Tips for the 2019 season

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

Round eighteen selections

If I'm right (and I am slightly more than half the time) there's a couple of upsets on the cards in round eighteen. At least one of them will blow your mind.

Round seventeen selections

Another Origin series has come and gone, and we can go back to focusing on the season proper.

Round sixteen selections

Just four games in round sixteen – one of the teams playing this weekend is off my Christmas card list (and another isn't far behind).

Round fifteen selections

After an Origin game in Perth we nave NRL games this weekend at Adelaide, Darwin, Newcastle, Wollongong, Gold Coast, Auckland and Sydney in round 15. The game may not have a national footprint just yet...but it's starting to look like it.

Round fourteen selections

There's no Origin this week, but we do have two (and possibly three) absolute belters in the NRL this round.

Round thirteen selections

A late start (Friday night) and a later finish (Monday afternoon) as a number of teams do their best to manage their rosters and rep duties.

Round twelve selections

Just four games this round as that pesky State of Origin series gets in the way of everything.

Round eleven selections

It's the last chance everyone gets to put their hand up for selection in State of Origin game one. Plenty of spots still available I imagine.

Round ten selections

It's election weekend, and there's no better way to be distracted from the nonsense than eight games of NRL. Although I do like a democracy sausage.

Round nine selections

Eight games at one ground. I love it, but I would...it's a gentle stroll from Thinker Manor so hooray.

Season 2019 Scoreboard

Tipster	Correct tips
Footy chick	133 from 201
BigPeteBx	131 from 201
Jack.Starky	130 from 201
Wally Lewis	128 from 201
The Butcher	127 from 201
The Tide Head	126 from 201
TigerGirl	125 from 201
lillychino	125 from 201
scottyh	125 from 201
Mary S	125 from 201
Mike T	124 from 189
Rick	124 from 201
newbie from perth	123 from 201
bradapple	123 from 201
Tigers717	123 from 201
Dragons-fanboy	122 from 201
Michael N	121 from 201
The Thinker	119 from 201
Steel Panther	118 from 201
ScottySeahawk	118 from 201
a	118 from 201
Baggy_Gee	118 from 201
Johnny Awesome	118 from 193
tigerholic	118 from 201
Walby	117 from 193
manyana	117 from 201
mark ashford	116 from 201
Catdog	116 from 193
Buzz105	116 from 200
Esra Star	116 from 201
The Voyeur	114 from 201
DarK-HorsE	113 from 184
Islander	111 from 201
Gad	111 from 201
NuL1F3	111 from 197
Taka	110 from 200
KellysLoot	110 from 188
Rocket Ryan	109 from 201
Hardyards	109 from 193
scott m	108 from 196
teraflare	107 from 193
Grahamgunners	103 from 192
Nik	95 from 168
FrankQLD	94 from 175
MGM	80 from 152
Grasshopper	72 from 120
Tailspin	63 from 112
BroncoSwimmer	57 from 108
Pandoras Box	46 from 88
jonkulator	30 from 48
Niftyone	21 from 32
Brad S	14 from 24
Swapnil2007	14 from 24

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