Tips for the 2012 season

Find out just how wide of the mark The Thinker actually was in seasons past.

Round twenty selections

We may not be at the end of the regular season yet, but we can certainly see it from here.

Round nineteen selections

It's rivalry round in the NRL this weekend and the entire eastern seaboard is a seething pit of anger and hatred. Grrrrr!

Round eighteen selections

Another State of Origin series is done and dusted and the serious run into the NRL finals begins. It's quite a long straight, but we already have a few teams that have reached the 'now or never' stage of their season campaigns.

State of Origin series - game three

So here we are! A game three decider in what has been one of the most enthralling State of Origin series in quite some time. This is the sort of finale where champions can prove themselves and new legends are made.

Round seventeen selections

Just the five games this weekend, but I've come up with a few surprise results.

Round sixteen selections

I'm always wary of going the early crow, and this is a very early crow. I've pencilled in the 2012 grand finalists, and one of them couldn't score a point last week.

Round fifteen selections

It's the morning after the Blues have won game two of the 2012 State of Origin series. That makes this day one of the three weeks each year that the good people of New South Wales get to feel good about themselves. Enjoy it while it lasts my roach-like friends.

State of Origin series - game two

I don't feel entirely comfortable saying it, but here is why I think New South Wales will whinge the second game of the 2012 series. Oops! I mean 'win'. Actually no, I was right the first time.

Round fourteen selections

I hear the NRL needs a new CEO. I better get my tips out so I can start freshening up the old résumé.

Round thirteen selections

Here we are approaching the mid-point of the season and I'm ready to announce the winner of the 2012 wooden spoon. I'll give you one guess.

Season Statistics for 2012

The Thinker - 127 out of 201 (63.2% winning strike rate)
Wally Lewis - 128 out of 201 (63.7% winning strike rate)

Final NRL Ladder 2012

Team	Season points	Points differential
Bulldogs	40	+199
Storm	38	+218
Rabbitohs	36	+121
Sea Eagles	36	+94
Cowboys	34	+152
Raiders	30	+9
Sharks	29	+4
Broncos	28	+34
Dragons	26	-33
Tigers	26	-45
Titans	24	-28
Knights	24	-40
Roosters	21	-164
Warriors	20	-112
Panthers	20	-166
Eels	16	-243

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