The A Game - three strikes competition

Here is the page for the competition run by our buddy 'a'.

Hopefully he will drop in and remind us of the rules, but from memory you have to pick one team each round (to win) and it's a race to ten successful picks. If you get a game wrong that's a strike, and if you get three strikes you are out of the competition.

And another twist. If you have tipped a team and they've won a game you aren't able to tip that team again. It sounds easy, but it isn't.

Results after round sixteen

Thirteen points and 2 strikes (teams in brackets after your name cannot be selected again)

Tigerholic (Tigers, Broncos, Sea Eagles, Raiders, Panthers, Cowboys, Sharks, Storm, Warriors, Dragons, Dolphins, Bulldogs, Roosters)

Footy Chick (Sea Eagles, Broncos, Storm, Sharks, Warriors, Tigers, Panthers, Raiders, Eels, Cowboys, Dolphins, Bulldogs, Roosters)

Three strikes and out of the comp

Bong, Lochnesslaine, JP92, Wild Oscar, Buzz105, rickstar4life, Elisabeth, Ellelicious2707, No Woman No Try, COSSE POSSE, a, Mary S, Rocket Ryan, Bradapple, Hardyards, Rob181, Gummy Sharks, Taka, BigPeteBx, MGM

The Prize

The greatest mind in rugby league will generously donate the prize for The A Game in 2025.

A prize of $50 is available to the tipster who can get to ten. There can only be one winner, and if there happens to be more than one of you, we will add some sort of knockout element at that point to determine a winner.

Thanks Thinker. Gee, you're a good egg. Go shout yourself a beer after lunch today.

Note: for those of you overseas (more of you than most would think), that prize is in Australian dollars (or equivalent). We'll cross that currency bridge if/when we need to.

Comments

MGM's picture

I had an uneasy feeling about Dominic Young being back with the Knights and his try proved me right! (20-26 result).
Ah well , Titans was my toss up choice ... hope they don't win now (haha)!
Good luck to you Footy chic and tigerholic ....

P.S. (go you Cowboys ;-) ;-) :-)

MGM's picture

And That folks , is what you call Mixed Messages !

Mary S's picture

Good to see the Lion continue to roar MGM.
You played a good game, and the way the results are going this round, Roosters may lose too - who knows.

Cheers,
Mary

The Thinker's picture

Greetings A Game fans

We are down to two - Tigerholic and Footychick. Here are the teams you have left:

Tigerholic - Eels, Knights, Rabbitohs, Titans

Footy Chick - Dragons, Knights, Rabbitohs, Titans

Given you have very similar teams left to play, it's going to be hard to break this deadlock. I'm wondering if the two of you would be happy to split the winnings. If you both agree, I'll be in touch to organise. If not, I guess we keep on going.

Congrats on lasting this long. Mighty fine effort from you both.

All the best

The Thinker

tigerholic's picture

Hi Thinker/Footy Chick
Given I hold Footy Chick in the highest regard being the most consistent tipster over the past 10 years, I would be more than happy to see my name beside her as a joint winner.

What do you think Footy Chick.

Tiger

a's picture

Yeah that’s a great idea if not dragons vs eels are playing each other you could technically pick the. Too

Footy chick's picture

Hi Tiger and Thinker
Happy to share :-)
Many thanks xx

The Thinker's picture

Congrats to our two winners - Tigerholic and Footy Chick

I'll contact you both by email to organise your prizes.

Thanks 'a', for running the comp again this season, and a shout out to Mary S who kindly assists me with some of the paperwork.

All the best

The Thinker

Mary S's picture

@ 'a'
Thanks for the comp once again, and all the work you put into it. It certainly tests one.

@ The Thinker,
It's a pleasure to be able to assist you, for all you put in for us.

Cheers,
Mary

tigerholic's picture

Afternoon All

Just wanted to thank "a' and Thinker for this competition. It becomes a strategic affair when you get down to the last 5-6 teams left to choose.

Adding in injuries and origin and byes, you just can't pick the best teams every week.

Had a lot of fun this year, thank you again for running the comp. Congrats to Footy Chick and also MGM for making the final 3.

All the best

Tiger

MGM's picture

Well done everyone.
And thanks Tiger :-)

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