NPR

France by 23
New Zealand by 16
Australia by 13
South Africa by 10
Argentina by 11

SaintK wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:01 pm France by 23
New Zealand by 16
Australia by 13
South Africa by 10
Argentina by 11

Thought you'd back England?

OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:32 pm

SaintK wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:01 pm France by 23
New Zealand by 16
Australia by 13
South Africa by 10
Argentina by 11

Thought you'd back England?

Just can’t see it To be honest
Expecting a brutal match up front though

France by 34
New Zealand by 12
Australia by 15
South Africa by 24
Argentina by 12

Well well. No one got this right. All pressure now on the Springboks .

Scotland best not fuck this up by losing to Argentina. Can't ever remember NZ, SA and Australia all losing at home on the same day.

petej wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:04 pm Scotland best not fuck this up by losing to Argentina. Can't ever remember NZ, SA and Australia all losing at home on the same day.

Would have had good odds on a Wales Ireland England treble today.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:16 pm Well well. No one got this right. All pressure now on the Springboks .

I think I had it right. Either here or on PR.

Still sucks, though Wales deserved the win.

Week is a long time in rugby.

First time New Zealand, South Africa and Australia have ever all lost at home on the same day.

Biffer wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:00 pm First time New Zealand, South Africa and Australia have ever all lost at home on the same day.

Destroyed my FR picks.

I think the SH's problems all arise from playing too much easy rugby.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:53 pm I think the SH's problems all arise from playing too much easy rugby.

Except South Africa. specially those in France.

Closest I got to a correct pick for today's games was France winning, but my predicted margin was way off.

The evil NH empire strikes back

petej wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:04 pm Scotland best not fuck this up by losing to Argentina. Can't ever remember NZ, SA and Australia all losing at home on the same day.

Well, we didn’t let the side down at least

Ymx wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:45 pm The evil NH empire strikes back

M'eh. Hemisphere slams on a day are common as muck.

Enzedder wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:52 pm

Ymx wrote: Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:45 pm The evil NH empire strikes back

M'eh. Hemisphere slams on a day are common as muck.

there won't be one next week though

OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:49 am Round 2
France by 20
All Blacks by 20
England by 5
Springboks by 10
Pumas by 20

Got England right.

SaintK wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:01 pm France by 23
New Zealand by 16
Australia by 13
South Africa by 10
Argentina by 11

Well, that went well then
I was 100% on Superbru last week, only got one correct this week

SaintK wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:15 am

SaintK wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:01 pm France by 23
New Zealand by 16
Australia by 13
South Africa by 10
Argentina by 11

Well, that went well then
I was 100% on Superbru last week, only got one correct this week

Still 2 games to go. So you are A_K? It was the Eng result that prevented my GS last week.

Cotter's wholesale changes and Aus A doing the same made that game impossible to pick for me. I didn't pay enough attention to SA's mass tinkering until I heard it on the radio on the way to the airfield and thought then that I had f**ked up in picking them to win.

The real shock for me was Sco. Not that they won, but the margin of turnaround.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:54 am

SaintK wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:15 am

SaintK wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:01 pm France by 23
New Zealand by 16
Australia by 13
South Africa by 10
Argentina by 11

Well, that went well then
I was 100% on Superbru last week, only got one correct this week

Still 2 games to go. So you are A_K? It was the Eng result that prevented my GS last week.

Cotter's wholesale changes and Aus A doing the same made that game impossible to pick for me. I didn't pay enough attention to SA's mass tinkering until I heard it on the radio on the way to the airfield and thought then that I had f**ked up in picking them to win.

The real shock for me was Sco. Not that they won, but the margin of turnaround.

In fairness to Argentina, run that one again and I don't think it would be quite so stark. I counted at least 3 occasions where they got over or to the line and it was chalked off for various reasons. A few interesting scrum calls when they were in promising positions too. Just one of those days for them.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:54 am

SaintK wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:15 am

SaintK wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:01 pm France by 23
New Zealand by 16
Australia by 13
South Africa by 10
Argentina by 11

Well, that went well then
I was 100% on Superbru last week, only got one correct this week

Still 2 games to go. So you are A_K? It was the Eng result that prevented my GS last week.

Cotter's wholesale changes and Aus A doing the same made that game impossible to pick for me. I didn't pay enough attention to SA's mass tinkering until I heard it on the radio on the way to the airfield and thought then that I had f**ked up in picking them to win.

The real shock for me was Sco. Not that they won, but the margin of turnaround.

Yep, was my original Scrum.Com and PR log-in, never got round to changing it on Superbru
I didn't notice the SA team changes either and thought all the SH teams would improve over last week
How wrong can you get

SaintK wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 11:03 am Yep, was my original Scrum.Com and PR log-in, never got round to changing it on Superbru
I didn't notice the SA team changes either and thought all the SH teams would improve over last week
How wrong can you get

In 13 years of FR, I've never had such a bad week. But happy to have gotten them all wrong!

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:57 am
…. In fairness to Argentina/NZ/Aus/SA, run that one again and I don't think it would be quite so stark…..

FTFY

That’s how sport works. Every team in every game in every sport has missed opportunities, wrong decisions, poor execution, bad luck etc

Why is it when Scotland win, particularly against the prediction, that it’s always down to other factors as opposed to just being the better team. 4 tries to 0 away from home is a pumping.

Tattie wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 11:35 am

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:57 am
…. In fairness to Argentina/NZ/Aus/SA, run that one again and I don't think it would be quite so stark…..

FTFY

That’s how sport works. Every team in every game in every sport has missed opportunities, wrong decisions, poor execution, bad luck etc

Why is it when Scotland win, particularly against the prediction, that it’s always down to other factors as opposed to just being the better team. 4 tries to 0 away from home is a pumping.

Oh climb down off your indignation horse, at no point did I say you weren't the better team or that you shouldn't have won, merely that the margin has a story behind it and that is multiple possible tries for Argentina being chalked off.

There is a difference between losing a game where you actually create stuff, let alone cross the line multiple times without scoring, and when you don't . I only saw the second half of the New Zealand - Ireland game, but, until the final 5, NZ created basically nothing. Argentina will be happier with their display than the Kiwis I daresay, because having tries chalked off due to poor finishing/good defence from the opposition at least shows that attacking structures are working to provide opportunities even if they aren't taken.

Italy doing themselves no favours again against the clamours for Georgia to replace them in the 6N.

NZ and Boks should win this weekend. Ozzie in with a chance.

Wilson's Toffee wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:37 am NZ and Boks should win this weekend. Ozzie in with a chance.

NZ and Boks will win this weekend and England in with a chance!

New Zealand by 12
England by 15
South Africa by 13
Scotland by 9

New Zealand by 2
Australia by 2
South Africa by 2
Argentina by 2

New Zealand by 50
England by 20
Bokke by 50
Scots by 20

Ireland by 12
England by 7
Boks by 8
Scots by 10

NZ by 5
England by 12
South Africa by 14
Scotland by 3

Regardless, it’s great that all four series are still live and none of the results are foregone conclusions. With that and the golf I’ll not be moving from the sofa on Saturday.

NZ by 17
England by 12
South Africa by 25
Argentina by 8

Ireland by 12
England by 20
Wales by 12
Scotland by 18

Not going to guess any scores as I am sure everyone agrees, the most important things are that they are all good games played in a gentlemanly spirit.

NZ by 8
England by 10
SA by 21
Scotland by 8

Interesting to see people confident of a big England win. With no Itoje and referees on full alert for our shithousery, plus Aussie desperation and another week to prepare...

Yeah, what's that about? In contrast to previous weeks, I suspect we might edge this one, but it'll be by no more than a score.

In fact that can be said of all the games this week. I don't think anyone will win by more than 7.

Winners:
NZ
Eng
SA
Sco