2025 SPECIAL NRL GRAND FINAL TIPPING COMPETITION - Results Posted; Awards Presented

[Graham]

WELCOME...

to this our very special Grand Final Tipping Competition 2025

QUESTIONS:
1. Name the WINNING TEAM … STORM or BRONCOS
2. Tot up the two teams predicted scores and give us your predicted match POINTS TOTAL
3. Poll question this week: How many tries will be scored altogether by the two teams in the game? 
pick one of the options above - answer in the poll above but also in your posting.

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This Grand Final Competition again remembers three special TotalRL Australian Rugby League Forum people sadly no longer with us

• George Fairclough (Bourbon Rat) of this forum

George was a lifelong Wigan Fan and a Melbourne Storm fan from their inception. He lived in Melbourne but lived in Wigan until he was a teenager. He married Irene, an Australian and with her raised a family of three boys. He was taken from us far too soon one week after celebrating his 65th birthday. He was a good friend of mine. George, with others, sponsored a Wigan player annually. He never forgot his roots.

. George Fairclough RIP

 

 

• Richard Glover (Kiwityke) of this forum - New Zealand Warriors and Batley Bulldogs fan. Richard was brought up in Batley where he followed his local team.  He moved to New Zealand as an adult where he married and lived the rest of his life. In the latter years he lived just outside Auckland. He never forgot his roots and continued to follow Batley from afar. He did travel to the UK once a year to visit relatives and friends. While over here he would sponsor a Batley game. In later years he  sponsored the annual Batley v Featherstone Rovers fixture and invited Barney and me to the match as his guests.
  Read the notice of Richard’s death here

 

Richard Glover as a boy and in December 2014 RIP

Both dear friends and regular contributors, sadly missed.

 

• Simon Cooper (Lounge Room Lizard) who sadly passed away during the 2020 season. Simon contributed to this forum and was an ever present in our annual Fantasy Team/SuperCoach competition. He did a huge amount of work in the development of Rugby League in Germany.(some details -click here)

 Simon Cooper RIP

We remember too all other friends of this forum who have passed away.

Tempus fugit!
It seems like only yesterday that we were starting with our 2025 Round 1 tipping competition and now here we are with our blockbusting Grand Final occasion just a few days away. 

Everyone is welcome to take part in this competition, whether you've entered before or not this season.
The 2025 season tipping competition has once again been both a friendly and very competitive affair. It has again been successful with  a lot of regular participants and a high standard of tipping.

Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our tipping competition this season.

I've much appreciated your friendship and company.

Rest assured  it'll be run again for the 2026  season.

So here's to a great Grand Final, and may the best tipster and team win! 
Good Luck everyone - there'll be an animated award as usual.

Wishing you all good health and happiness,

Graham

Edited October 4 by Graham

[Irish Saint]

Thanks again Graham for running the competition and all the work you do.

Farmduck, if you're out there please come back. When I first joined you were very welcoming.

Good luck to one and all.

Broncos,  Points : 34 Tries:4 or 5

[Graham]

Thanks Irish Saint, and thank you for your always interesting contributions to the forum throughout this season and previously.

[N2022]

Graham, thank you for organising. 

Points total 53, more specifically...

Broncos win 29 v 24 (HT 14 v  ) - didn't know 8 and 'close bracket' did that!)

BB 5 tries (Staggs 2, Karapani, Hunt, Paix), 2 con, 2 pen, 1 drop

MS 4 tries (Papenhuyzen and Coates 2 apiece), 3 con, 1 pen

Therefore, 9 tries. I assume if all this comes true I win the whole season...

Edited September 30 by N2022
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[The Future is League]

Thnaks for running this competion again Graham.

Probably my worse season in this tipping competition, and hoping for better luck next season.

Winner. Storm

Points 33.

Poll. 4 or 5.

[Graham]

Viewing this on my iPad tonight I couldn’t see most of the images I’d posted in the first post above. In their place was a purple box bearing the words “content not viewable in your region”. All seemed okay on the iPhone though? Weird!

[Graham]

Now my iPhone has some purple boxes instead of images! Windows 11 PC seems okay.

Anyone else had any of the purple boxes with 'content not viewable in your region' message?

 

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I've just looked online and the popular image hosting site Imgur (possibly others?) has cut the UK off, I believe due to new regulations that have been put in place. The purple box and message is the result.

Edited September 30 by Graham

[Graham]

In case image doesn't load:

Winners Storm

Points 38

Tries 6 or 7

[Llangennech]

TIP - BRONX

PTS - 40

POLL - 7

[lucky 7]

Winner. Broncos.

Points.41.

Poll. 4 or 5

 

[barney]

On 29/09/2025 at 23:58, Graham said:

Viewing this on my iPad tonight I couldn’t see most of the images I’d posted in the first post above. In their place was a purple box bearing the words “content not viewable in your region”. All seemed okay on the iPhone though? Weird!

I get this quiet alot Graham , no idea why , it does come back to normal later for some reason. 

[barney]

Poll 6 or 7

Storm 

Points 46

 

Well everyone on a great season.

I did say to finish it weeks ago Graham  when I was still in with a chance

RIP to all departed contributors , always missed

[Graham]

1 hour ago, barney said:

I get this quiet alot Graham , no idea why , it does come back to normal later for some reason. 

This time it’s Imgur the image hosting site that’s shut the UK out due to the new regulations. 

[Wests Tigers Rule]

WINNER: Storm

POLL: 8

TOTAL POINTS: 36

[Dee Deuce]

WINNER: Broncos

POLL: 7

TOTAL POINTS: 42

[R L Winger]

WINNER: Broncos

POLL: 5

TOTAL POINTS: 27

[THE RED ROOSTER]

Big Thanks for Graham for running not just this Tipping Competition, but also the most troll-free part of TRL where knowledgable fans come together to debate the NRL. I look forward to the 2026 season.

Winner  Melbourne Storm

Poll 8 or 9 

Ponts - 64

[Spotty Herbert]

Thoughts with the families of those we have lost.

Massive thanks to Graham for running the best forum on TRL and for all the work he does with the tipping comp.

I am tipping the Storm to win 28 - 14 (42 points in total), with 7 tries to be scored.

[N2022]

On 02/10/2025 at 09:37, Wests Tigers Rule said:

WINNER: Storm

POLL: 8

TOTAL POINTS: 36

Just the one conversion or are you hedging your bets?

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Winners: Storm

Points: 38

Tries: 7

Edited October 3 by Jill Halfpenny fan

[Jeff Stein]

Storm

52

8 or 9

[Graham]

No more entries. 
Enjoy the off season. We reconvene for our 2026 NRL Tipping Competition here. Hope to see you then.

If you’ve been holding a watching brief season, how about having a go in 2026. 
 

Thank you everyone who’s made this season’s comp so successful.

Graham

Results and awards for this final round  will be posted shortly when I have access to my PC.

The Champion Tipster 2025 will be named too. They will be supplied with a winner’s banner they are welcome to use in their forum signature.

 

[Graham]

Summary of Results NRL Tipping Com[petition Grand Final 2025

[Graham]

Congratulations JILL HALFPENNY FAN our Forum Champion Tipster 2025

What a hugely competitive season for tipping it has been.

Thank you to everyone who has taken part either regularly or occasionally. It's been great fun.

We'll be running the competition again in 2026 Join us then 

Here's your banner Jill Halfpenny Fan. You are welcome to use it in your Forum signature.

Here's the URL for the image

https://i.postimg.cc/sXLNX4N9/Champion-Tipster-2025-Jill-H-Fan-smllerstill.png

 

[Graham]

This week's awards:

Congratulations to our Champion Tipster this week N2022.

Well done our other award winners and those six who picked Broncos to win