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"BALL UP!" - Val's 2025 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*
Just looking at next week's fixtures and wondering how on earth anyone can tip the first match let alone a margin. Two teams who you never know which side will turn up. Port were awful against the Swans and the less said about the Blues against the Roos last weekend the better.Good luck everyone!
Given Port have home advantage, which counted for nothing last Saturday, I am going with them.
Port by 16
Swans ......going with my heart but little hope
Suns.....to bounce back
Hawks....could be a shock given the Roos support in Tasmania
Pies....thanks for one banker
Crows
Dockers
Tim wrote: "A very happy Birthday to you Val. I am still recovering from the encore screening of A Streetcar Named Desire from the National Theatre at the Young Vic in 2014 with Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kir..."
That's a great cast! Gillian Anderson is an amazing actress - so versatile. We saw an MTC production last year with Nikki Shiels and Blanche and Michelle Lim Davidson as Stella (you may have seen her in the ABC's The Newsreader). It was excellent too. My younger daughter came because she thought it was time she explored "the classics" - I didn't think it was her cuppa but she loved it. You've had an emotional weekend!
EDIT: I just remembered seeing Andre Previn's opera of Streetcar done by Opera Australia some years ago. Not that great musically, but Yvonne Kenny as Blanche and Antoinette O'Halloran as Stella were terrific.
Hi Val, I can see Antoinette as Stella. That must have been very interesting. Gillian Anderson is a truly wonderful actress and all the accents in this production were spot on. We once saw The Night of the Iguana with Frances Barber and the whole theatre was very steamy to say the least. It felt like being in the tropics and they did have rain on the stage so very atmospheric. The interval was full of people fanning themselves down. We will never forget that evening and this film felt much the same. It was staged in the round with the set revolving and the audience were right on the edge of the stage. I do not know how the cameras got right into the actors, but you certainly felt part of the audience.
Port Adelaide Power +6Western Bulldogs
Gold Coast Suns
Hawthorn Hawks
Collingwood Magpies
Adelaide Crows
Fremantle Dockers
minepower by 17
SWANS
suns
hawks
magpies
tigers
dockers
A belated happy birthday Val.x
Hmmm...a couple of toughies here, most of you seemed be convinced that Bulldogs have a easy game here. However, the Bulldogs have only beaten one top 8 side this season (GWS), and whilst the wayward Swans are out of the 8, we could witness late surge from them yet. Hawks v North ought to be a cracking game, maybe game of the week; both sides have performed well at their 2nd home, and whilst Hawthorn are the favourites here, i wouldn't write off North getting another win here. Teams fresh off byes don't always benefit them. Tigers v Crows - it's unlikely, but Richmond do have a good rep against Adelaide, thus a small possiblilty of a upset here, but i don't think so. And as for Port vs Carlton....no idea....a coin flip!Thus just to be different; round 16:
Carlton - 5pts
Sydney
Gold Coast
North
Collingwood
Adelaide
Fremantle
Power by 9Bulldogs
Suns
Hawks
Magpies
Crows
Dockers
Suzy's tipsCarlton by 7
Sydney
Melbourne
North
Eagles
Richmond
St Kilda
Mine:Port x 13
Dogs
Suns
Hawks
Pies
Crows
Freo
..
Blues by 8
Bulldogs
Suns
Hawks
Magpies
Crows
Dockers
Sorry this is so late, Val. I'm currently touring round Wales on my motorbike, so I have not been getting online much over the past few days.
Don't blame you! Wales, on a bike, in summer - sounds wonderful! Have fun!
Crikey.....wasn't expecting Port v Blues game to playing out as it is.....it's all one side match atm.
SussexWelsh wrote: ".Sorry this is so late, Val. I'm currently touring round Wales on my motorbike, so I have not been getting online much over the past few days."
Sounds lovely Sussex, where are you in the country atm?
Tonight's result:Port Adelaide Power (available) v Carlton Blues (available)
5.4.34 (Q1) 0.3.3
8.10.58 (Q2) 1.6.12
13.11.89 (Q3) 4.9.33
16.14.110 (Q4) 8.12.60
The scoreline flatters Carlton. They were clueless tonight. They've got Collingwood next week and the Lions the week after. God help them! Anita was the closest this week and wins $8.00 for The Mirabel Foundation. Congratulations Anita!
theDuke wrote: "SussexWelsh wrote: ".Sorry this is so late, Val. I'm currently touring round Wales on my motorbike, so I have not been getting online much over the past few days."
Sounds lovely Sussex, where are you atm?
Hi Duke,
I'm now in the Aberystywth area. I was based up near Bala for the first 3 days and rode out to various places: Montgomery, Llanidloes, Dolgellau/Machynlleth to name a few. I can recommend a trip to Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall between Bala & Llanfyllin, very impressive.
On a more sombre note, I visited Aberfan yesterday. The memorial gardens and cemetery are very poignant. Following the disaster, the pupils at my primary school in Hertfordshire raised funds which paid for the planting of a memorial woodland on a hillside near the village. I was hoping to get up close to it but was unable to find it unfortunately. A lot has changed since the time it was planted, almost 60 years ago now.
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/320964
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/320968
I will be heading home tomorrow.
Hi Sussex, I did not know Spellbrook had changed its spelling. I thought it was always double ll. I do recall what a reputation your school had and just how many pupils passed their 11 plusses from a small school of that size. When driving by it, I always remembered that from our primary school days. From my relatively large primary school in Stansted, we had an extraordinary year in 1970 when 5 of us passed the 11 plus, the first pupils to achieve that for about 3 years as I recall. Sounds like you had a wonderful trip. I do miss travels around Britain and just how much our beautiful countryside can change in relatively short distances. Carlton were awful again last night, such a one-sided game. I did not know Amartey picked up another injury and is out again tonight. I think it will be a great game for the Dogs to mark Bontempelli's 250th match.
Sussex, I meant to say your list of places visited include Dolgellau, where my grandparents on my mum's side had their honeymoon in the mid 1920's. It must have been very special as they named their house in Stansted which my grandmother owned until 1981 after the town. I bet it has changed since then, but I never got to go there. My grandparents never drove although my grandad had a motorbike. He worked on the railways for nearly 50 years, so they used to travel everywhere by train with free passes for both of them.
SussexWelsh wrote: "theDuke wrote: "SussexWelsh wrote: ".Sorry this is so late, Val. I'm currently touring round Wales on my motorbike, so I have not been getting online much over the past few days."
Sounds lovely ..."
My old stomping ground Sussex. Lived in the Aberystwyth area for 18 years, during the 80s, 90s and early noughties, my sister still works there today. I know north Wales very well, very dramatic and beautiful mountain region. I used to a lot green-laning back in the 1990s, exploring the little known almost forgotten and little used byways and drover routes...very pretty part of country. And my favourite mountain to climb in my youth is 'up' there too, Cader Idris (less touristy than Yr Wyddfa or Snowdon as you'll know it) near Dolgellau. I visited Aberfan many years ago, a lot has changed since those days. The Welsh government, freshly funded from UK with nearly half a billion pounds will be spent on clearing up or safeguarding the hundreds of remaining mining spoil heaps that still little the country today. I haven't seen the Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall since i was a kid, but did a canal boat holiday trip a few years ago on the Llangollen/Stropshire Union canal.
The only thing i don't like about North Wales now, are prevalence of of average speed cameras everywhere there now & the daft 20 mph speed limits placed anywhere where there is a building suitated. They've ruined the EVO triangle near Betws -Y Coed; Wales' version of the Nurburgring. That's a great road to drive or ride, made up of three roads, the A5, A543 & B4501.
Sounds like you had a lovely time of it....i must go back there someday, i haven't been up there since 2012...just before i stopped driving for good.
Tim wrote: "Sussex, I meant to say your list of places visited include Dolgellau, where my grandparents on my mum's side had their honeymoon in the mid 1920's. It must have been very special as they named thei..."It's a pretty town and not surprisingly, very Welsh speaking...i nearly bought a house there once, right in the main street. Somebody else beat me to it. I wonder what it looked like 100 years ago, especially before all the modern bypass system there now.
Apologies for being behind with results. Busy weekend.Friday night's result:
Sydney Swans (Anita) v Western Bulldogs (Tazz)
3.5.23 (Q1) 4.2.26
6.8.44 (Q2) 8.5.53
12.9.81 (Q3) 14.6.90
14.12.96 (Q4) 16.9.105
A very close game which could have gone either way. Players seemed to drift in and out of the game. The Bont didn't have a stellar night; Freijah only shone in the last quarter; Libber was quieter than usual. Same with the Swans. Chad Warner was brilliant one moment, ordinary the next. Papley too. I thought Grundy played well.
Saturday's results:
Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v Melbourne Demons (available)
5.7.37 (Q1) 0.1.1
8.9.57 (Q2) 5.3.33
14.11.95 (Q3) 7.7.49
15.14.104 (Q4) 12.13.85
Hawthorn Hawks (available) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
5.5.35 (Q1) 2.3.15
13.8.86 (Q2) 5.5.35
17.11.113 (Q3) 6.7.43
23.12.150 (Q4) 9.11.65
Collingwood Magpies (available) v West Coast Eagles (Sussex)
1.3.9 (Q1) 2.6.18
5.5.35 (Q2) 6.7.43
10.6.66 (Q3) 8.8.56
13.10.88 (Q4) 8.11.59
The Eagles were the surprise packet of the round, really taking it up to Collingwood - or were theMagpies having an off night? It was hard not to barrack for the underdog and at three quarter time, the game was still up for grabs. I keep singing the old Coodabeens' ditty "When The Pies Tumble Down In July" - and hoping it will happen!
Today's results:Richmond Tigers (Philip) v Adelaide Crows (available)
0.1.1 (Q1) 2.5.17
2.2.14 (Q2) 8.7.55
5.2.32 (Q3) 12.13.85
8.6.54 (Q4) 18.14.122
Fremantle Dockers (available) v St Kilda Saints (Tim)
2.2.14 (Q1) 1.5.11
5.5.35 (Q2) 4.8.32
6.10.46 (Q3) 7.12.54
11.15.81 (Q4) 9.15.69
Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:ROUND SIXTEEN (first number is correct number of wins - you want this to be high; number in brackets is the cumulative margin which is used to separate punters on the same amount of points - you want this to be low)
Val on 7 (37)
Jed on 7 (41)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 7 (44)
Tim on 6 (34)
SussexWelsh on 6 (58)
Anita on 5 (33)
Duke on 4 (55)
Suzy on 0 (57)
Philip on 0 (68)
Charity donations are:
To be redistributed at the end of the season - A$8.00 - Highest score (Hawks 150)
Anita (The Mirabel Foundation)- A$8.00 (closest margin)
Val (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre) - A$14.00 (weekly winner)
CUMULATIVE LADDER:
Jed on 93 (394)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 93 (455)
Tim on 88 (432)
Val on 87 (422)
SussexWelsh on 84 (467)
Philip on 76 (648)
Duke on 75 (548)
Anita on 75 (552)
Suzy on 40 (424)
Please check your scores!!! It's about time I won something for my charity but Jed and Steve are still battling it out at the top of the leader board. Going to take some catching!
N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TIPS EARLY!!! THERE'S A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME!!!If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladder
or https://www.theroar.com.au/afl/afl-la...
ROUND 17
Thursday Jul 3
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Western Bulldogs (in Melbourne)
Friday Jul 4
Carlton Blues v Collingwood Magpies (in Melbourne)
West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants (in Perth)
Saturday Jul 5
Essendon Bombers v Gold Coast Suns (in Melbourne)
Geelong Cats v Richmond Tigers (in Geelong)
Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide Power (in Brisbane)
St Kilda Saints v Hawthorn Hawks (in Melbourne)
Sunday Jul 6
Sydney Swans v Fremantle Dockers (in Sydney)
Adelaide Crows v Melbourne Demons (in Adelaide)
If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY July 2nd (U.K. time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.30am THURSDAY (U.K. time) if absolutely necessary.
Three word analysis:ADELAIDE CROWS: What MCG hoodoo?
BRISBANE LIONS: Had the bye.
CARLTON: Vibes are horrible.
COLLINGWOOD: A wobbly month?
ESSENDON: Had the bye.
FREMANTLE: (Ruckman Luke) Jackson a superstar.
GEELONG: Had the bye.
GOLD COAST SUNS: Proper mature win.
GWS GIANTS: Had the bye.
HAWTHORN: Shades of 2024.
MELBOURNE: Better than record.
NORTH MELBOURNE: Big step backwards.
PORT ADELAIDE: So you’re saying...
RICHMOND: Eight more weeks...
ST KILDA: Let it slip.
SYDNEY SWANS: Leaving run late.
WEST COAST EAGLES: Brave. Positive signs.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Really vital result.
I agree Val, Grundy was the best and most consistent player on the ground. Swans missed several easy shots as well which ultimately cost them the game.
Off to the first of 5 British Lions matches we are attending on Wednesday against the Reds. Split loyalties as Red's members but supporting the Lions on the tour.
What a shame it is that Tomos Williams' injury has ruled him out of the rest of the tour.
YAYYY!!! ... congratulations to Val and to Anita on their charity wins ... x x
ROUND 17Western Bulldogs + 42
Collingwood Magpies
GWS Giants
Gold Coast Suns
Geelong Cats
Brisbane Lions
Hawthorn Hawks
Sydney Swans
Adelaide Crows
So sad for Tomos Wiliams who was poised for a great tour and really flying the Welsh flag with pride. At the time the injury looked quite minor, but hamstrings always have their say. Bulldogs by 21
Pies
Giants
Suns
Cats
Lions
Hawks
Swans........fingers crossed but still no great belief
Crows
..
Bulldogs by 31
Magpies
Giants
Suns
Cats
Lions
Hawks
Dockers
Crows
Western x 60Collingwood
GWS
Gold Coast
Geelong
Brisbane
Hawthorn
Fremantle
Adelaide
Thankyou Valmine
bulldogs by 17
pies
giants
bombers
cats
power
hawks
SWANS
crows
Nice to be back to the full 9 games once more....and still with the Thursday night game too. Another change I've noticed. Round 17:
Bulldogs - 36 pts
Magpies
Giants
Suns
Cats
Lions
Hawks
Fremantle
Crows
I’ve been stuck in Emergency all day with Mr H who will probably be admitted sometime this evening so a quick tip for tonight’s game.Suzy is going for North by 7.
I’m going for the Dogs by 27.
Good luck everyone!
I hope they sort Mr. H out for you, Val. Good luck to you too.
Nearly forgot..Bulldogs by 30
Magpies
Giants
Suns
Cats
Lions
Hawks
Dockers
Crows
Tonight's result:North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve) v Western Bulldogs (Tazz)
5.2.32 (Q1) 4.2.26
8.3.51 (Q2) 10.4.64
12.6.78 (Q3) 15.10.100
13.7.85 (Q4) 20.14.134
Very exciting game up until half time with the two teams trading goal for goal. North put up a good show, just couldn't go on with it.
Steve had the closest margin and wins another $8.00 for Backpack Bed For Homeless. Well done!
Suzy's tips:Carlton
Eagles
Essendon
Richmond
Port
St Kilda
Sydney
Melbourne
Mine:Collingwood
Giants
Suns
Cats
Lions
Hawks
Freo
Crows
So sorry to hear about Mr H and I wish you both well.I noticed the Thursday matches are continuing Duke. I do not recall this being discussed at the start of the season. Would imagine these will continue.
The Roos were in the game until the last minute of the second quarter when conceded 2 quick goals from which they didn't recover. Hopefully some closer games to follow over the weekend.
I agree, Tim, Thursday night matches at the start of the season (warmer weather down south) but I don't recall it being set for the whole season.No closer games tonight. Maybe Essendon will give the Suns a run for their money (chance would be a fine thing!)
Tonight's results:
Carlton Blues (available) v Collingwood Magpies (available)
3.3.21 (Q1) 4.3.27
4.5.29 (Q2) 8.5.53
6.9.45 (Q3) 16.9.105
8.11.59 (Q4) 17.13.115
West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v GWS Giants (Duke)
1.0.6 (Q1) 5.3.33
3.1.19 (Q2) 8.6.54
5.2.32 (Q3) 13.9.87
8.4.52 (Q4) 16.15.111
I like the Thursday game, much better that way, one doesn't wait quite as long for the next round to begin...plus it does save on having a lot of double games on a Saturday and Sunday. Speaking of which, there was a double today, why play 5 game son a Saturday but only 2 on Sunday, me wonders. The AFL could've moved one of them over to Sunday. I presume money has something to do with it no doubt.Well..a straightforward run of 7 games thus far, no surprises yet. The next one will decide whom gets a full house or not! The last one ought to play out as expected....unless the Dees have an ace up their sleeves.
Just been looking at my afl position, and noticed one only goes up the ladder in small amounts for a correct tip, when nearly everyone else also tips the same team. Get one wrong however, and it's down down and down baby!
I'm doing a different tipping on the AFL with another group, of which i'm doing much better on that one, currently sitting on 95 tips and a decent margin of 437 atm. Overall position currently around 163k odd out of 420k. Aiming to break into the top 3rd...so long as my luck holds out! But get just one wrong and it's like snakes and ladders......weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
I quite like the Thursday games too. It makes the week seem shorter and makes my job easier as I get more time to log the results and get ready for the next week's fixtures. I'm not sure why the AFL scheduled two games on Friday night this week. It could have something to do with other events scheduled at the grounds or even resting some grounds (SCG, still recovering from the Andrea Bocelli concert in April. Teams must be close to striking rather than play there - it's an OH&S issue now) or even public holidays in the different sates. Who knows? TV rights is another issue too with Channel 7 (free-to-air) and Foxtel (pay TV) battling over programming and clashes.Remarkably, there have been no upsets this round so far and most tipsters are sitting on 7 from 7. The Swans/Freo game should hopefully separate the wheat from the chaff. I only saw the highlights of this arvo's game and at least the Bombers were competitive for the first three quarters. Most of them are just kids so hopefully there are some successful years ahead.
Today's results:
Essendon Bombers (Val) v Gold Coast Suns (Suzy)
3.0.18 (Q1) 3.1.19
6.5.41 (Q2) 7.3.45
11.7.73 (Q3) 12.4.76
11.8.74 (Q4) 18.7.115
Geelong Cats (available) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
3.3.21 (Q1) 1.2.8
11.9.75 (Q2) 2.4.16
15.13.103 (Q3) 4.6.30
18.16.124 (Q4) 7.10.52
Brisbane Lions (Jed) v Port Adelaide Power (available)
8.4.52 (Q1) 3.2.20
9.8.62 (Q2) 6.5.41
14.10.94 (Q3) 10.6.66
18.12.120 (Q4) 14.8.92
St Kilda Saints (Tim) v Hawthorn Hawks (available)
1.2.8 (Q1) 2.5.17
3.6.24 (Q2) 6.6.42
6.10.46 (Q3) 11.6.72
10.14.74 (Q4) 14.10.94
Today's results:Sydney Swans (Anita) v Fremantle Dockers (available)
3.3.21 (Q1) 2.3.15
8.5.53 (Q2) 5.6.36
11.8.74 (Q3) 10.6.66
14.10.94 (Q4) 12.11.83
Adelaide Crows (available) v Melbourne Demons (available)
2.3.15 (Q1) 1.6.12
5.7.38 (Q2) 6.7.43
10.11.71 (Q3) 8.8.56
13.12.90 (Q4) 11.11.77
Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:ROUND SEVENTEEN (first number is correct number of wins - you want this to be high; number in brackets is the cumulative margin which is used to separate punters on the same amount of points - you want this to be low)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 9 (7)
Tim on 9 (28)
Philip on 8 (11)
Duke on 8 (13)
SussexWelsh on 8 (18)
Jed on 8 (19)
Val on 8 (22)
Anita on 7 (32)
Suzy on 1 (56)
Charity donations are:
Tazz (Royal Flying Doctor Service Victoria) - A$8.00 - Highest score (Bulldogs 134)
Steve (Backpack Bed For Homeless) - A$8.00 (closest margin)
Steve (Backpack Bed For Homeless) - A$14.00 (weekly winner)
CUMULATIVE LADDER:
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 102 (462)
Jed on 101 (413)
Tim on 97 (460)
Val on 95 (444)
SussexWelsh on 92 (485)
Philip on 84 (659)
Duke on 83 (561)
Anita on 82 (584)
Suzy on 41 (480)
Please check your scores!!! Steve and Tim both got a full house this round but Steve comes out on top - on both ladders! Nice work!
If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladderor https://www.theroar.com.au/afl/afl-la...
ROUND 18
Thursday Jul 10
Carlton Blues v Brisbane Lions (in Melbourne)
Friday Jul 11
Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood Magpies (on the Gold Coast)
Saturday Jul 12
Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Crows (in Melbourne)
GWS Giants v Geelong Cats (in Sydney)
Richmond Tigers v Essendon Bombers (in Melbourne)
Fremantle Dockers v Hawthorn Hawks(in Perth)
Sunday Jul 13
Melbourne Demons v North Melbourne Kangaroos (in Melbourne)
St Kilda Saints v Sydney Swans (in Melbourne)
Port Adelaide Power v West Coast Eagles (in Adelaide)
If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY July 9th (U.K. time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.30am THURSDAY (U.K. time) if absolutely necessary.
I am still recovering from the encore screening of A Streetcar Named Desire from the National Theatre at the Young Vic in 2014 with Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby and Ben Foster. What a brutal but triumphant production. Gillian Anderson was just outstanding as Blanche. I have never known a cinema audience sit in stunned silence at the end and this was after we saw Andrew Scott's one-man performance of Uncle Vanya a few weeks back.
I then came home to watch a recording of GWS v The Suns and that left me totally exhausted. What a game which I nearly gave up on several occasions thinking the Giants were out of it only to stage a wonderful comeback.
The Swans should have won by 70 points at least. Their goal kicking ( yes you Amartey) was a disgrace.