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Rules

Predict an outcome and points difference for all 15 games played over the 5 match weekends.

Points System

4 points for predicting the correct outcome.

Bonus points for predicting the correct outcome within certain ranges of the actual result:
Converted try (7 pts) = 1st bonus point
Drop goal (3 pts) = 2nd bonus point
Exact result = 3 additional bonus points

Consolation point for predicting an incorrect outcome within certain range of the actual result:
Converted try (7 pts) = 1 consolation point

Example

Wales v England

Player A predicts Wales by 10
Player B predicts Wales by 8
Player C predicts Wales by 4
Player D predicts Wales by 2
Player E predicts Draw by 0
Player F predicts England by 1
Player G predicts England by 6

Actual result: Wales 18 England 16

Player A scores 4 (correct outcome, no bonuses)
Player B scores 5 (correct outcome and within 7 of the actual result)
Player C scores 6 (correct outcome and within 3 of the actual result)
Player D scores 9 (correct outcome and exact result)
Player E scores 1 (consolation point)
Player F scores 1 (consolation point)
Player G scores 0

Fixtures

Saturday 6th February 2016
France v Italy 14:25
Scotland v England 16:50
Sunday 7th February 2015
Ireland v Wales 15:00

Saturday 13th February 2016
France v Ireland 14:25
Wales v Scotland 16:50
Sunday 14th February 2016
Italy v England 14:00

Friday 26th February 2016
Wales v France 20:05
Saturday 27th February 2016
Italy v Scotland 14:25
England v Ireland 16:50

Saturday 12th March 2016
Ireland v Italy 13:30
England v Wales 16:00
Sunday 13th March 2016
Scotland v France 15:00

Saturday 19th March 2016
Wales v Italy 14:30
Ireland v Scotland 17:00
France v England 20:00


You do not need to do them all at the same time, just as long a your match prediction is made before kick-off.

I will post each of the match weekends fixtures after the previous one has finished.

Good luck one and all

Round 1 fixtures:

Saturday 6th February 2016
France v Italy 14:25
Scotland v England 16:50
Sunday 7th February 2015
Ireland v Wales 15:00

Cheers for running this, Ian.

(should Player D have scored 7?)



France by 10
England by 15
Ireland by 8

GarlicJam wrote:Cheers for running this, Ian.

(should Player D have scored 7?)

ianp1970 wrote:
4 points for predicting the correct outcome.

Bonus points for predicting the correct outcome within certain ranges of the actual result:
Converted try (7 pts) = 1st bonus point
Drop goal (3 pts) = 2nd bonus point
Exact result = 3 additional bonus points

4 points for correct outcome
2 bonus points for getting within 3
3 additional bonus points for exact score

9 total points

OK, Cheers. I thought the bonusses would be exclusive of each other. But there IS that 'additional' there.

Works better than how I read it - I thought it a low reward for picking correct margin.

France by 15
Scotland by 2 (might as well start off at the bottom)
Ireland by 6

GarlicJam wrote:OK, Cheers. I thought the bonusses would be exclusive of each other. But there IS that 'additional' there.

Works better than how I read it - I thought it a low reward for picking correct margin.

added benefit for correctly predicting a draw too

Saturday 6th February 2016
France v Italy 14:25 - France by 12
Scotland v England 16:50 - England by 17

Sunday 7th February 2015
Ireland v Wales 15:00 - Wales by 5

Saturday 6th February 2016
France v Italy - France by 12
Scotland v England - England by 4
Ireland v Wales - Ireland by 8

France by 20
England by 10
Wales by 7

france by 30
england by 17
ireland by 6

France by 21
England by 5
Wales by 1

Missed the first game

Scotland by 5
Wales by 4

DiligentDefence wrote:Missed the first game

So do we all, pretty much,DD.

Saturday 13th February 2016
France v Ireland - Ireland by 9
Wales v Scotland - Wales by 14
Sunday 14th February 2016
Italy v England - England by 9