Autumn Internationals Predictor

Rules

Post your predicted scores for the fixtures in this thread. All entries to be posted by Midnight on Friday (UK) for that weekends fixtures. Eligible fixtures are posted on this thread below. You can start posting predictions at anytime during the five weeks but obviously the best chance to win overall is to get your predictions in for every fixture.

Scoring

10 points for the correct result.
10 points for the correct team score (reducing by 1 point per match point variance)
Double points for any match prediction that is 100% correct. This means that a correct scoreline would earn 60 points ( (10 for win +10 for home score +10 for away score)x2)
50 bonus points for getting the correct results for all games that weekend.

Week 3 bonus! Correctly name the first try scorer for the Baa Baas vs NZ XV during week 3 and earn an additional 20 point bonus.

Fixtures

Week 1

Saturday 29th October

Japan vs New Zealand
National Stadium, Tokyo
Kick-off: 6:50am (2:50pm local)

Scotland v Australia
BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 5:30pm

Week 2

Saturday 5th November

Italy v Samoa
Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
Kick-off: 1:00pm (2:00pm local)

Scotland v Fiji
BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 1:00pm

Wales v New Zealand
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 3:15pm

Ireland v South Africa
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 5:30pm

France v Australia
Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 8:00pm (9:00pm local)

Sunday 6th November

England v Argentina
Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 2:15pm


Week 3

Saturday 12th November

Ireland vs Fiji
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 1:00pm

Italy v Australia
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Kick-off: 1:00pm (2:00pm local)

England v Japan
Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 3:15pm

Wales v Argentina
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 5:30pm

France v South Africa
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Kick-off: 8:00pm (9:00pm local)

Sunday 13th November

Barbarians v All Blacks XV
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
Kick-off: 2:00pm

Scotland v New Zealand
BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 2:15pm

Week 4

Saturday 19th November 2022

Italy v South Africa
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Kick-off: 1:00pm (2:00pm local)

Wales v Georgia
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 1:00pm

Scotland v Argentina
BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 3:15pm

England v New Zealand
Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 5:30pm

Ireland v Australia
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 8:00pm

Sunday 20th November 2022

France v Japan
Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse
Kick-off: 1:00pm (2:00pm local)

Week 5

Saturday 26th Novemeber

Wales v Australia
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 3:15pm

England v South Africa
Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 5:30pm

Is the Scot - Oz game this weekend on TV?
And does anyone know who has picked up coverage for the England games?

Scratch that...just seen that Prime have them all.

Nice one Bsando.

Japan 15 NZ 30
Scotland 25 Australia 22

Good chance of winning this one.

Collapse2005 wrote:Good chance of winning this one.

Quite shocked how low the participation is actually. Wasn’t this really popular in the past? Could end up as a duel!

Japan 9 ABs 45

Scotland 15 Australia 28

Japan 17 ABs 56

Scotland 27 Australia 21

Go on then

Japan 14 NZ 48
Scotland 22 Australia 25

Cheers for this bsando.  

Japan 15 43 NZ

Scotland 12 23 Australia.

JPN 10 - 62 NZL
SCO 24 - 23 AUS

bsando wrote:

Collapse2005 wrote:Good chance of winning this one.

Quite shocked how low the participation is actually. Wasn’t this really popular in the past? Could end up as a duel!

I’m guessing there aren’t that many people left on this forum.

Japan 14 - 48 New Zealand

Scotland 3 - 50 Australia

Japan 12 : 45 New Zealand

Scotland 28. : 21 Australia

Collapse2005 wrote:

bsando wrote:

Collapse2005 wrote:Good chance of winning this one.

Quite shocked how low the participation is actually. Wasn’t this really popular in the past? Could end up as a duel!

I’m guessing there aren’t that many people left on this forum.

Suspect that if some posters cant find an argument or someone to troll they aren't interested!

Japan 19 - 31 New Zealand

Scotland 18 - 27 Australia

Maybe it's because it's a bit pointless, excuse the pun, trying to guess a scoreline. A couple of results might be predictable say NZ beating Japan but actual scores so what.

I’m guessing there aren’t that many people left on this forum.

Yup - weak modding and too many trolls have killed it.  I hardly post anymore because of the unpleasant trolls. this post will be removed as well I bet. I told the admins 3 years ago this was happening the the trolls were allowed to continue

TJ wrote:

I’m guessing there aren’t that many people left on this forum.

Yup - weak modding and too many trolls have killed it.  I hardly post anymore because of the unpleasant trolls.  this post will be removed as well I bet.  I told the admins 3 years ago this was happening the the trolls were allowed to continue

I don't post here a huge amount but can't say I've seen too much troll activity, is or has it been an issue? Can't be anything like the utter utter sh!te that gets posted on England rugby HYSs on BBC site. That gets beyond ridiculous and "modding" as such there is farcical and seemingly random with blatant trolls allowed to remain yet on topic posts often removed.

Look, it’s been said time and time again. If you don’t like what someone is saying or they be “trolling” just put them on yer ignore

Anyhoo

Japan 12 - 46 New Zealand
Scotland 24 - 32 Australia

Week One Results



1. No7&1/2 - 85
2. Bsando - 83
3. Hazel Sapling - 80
4. RiscaGame - 74
5. Tigertattie - 73
6. Mikey_dragon - 70
7. Oakdene - 25
8. Demosthenes - 18
9. Collapse2005 - 16
10. Lowlandbrit - 14

As there was only two matches in week one it was a great week to nab that 50 point bonus for getting all the results correct. 6/10 of us predicted a Scotland loss which sadly left Oakdene, Demosthenes, Collapse2005 and Lowlandbrit missing out on those extra points despite some good scoreline predictions. That result could have quite easily have swung the other way and we'd be looking at a quite different table right now.

No7&1/2 was best of the round predicting both matches correctly and being the closest to getting the winning margin for NZ correct. No one was particularly good at predicting the Japanese points total with everyone expecting them to put less the twenty points on NZ.

Although I got the Scottish points spot on I was way off with the Wallabies margin which allowed No7&1/2, Hazel Sapling and RiscaGame and TigerTattie to claw some points back.

Week Two and the start of the International window will present a bigger challenge, especially for predicting all the results correctly and nabbing that bonus 50 points.

Remember, it's not too late to join in if you haven't made any predictions thus far. Best of luck to all in Round Two!

Woo hoo. End the comp now.

I blame Blair Kinghorn

Italy 20 v Samoa 17
Scotland 30 v Fiji 14
Wales 18 v New Zealand 28
Ireland 28 v South Africa 20
France 40 v Australia 17
England 17 v Argentina 23

ITA 15 - 20 SAM
SCO 39 - 12 FIJ
WAL 16 - 24 NZL
IRE 24 - 26 RSA
FRA 28 - 23 AUS
ENG 24 - 20 ARG

Italy 21 v Samoa 16
Scotland 39 v Fiji 24
Wales 27 v New Zealand 25
Ireland 28 v South Africa 31
France 29 v Australia 22
England 32 v Argentina 26

Italy 25 v Samoa 10
Scotland 27 v Fiji 14
Wales 25 v New Zealand 30
Ireland 35 v South Africa 21
France 38 v Australia 15
England 15 v Argentina 9

Italy 22 13 Samoa
Scotland 34 17 Fiji
Wales 13 32 NZ
Ireland 19 22 SA
France 34 15 Australia
England 25 12 Argentina

Thanks.

Italy 22 v Samoa 17
Scotland 38 v Fiji 19
Wales 18 v New Zealand 32
Ireland 28 v South Africa 25
France 33 v Australia 17
England 24 v Argentina 23

Risca, Sapling, Mikey and demosthenes I'm extending the cutoff for predictions to 1pm today as I see you haven't made any for round 2.

That goes for anyone else who wants to join in today as well.

Good luck!

Italy 26 v Samoa 30
Scotland 38 v Fiji 23
Wales 22 v New Zealand 36
Ireland 22 v South Africa 20
France 29 v Australia 15
England 29 v Argentina 20

Apologies bsando, forgot to do this

Italy 33 - 20 Samos
Scotland 28 - 24 Fiji
Wales 23 - 27 NZ
Ireland 32 - 23 SA
France 40 - 15 Australia
England 35 - 17 Argentina

Hazel Sapling wrote:Apologies bsando, forgot to do this

Italy 33 - 20 Samos
Scotland 28 - 24 Fiji
Wales 23 - 27 NZ
Ireland 32 - 23 SA
France 40 - 15 Australia
England 35 - 17 Argentina

Easily done mate! Good luck, I spammed every home nations thread to try and boost the numbers  

Ah crap.

Wales 21 NZ 37
Ireland 28 Sa 22
France 28 Australia 24
England 34 Argentina 19

Now that’s a try from the criminal element

Impressed with how close everyone was with the Scotland Fiji game.

France vs Aus was the game of the weekend for me.

Week Two Results



1) Collapse2005 - 148

2) Tigertattie - 85
3) Hazel Sapling - 84

4) Bsando and No7&1/2 - 83
5) Profitus - 81

6) Oakdene - 75

7) LowlandBrit - 72

8) RiscaGame - 57

9) Mikey Dragon - 0

10) Demosthenes - 0



Saturday provided a full blown day of Autumn internationals. Although not every game provided a high level of entertainment the match of the day was France vs Australia. Foketi scored arguably the try of the autumn in the first quarter of the match with the Wallabies going the length of the park. Jock Campbell had a very good second cap and could be a potential star of the autumn for Australia. Ultimately though, they came up short after a wonder bit of skill from Penaud. France vs NZ could be one of the games of the Autumn if you ask me.



As for predictions, most were in the 80 point range and all were robbed of a 50 point bonus…

That is all apart from Collapse2005!  
He nailed it. His score of 148 was by far the best of the round with poor old Risca on 57 thanks to posting late scores  



Collapse2005 was the only person to predict an England loss to Argentina and he made a very close scoreline prediction for Scotland vs Fiji earning him 26 points. Only I was closer (27 points) and that was the closest anyone got to a perfect prediction for a single match. Several got one teams score spot on only to be well off for the mark for the oppositions.



Interestingly we all gave Wales a lot of respect for their fixture vs NZ. Perhaps that may have actually been a split between respect for Wales and doubt regarding the form of the Ab’s. This resulted in nearly no one guessing a high points tally for NZ with Risca predicting the highest NZ points total of 37, still 18 points off New Zealands final score of 55 points.  



Most of us did not expect Italy to whollop Samoa like they did. Hazel Sapling predicted the highest Italian points total of 33 points which was 16 points short of the Italians actual score of 49. 


England really screwed a lot of us over (apart from Risca of course) with only Oakdene getting more than 10 points for his prediction of 32-26 that earned him 13 points despite wrongly predicting an England win. Most expected a low scoring, slim England win. We all clearly underestimated the boots of Boffelli and Farrell.



Overall Leaderboard



1) No7&1/2 - 168

2) Bsando - 166

3) Collapse2005 and Hazel Sapling - 164

4) Tigertattie - 158

5) RiscaGame - 131

6) Oakdene - 110
7) LowlandBrit - 86

8) Profitus - 81

9) Mikey Dragon - 71

10) Demosthenes - 18




No7&1/2 still leads the way!  

Round three and week two of the Autumn internationals will provide a chance to win an extra 50 points for naming the first try scorer in the Barbarians match. Be sure to add that alongside your score prediction.

Best of luck in Rd 3!

Serious effort from you Bsando to put together that review and summary. Thanks for organising.

No worries! If we had another 20-30 people it may have felt a tad more laborious to implement. As it is I’m quite enjoying it.

Going early, so I can’t forget.

Saturday 12th November

Ireland vs Fiji
45-18

Italy v Australia
21-35

England v Japan
44-23

Wales v Argentina
18-24

France v South Africa
26-21

Barbarians v All Blacks XV
35-49
Aaron Wainwright

Scotland v New Zealand
24-32

bsando wrote:Week Two Results



1) Collapse2005 - 148

2) Tigertattie - 85
3) Hazel Sapling - 84

4) Bsando and No7&1/2 - 83
5) Profitus - 81

6) Oakdene - 75

7) LowlandBrit - 72

8) RiscaGame - 57

9) Mikey Dragon - 0

10) Demosthenes - 0



Saturday provided a full blown day of Autumn internationals. Although not every game provided a high level of entertainment the match of the day was France vs Australia. Foketi scored arguably the try of the autumn in the first quarter of the match with the Wallabies going the length of the park. Jock Campbell had a very good second cap and could be a potential star of the autumn for Australia. Ultimately though, they came up short after a wonder bit of skill from Penaud. France vs NZ could be one of the games of the Autumn if you ask me.



As for predictions, most were in the 80 point range and all were robbed of a 50 point bonus…

That is all apart from Collapse2005!  
He nailed it. His score of 148 was by far the best of the round with poor old Risca on 57 thanks to posting late scores  



Collapse2005 was the only person to predict an England loss to Argentina and he made a very close scoreline prediction for Scotland vs Fiji earning him 26 points. Only I was closer (27 points) and that was the closest anyone got to a perfect prediction for a single match. Several got one teams score spot on only to be well off for the mark for the oppositions.



Interestingly we all gave Wales a lot of respect for their fixture vs NZ. Perhaps that may have actually been a split between respect for Wales and doubt regarding the form of the Ab’s. This resulted in nearly no one guessing a high points tally for NZ with Risca predicting the highest NZ points total of 37, still 18 points off New Zealands final score of 55 points.  



Most of us did not expect Italy to whollop Samoa like they did. Hazel Sapling predicted the highest Italian points total of 33 points which was 16 points short of the Italians actual score of 49. 


England really screwed a lot of us over (apart from Risca of course) with only Oakdene getting more than 10 points for his prediction of 32-26 that earned him 13 points despite wrongly predicting an England win. Most expected a low scoring, slim England win. We all clearly underestimated the boots of Boffelli and Farrell.



Overall Leaderboard



1) No7&1/2 - 168

2) Bsando - 166

3) Collapse2005 and Hazel Sapling - 164

4) Tigertattie - 158

5) RiscaGame - 131

6) Oakdene - 110
7) LowlandBrit - 86

8) Profitus - 81

9) Mikey Dragon - 71

10) Demosthenes - 18




No7&1/2 still leads the way!  

Round three and week two of the Autumn internationals will provide a chance to win an extra 50 points for naming the first try scorer in the Barbarians match. Be sure to add that alongside your score prediction.

Best of luck in Rd 3!

Again I call for us to just end it now!

Ireland 39 vs Fiji 15
Italy 15 vs Australia 33
England 25 vs Japan 20
Wales 21 vs Argentina 18
France 18 vs South Africa 20
Barbarians 35 vs All Blacks XV 45
Scotland 25 v New Zealand 22

First try scorer in BaBas game: Shaun Stevenson

Ireland 52 vs Fiji 24
Italy 22 vs Australia 46
England 41 vs Japan 28
Wales 19 vs Argentina 34
France 31 vs South Africa 17
Barbarians 30 vs All Blacks XV 41
Scotland 17 v New Zealand 44

First try scorer in BaBas game: Rhys Webb

Ireland 32 vs Fiji 12
Italy 20 vs Australia 25
England 30 vs Japan 17
Wales 20 vs Argentina 18
France 24 vs South Africa 12
Barbarians 20 vs NZ XV 37
Scotland 17 v New Zealand 25

Try Scorer McKenzie.

Please and thank you.

IRE 42 - 12 FIJ
ITA 15 - 25 AUS
ENG 30 - 17 JAP
WAL 16 - 21 ARG
FRA 20 - 15 RSA
SCO 24 - 40 NZL
BAB 36 - 25 ABK
Fainga'anuku

Ah, Razor has stung us with benching the Welsh players. Damn it

IRE 52 - 21 FIJ
ITA 23 - 24 AUS
ENG 19 - 15 JAP
WAL 25 - 21 ARG
FRA 31 - 21 RSA
SCO 28 - 48 NZL
Barbarians 40 - 30 ABXV

First try - Chat

RiscaGame wrote:Ah, Razor has stung us with benching the Welsh players. Damn it

Razor and ROG, joint coaches. Excuse you.

Collapse2005 wrote:

RiscaGame wrote:Ah, Razor has stung us with benching the Welsh players. Damn it

Razor and ROG, joint coaches. Excuse you.

Both future Wales coaches as well, you yeard it yere first.