State of Origin tipping competition - Two Low for Zero

Greetings football fans.

A tipping comp for all our registered tipsters. This is only open to the registered tipsters on this site (that is, people participating in the NRL season tipping comp). The prize for the outright winner is $75 cash. In the event of a draw/draws the prizes will be split evenly among the winners. The Thinker (and Wally Lewis) cannot win, and The Thinker will determine the final winner/s. The Thinker will contact winners directly by email to organise prizes.

The competition is named in honour of what Ms Thinker regularly tells me is the most under-rated Elton John album of all time. I'm not so sure, but I don't like to get into arguments about such things with Ms Thinker, so here we are.

The idea is to score the lowest score possible. The perfect score is zero. The lower your score, the better you've done.

How to play

Tipsters will need to add their competition entries in the comments section on this page before the start of each Origin game. You will need to provide the following in your entry:

  • How many points you think NSW will score in game two
  • How many points you think QLD will score in game two
  • How many tries you think the back three from both teams will score in game one. That is, the fullbacks and wingers for both teams. In the event of injuries, sin bins, interchanges, HIAs etc, players slotted into those positions during the course of the game will be included in the tally. The Thinker will make the final judgement on the final tally for this element of the competition. I'll be fair and reasonable.

As an example, let's say I think the score will be NSW 20 - QLD 18, and I think the fullbacks and wingers will score 4 tries in the match. Let's say the actual result is NSW 24 - QLD 16, and the fullbacks and wingers scored 5 tries in the match. My score will be as follows: +4 (NSW score prediction) plus +2 (QLD score prediction) plus +1 (try tally prediction) equals 7 points. As you can see, the lower your total, the closer your prediction was to the final result. Hopefully I've made that complicated enough but not too complicated to be annoying. But if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

Entires must be submitted before each Origin game commences. I will provide a competition update after each game so you can see how you are travelling. Below are our results from the same competition in 2024:

Too Low for Zero - scores after game two of the 2025 series

Tipster Game one tally Game two tally Game three tally Total points
1st - JK Bubble 8 10   18
2nd - Mad Max 20 2   22
3rd - Tigerholic 16 8   24
4th - RyzPaz 10 15   25
4th - Rob181 17 8   25
6th - Walby 7 22   29
7th - Taka 11 21   32
8th - Rikki Sixx 11 22   33
8th - Mary S 21 12   33
10th - No Woman No Try 17 17   34
11th - Gummy Sharks 17  18   35
11th - The Thinker 14 21   35
13th- Wild Oscar 17 20   37
14th - a 16 22   38
14th - Bradapple 19 19   38
16th - Catdog 17 22   39
17th - Buzz105 18 22   40
17th - Footy Chick 20 20   40
19th - Nathan Sapak 20 22   42
20th - Hardyards 21 22   43
20th - Doobynuts 21 22   43
20th - MGM 27 16   43
20th - BigPeteBX 26 17   43
24th - Markate2021 22 22   44
25th - Rickstar 24 22   46
25th - Esra Star 24 22   46
         
         

 

Comments

The Thinker's picture

Greetings Origin fans

I have updated the scores after game two - JK Bubble takes the lead with another consistent result, with Mad Max charging up the leaderboard after almost picking the exact result.

Those who didn't provide a tip for game two have been given the equal highest scoring result.

As always, if anyone notices any issues with the scoring just let me know.

All the best

The Thinker

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