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[G Las D]

Watching the game live on TV here I had resigned myself to a defeat, possibly even a miserable defeat marked by so much spilt ball and uncharacteristic blunders.
However I ended up jumping out of my armchair and jigging round the room after an unbelievable last five minutes that must have broken Sharkies fans hearts and sent Storm fans home feeling like they'd won the lottery or played a 'get out of jail' card.
I bet you were rehearsing your going home after game commiserations and grumbles until that late burst of magic changed the script and brought a very bright light to where there was darkness BR.
What a game and what a result.
There are probably many lessons to learn from that game many of them painful, some of them embarrassing, but the main one is to never give up - the game lasts for 80 minutes and minor miracles can be pulled off however late in the day!

Edited by G Las D, 27 August 2012 - 07:17 PM.

[G Las D]

NRL Tipping Competition Round 25 Results

Raiders 34 - 6 Bulldogs Home Win (Winning Margin 28 points)
Sea Eagles 16 - 6 Broncos Home Win (Winning Margin 10 points)
Dragons 38 - 6 Warriors Home Win (Winning Margin 32 points)
Panthers 36 - 22 Titans Home Win (Winning Margin 14 points)
Cowboys 22 - 14 Knights Home Win (Winning Margin 8 points)
Roosters 44 - 20 Tigers Home Win (Winning Margin 24 points)
Rabbitohs 38 - 6 Eels Home Win (Winning Margin 32 points)
Storm 20 - 18 Sharks Home Win (Winning Margin 2 points)

NRL Round 25 Summary
Winners: Raiders, Sea Eagles, Dragons, Panthers, Cowboys, Roosters, Rabbitohs and Storm
8 Home Wins
Points total: 346
Poll: Biggest margin of victory: 32 - Dragons v Warriors and Rabbitohs v Eels

Tipping Comp Results /8:
Bourbon Rat 5
Simon Kerr 5
Southstander13 5
Rugby Female 4
Barney 5
R L Winger 5
Kiwityke 5
G Las D 5

Match Tipping:
The highest tipping score was shared by seven of us: see above!
The tie breaker was needed and by this and this still didn't give us one winner, but two: the champions this week are R L Winger(+1) and GLasD (-1)

Points Total: There were 346 pointsscored this round, only three more than last week. The joint winners were R L Winger(+1) and GLasD (-1)
The Home Wincomp had no winners - none of us got near to predicting a full house of home wins!
By contrast our Poll Comp had four winners this week: Simon Kerr, R L Winger, Kiwityke and G Las D

Animated awards will be presented to this week's winners as soon as I've been able to create them.
Our Round 26 Tipping Competition will be posted shortly.
Congratulations to Bourbon Rat,Simon Kerr, Southstander13, Barney, RL Winger, Kiwityke andG Las D
Thank you to everyone who took part in our Round 25 competition, Hope you enjoyed your Wembley weekend Rugby Female.

Edited by G Las D, 27 August 2012 - 09:33 PM.

[rugby female]

Well done everyone ......apart from me!!!!

Sometimes you take a chance and it doen't come off!

But at least i had a fantastic wk end at Wembley, didn't care who won, cos don't like either of the teams, but met some brilliant people yet again!

[barney]

"However I ended up jumping out of my armchair and jigging round the room "


Must av been some jig , it made you forget to post the result in your summing up.

[G Las D]

"However I ended up jumping out of my armchair and jigging round the room "


Must av been some jig , it made you forget to post the result in your summing up.

There you go Barney ...

As Vic and Bob used to say You wouldn't let it lie would you, Barney , you wouldn't let it lie ..

This bloke delivers my response to you:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Luyw5mWV5is

[G Las D]

TotalRL Round 25 Tipping Competition Awards

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Our strike rate as a team this week was 39/64 tips correct which is 61% - a pretty solid performance

[G Las D]

Well done everyone ......apart from me!!!!

Sometimes you take a chance and it doen't come off!

But at least i had a fantastic wk end at Wembley, didn't care who won, cos don't like either of the teams, but met some brilliant people yet again!

Glad you enjoyed the weekend.
Hope you were under cover for that heavy cloudburst during the game.
Did you make your own way there or go with an organised trip?

[rugby female]

Went with my brothers, we were very lucky we didn't get caught in any of the rain!!!!!

I have a brilliant photo at the match of the horrendous rain and how it ends abruptly at the edge of the stadium roof!!! Looks really weird!

[R L Winger]

Well Done everybody