Welcome to our weekly look at the upcoming weekend of NRL. Even though Round 13 is a half-arsed round with just four games and Origin stars out, our Round 13 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips is still here in full.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, a bunch of barely interesting stats which seem to be growing every week, our own Form-O-Meter on which side is hot and not, and our own thoughts on who will win.
We also offer up some alternative tips. These alternative tips are often based on a rugby league stat, and sometimes something completely absurd, and are aimed at those NRL tipsters who just can’t be bothered.
This week we’ve gone back to basics with a new month and have tips based on results from June since 1998.
So enjoy the 2022 NRL Round 13 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
2022 NRL Round 13 Predictions – Alternative Tips – June Form since 1998
Short on inspiration already? Or looking for that edge to your tipping that no one else in your competition has? Well here are the Alternative NRL Tips for this round.
With way too many election based tips, this week it is simples. The team with the better record in June since 1998 gets the tip. Stay tuned later for the entire June record in our stats extra section.
2022 NRL Round 12 Predictions – Gurgler Tips
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to keep trying.
COWBOYS to beat Titans
PANTHERS to beat Bulldogs
SEA EAGLES to beat Warriors
RAIDERS to beat Roosters
2022 NRL Season Prediction Results
Our tips jumped ahead of the alternative tips last week, so now onto bigger and better things.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS – 59% – 57/96 6/8 First Round Form 4/8 More Dangerous Mascot 3/8 Best H2H 6/8 April Fools 7/8 Bad Boy Points (Penalties/Sin Bins etc) 5/8 Greens Votes 6/8 Marginal Seats 5/8 Covid Cases 6/8 May Record 3/8 Suncorp Stadium Record 4/8 ALP Voting 2/8 Green / Teal Colour Wheel
OUR TIPS – 63% – 60/96
2022 NRL Round 13 Weekly H2H Stats
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Much like Noah and his ark, ours come in twos.
Here’s as much information that we could cram into one visual, or two. Click on the images for a closer look. It looks marginally more impressive closer up.
Here we take the best points of interest for each match coming up this weekend, and share them with you for no cost. Feel free to share with friends and family.
Gold Coast and North Queensland have never met on a Thursday.
Gold Coast have won four games in a row at home v Queensland sides.
Gold Coast have played nine games this season against top eight sides (top eight at the time of the match) and have lost all of them.
North Queensland have the worst record in June since 1998 of all the NRL clubs.
Only North Queensland, Penrith and Roosters have a positive for and against v top eight teams this season.
Although more barely interesting than relevant, Penrith played three times in June in 2019, and scored 19 points in all three games. And they won all three too – two by the same score of 19-18.
The Bulldogs last win on a Friday pre-dates Coronavirus.
The 12 points the Bulldogs scored against Penrith earlier this season was 8 more than the total of their three previous meetings with the Panthers.
Manly have won nine of the last 10 matches v Warriors on a Saturday. Manly are also on a run of five straight wins on a Saturday v all teams.
Despite technically playing away for three seasons, the Warriors have won just two of their last 15 games as the designated away twam.
The Roosters have won 11 of their last 12 games on a Sunday against all teams. The only loss in that run was to Canberra.
NRL TEAMS WINNING RECORD IN JUNE SINCE 1998
2022 NRL Round 13 NRL Team Form O Meter
We have our own in-house way of measuring which team is going the best based on a bunch of available stats. Like Run Metres, Line Breaks, Tackle Busts, Tries, Goals, Errors, Tackles, Post Contact Metres and more.
We have also taken it to the next level with an average of the 2022 season score and last five rounds. Although, even we’re starting to doubt it given how bad Souths have played the last two weeks.
2022 NRL Round 13 NRL 2022 Season – Team Stats
We have taken the best of the NRL data and turned them into visuals you can use to enjoy your rugby league this weekend.
There’s run metres, kicking stats, errors, tackled and lack of tackles.
Plus we also have each team’s record against the top and bottom teams and home v away.
There’s so much you’ll need to stop halfway to catch your breath.
TEAM RECORD V TOP & BOTTOM EIGHT SIDES
Note – top / bottom eight is decided at time of match not current ladder.
TEAM RECORD – HOME & AWAY
Note – not the awful soap on Channel 7
KICKING STATS
Note: last graph is a 100% breakdown of kick types.
PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 28: Mishel Gerzig, girlfriend of Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid, holds his player of the match trophy after the UEFA Champions League final match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid at Stade de France on May 28, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images)
An NRL WAG’s attempt to cause drama at her husband’s club has fallen flat.
Attempting to promote her new ‘Wellness vitamins’ and ‘Fitspo app’, Breyannaia Thompson tried creating a fake rift between her husband and his coach, hoping to piggyback off the scandal-hungry footy media.
Unfortunately, her husband plays for a ‘glamorous’ Sydney club (with Everyday News choosing to keep the player and club anonymous) and is playing good footy, so the scandal died quickly.
Even serial crank Buzz Rothfield dumped the so-called scandal when it reached the Fox League desk. “This story makes Paul Kent’s first grade career look credible. Fair dinkum. I know for a fact that [PLAYER NAME REDACTED] and his [COACH NAME REDACTED] love sharing a beer at the local pub that my minions spy at before every Team List Tuesday, so there’s nothing there. Both [PLAYER NAME REDACTED] and his [COACH NAME REDACTED] are focused on winning a premiership, and [CLUB NAME REDACTED] is one of the NRL’s darlings, so no pissy little rumour will stop that.”
A furious Breyannaia has demanded her husband move to a struggling Sydney club that easily attracts scandalous headlines, like the Wests Tigers or Canterbury-Bankstown. But she drew the line at Canberra or Newcastle, as she needed to stay in the Sydney ‘celebrity’ circles.
In a surprising twist [PLAYER NAME REDACTED] walked out on poor old Breyannaia, moving in with his teammates so he could better focus on winning the premiership.
”SO TYPICAL! That d***head cares more about his career and reputation than helping me launch my businesses! Good riddance! Now I’ll have to resort to promoting it myself via social media,” said Breyannaia. “Or maybe I’ll dump it all and go on The Real Housewives of Sydney or Big Brother?”
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
Welcome back to The Gurgler’s F1 Season G-Power Rankings – our way of using various F1 based stats for 2022 to determine the most recent race and the season’s best drivers so far. Our 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Ratings is a unique collection of stats that try and find a different way to determine the best drivers.
Our 2022 F1 Season Power Rankings goes a little bit deeper than just points scored on the Sunday. We take on board Free Practice, Qualifying, performance in relation to team mate, fastest lap, and a few more stats that are attempting to highlight a driver outperforming the car. Even the occasional Sprint Race when they happen.
A full explanation on what is included and the points awarded is below the visuals.
Our 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Ratings is more than just a score for driver of the day, we have the race results, season progress, and so many F1 based points of interest in easy to consume visuals.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Race 7 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Driver Ratings
Here is the breakdown of the best and blurst driver from the most recent race at Monte Carlo.
Our ratings points shows that Sergio Perez was more than just lucky, having had the better of his World Champion team mate.
Next rungs down are the star younger drivers giving their respected and respective team mates another beating. And a former World Champion having a good run.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings Progress – Martini Medal Driver of the Year
Here are the current overall standings for our Driver of the Year winner – the Martini Medal. Named in honour of one of F1’s most unsung heroes – Pierluigi Martini of Minardi fame.
We have the overall scores as they stand, plus a visual which shows the flow of each driver’s position throughout the season.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Other Interesting Stats
DRIVER 2022 H2H RECORD
A couple of drivers staring down the barrel of a 2022 season spanking.
Carlos Sainz got his first H2H point of the season, leaping above Tsunoda and Zhou on zero points.
Saddest H2H story is Daniel Ricciardo’s thrashing by Lando Norris, who is in relative team mate terms, no better than Nicholas Latifi.
And a four way tie for the lead.
QUALIFYING
Here our qualifying analysis covers the average grid position as well as the gap to pole.
For the gap to pole the % from pole is relative to the fastest lap in whichever qualifying session was the final one for each driver.
Charles Leclerc has the best grid position average, and now the best % from Pole Position result.
Our second qualifying visual shows quite a gap opening up to the midfield and even among the top four.
Finally we have qualifying results split into the type of track – Modern, Street and Classic.
It all shows that Leclerc is the king of qualifying this season, but that isn’t translating into wins. Right now, Red Bull gives you wins.
FIRST LAP POSITION GAINS
Here is the summary and details for first lap movement for the 2022 season so far.
Some drivers are punished for first lap shenanigans, but maybe they should behave themselves.
Unsurprisingly, the Williams drivers head the better performed first lap gains, it helps to be at the back of the grid with minimal room to move backwards.
Max Verstappen is one of four full time drivers yet to lose a place on the first lap.
Both Ferrari drivers and Valtteri Bottas are the only drivers to not gain a spot on the first lap.
As expected, there’s bugger all first lap movement from Monaco. It did take 70 minutes to start the race after all.
FASTEST LAP
Fastest Laps are a glory run for that extra point, but it can also point towards race pace, or how much is left in the tank at the end of a race.
So here are some fastest laps stats for fun.
FREE PRACTICE
Not enough for you?
Here have some Free Practice stats, to see is building their weekend best so far.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings – Points Explanation
Here’s how the points work this season. Essentially the perfect race (Win from Pole, Fastest Lap, thrash team mate, best in race etc) should amount to the perfect 100 points.
FIRST LAP GAINS +0.5pts per position gained -0.5pts per position lost.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS – 25pts to 1pt as per World Championship – Sprint Race Points added.
BEAT TEAM MATE (RACE) – 10pts (if both finish or other driver got self inflicted DNF)
FASTEST LAP – 5pts – 1pt for top five drivers.
GRID POSITION TO RACE POSITION – formula +/- relative finish to grid
BEST OF THE REST (RACE) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
QUALIFYING – 20pts to 1pt – Grid Position 1 to 20.
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) – 5pts
BEST OF THE REST (QUALIFYING) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
GREAT/GRAPE – 5pts Great 2pts Honourable Mention -2Pts Dishonourable Mention -5Pts Grape
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Time Gap – Formula for % beaten team mate by
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Position – 0.5 Pts for every position team mate is beaten by. 0 points for second car.
FREE PRACTICE HERO – 10Pts to 1Pt – Average Position across all three practice sessions.
WIN FROM POLE – Bonus 5 Points
WIN FROM POLE WITH FASTEST LAP – Bonus 10 Points
SPRINT RACE – Points awarded as per F1 points from 8 to 1.
SPRINT RACE RACE GAIN – Net position from Qualifying divided by two.
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times, and now the Wooden Spooners have returned to cast their eye over the latest weekend of rugby league that was with the NRL NRL Round 12 Results & Headlines.
Yes it’s been a few weeks since our last Headlines, but it doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything noteworthy, just laziness from us. And anything we half wrote is being used here.
Going beyond the scores, the NRL Round 12 Results & Headlines gives the extra insight in the NRL that only the Wooden Spooners can.
All reports are unconfirmed and please contact our Legal team or Buzz Rothfield aka Hans Moleman for complaints.
RUMOURS THAT PAYNE HAAS ALSO ASKED FOR A ROCKET CAR FIRES UP BRONCOS FANS
The big rugby league news heading into the weekend was Payne Haas seeking an immediate release from the Broncos in the days leading up to their M1 derby clash with the Titans.
Broncos fans greeted his first and subsequent hit-ups with a rousing round of boos.
We have been informed by one Broncos cheer squad insider that the fans were annoyed of Haas’ demands about leaving the club, with good riddance being bandied about, but the final straw was reports that after numerous pay rises and being looked after the club, Haas and his management were seeking a Simpsons style Rocket Car in addition to salary demands.
PLAYER WHO HAS CARRIED TEAM THROUGH THEIR WORST EVER PERIOD OVER TWO SEASONS PREFERS TO LEAVE WHEN HIS TEAM START WINNING AND LOOK LIKE GENUINE TOP EIGHT CONTENDERS TO GET A LITTLE MORE CASH FROM ANOTHER CLUB IN A POSITION THAT NO ONE ACTUALLY EARNS THAT KIND OF MONEY DESPITE HIS CURRENT CLUB LOOKING AFTER HIM SEVERAL TIMES WITH CONTRACTS AND STANDING BY HIM WITH OFF FIELD MISBEHAVIOUR AND LOOKING LIKE AN UNGRATEFUL JERK WHICH OF COURSE ALL OF THIS HAPPENS AFTER A CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT
Refer above.
HEAD OF RUGBY LEAGUE FOR CHANNEL NEIN SEEN CARRYING A CARTON OF CROWN LAGER UNDER EACH ARM HEADNG FOR BRONCOS DRESSING ROOM AFTER RECENT SUCCESS
Outside of Kevin Walters, die hard Broncos fans that booooooooooooo Payne Haas and Buck the Horse who runs around the stadium, Channel Nein are the most pleased about the Brisbane Broncos recent turnaround in form.
Having settled on a “Cram the Broncos down everyone’s throat” strategy decades ago, Channel Nein have been most disappointed with the last few seasons of busted arse Broncos playing sh!t rugby league and getting flogged after giving up.
But with the Broncos winning a pile of games in a row, all on Thursday and Friday of course, Channel Nein execs have been rubbing their hands together at the bonanza that is Friday night advertising dollars.
Sadly, last week it was announced that one Brisbane advertisement institution location was closing. Archerfield International Speedway is being closed in another sad moment of progress. One wonders what the thousands of people that have been told to “Be There. Seven O’Clock, This Saturday night” will not do on Saturday nights after dutifully following instructions. This is unrelated to the original Channel Nein story, but we have nowhere else to place this bit and it isn’t strong enough for its own article.
80% OF FANS SAY THE NRL BUNKER IS A USELESS PIECE OF SHIT THAT THEY MAY AS WELL GET RID OF. 100% OF GRAHAM ANNESLEY DISAGREES
The NRL Bunker has never been popular, nor has it been an accurate game changer for the NRL. It’s value for money is hovering around Coalition pork barrel carparks and Clive Palmer election ad campaign. Although the NRL Bunker has more than one seat to show for its million dollar spend.
But despite the above, NRL spokesperson Graham Annesley continues to defend The Bunker and the decisions made. No matter how poor they are or how much they infuriate most league fans.
When approached by the Wooden Spooners about the Bunker, Annesley assured us that The Bunker is great and was looking forward to it ruining at least one aspect of the upcoming Origin series.
ROY AND HG’S SUGGESTION OF A SECOND AND THIRD NRL BUNKER WITH AN SUPREME BUNKER BEING REPORTEDLY CONSIDERED BY THE NRL
Further on from the lack of popularity of The Bunker, the NRL are considering more changes to The Bunker. And inspired by an unlikely source.
On the most recent episode of Bludging on the Blindside, Roy and HG suggested there should be a second Bunker above the first one that the first Bunker could refer to. The second would then also have a third to rely on. Overseeing all three is a supreme Bunker to make final decision if necessary.
Going with more is more, and refusing to admit The Bunker is a piece of shit and an expensive waste of time, the NRL are reportedly considering the ABC Radio’s duo suggestion.
It’s news to a man playing Peter V’landys in our writing office. The man called Dave playing the NRL powerbroker was surprised when we told him about Roy and HG’s suggestion.
“Bloody hell, I can’t fix everything in rugba leeg. The Bunker is a pain in the arse but I haven’t got to it yet.”
CAMERON MUNSTER’S PERFORMANCE AGAINST MANLY IS BEST EFFORT BY A PERSON WITH AN AWFUL BLEACHED HAIRDO SINCE WESLEY SNIPES IN DEMOLITION MAN
It’s a fact in sporting life, that a bleached blond hair-do usually leads to and results and shit performances from sporting stars.
And after the Storm’s loss to the Cowboys the round before, it’s hard to argue.
But Munster put on a great show for Melbourne on Thursday night, and was really the difference
According to a quick poll on our socials on the Thursday night, Munster’s effort was voted the best by a person with a new bleached blond hairdo with 45% of the vote. Second in the voting was Wesley Snipes’ hair from the action movie Demolition Man from the 1990’s, which is a great watch, with 33% of the vote.
15 NRL TEAMS CAN’T WAIT FOR ORIGIN PERIOD AS IT APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SLOW PENRITH DOWN FOR A BIT
There was much anticipation about last Friday’s early clash between Penrith and North Queensland, arguably or not the two most in-form teams in the NRL heading into last weekend.
Thankfully because neither team started with “B” and ended with “risbane Broncos” the match wasn’t subjected to a prime timeslot. Which is a shame for those who have to rely on Channel Nein.
In the end the game was more of a continued demonstration at how good the Panthers are, even when they’re not at their very best.
But other teams are rubbing their hands, as Penrith dropped games last season around Origin and this currently looks like the only hope of beating them.
The Bulldogs get first crack this weekend.
Not forgetting that the Wests Tigers beat Penrith at this time last year sans Origin players. Needless to say that Fox League’s James Hooper would have been pushing Michael Maguire out stories back then too.
JOSH ADDO-CARR FINDS OUT THAT MISSING OUT ON ORIGIN IS ANOTHER DOWNSIDE TO JOINING A TEAM THAT LOSES ALL THE TIME
Josh Addo-Carr, previously and still known as The Fox, knew there would be a downside to returning to Sydney to play for a team who have finished the last few seasons towards or on the bottom of the ladder, but he probably didn’t think he’d miss out on the NSW Blues side for Origin 1. Fair enough as Daniel Tupou isn’t a player that Queensland will fear more than The Fox.
We guess all he can do is score a heap of tries with his current side, starting this weekend. Starting with the Bulldogs trip to Penrith. Easy then. Maybe rely on an injury then?
SOCIALS OF THE WEEK
Our NRL Social of the Week is from a Simpsons Related NRL Memes Facebook Pagelike it always is these days which is a must for those who love NRL, Simpsons and a laugh.
THE SHANE FLANAGAN NEW COACHING GIG-O-METER
With Shane Flanagan returning to the commentary box for Fox League in 2022, we can continue to expect subtle digs at teams who are struggling and that he can see a possible way in for. Or anyone who may be competition or ahead of his son Kyle Flanagan.
So each week as part of the Wooden Spooner’s NRL Headlines, we’ll bring you the New Coaching Gig-O-Meter. This features which teams are hot for a new coach, or a team that was and is going cool.
It’s been a few weeks since our last Shane Flanagan Coach-O-Meter update, and there’s been a sacking at the Bulldogs and Flanagan didn’t get the gig. Maybe he didn’t want it. He seems keen on the Tigers, along with all of his Fox League buddies, who constantly bash Michael Maguire and claim club insiders are going to get rid.
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - MAY 28: Sergio Perez of Oracle Red Bull Racing competes in the qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 28, 2022 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Hasan Bratic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The F1 is at Monaco, the most prestigious Grand Prix of the season this weekend. Well, for now anyways as the F1 bosses debate whether they should go back. Talking of weather, more on that soon. Talking of prestigious, our 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Results, Lap by Lap, Review & Summary is here to hopefully live up to the Monaco hype.
Our review covers what happened in the race so you don’t have to in the laps that matter. Plus we throw in our Race Ratings, the Best (Great) and Worst (Grape) drivers of the race weekend.
The perfect bite sized review for those who couldn’t be bothered, or don’t have enough time.
2022 Monaco Grand Prix Results, Lap by Lap, Review & Summary gives you just enough to catch up with.
2022 Monaco Grand Prix Results
THE LAPS THAT MATTERED
Didn’t see the race live? Don’t have time to watch the whole race? Well here are the top laps where stuff happened. We write these live as we go, sort of like a minute by minute for the football, but marginally more interesting.
Setting the Scene – Apologies, it’s a long scene setter. A lot of stuff happened before the start.
It’s the Monaco Grand Prix – the cliched race – probably overhyped for what the race is usually like. Much like New Year’s Eve gets talked up as a great drinking night out and often is way too crowded and disappoints.
Charles Leclerc has dominated the race weekend so far, but there’s a few spots of rain as Martin Brundle does another unfortunate Gridwalk, and clouds closing in. In fact, umbrellas and ponchos are going on just as the cars are ready to leave the grid. It will be a slightly wet track but not raining. Joy of joys.
But to confuse things, instead of the race starting on time and all cars starting on the intermediate wet tyres, the start is delayed to 3:09pm local time. So an obvious intermediate tyre start is now a choice between that and slicks, although more rain is predicted a few laps into the race. Chaos. Love it.
But now the F1 stewards have decided to start the race behind the safety car. What a pissweak cop out by the F1 bosses. These are the best drivers in the world, let them have a go.
Even worse, the race is now officially delayed with no start time offered. What? Are they waiting for the track to completely dry. So what was going to be an exciting wet track but not raining start is now a sanitised piece of shit.
Now it is raining. Well done. Instead of a few dry laps and potential tyre decision chaos and fun, it will be the Safety Car acting as the party pooper.
Seems the F1 bosses have thought to themselves that people expected this to be the most boring race of the year, so they are working things to ensure this is as boring as possible.
Everyone, except Charles Leclerc and his fans and the F1 bosses will be praying for plenty more rain. Maybe Netflix told them not to start. Shame.
TOP 10 GRID – LEC SAI PER VER NOR RUS ALO HAM VET OCO
Lap 0 – So the race starts under the safety car. With these laps called Formation laps and not counting to the 78 laps that the race is meant to be. How many “Formation Laps” are there going to be? How is the race going to start? Who knows. Wonder if they do 20 Formation Laps that aren’t counted whether they will have enough fuel when they actually need to start the 78 laps.
But is it really raining now. What a shame they didn’t start this on time. Clowns.
Hang on a minute, out goes the Red Flag. Bloody hell, now the race is completely stopped and they head back into the pits. It is pretty wet, and it may have been red flagged by now. But who knows, this race may not even happen.
It’s all good and well for European and American viewers to delay, as it creeps closer to prime time, but what about western Pacific fans. It’s approaching midnight in Australia and who knows when this bloody race will start. Or finish.
It’s 45 minutes past the race start, and it doesn’t appear to be raining, but looks gloomy. And there’s no sign of activity to show that this race is going to start soon. So we’re treated to a host of pictures of various F1 personnel and various celebrities that we’re sure are great and important but have no idea who they are, and don’t care. Start the race, jerks. It is becoming a sizeable farce.
10 minute warning for the start procedure to begin has been issued at 3:55pm local time. But not sure how the race will start and what will happen.
OK, so it will start behind the Safety Car, and this time the laps will count towards the 78 total. That’s good, no need to drag this race out any longer than needed.
Lap 1 – The cars start behind the safety car and on full wet tyres. Wonder if someone will bin it behind the safety car.
Can’t believe within ten seconds of typing that F1’s weakest driver goes straight on at the hairpin at walking pace. Nicholas Latifi for the record.
To ruin the Canadian F1 weekend, Lance Stroll pits for a puncture. From behind the Safety Car.
Informed on lap 2 that the race will restart with a rolling start.
Lap 3 – SAFETY CAR LEAVES – RACE IS ON
Charles Leclerc leads the field into the first corner and good luck seeing any car behind. The top of the grid all make it through safely with no incident. Meanwhile further back a lot of back markers are making tyre changes already. Who knows if there is inspired strategy coming from the back.
The highlight is Pierre Gasly on intermediate tyres, which should prove interesting as the most competent driver changing tyres..
No change in the top ten drivers at all. All of them driving pretty conservative so far. Leclerc opens up a two seconds lead on Sainz in second. Surely this behaving and competence can’t last too much longeron this wet track.
ORDER – LEC SAI PER VER NOR RUS ALO HAM VET OCO
Lap 5 – Call over the radio to one of the drivers to say no more rain for 30 minutes. It’s all good, the track is wet enough for now. Not quite dry enough for the drivers who switched tyres.
Lap 6 – First position change in the top ten as Ocon passes Sebastian Vettel for ninth. Didn’t see it, so can’t tell you how it happened. But Vettel decides to put for Intermediate tyres just as Pierre Gasly sets fastest lap. Gasly’s team mate Tsunoda has pitted too. That will increase the chance of him running into something.
Lap 8 – Leclerc leads Sainz by three seconds, with just over a second between the next few cars and five seconds further back to best of the rest entrant Lando Norris in fifth place.
ORDER – LEC SAI PER VER NOR RUS ALO HAM OCO BOT
Lap 9 – For those wondering about the fallen heroes for 2022 – Lewis Hamilton remains 8th and three seconds behind 7th placed Alonso and Daniel Ricciardo is 12th and three seconds behind 11th place Kevin Magnussen with Albon’s Williams just a second behind. Tough season/s.
Lap 12 – Pierre Gasly overtakes Guanyu Zhou going into the Mirabeau corner for 13th. His early move to Intermediate tyres not quite working out, as it is hard work overtaking despite being quicker. The track is looking a lot drier. A lap later Ricciardo nearly loses it in front of Gasly and is under pressure and eventually overtaken around the Swimming Pool on lap 14.
Lap 15 – With the track drying the question is now does a driver pit for Intermediate tyres now, or wait a little longer for dry tyres.
Lap 16 – Lewis Hamilton becomes the first front runner to pit for Intermediate tyres. Sergio Perez does so a lap later. Probably doing a Reconnaissance Mission for his team mate Max Verstappen. Who knows, if Sergio does a good job, he’ll have to pleasure of moving over for his team mate.
Lap 18 – Sun is shining now making tyre choice all the harder. Norris pits for Inters. Ocon chops off Lewis Hamilton at the first corner St Devote and they clash. Both car continue for now. Ocon gets a five second penalty for this later, and loses Chamionship points because of it.
Lap 19 – Leclerc and Verstappen pit for Inters. These two have now fallen behind Sergio Perez who pitted on Lap 17 for Inters and is flying. Carlos Sainz stays out and has already had his race compromised and has to stay and wait for dry tyres. Further back, Mick Schumacher has pit for dry tyres, so has Alex Albon. Interesting that is then. Something you don’t normally apply to either driver.
ORDER – SAI PER LEC VER RUS ALO NOR OCO HAM BOT
Lap 21 – Max Verstappen sets fastest lap, a full three seconds faster than Charles Leclerc on the most recent lap.
Lap 22 – Race leader Carlos Sainz pits for dry tyres, and surprisingly so does Charles Leclerc too right behind him. So that gives Sainz the lead over Leclerc in the Ferrari battle.
Lap 23 – Sergio Perez pits for dry tyres, and Max Verstappen does too as they double stack as well. Perez comes out first ahead of Carlos Sainz as he exits the pits. Max Verstappen also gets out just ahead of Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari driver completely trumped now, going from easy race leader to fourth. And he is very unhappy about it.
Perez and Sainz come across some squabbling back markers and Sainz nearly bins it into the wall. Some kind of feat not to. Worth a watch.
The stewards look at whether Verstappen crossed the pit lane exit line before getting in front of Leclerc. Nothing to see here is the call.
ORDER – PER SAI VER LEC RUS NOR ALO HAM OCO STR
Lap 26 – In a 2022 season first, Mercedes appear to be really quick right now. George Russell is catching the top four cars who are just covered by less than four seconds now.
Lap 27 – HUGE ACCIDENT!!!
Mick Schumacher has crashed so hard at the exit of the Swimming Pool that the back end of his Haas car has been detached. Much like a pantomime horse where the person in the arse end has given up and walked away. The driver for the record is OK. It could be another Red Flag, great.
SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED
Amusement as the Marshalls remove the back end of the car which is basically two wheels and a rear wing.
RED FLAG AGAIN
Red flag is shown again, and the race stops again. This time to fix the barrier which is fair enough on safety front. Bloody hell though. it is two hours since the race was meant to start and we’re only on lap 30. We’d have a nap if we could trust if/when the F1 stewards will restart this race.
Race to restart at 5:15pm local time and will be a rolling start.
ORDER – PER SAI VER LEC RUS NOR ALO HAM OCO BOT
Lap 30 – Race starts under the Safety Car. It buggers off after lap 32.
Lap 33 – RACING RESUMES
Perez leads the restarts well but locks up massively half a lap later but saves it. Not much happening elsewhere in the top ten or anywhere else as the drivers take it easy.
Lap 35 – The timing screen has moved from laps remaining to time left before the 2 Hour race window limit is met. Looks like we’ll have to change lap summary then.
32 mins to go – Top four are all covered by four seconds. All with similar pace. Which is timely as the DRS is enabled. DRS being a dry race saviour that lets cars overtake easier.
29 mins to go – Nice battle between two drivers with nine World Championships between them. Fernando Alonso just hanging on in front of Lewis Hamilton for 7th. Better do an order before this changes.
ORDER – PER SAI VER LEC RUS NOR ALO HAM OCO BOT
20 mins to go – Carlos Sainz goes straight on at the chicane, and Max Verstappen dobs him in. Nothing happened from the stewards but it shows the pressure Sainz is under. He hasn’t done overly well under pressure this season.
16 mins to go – Zhou fishtails braking into the chicane and somehow saves in and doesn’t run into Yuki Tsunoda who was alongside. Also worth a watch.
12 mins to go – Sainz is now less than second to leader Sergio Perez, and Max Verstappen too is gaining and within a second to Sainz. Leclerc is also just a second away from the car in front. Three seconds covers the top four. We are in for a great finish.
7 mins to go – Perez’s tyres are looking worse by the lap, and Sainz is right on his tail. As is Max on Carlos’ rear wing. It’s so close, will someone make a mistake?
5 mins to go – The top four are still glued together, and they are coming up to lapped cars which should make it really interesting. First back marker moved out of the way nicely.
3 mins to go – For a second lap in a row Carlos Sainz nearly runs up the back of Sergio Perez at the hairpin.
1 min to go – Perez has handled himself well now, so surely he will hang on from here.
Last Lap – Time has run out so it’s one lap to go and Perez has edged ahead a little, which should be and is enough to win the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz good enough for second place ahead of Max Verstappen who will be happy-ish with a podium and a finish in front of Championship rival Charles Leclerc, who has every right to be grumpy.
FINAL ORDER – PER SAI VER LEC RUS NOR ALO HAM BOT VET
2022 Monaco Grand Prix Results
RACE RATING
Was it a good race, loads of action, tense, or just a big, fat, snooze-fest.
We rate the big race itself so we know which races to go back and watch in the off season or one to simply remember the winner for the post season quiz nights.
SEASON IMPORTANCE – 7 / 10
Qualifying pace pointed to a dominant Ferrari which could be a season sign, but the race and the rain came to ruin their party. One season pointer is the emergence of Sergio Perez as a genuine front runner. Could be a spanner in the works and add an extra edge to the Championship. Probably not.
ON TRACK ACTION – 8 /10
In fairness there was even more action (of lack of it) off the track. But nothing like rain at Monaco to spice up life. It increased overtaking and potential drivers, along with tyre strategies. Not a great deal of overtaking, but is was greater than zero, which is well above the usual average at Monaco.
ENDING 9 / 10
The top four bunched up with about 15 minutes to go and the battle became nose to tail as the laps wore on. Never seen a closer top four at this stage of the race without a safety car in front of them. All Championship contending cars.
OVERALL RATING 24 / 30
It was a much better Monaco Grand Prix than usual in the dry, but the F1 stewards really did make a meal of the first start. It could have been an absolute classic, yet instead we waited nearly an hour for some proper action. Not that looking at weather radars and celebrities isn’t great. But the on track stuff was eventually fascinating as Red Bull outsmarted Ferrari and Charles Leclerc was left disappointed at his home race again. The top four battle at the end finished the race off on a high.
2022 SEASON RATINGS SO FAR
Want to know what we thought of previous races? Or which ones to to back and watch?
2022 Monaco Grand Prix Results
GREAT & GRAPE OF THE RACE
Here we go through the field and highlight the very best (Great) of the race, and the plodders, the over-ambitious, the out of luck, and simply hopeless (Grape).
These points get added to our Driver of the Season scores. Five points for a great nomination, and -5 for the worst or grapest driver in the pack. Then it is +2 /-2 for honourable or dishonourable mentions.
It used to be called the good, bad and ugly, but everyone is using that now. And who doesn’t like grapes.
THE GREAT-EST – SERGIO PEREZ
An impressive weekend from the Mexican. Been on the pace or faster than Max Verstappen for most of the weekend, and drove a great race with the best strategy to claim a maiden win in Monaco. All the above making up for throwing his car into a wall in qualifying.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
CARLOS SAINZ – A good weekend that he needed badly. Second on the grid was a little meh, much like his little crash into Perez in qualifying. But he did well to hold onto the lead for long enough to get onto dry tyres at the right time, and held onto second after the pit stops.
LANDO NORRIS – Another great weekend for the McLaren driver. Thrashed his team mate again and was best of the non big three teams yet again. A race win is surely coming.
GEORGE RUSSELL – Like Lando Norris is easily seeing off his team mate this weekend, and he was nipping at the heels of the two Ferraris and Red Bulls.
THE GRAPE-EST – FIA STEWARDS
For the farcical way the start of this grand prix was handled.
DIS-HONOURABLE MENTIONS
CHARLES LECLERC – Trumped by tyre calls and luck, he had a comfortable lead turned into a fourth place by the time of the mid race Red Flag. And he dropped off the pace in the second half of the race. He has every right to be grumpy.
DANIEL RICCIARDO – It started out so promising. Quick on the Friday and a match for his team mate. Then came the crash that wrote off his chances of a decent starting grid position due to lost time. Then he was almost invisible in the race, creating a modern day Trulli train. Pitted earlier than most for dry tyres yet ended up in the same position.
MICK SCHUMACHER – Wrote off his Haas car with a nasty crash. That also brought out another red flag and extended this already way-too-long Grand Prix.
NICHOLAS LATIFI – Monaco really does allow one to see just how much difference a good driver makes at this special circuit. Latifi is a pay driver who proved the opposite this weekend.
2022 F1 Season Power Rankings
Stay tuned for our Power Rankings from the race soon as it is currently being calculated.
Former Sydney Roosters, NSW, and Australian rugby league player Peter ‘Jonesy’ Jones and former NSW Waratahs, ACT Brumbies, and Wallabies rugby union player Dexter Exington-Trift have been best mates for over 20 years, but the decision to hire them as panelists on Channel Nein’s Sports on Sunday has backfired.
While they may be from different codes, Dexter’s short stint with the Roosters in 2001-02 saw him form a fast friendship with Jonesy, playing together in the Roosters’ 2002 premiership. Jonesy moved to the Brumbies in 2003 in a successful attempt to play for the Wallabies in the Rugby World Cup, before playing Rugby in Europe for the next 15 years. Jonesy and Dexter stayed in touch via email and Jonesy visited him when playing for the Kangaroos on UK tours, keeping their friendship alive over the decades.
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After moving back to Australia in 2021, Dexter and Jonesy started their own general sports podcast Talking Sport with Dex and Jonesy. The producers of Sports on Sunday took notice of their easy banter and hired them. That’s when things went downhill.
With the security of a lucrative weekly TV gig (and the podcast forgotten about), Dexter and Jonesy relaxed and started telling more stories from the Roosters glory days and taking the piss out of each other. Though it was funny for a while, Dexter and Jonesy became so popular that their self-indulgence took over the show. Even the host, former Australian cricketer Andrew ‘Hoggy’ Hogg (who played 100 ODIs and 50 T20Is, along with stints in the IPL, BBL, PSL, and T20 Blast), gave up trying to rein them in.
Unfortunately, the self-indulgent banter and endless stories has seen most Sports on Sunday episodesballoon from a tight 45 minutes to over two hours, with falling ratings seeing the show move to a late Sunday night timeslot. This made things worse, as the later timeslot only encouraged Dexter and Jonesy to pull out their dirtiest stories.
”This show is f***** bullshit now! I used to love it but those two d***heads Dux and Johnso have f***** sabotaged it! I don’t give a s*** what happened 20 bloody years ago! I want to hear about sports now!” ranted bigbewbs69 on Sports on Sunday’s Twitter page, which got 200 Likes and 20 Comments, indicating that fans are sick of the nonsense.
While both men have threatened to walk if either of them are fired, their might be a solution for Sports on Sunday producers, with Fox Sports offering Dexter and Jonesy a massive payday for their own sports-themed variety show. Hogg has also been courted by Sky Sports in the UK to host their coverage of The Hundred later this year.
The producers of Sports on Sunday aren’t too worried, as they’re planning to transition the show to a podcast instead, which will allow for more freedom, less hosts, and less ratings pressure.
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
Another month passed, and once again it’s time to acknowledge the unpolishable turds that are the Jerk of the Month May 2022 Nominations.
Thankfully an election has now passed in Australia, now before a few of the main players stop in at Jerkville for a nomination.
It’s not all political, jerks comes from every walk of life, and usually from a tennis court. Like old times.
Determining the month’s biggest jerk is ultimately up to you, the reader of this website. So read the form guide, and vote now. Feel free to vote early and vote often. For as many of the candidates whose cut of jib you dislike.
The Jerk of the Month May 2022 “winner” awaits your vote below.
#VoteEarlyVoteOften
VOTE NOW – Jerk of the Month May 2022
There’s only one way to determine the biggest jerk this month – your vote.
Vote for one, vote for two, feel free to vote for as many of these jerks as you like or all of them. They’ve asked for it.
Who is the May 2022 Jerk of the Month?
CELEBRITY COUPLE IN COURT 11%, 3 votes
3 votes11%
3 votes - 11% of all votes
NRL BUNKER 11%, 3 votes
3 votes11%
3 votes - 11% of all votes
SCOTT MORRISON 11%, 3 votes
3 votes11%
3 votes - 11% of all votes
"THERE'S A HOLE IN YOUR BUDGET" TV COMMERCIAL 11%, 3 votes
FORM GUIDE – Jerk of the Month May 2022 Nominations
CELEBRITY COUPLE IN COURT
No matter which side of the fence you are on in the now infamous celebrity actors’ court case, or if you are not interested in any fences at all, the dirty laundry airing has got way too much air time in our opinion. And neither is coming out of it smelling like roses. They do smell like a Jerk of the Month nomination.
NICK KYRGIOS & BERNARD TOMIC
Ahh, a good fashioned stink off between two of the people who were a major part of the Jerk of the Month in it’s early statges.
Like Heard v Depp, these two have been battling it out for the world to see, but unlike Heard v Depp this battle is rather entertaining.
If we’re honest we’re on the Nick Kyrgios side these days, as Bernard Tomic is at least five times less likeable than Kyrgios, which is saying something, but if we’re talking jerk nominations these two must go together.
Irina-Camelia Begu
Before we leave tennis, we head to Roland Garros, where a major tennis tournament is always good for a Jerk of the Month moment.
Tennis’ reputation as the angriest sport in the world came to the front again as Begu bounced her racquet into the ground, but such is the unpredictability of a tantrum that the racquet bounced high enough to go into the crowd and nearly hit a child who was upset enough at that experience.
There’s been worse tennis tantrums, but not this month.
NRL BUNKER
Staying on sport before we dive into politics, the NRL Bunker receives a Jerk of the Month nomination for its continued incompetence.
Rugby League is a simple enough game, so it is hard to work out how the video refereeing system manages to over complicate things and ultimately not even get decisions right.
SCOTT MORRISON
One last chance for a monthly Jerk nomination for an award he has dominated in recent years.
Maybe it was the permanent smirk, the excessive amount of him every night on the news due to the election, or tackling a kid while playing soccer.
Maybe we just simply think he needs a final Jerk of the Month nomination to cover his whole stint as PM. That is our job after all.
Perhaps voters had that song in their mind on Election Day where the Liberal party had their worst results in decades.
CLIVE PALMER
Staying with Political ads, a JOM earned for Clive Palmer for his saturation advertising too.
Thankfully with the election over, and the UAP getting next to nothing for their multi, multi million dollar spend, Australians are now ironically enjoying the freedom of no more BS from Clive.
Interesting the final ad of his campaign which was a 30 second song featured what looked like a Clive Palmer looking out of breath after walking four metres and shaking two people’s hands.
THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER
Ironically called The Australian when it is aimed at a slender wedge of the country.
With bias and propaganda along the lines of current Russia, North Korea or other historically evil regimes, they are an embarrassment and worthy of a Jerk of the Month nomination every month. But especially nominated here for their election coverage.
SKY NEWS
Ditto for above. Except we enjoyed the coverage once the Coalition were not going to win, and much like spoiled children who didn’t get an ice cream there were tears and pouting and everything associated with a three year old.
BORIS JOHNSON
For the continuing details coming out about his parliamentary partying during lockdown.
Quintessential jerk behaviour from an oaf. Oafs haven’t done well in elections lately.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
For all our moaning about jerk-like qualities of several politicians above, nothing comes close to Putin who is going for a fourth consecutive monthly win. A feat only matches by Donald Trump.
LA NINA
For bringing unprecedented rain and misery and ruining weekends for what feels like forever.
MONKEY POX
Will probably take over from Covid as the main medical pain in the arse that news will try and scare us with now that Covid is just like a normal flu and everyone has in Australia.
Welcome to our Queensland Cup Round 10 Preview, which is as always featuring as many barely interesting stats as we could muster. This round has been a touch more interesting being a two-parter with one game this weekend and the rest next weekend. We also throw in some expert tips. Plus ours.
There’s a game by game preview of each match this weekend, with some nice H2H visuals and insights to impress family and friends ahead of the upcoming round.
Time to get on board some great local rugby league and our HostPlus Cup-Queensland Cup Round 10 preview.
Queensland Cup Round 10 Predictions
The merge of Intrust Super and HostPlus may have seen the competition name change from Intrust Super Cup to HostPlus Cup, but we still have Intrust Super’s former CEO and long time Q Cup fan Brendan O’Farrell joining us for the 2022 season again. He is the multiple reigning champion for our website after all.
New for 2022 is Matt Pritchard – the main man of the local independent rugby League website Nothing But League. They have outstanding rugby league coverage and still have time for Queensland Cup here too.
Their tips and ours will be underneath each of the match previews.
QUEENSLAND CUP 2022 SEASON STATS
2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON SUMMARY
Here’s a colourful and quick way to see how the 2022 season is going for the teams.
MORE 2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON STATS – TEAM RECORD V TOP AND BOTTOM SIDES
Top 8 / Bottom 6 are determined at time of match not current ladder.
MORE 2022 QUEENSLAND CUP SEASON STATS – ROUND BY ROUND COMPARISON
2022 QUEENSLAND CUP ROUND 10 BARELY INTERESTING STATS
This is where we find the most obscure or barely interesting facts for all.
Round 9 was the second time this season that the home sides failed to win a game. The other was in Round 1.
Souths Logan Magpies are undefeated in Tully.
Northern Pride have won seven of their last nine v Brisbane teams.
Burleigh are undefeated in three games v Brisbane sides this season. Sunshine Coast Falcons are undefeated in four games.
Tigers have already won more games (+1) this season than the whole of last season.
Townsville (W7 D1) have never lost to Mackay on a Saturday.
Ipswich have already conceded more points this season than Norths did all last season.
Redcliffe have won their last five games at home to Brisbane sides.
Wynnum are 5/5 at Stradbroke Island.
Wynnum have also lost only once to Central Capras since 2014.
PNG Hunters have won four of their last five matches v Tweed Heads.
PNG Hunters haven’t won a Sunday games since Covid stopped the 2020 season.
There have already been a couple of draws this season, including last weekend, so we have some mildly interesting draw stats for the Queensland Cup from 2014.
QUEENSLAND CUP DRAW STATS FROM 2014
QUEENSLAND CUP ROUND 10 MATCH BY MATCH PREVIEWS
SATURDAY 28TH MAY 8PM @ TULLY
Predictions: Brendan O’Farrell (BOF) Souths Logan Magpies Matt Pritchard – Nothing But League (MP) Northern Pride The Gurgler Website (US) Souths Logan Magpies
SATURDAY 4TH JUNE 4PM @ BURLEIGH
Predictions: BOF Burleigh Bears MP Burleigh Bears US Burleigh Bears
ST CHARLES, MO - MAY 22: Fans of the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds cheer on their team against the East Stroudsburg University Warriors during the Division II Womens Lacrosse Championship held at Harlen C Hunter Stadium on May 22, 2022 in St Charles, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
A frustrated student has stormed out of his Brisbane sharehouse after finally getting fed up with his extroverted housemates.
Peter, who studies Accounting at Griffith University, is gearing up for mid-year exams, but found it impossible to study one Sunday afternoon.
”I had it all sorted out: I was going to lock myself in my room, listen to my weekly rotation of rugby league, cricket, accounting, and celebrity interview podcasts, and spend the day studying. Of course my three d***head housemates had to all be home!” said Peter.
It started with his housemates (all Bachelor of Arts students at Griffith) opening Spotify on the big TV and blaring a mix of metal, rap, rock, and pop. That was followed by them opening TikTok on their individual phones, which were all played loudly to compete with the music and other TikToks. That’s when Peter started getting mad.
”I’ve told these wankers a zillion times: if you want to listen to TikTok, then USE F*****G HEADPHONES! I can live with the music, but I find it impossible to concentrate with bloody TikTok videos! It’s not too much to ask?”
But the final straw came when one of the housemates Facetimed his girlfriend to show her all the videos.
“Breennaa is an absolute cow! She’s too loud, rude, a massive bogan, and laughs like a motherf*****g hyena! Seriously, laughing like that isn’t natural!”
Storming out of his bedroom, Peter proceeded to give his housemates an absolute baking before walking to the Griffith Nathan campus.
Setting up in quiet library, Peter finally gotsome study done and had time to think about his outburst.
”It was a good thing. I only agreed to move in earlier this year because I could have my own room and the other three guys spent all their time getting pissed. Which is fine when you’re doing a Arts degree, but I’m actually studying something important,so I need to put my head down and work. Apparently I wasn’t missed as Breennaa already started moving her stuff in on Sunday night and filling my old room with her crap.”
Peter will temporarily live at his uncle and aunt’s place in Morningside and is trying to find a new sharehouse before the start of the second semester.
Everyday News is a brand new general news/parody section of The Gurgler, and definitely not a lame rip-off of ‘The Betoota Advocate’. We swear.
Welcome to our weekly look at the upcoming weekend of NRL and your best companion for all the action is our Round 12 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips.
Each week we offer up a quick preview glance for each match, a bunch of barely interesting stats which seem to be growing every week, our own Form-O-Meter on which side is hot and not, and our own thoughts on who will win.
We also offer up some alternative tips. These alternative tips are often based on a rugby league stat, and sometimes something completely absurd, and are aimed at those NRL tipsters who just can’t be bothered.
This week we are desperately trying to squeeze out one more lot of election based tipping. More on that soon.
So enjoy the 2022 NRL Round 12 Predictions Stats Preview + Alternative Tips where there’s something for everyone. Mostly.
2022 NRL Round 12 Predictions – Alternative Tips – Distance from Teal or Green on the Colour Wheel
Short on inspiration already? Or looking for that edge to your tipping that no one else in your competition has? Well here are the Alternative NRL Tips for this round.
With the election making big news last Saturday, this week’s alternative tips are based on the election for one last time. Yes, we did promise last week would be the last one, but since it’s politics we don’t have to live up to that promise.
With the big results at the election from the three states where NRL teams play, being either Teal Independents or Greens, we’ve decided to use those colours this week.
You may ask how the hell that works, and we’re glad you asked. We found an official colour wheel, and our theory is the closest the NRL team’s main colour is to either Teal or Green the more popular they’ll be right now, and so that will make them play better and win.
Simples. Here are the tips anyways.
And here’s a colour wheel for reference.
* Warriors are predominantly blue and green (at the moment) so that beats Newcastle’s Blue and Red on preferences.
2022 NRL Round 12 Predictions – Gurgler Tips
Can we beat our own Alternative NRL tips? Usually not, so again we’ll have to keep trying.
STORM to beat Sea Eagles
PANTHERS to beat Cowboys
BRONCOS to beat Titans
WARRIORS to beat Knights
TIGERS to beat Rabbitohs
ROOSTERS to beat Sharks
DRAGONS to beat Bulldogs
RAIDERS to beat Eels
2022 NRL Season Prediction Results
Our tips jumped ahead of the alternative tips last week, so now onto bigger and better things.
ALTERNATIVE TIPS – 63% – 55/88 6/8 First Round Form 4/8 More Dangerous Mascot 3/8 Best H2H 6/8 April Fools 7/8 Bad Boy Points (Penalties/Sin Bins etc) 5/8 Greens Votes 6/8 Marginal Seats 5/8 Covid Cases 6/8 May Record 3/8 Suncorp Stadium Record 4/8 ALP Voting
OUR TIPS – 64% – 56/88
2022 NRL Round 12 Weekly H2H Stats
Looking for a cheat sheet for the weekend’s upcoming games?
Much like Noah and his ark, ours come in twos.
Here’s as much information that we could cram into one visual, or two. Click on the images for a closer look. It looks marginally more impressive closer up.
Here we take the best points of interest for each match coming up this weekend, and share them with you for no cost. Feel free to share with friends and family.
Melbourne may be on a run of five straight wins v Manly, but the Sea Eagles have won the last two fixtures at AAMI Park, and four of the last six.
Melbourne haven’t lost three in a row since 2015.
North Queensland have scored exactly 36 points in their last three games. And 35 in the game before that.
North Queensland have lost six in a row v Sydney teams on a Friday.
Queensland may have had their borders closed during a lot of Covid, but Penrith have closed the borders to Queensland teams beating them in the NRL since Covid begun. It’s for ten straight wins for Penrith since the start of 2020 season. Opposition teams have scored exactly 12 points v Penrith six times in that run.
Broncos have only won two of their last eight v fellow Queensland sides.
The NZ Warriors are still unbeaten at their new home ground at Redcliffe. The last two wins have come courtesy of two field goals.
Newcastle have lost three in a row v Queensland clubs, and have conceded 36, 34, and 35 points in those games.
South Sydney have lost just one of their last 14 games on a Saturday.
Roosters have won six straight v Sharks. Cronulla have won five straight v Sydney teams.
Canberra have won four straight v Parramatta on a Sunday, the Eels last win on a Sunday coming in 2005.
2022 NRL Round 12 NRL Team Form O Meter
We have our own in-house way of measuring which team is going the best based on a bunch of available stats. Like Run Metres, Line Breaks, Tackle Busts, Tries, Goals, Errors, Tackles, Post Contact Metres and more.
We have also taken it to the next level with an average of the 2022 season score and last five rounds. Although, even we’re starting to doubt it given how bad Souths have played the last two weeks.
2022 NRL Round 12 NRL 2022 Season – Team Stats
We have taken the best of the NRL data and turned them into visuals you can use to enjoy your rugby league this weekend.
There’s run metres, kicking stats, errors, tackled and lack of tackles.
Plus we also have each team’s record against the top and bottom teams and home v away.
There’s so much you’ll need to stop halfway to catch your breath.
TEAM RECORD V TOP & BOTTOM EIGHT SIDES
Note – top / bottom eight is decided at time of match not current ladder.
TEAM RECORD – HOME & AWAY
Note – not the awful soap on Channel 7
KICKING STATS
Note: last graph is a 100% breakdown of kick types.
RUNNING STATS
TACKLES
BAD BOYS
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In a blatant attempt to get more views on NRL stories we’ve previously released, here’s a selection of the finest cuts.
