A small contest to celebrate the first portuguese qualifying to the rugby world cup.

Prize: A british farthing (an homage to the game's homeland): William III - 1697



How can you won it? Well, guess how many points the New Zealand, Scotland, Italy and Romania teams will score all together against Portugal (the sum of all four games), the coinpeep with the most accurate guess will win the farthing.

Rules:
- 1 guess per member
- The only valid posts are the ones made until September 12.

Calendar and hints/previsions:
9/9 - Scotland will slaughter Portugal
15/9 - New Zealand will massacre Portugal
19/09 - Italy will crush Portugal
25/09 - Romania will defeat Portugal


Good luck!

Jose

ooh. i feel like this is a great contest. i'll submit a guess later. Thanks for doing this JM!

My entry: 142

BTW: Lucky Portugal just promoted to the next tour in Eurobasket on the neck of Croatia leaving Latvia outside!
If Portugal will have the same luck in rugby, who knows... Romania is breakable.

I'll start it off with a total of 234

And in my opinion the All Blacks take the cup

My bid is a total of 228 scored against Portugal - an I am being conservative
NZ to score 88
Scotland scores 60
Italy scores 50
Romania scores 30

ehh don know bout rugby but ill make up a number lol :- 170

196 Great Contest!

124

I'll go with...202

I'll go with 145.

is ths like the price is right?? who evers closest without going over wins??

Are you going to bid 1 ??

No, just the closest guess,if the right answer was 200, 201 would beat 198 (for this particular result if there were a 202 and a 198 guesses the earlier post will win).

dang lol looks like no famous price is right bid for me!!

OK, first game: SCO - 56 / POR - 10

So, its 56 points and three games to go, the deadline is Wednesday (12) and Portugal won't play until then, post your guesses and good luck...


Jose

what time on the 12th does it end??(forum time)

...in theory 12/09 - 24.00 GMT...but will close the entries during my lunch break on Thursday (13), so, just post a guess until your 12/SET/07 ends.

Jose

184
^^^ is random numbers from hitting the keyboards, I don't have a clue!

Thanks for the contest, that is a really nice prize! *crosses fingers*

I'd guess about 205 but I'm not sure if they've started yet as I'm not a big rugby fan, prefer football...

Oh I notice that's been taken into account, then as above for me...hope they get trounced hehe

OK, entries closed, guesses:

DawsonsLV - 142
Brett - 234
Bluesfil - 228
roaddevil - 170
sbvenman - 196
Art - 124
Dockwalliper - 202
dan8402 - 145
BigCanadianM - 184
NumisMattic2200 - 205

The winner will be announced on the 25th, good luck!

gah!!! i forgot!!! grr dang gf!!

oooo so that is why i saw alot of scotish ppl in holland lol ...they did play in holland right? ^_^

I'm hoping for a BIG drubbing of Romania today...

OK, NZL - 108 - POR - 13

So far: 164 points, two games to go...



France actually, but i think you're confused RD, the Scots only use skirts (kilts), the men who use skirts, lipstick, high heels and bra have another name...

Jose

Jose - never noticed you were from Portugal! - However pity for me also, I fear they will have a lot more scored against them now. I hoped they would only concede about 80 or so in that one....

Go NZ All Blacks!!!!

I was hoping they would break 100

brett will get it!! i was gunna guess 240!!

OK, third game: ITA - 31 / POR - 5

Total so far: 195 Points and one game to go...

Still on the run:
Brett - 234
Bluesfil - 228
sbvenman - 196
Dockwalliper - 202
NumisMattic2200 - 205


Jose

Ooh... can the Romania v Portugal game be a nice, dire low scoring game?

I think I will probably lose but it may be close...

http://2rugby.com/game/4830/

Hello from Wales

Looks like it is going to be close.

Yeah but they'll probably score more than 20 against them...

Come on 7!!

Hey it's possible.... wouldn't 8 do too??

can they score one?? I think it's mean to wish for a shutout...

Anything's possible!

The guesses are for the closest number of points so:

Winner if Romania scores:
0 or 3 points: Sbvenman
5 to 8 points (8 points = 1 unconv. try + 1 pen.): Dock
9 to 21 points: Numismatt2200
22 to 35 points: Bluesfil
36 or more: Brett

Good luck!

Jose

Gee. If they were playin' agains my Buffalo Bills I'd have a good chance.

not confused i know what a scottish kilt is ...an plus they painted their faces 2 (some of em an some had scotlands flag) an yea the blue with a white "x" on it.

Romania 14 - Portugal 10

...i was kidding RD...

OK, it's final: ROM - 14 / POR - 10

So, "NumisMattic2200" wins, congratulations! Matt, send me your address by PM, that farthing is going home...

Thanks to all!

Jose

Dang. So close.

Congrtas NM

Thanks again, José..always nice to win something every once in a while!
Competition where you can actually win something which is genuinely free are rare these days - makes you feel all nice..

Thanks jose and congrats NumisMattic on your win

Awesome Contest...Thanks jose and congrats to numismattic!!!!

Coins arrived yesterday but I had to go out so no time to post a reply. Thanks for the William III Farthing and the extras you sent.

Et voilà, une pièce d'argent "rugby" ...



Christian

Ah bon! Just what I was looking for.... I have been enjoying le rugby and I hope there is going to be a France v England final now they have respectively overthrown their tyrannical opponents! I never even knew I liked the game..