‘ALL BUT’ IN THE NRL TIPPING

With a 5 point lead going into the final round of the tipping competition, BLUE AND WHITE V would need to eat a whole packet of Sao biscuits without water and suffer the biggest choke in the history of tipping to lose from here.
The interest now appears to lie in the battle for second spot. SAINT11 holds the aces, but with some interesting match ups in the last round with so much at stake, one false tip could spell dizarsetor .. or, should that be disaster? WOODY has timed his run to perfection and as long as he doesn’t get the blows, he’s a chance of nabbing the runner-up prize.
Not far enough away to give up yet is THE FAMOUS FRENCH HALF BACK who in between croissants washed down with Dom Perignon has worked his way into 4th spot. And, despite the current dry weather, INNISFAIL DELUGE has also snuck up into the top 5 and has an outside chance of grabbing a podium finish.
JACKSBACK’s attempt to go back to jacksback in the tipping competition after victory last year, has fallen short, but nevertheless his current 7th spot is admirable. BALLBOY never took his eye off it all season and has always been there or thereabouts and remains in the top 10.
MITCHO will be crying in his boutique beer and wondering what could have been, but remains in the top half of the ladder. Right in the middle, MRS EAGLE and FUGGLEYS would describe their performance as ‘average’ i.e. ‘bottom of the best and cream of the crap’. And CLICHÉ would be philosophical about his 17th spot and just lament, “There’s always next year”.
JONLAZ had an outstanding tipping performance in round 25, but may have left his run about 20 rounds too late, as he languishes in 22nd spot. The rest are at best just spoken of in jest.