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[Timelord2o67]

I felt the Queensland Women played a strong game. New South Wales took a two point penalty field goal kick and their goal kickers hit the crossbar on a later conversation kick.

The Queensland goal kickers wasn't that much better so it was the agrigate points for both games that clenched the series win.

The Townsville stadium was mostly packed with an enthusiastic crowd. Yesterday at work there was a lot of pregame chatter too

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[aoluain]

The Eels are well on their way to a win against the Dolphins in R17 of the NRL, its
4 - 42 at half time.

I put a bet on the Panthers in the next game, the odds are a very healthy 1.56 even against
14th place Newcastle Knights, am I missing something? I was a bit doubtful doing it.

and another bet on Storm to beat the Sea Eagles who have slipped down to 12th position
which is dissapointing for them after enjoying top 8 position for the first half of the season.

[Timelord2o67]

The Dolphins staged a second half comeback but were unable to chase the slippery Eel's extraordinary leed 48 - 20 at fulltime. Last year, The Eel's trailed seven wins and something like eleven losses in the first part of last year's season to surge later in the season to go all the way to the Grandfinal against the Panthers. We're seeing the same revival again now I think.

I'm watching the NZ Chiefs trailing the Canterbury Crusaders 10 - 15 at half time.

Have just checked the Panthers are leading the Knights 6 - 4 after twenty minutes.

Later tonight, the Sea Eagles are going to try to weather a storm on the horizon.

[aoluain]

The Eels did massive damage to the Dolphins in the first half yesterday, they are really playing
with intent. I didnt realise their season last year was so bad early on, anyway they are on a
mission now and look at them sitting in 5th spot now.

Two three bets won yesterday, The let down was the Broncos losing to the Titans in a close
enough game.

I have one more on today, Rabbitohs to beat the Cowboys @ 1.57


Is it too early to start talking about outright winners to the season?

[Timelord2067]

I; was in the middle of preparing a post and toggled browser windows, but shut my browser down.  Fortunately, this draft was saved:

The Eels did massive damage to the Dolphins in the first half yesterday, they are really playing
with intent. I didnt realise their season last year was so bad early on, anyway they are on a
mission now and look at them sitting in 5th spot now.

Two three bets won yesterday, The let down was the Broncos losing to the Titans in a close
enough game.

I have one more on today, Rabbitohs to beat the Cowboys @ 1.57

That scraping sound isn't my hardening arteries, rather the Rabbitohs crashing and burning in their loss to the Cowboys who just overran them big time.

Is it too early to start talking about outright winners to the season?

In first place after 17 rounds on 24 points a three way tie between the Panthers, Broncos and Storm (one each, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne) - one of these three will make it to the Grandfinal and probably win both the grand-final and the Minor Premiership (the regular season)



In second place on 22 points are



I then went on to talk about third placed (and I'm having issues uploading images just now, so will fix the post later)

Of the third place I wouldn't be surprised if the Eels make it into the top four.

[aoluain]

Well the Rabbitohs have a tougher draw this weekend, tomorrow when they play the Warriors.

On the grand final, yea probably the Panthers, Broncos or Storm or two of the three?

I have been complaining on and off about this season purely because my bets are getting
destroyed by the outcomes of the games but realistically its more exciting and its what any
neutral would like to see rather than a one horse race.

First game of the weekend starts today, shortly its Sharks v Dragons and Sharks are big
favourites @ 1.08

[Timelord2067]

Another blood bath by the Sharks tonight with a thirty six point win.  

The Sharks are top four as far as I can tell contenders and are very much quietly going about their business winning most of their games while their players aren't getting into strife on or off of the field.

Top four:

Eels, Sharks, Panthers and Warriors.

Top eight add

Broncos, Storm, Raiders and either the Rabbitohs or the Dolphins if Redcliffe stage a comeback in the next few weeks.

[aoluain]

And I was actually considering betting over 45.5 points but went the other way
and bet under 47.5.

Yes Sharks are definitely flying outside the radar.


So moving swiftly on to tomorrows/tonights games...

Couple of games coming up tomorrow which could be more realistic "under" bets

Warriors v Rabbitohs
Storm v Panthers - this one particularly should be a close one but it could easily go
the other way with one team totally out scoring the other. Interestingly - Storm are
slight favourites, maybe a more conservative bet on Storm will be better than under/over bets.

[Timelord2o67]

Both the Warriors and Storm got thrashed tonight with the Rabbitohs and Panthers surging ahead to win by about what they were originally trailing by.

So far I'm one from three with five more games to play.

The sharks now have 24 points in a very crowded first place tied in the ladder.

[aoluain]

Well I'm 0 from 2 ATM in this round and its not looking good for the Wests Tigers who
are up against . . . the Cowboys who look like they have decided to turn up the performance
dial and start playing and winning some games.

Wests Tigers better have a BIG answer in the second half and knock the Cowboys off their high horses!

Next up is the Bronchos v the Dolphins, its a must win for the Bronchos to keep in contention for
that shared top spot. . . and for my last bet of the round 🙏. . . or else its another empty wallet. . .

[Timelord2o67]

Painful. Very painful.

Tigers were decimated.

The Dolphins last gasp nearly paid off untill the Broncos scored two minutes before full time to extend their LEED to eight points (with a conversion missed) the bookmakers must have rubbed their hands gleefully as the Dolphins blew out to 7-1 then 4-1 and $1.70 when they left by two points with 25 minutes to go then quickly slumped to $2.20 then $8.00 and finally $17 moments before the Broncos 78th minute try when betting was suspended.

[aoluain]

yea painful for the Tigers, no score at all and the cowboys probably think they are legends??

Tigers has a few "good losses" to run some teams close but losing.

Another totally skewed game today, Bulldogs failing to score and the Knights racking up
66 points, whatever about failing to score in a close game but these results are just baffling.

Its half time in the last game of the round, looks like the teams are evenly matched 12-10 to
the Sea Eagles...

[darxiaomi]

Not news about the games who are played. But yes something related to rugby, Los Pumas discovers the shirts they are gonna use in the next world cup, one its the clasical one, and the other its a tribute to a historic regiment of the Argentinian Army. Very nice gesture.

[aoluain]

Very good, so I guess the classical jersey on the left is the regular playing kit and the
tribute on the right will be the "away" kit.

We are only 2 months from the RWC in France, it will soon become time to be getting
properly excited.

So far representation for countries playing there by people who visit this thread is:

Australia - Timelord2067
Wales - Welsh
Argentina - darxiaomi
Ireland - aoluain

Anyone else out there lurking who will be viewing some RWC games? and making
a few wagers?

[darxiaomi]

Very good, so I guess the classical jersey on the left is the regular playing kit and the
tribute on the right will be the "away" kit.

We are only 2 months from the RWC in France, it will soon become time to be getting
properly excited.

So far representation for countries playing there by people who visit this thread is:

Australia - Timelord2067
Wales - Welsh
Argentina - darxiaomi
Ireland - aoluain

Anyone else out there lurking who will be viewing some RWC games? and making
a few wagers?

Nice resume you made. About the kit yes you are correct the regular one its the one on the left.

I think we can make some pool contest between us for the RWC, i dont know if you are familiar with Superbru, but Rugby predictions are available, so we can make some pool prediction for RUgby WC, i dont think we an have a sponsor because we are really few, but between us putting like 2 mbtc or 1 mbtc or for fun.

Let me know what you think.

[Timelord2o67]

Australians will barrack for New Zealand unless we're playing them or visa versa, so count me in for New Zealand and Australia (unless we've got a Kiwi lurking amongst us?)

[aoluain]

Very good, so I guess the classical jersey on the left is the regular playing kit and the
tribute on the right will be the "away" kit.

We are only 2 months from the RWC in France, it will soon become time to be getting
properly excited.

So far representation for countries playing there by people who visit this thread is:

Australia - Timelord2067
Wales - Welsh
Argentina - darxiaomi
Ireland - aoluain

Anyone else out there lurking who will be viewing some RWC games? and making
a few wagers?

Nice resume you made. About the kit yes you are correct the regular one its the one on the left.

I think we can make some pool contest between us for the RWC, i dont know if you are familiar with Superbru, but Rugby predictions are available, so we can make some pool prediction for RUgby WC, i dont think we an have a sponsor because we are really few, but between us putting like 2 mbtc or 1 mbtc or for fun.

Let me know what you think.

Yes indeed darxiaomi, we should make a pool system, hopefully we get some more
interest in it.

I think myself and Timelord talked about doing something a while back

Australians will barrack for New Zealand unless we're playing them or visa versa, so count me in for New Zealand and Australia (unless we've got a Kiwi lurking amongst us?)

Ah shure put me down for France and South Africa too if we are doing that 🤣


NRL

Wests Tigers are up first this round against #3 on the ladder, The Sharks,
thats another tough draw for them.

Will over 47.5 @ 1.7 be a worthy bet?

[Timelord2067]

think myself and Timelord talked about doing something a while back

Yeh, I suggested a two of three wallet or something like that to hold the bag. If @Welsh jumps in I wouldn't object to sending the pot to him as I think he's escrowed in the past?

Will over 47.5 @ 1.7 be a worthy bet?

Not on a $1 bet it isn't. I think for a $100 or even a $1000 bet it might, but I get a little hesitant withose kinds of bets. The team wins, but not as much as you think, so you loose anyway.

I play the safe bet and just pick who is going to win. 🤔

Tonight, I'm going with the Sharks ($1.05Vs$10) and tomorrow I'm backing the Raiders ($1.24Vs$4.10)

[aoluain]

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...Well I had my last $1.05 in my wallet placed on that over bet @ 1.7 before I read your reply

The final score is Wests Tigers 12 - 36 Sharks - so funny! my bet nust about won by 0.5

Tomorrows game Dragons v Raiders 16th v 5th could go the same way! I might chance
my arm and go again with the winnings of above?

Just looking down the order of play and there are only 5 games this round?

[Timelord2067]

Yeh next week is game three of the State of Origin series, so three are slightly less games played while players are on Origin duties. AFAIK the games are selected randomly through the year so there shouldn't be any advantage one team over another during the shorter round weeks.

I missed the first 20 minutes of the game last night. The Tigers trailed by six then evened up before half time. Through our the game the Tigers had more disallowed tries but I feel overall they played a better games than the Sharks who fumbled many passes and their kicks near the try line went straight to a Tigers player causing a changeover.

It was only in the last 20 minutes the Sharks seemed to gell as a team and poured on the points including a try at the 80^th minute.

If the Sharks make the Grand final, then I doubt they'll win if they play like they did last night.

The Tigers need to be relegated right now back to the (State comp) second division. Unfortunately, the NRL isn't set up that was it's a commercial enterprise hence the Tigers will fumble at the bottom for many years just like the Rabbitohs before them.