Tipping Comp
Tipping Competition Rules, 2025
Competition Number 1.
"The Pillar"
Each tipster selects a team from all matches played in the round. You receive points for each correct selection. Points for a correct selection will be 2, 3 or 4 points using the following rules:
1. The team with the lowest odds will be worth 2 points for a correct selection, the team with the highest odds will be worth 3 points, (essentially, 2 points for the favourite and 3 points for the upset), except in the following two scenarios:
2. If both teams are paying $2.20 or below – a correct selection for either team will be 3 points
3. If a team is paying $2.80 or over $2.80 – a correct selection for the team paying over $2.80 will be 4 points and the lowest price team will be 2 points
Examples: Rabbitohs $1.85 Vs Roosters $2.10 – if you select the winner of this game you will receive 3 points. Cowboys $1.40 Vs Tigers $2.60 – Cowboys will be worth 2 points and Tigers 3 points. Parra $1.20 Vs Raiders $4.00. Parra will be worth 2 points and Raiders 4 points.
The points to be allocated for each correct selection will be displayed in the drop-down when you make your selections on the submit page, so you don’t need to determine the points each correct selection is worth, this will be done for you.
No points are awarded for a draw and a draw cannot be selected as a game outcome.
* Bonus 1 point will be received if you select all 8 games correctly. Bonus only applies for non-split rounds, a minimum of 8 games in the round must be played for the bonus to be awarded.
The winning team is based on the result including extra time.
In the event of no selections being received you will be allocated the same amount of points as the tipster who received the lowest amount of points in that round. In the event of your selections being received late, you can only select games that have not commenced and you will be awarded no points for any earlier games.
Your points are accumulated for the preliminary rounds and the tipster with the most points after the final round is the winner. There will be prize money for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th.
Expect prize money to be around $4,500 for 1st, $2,300 for 2nd, $1,100 for 3rd, $600 for 4th and $280 for 5th.
Competition Number 2.
The Lock
Each week you must select one game as your "Lock of the week".
The amount of dollars earned if your Lock of the week wins is equal to the return on $1 as offered by NSW Sports TAB. The odds used for this competition are the prices as displayed on this websites tipping page.
For example: If Parramatta are playing Brisbane and I select Parra as my Lock of the Week and they are paying $4.00 for the win, I will receive $4.00. If they lose, I will receive $0. If I'd selected Brisbane in this game and they won paying $1.20, then I will receive $1.20 to my virtual lock account.
Draws cannot be selected for this competition.
In the event of no selections being received, or being received late, you will be allocated $0 for that week. The winning team is based on the result including extra-time. No dollars are awarded in the event of a draw after extra-time.
There will be prize money for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Expect prize money to be around $2,000 for 1st, $1,000 for 2nd and $500 for 3rd.
Competition Number 3
The Punt
Every tipster will receive a virtual betting account of $1,029. This money can be used to punt on any one game you choose each week. The only betting option you can choose from is Head to Head. The odds used will be the same odds offered for the Lock competition.
You can elect to punt no money. There is no minimum bet for this competition. The maximum bet allowed is the total of your punt account. If you elect to Punt an amount that is in excess of your balance the bet will be reduced to equal your total punt account, in other words, you will be deemed to have selected a "Pot" bet. The winning team is based on the result including extra time, in the event of a draw, the result is a "skinner" and all bets are considered losing bets.
In the event of no selection being received, or being received late, you will have been deemed to have made no punt bet for that week.
There will be prize money for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Expect prize money to be around $2,000 for 1st, $1,000 for 2nd and $500 for 3rd.
Competition Number 4
The Streak
Tipsters are trying to select the biggest streak of winners for the season. You may select as few or as many games each week that you want (including none). Build your Streak by stringing together as many correct tips in a row as possible. As soon as one of your picks loses, your new streak starts again at zero. A new streak can start during a round if one of your selections loses. Your Highest scoring streak for the season will be maintained as well as your current streak. Your highest streak score will be used to determine your position in this competition.
The order of the games as they appear on the Tipping Comp website will be used as the order for the streak games. This means that when 2 games are on simultaneously, one game will be used over the other to determine which game is 1st for streak purposes.
It is not possible for the same tipsters to win multiple times in this competition, your highest streak only will be considered your score.
The winning team is based on the result including extra time, in the event of a draw, the result is considered a loss.
In the event of no selection being received, or being received late, you will have been deemed to have made no streak bets for that week.
There will be prize money for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Expect prize money to be around $2,000 for 1st, $1,000 for 2nd and $500 for 3rd.
Competition
Number 5 :
The Prop and 2 Guns
Each week you will select 2
Teams. Each team selected has 3 players, a Prop forward and 2 backs,
pre-nominated. You will be awarded points for each try your “Prop and 2 guns”
score in the match.
A try by a Prop is worth 9
points.
A try by “the 2 guns” is
worth 4 points.
Your score is the total
points earnt by your selections in a match.
Example: If your Prop scores
a try, one gun scores a try and the other gun scores 2 tries, your total points
for that match will be 21 (9 for the prop, 4 for one gun, 8 for the other gun).
In the event of a player
being unavailable for an extended period for any reason (dropped, injury,
traded to another team) they may be changed by the Footy Comp Commission,
appropriate notice will be provided.
The tipster who accumulates the most points after round 27 will be declared the winner. There will be prizemoney for the top 3 tipsters.
The pre-nominated players
for each team for the entire season (until advised otherwise) are:
TEAM |
PROP |
GUN |
GUN |
BRONCOS |
Payne Haas |
Reece Walsh |
Deine Mariner |
BULLDOGS |
Max King |
Jacob Kiraz |
Marcelo Montoya |
COWBOYS |
Coen Hess |
Murray Taulagi |
Scott Drinkwater |
DOLPHINS |
Dainel Saifiti |
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow |
Jack Bostock |
DRAGONS |
Emre Guler |
Valentine Holmes |
Tyrell Sloan |
EELS |
Junior Paulo |
Josh Addo-Carr |
Zac Lomax |
KNIGHTS |
Leo Thompson |
Nathan Sharpe |
Greg Marzhew |
PANTHERS |
Moses Leota |
Brian To'o |
Izack Tago |
RABBITOHS |
Jai Arrow |
Tyrone Munroe |
Alex Johnston |
RAIDERS |
Joseph Tapine |
Xavier Savage |
Kaeo Weeks |
ROOSTERS |
Lindsay Collins |
Dominic Young |
Daniel Tupou |
SEA EAGLES |
Taniela Paseka |
Tom Trbojevic |
Jason Saab |
SHARKS |
Addin Fonau-Blake
|
Ronaldo Mulitalo |
Sione Katoa |
STORM |
Nelson Asofa-Solomona |
Will Warbrick |
Xavier Coates |
TIGERS |
Terrel May |
Sunia Turuva |
Jahream Bula |
TITANS |
Tino Faásuamaleaui |
Jojo Fifita |
Alofiana Khan-Pereira |
WARRIORS |
James Fisher-Harris |
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad |
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak |
Competition Number 6
Club Championship
The Club Championship will be a combination of your position in the Pillar, Lock and Streak competitions.
No separate selections are required for this competition.
**Important Note** There are 2 divisions for the Club Championship only. The top 10 placegetters from the 2024 Winston Monkey League have qualified for promotion to the Bull Premier League (Div 1) and the bottom 10 placegetters from the 2024 Bull Premier League plus any new entrants have been relegated to the Winston Monkey League (Div 2). At the end of 2025, the bottom 10 placegetters in The Bull Premier League will be relegated to the Winston Monkey League and the top 10 placegetters in the Winston Monkey League will be promoted to the Bull Premier League for 2026.
There is no prizemoney for this competition. You are playing to attempt to stay or be promoted to Premier League in 2026. The advantage of being in the Bull Premier League (outside of the stench of being in the Winston Monkey League) is that a one-off competition may be included just for the Bull Premier league only.
Registration
An online registration form is required to be completed prior to Round 1 of the competition. If you wish to join after round 1 you will start equal with the tipster at the bottom of all competitions. You must submit an alias when you register. Please try and register asap so all administration with the website forms can be completed.
Submitting Tips
An online form is available to lodge your selections each week.
It is very important that you double-check your selections before you submit them and ensure that what is sent is what you want. It is your responsibility to submit tips correctly and check them (you receive a confirmation email once submitted which should be checked for accuracy), if you submit your tips incorrectly there will be no basis to correct them afterwards. If incorrect selections are made, simply re-submit all of your tips, your latest tips will override your earlier tips.
An email to rovetop@mac.com or a text message to Rove on 0421 020 858 can also be used to submit tips if you cannot access the internet. If you ask someone else to submit tips on your behalf then you are transferring your responsibility to that person. If they enter your tips incorrectly then take this up with the person who made the error rather than the administrator of the competition!
Cost
The registration fee for the 2025 season is $280. Note that 100% of the entry fees is returned as prizemoney.
Payment Methods
Payment can be made in the following ways:
The direct credit details were provided on your invitation email, if you need them please contact Rove.