 - 14 Knights Away No single figure score
Roosters 12 - 38 Raiders Away No single figure score


NRL Round 16 Summary
Winners: Broncos, Panthers, Sharks, Knights and Raiders
2 Home Wins - in the minority this week
Points total: 158
Poll: Number of teams with single figure final scores: 2 (Rabbitohs and Bulldogs)

Tipping Comp Results (/5)
Bourbon Rat 2
Thirteenthman 0
Barney 4
Storm 2007 3
Usain Bolt 4
Rugby Female 3
G Las D 2
Kiwityke 0

Match Tipping:
Our two top scorers this week with 4/5 were Barney and Usain Bolt. Our tie-breaker was needed and on this reckoning our Champion Tipster this week is Barney (+41) from UB (+48)
Congratulations to both, especially Barney
Points Total winner this week is Kiwityke in second place came G Las D (+16) while Bourbon Rat(+18) was again third.
Our Home win predictions award this week has a clear winner: Rugby Female who correctly predicted 2 home wins
Bourbon Rat, thirteenthman and G Las D jointly won the poll predicting two teams would end up with scores of 9 or less.
I'll create the awards shortly.
Our Round 18 tipping competition will be posted as soon as I can get it ready.

Congratulations to all our award winners and especially Barney who had a great week's tipping and to Usain Bolt who equal top scored.
Being a pre-Origin Round I believe anyone gaining three or more correct tips in R17 deserves a well earned pat on the back. The rest of us will just keep our heads down
Thanks for taking part everybody

Edited by G Las D, 04 July 2011 - 11:52 AM.

[barney]

Well done US, and every1 else it was a hard week.

The caps lock wasnt stuck G, just copy and paste from NRL site , too lazy to type.

Hope you had a good weekend in the midlands whilst i had to sit and watch The ROVERS on my own in baking heat , mind you a 90 - 10 win over the froggies was nice to see, i must be a true supporter, even tho i was on my own. Well not realy i was with my daughter who came up from the MIDLANDS just so i was'nt on my own.