NRL Last Man Standing

Mr.Nice Guy

I thought it might be a fun idea to create a Last Man Standing game before the debut of the new season. Some of you may have seen these types of games before.

Rules

- Each round of fixtures you pick a team that you think will win.

- You can't choose any team that you have chosen in previous weeks.

- If your team don't win then you are eliminated.

We keep going until we have the last player left. (If nobody's teams win, all who were left in at that point roll over to the next week.)

Here are the fixtures for the first round of games:


Thurs
St George Illawarra Dragons vs Brisbane Broncos

Fri
Newcastle Knights vs Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
North Queensland Cowboys vs Cronulla Sutherland Sharks

Sat
Wests Tigers vs Sydney Roosters
South Sydney Rabbitohs vs New Zealand Warriors
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs vs Melbourne Storm

Sun
Penrith Panthers vs Parramatta Eels
Gold Coast Titans vs Canberra Raiders


I'll get the ball rolling and the team I'll place my faith in to start with will be the Rabbitohs!

Who will you choose? (P.S. Anyone who sees this thread after the Thurs/Fri game can still play but obviously you'd need to choose a team from a fixture that hasn't happened yet!)

Tom Mann Centuria

I'll go for the Raiders.

Danick

I'll take Rabbits to beat the Warriors - this is a class idea.

Tom Mann Centuria

Danick wrote: »

I'll take Rabbits to beat the Warriors - this is a class idea.

Mighty Warriors not doing you any favours with 25 minutes left, tonking the Bunnies.

Danick

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Mighty Warriors not doing you any favours with 25 minutes left, tonking the Bunnies.

For sure - Warriors were class - I'm out already lol!

Mr.Nice Guy

I feel like I jinxed the Bunnies. :pac:

Keen to see how Tom's pick gets on Sunday. I'm wishing I'd gone with the Raiders now!

Tom Mann Centuria

More or less guarantee Canberra will let me down now!

Tom Mann Centuria

And they did. :pac:

Mr.Nice Guy

Fairly brutal start for us in Round 1, lads! Let's see if we can do better for Round 2. Here's the fixture list:



Thurs
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs St George-Illawarra Dragons

Fri
Sydney Roosters vs Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
Brisbane Broncos vs North Queensland Cowboys

Sat
New Zealand Warriors vs Gold Coast Titans
Penrith Panthers vs South Sydney Rabbitohs
Melbourne Storm vs Wests Tigers

Sun
Manly Sea Eagles vs Parramatta Eels
Canberra Raiders vs Newcastle Knights



This time I'm putting my faith in the Roosters!

Danick

I'll take my own team the Cows to beat Broncos.

Tom Mann Centuria

Storm then this time, to see if I can last more than one round.

kirk buttercup

I take it i'm too late

Tom Mann Centuria

kirk buttercup wrote: »

I take it i'm too late

No mate, work away. We all failed miserably in the first round so you're good to start from now as well.

kirk buttercup

Storm this week for me (thanks guys great idea)

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

This time I'm putting my faith in the Roosters!

Thank you Roosters.

Danick

Think I jinxed the Cowboys lol

Mr.Nice Guy

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Storm then this time, to see if I can last more than one round.

kirk buttercup wrote: »

Storm this week for me (thanks guys great idea)

You'll be needing the Storm to deliver or I pick up the win!

Reckon you'll be okay though.

Tom Mann Centuria

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

You'll be needing the Storm to deliver or I pick up the win!

Reckon you'll be okay though.

Yeah, you have the rare honour of being only correct guess so far!

Edit: Well at half-time, Storm doing a good job of continuing my poor start. Trail Tigers by 2 penalties.

Tom Mann Centuria

Think I need to retire from this! All hail Mr.Nice Guy, by managing to correctly guess one result he sweeps to victory!

Mr.Nice Guy

I thought Storm winning was practically a shoe-in. Tigers doing very well at the minute.

Mr.Nice Guy

Last Man Standing II

Right, I'm putting my title on the line as even with all the upsets of late we can surely drag this out a bit longer!

All teams are once again available for your selection. Here are the fixtures:




Thurs
Melbourne Storm vs North Queensland Cowboys

Fri
Canterbury Bulldogs vs Penrith Panthers
Wests Tigers vs Brisbane Broncos

Sat
Canberra Raiders vs New Zealand Warriors
South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Manly Sea Eagles
Parramatta Eels vs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Sun
Gold Coast Titans vs St George-Illawarra Dragons
Sydney Roosters vs Newcastle Knights




I'm going to hope their good form continues as my pick will be the Tigers.

Danick

I got knocked out this week - if we are starting over again then I'll pick Dragons.

Tom Mann Centuria

I'll go Panthers this week. (I'm sure a shiver just went down Anthony Griffin's spine with that kiss of death from me picking them).

kirk buttercup

Manly Please .

Mr.Nice Guy

Looks like myself and Tom are out. Now to see how Danick and kirk do this weekend.

kirk buttercup

And that's me gone

Tom Mann Centuria

We're quite the tipping machines!

Danick

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

We're quite the tipping machines!

My only strategy to stay in was to pick the last game lol

Tom Mann Centuria

Danick wrote: »

My only strategy to stay in was to pick the last game lol

Ladies and Gentlemen, here is your winner. Dragons hammered the Titans. Congratulations Danick.

It'd be nice if we get a winner who has to predict more than one game to be victorious next time. :pac:

kirk buttercup

Congratulations Danick . Would be nice to tip for more than a week

Mr.Nice Guy

Last Man Standing III

Congrats to the new reigning Champ Danick. Now it's time to see can he defend his crown for the next round of fixtures. And let's see if we all can take this contest into a second week for once.

Here are the upcoming games. Once again, as it's a new game ALL teams are available for selection. Choose wisely...




Thurs
North Queensland Cowboys vs Penrith Panthers

Fri
South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Canterbury Bulldogs
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs Melbourne Storm

Sat
Sydney Roosters vs New Zealand Warriors
Manly Sea Eagles vs Canberra Raiders

Sun
St George-Illawarra Dragons vs Newcastle Knights
Brisbane Broncos vs Gold Coast Titans

Mon
Wests Tigers vs Parramatta Eels



I'm going to go for the first game and pin my hopes on the Cowboys to beat the Panthers.

kirk buttercup

Storm please

Danick

Hoping Manly can get me thought this week - they will want to bounce back from last week's shock defeat although Cotric is scoring again so it could be tight.

Tom Mann Centuria

This is where the Warriors wheels come off, the Roosters for me please. (I'll be a happy camper to be proved wrong this week)

kirk buttercup

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

This is where the Warriors wheels come off, the Roosters for me please. (I'll be a happy camper to be proved wrong this week)

Warriors could make history with their first ever 4 in a row wins(first 4 rounds ) ,the Roosters are looking strong but would love to see that upset

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I'm going to go for the first game and pin my hopes on the Cowboys to beat the Panthers.

Well that strategy backfired.

I think kirk is up next with his pick of Melbourne.

kirk buttercup

And Bang

Mr.Nice Guy

Looks like Danick had a successful title defence as Manly pick up a strong win.

Tom Mann Centuria

Couldn't be happier to have gone out today, awesome.

kirk buttercup

Well done Danick . The comp this year is so hard to predict

Danick

kirk buttercup wrote: »

Well done Danick . The comp this year is so hard to predict

Thanks - every week there are shock results - How are all we finding sky? I was so disappointed they didn't show more games this Easter weekend - a time when I can actually sit down and enjoy some decent footy.

Has anyone got the app and if so what do you reckon? Is it worth the money? Just realising how good I had it over the last couple of years.

Mr.Nice Guy

If I'm not mistaken there's a few weekend games coming up on Sky in mid-April. I think they would be better off showing games on Saturday and Sunday.

Mr.Nice Guy

Last Man Standing IV

The champ remains Danick after the rest of us again fell at the first hurdle. Can the contest be taken to a second week?

Here are the upcoming games. Once again, a new game means ALL teams are available for selection. Who do you like...



Thurs
Canberra Raiders vs Canterbury Bulldogs

Fri
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs Sydney Roosters
St George-Illawarra Dragons vs South Sydney Rabbitohs

Sat
Wests Tigers vs Melbourne Storm
New Zealand Warriors vs North Queensland Cowboys
Newcastle Knights vs Brisbane Broncos

Sun
Gold Coast Titans vs Manly Sea Eagles
Parramatta Eels vs Penrith Panthers


My strategy last week of picking the early game didn't work - so I'm going to try it again. :pac:

The Raiders have had a poor start but I'm backing them to get their first win of the season.

Tom Mann Centuria

Come on the Dragons! Please, for fupp sake, let me get to week two.

kirk buttercup

Roosters please

Danick

I'm going to take Storm - surely Tigers can't beat them twice in a month and you know what if they do - I'll be happy either way.

Mr.Nice Guy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

The Raiders have had a poor start but I'm backing them to get their first win of the season.

Nice one Green Machine. Pressure's on everyone else now!

Tom Mann Centuria

kirk buttercup wrote: »

Roosters please

Looking like your comfortably through to next round.

Mr.Nice Guy

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Looking like your comfortably through to next round.

Looks like you're through too although it was a tense enough finish in that one.

If Danick's pick of Melbourne win tomorrow then we'll all have made it through which would be a nice turnaround from previous weeks.

Tom Mann Centuria

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Looks like you're through too although it was a tense enough finish in that one.

If Danick's pick of Melbourne win tomorrow then we'll all have made it through which would be a nice turnaround from previous weeks.

Yeah, the dizzy heights of a second week, I've come over all giddy.

kirk buttercup

3 into the second week this is amazing