ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 16

Thanks very much to Pete K who has much more insight into the players and trends in the matches.  I think his Foxtel must be running hot from Thursday to Sunday evening!  I am off to Townsville next Sunday for their V8 Supercars race the following weekend but I will finish that round once I arrive on Sunday evening.  I'll be calling on Pete's help for Round 18 which coincides with the race days up there.  He is probably just hearing about this now!  (Oops)

There were no upsets this week with the least confidence being in the Doggies which was still 64% over the Swans.  Something tells me we might have a few winners this week so don't get too excited if you got them all correct!

Adelaide did what they needed to do against the hapless TIgers and boosted their percetage enough to rise up to third.

Port comfortably accounted for Melbourne in the end and had their second win since their Bye.

Just 7 matches over 4 days to tip this week and just one upset so how do you think you went?  Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 16 Results for Tipsters

This week, you needed to get 7 correct for the round. There were (ONLY?)  46 winners this week each earning $1.54.

Congratulations to Kate Adriaans, Joanna Sundstrom, Vicki Allen, Kirsty Rogerson, Amy Challans, Adam Mather, Peter Kiley, Lisa Holloway, Helen Douglass, David Shaw, Christopher Blake, Ian Mills, Lisa Morgan, Jossalyn Murphy, Scott Ainsworth, Mary Taylor, Grant Williams, Grant Wigley, Jenny Quilliam, Bill Verrier, Simon Holt, Gary Wood, Anne Petrie, Ben Stevens, Nicole King, Paul Sherlock, Garth Challans, Ian Duncan, Brett Douglas, Bayden Smith, Michael Sands, Anthony Beck, Justin Faggotter, Melissa Williams, Malcolm Parsons, Martin Stone, Sandy Ellis, Alan Brideson, Leonie Challans, Juris Wulfius, Robert Smith, Emerson Stevens, Jason McKay, Dominic Marafioti, Chris Cox and Andy Duncan.

This week's ladder reasonably static. Still perched all own their own at the top of the ladder, we have Gary Wood on 102 points. Not all that closely following is Paul (No S..t) Sherlock on 99 points. Then a point back is Bayden Smith on 98 points. Closely following is Nicole King on 97 points. Next are the trio of Andy Duncan, Vicki Allen and Ian Mills on 96 points. More hopefuls chase them in Chris Cox and Malcolm Parsons on 95 points. Then we have Sandy Ellis on 94 points. Still dreaming are Randall Kiesewetter, David Shaw and Bill Verrier on 93 points. On life support are Ben Stevens, Amy Challans, Tristan Bibbo, Les Shalhoub, Brian Quick, Anthony Beck, Scott Ainsworth, Michael Nettle and Tracey Goode on 92 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Adam Mather and Christopher Blake up 8, Kirsty Rogerson, Scott Ainsworth and Garth Challans up 7, Mary Taylor, Peter Kiley, Robert Smith and Helen Douglass up 6, Alan Brideson, Leonie Challans, Ben Stevens, Amy Challans and Melissa Williams up 5, Ian Duncan, Martin Stone, Anthony Beck, Lisa Holloway, Justin Faggotter, Grant Wigley, Grant Williams, Bill Verrier, Simon Holt, Michael Sands, Jossalyn Murphy, David Shaw and Joanna Sundstrom, up 4.

The current 33rd last place holder is Bernie Hoffmann who fell 5 places. Last week it was Kirsty Rogerson who rose 7 spots.

This week there were 10 distinct tips,11 fewer than last week reflecting the ease of picking and number of winners. 

The average total score is 86.8 and the average score this round was 6.3. up a whopping 1.5 from last week.

The current 33rd last place holder is Kirsty Rogerson who fell 4 places. Last week it was Denice Daou who rose 3 spots.

The AFL ladder was changed a bit.  Pies still first and Lions second.  Crows swapped with Cats pushing them down to 4th.  Hawks stayed 5th and Freo stayed 6th.  Bullies up to 7th and Gold Coast into the Eight at the expense of the Giants.  

The Crows got up to 3rd on the ladder after their big win over the Tige's narrowly going down to the Hawkers by 3 points in a thriller. Adelaide host the Demons next Sunday at AO from 2:45pm.  It is one that they should win but strange things happen in AFL Footy!

The Power had a good win over the Blues on Thursday night making 3 wins from their 4 matches since their Bye and keeping themselves in the hunt for Finals footy.   A big test next week looms with the Lions at the Gabba on Saturday night.

The AFL are persisting with Thursday night Footy matches and the Kangas will take on the Bulldogs at Marvel that evening.

The BYE rounds are all complete so we have 9 matches to tip next week.

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025

Results for 2025 ISTS Footy Pools - Round 15

Guest commentary this week from Peter Kiley as Rocky is in Darwin and quote ...nowhere near a computer and we are still partying!

A tough round with three of the seven games tipped by less than 16%. Brisbane was only tipped by 8%, North Melbourne by 11% and Sydney by 15%. After home losses to GWS and Brisbane, Geelong feels like that team that gives you the feeling of failed optimism. That is, you are optimistic about their chances and they let you down. Hang on, is that Port?

Massive world news with the US joining the aerial campaign against Iran. Surely Iran have to back down and disarm. But...if they are anything like Hamas they will probably keep it going against all odds. Lets hope for a sensible outcome.

This weeks winning Score is 6

There were 4 winners this round earning $17.68

ISTS Footy Pools 2025 - Round 15 Results for tipsters

This weeks winning Score is 4

Congratulations to:

• Bernie Hoffmann
• Les Shalhoub
• Nick Leidig
• Tristan Bibbo

This rounds significant ladder movements

• Bernie Hoffmann up 14 to position 64
• Les Shalhoub up 14 to position 14
• Adam Mather up 12 to position 45
• Juris Wulfius up 12 to position 29
• Tristan Bibbo up 11 to position 10
• David Shaw up 10 to position 16
• Marek Pokorny up 7 to position 78
• Nick Leidig up 7 to position 86
• Patricia Coulthard up 7 to position 60
• Neville Rankine up 7 to position 65

ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 14

The only real upset was Brisbane losing to GWS at the Gabba which was only predicted by 2% of us.

Adelaide got payback for last week's close win as they couldn't convert in the last term and were overrun by Hawthorn.

Port comfortably accounted for Melbourne in the end had their second win since their Bye.

Just 7 matches over 4 days to tip this week and just one upset so how do you think you went?  Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 14 Results for Tipsters

This week, you needed to get 6 correct (or just one wrong) for the round. There were 28 winners this week each earning $2.53.

Congratulations to Anne Petrie, Grant Williams, Justin Faggotter, Stephen Stone, Jason McKay, Ian Mills, Lisa Morgan, Justin King, Peter Kiley, Grant Wigley, Vicki Allen, Patricia Coulthard, Joanna Sundstrom, Gary Wood, Catherine Nairn, Paul Sherlock, Kate Adriaans, Bayden Smith, Randall Kiesewetter, Anthony Beck, Malcolm Parsons, Jason Allsopp, Sandy Ellis, Michelle Ah Matt, Jenny Quilliam, Emerson Stevens, John Whittaker and Steven Burnett.

This week's ladder is very interesting. All own their own at the top of the ladder, we have Gary Wood on 91 points and still 3 points clear. Still in hot pursuit is Paul Sherlock on 88 points. Closely behind is Bayden Smith on 87 points. A different trio ensues this week with Vicki Allen, Ian Mills and Nicole King on 85 points. Then some more in Andy Duncan, Chris Cox, Sandy Ellis and Malcolm Parsons on 84 points. Next we have Randall Kiesewetter, Michael Nettle and Tracey Goode on 83 points. Then we have Ben Stevens, Kathy Lange, Brian Quick, Scott Ainsworth and Bill Verrier on 82 points. Every hopeful are Leonie Challans, Amy Challans, Tristan Bibbo, John Whittaker, Anthony Beck, Catherine Nairn, Steven Burnett, David Shaw and Brian Simpson on 81 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Jason Allsopp up 15, Peter Kiley and Lisa Morgan up 13, Justin Faggotter, Grant Wigley and Patricia Coulthard up 11, Steven Burnett and Grant Williams up 10, Randall Kiesewetter up 9, Catherine Nairn and Justin King up 8, Michelle Ah Matt and Anthony Beck up 7, Kate Adriaans, Alan Brideson and Emerson Stevens up 6, Sandy Ellis, John Whittaker, Robert Smith, Mary Taylor and Joanna Sundstrom up 5, Melissa Williams, Anne Petrie and Vaneet Dhiman up 4.

The current 33rd last place holder is Kirsty Rogerson who fell 4 places. Last week it was Denice Daou who rose 3 spots.

This week there were 21 distinct tips which is 18 fewer than last week but there was an extra match to tip then.

The average total score is 76.6 and the average score this round was 4.8 just down 0.2 from last week.

The AFL ladder was shaken up a bit.  Pies still first but now Cats are 2nd followed by Lions, Crows, Hawks and Suns. 7 and 8 stayed as Giants and Dockers.  The Bullies are hovering on the cusp of entering the Eight.

The Crows dropped to 4th on the ladder after narrowly going down to the Hawkers by 3 points in a thriller. Adelaide have a Bye next week so when you don't play, there is a chance you can drop some spots on the ladder.

The Power came off their win from the Giants last week to beat the Demons at home by 25 points and are up to 11th on the ladder having won both matches since their Bye.   Next week the Power host the Swans at AO on Saturday afternoon in the Twilight match.

Remember that the AFL are persisting this year with Thursday night Footy matches and the Dockers host the Bombers in Perth.  The Crows, Hawks, Demons and Eagles all have Byes this week so just 7 matches to tip.

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025

ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 13

The scores were down this week as many matches were affected by cold, wet and windy weather.

The MND Big Freeze was on this round with some ice dunking happening on Friday night at Adeliade Oval.  I saw Modra get dunked but miss Ricciuto and Marinoff.   There was also the slide into the ice bath at the 'G today before the Demons vs Pies match.  Those sliding were:

Ariarne Titmus (Olivia Newton-John)
Cadel Evans (Max Gawn)
Peter Daicos (Heath Ledger)
Matt Nable (Angus Young)
Liz Watson (Margot Robbie)
Matt Shirvington (Chris Hemsworth)
Alyssa Healy (Magda Szubanski)
Aaron Davey (Michael Long)

The biggest upset was the Power getting over the Giants in Canberra which was only predicted by 11%.   Just 21% of us predicted the Hawkers climbing over the Doggies at Marvel on Thursday night.  The rest were either 50/50's or walkovers.

Adelaide hung on after kicking the first 3 goals of the final term and restricted the Lions to just 8 behinds to scrape home by 5 points in a thriller.  Brisbane should really have won it but could not buy a goal in the final term.

Port rebounded from 4 losses with a big win over the Giants in the cold national capital.  When they were threatened in the final term. the Power managed to play attacking footy and kick the last 3 goals for a 16 point win.

Just 8 matches over 5 days to tip this week but with 2 upsets, could anyone have got even 7 right?  Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 13 Results for Tipsters

This week, you needed to get 7 correct from 8 matches for the round. There were only 4 winners this week each earning $17.68.

Congratulations to Christopher Blake, Emerson Stevens, Craig Jones and Gary Wood.

This week's ladder is very scary!  All own their own and 3 points clear at the top of the ladder, we have Gary Wood on 85 points. Not anywhere near in reach we have Paul Sherlock on 82 points. Closely following is Bayden Smith on 81 points. Then a trio of Andy Duncan, Chris Cox and Nicole King on 80 points. Peddling hard are Vicki Allen and Ian Mills on 79 points. Then a crowd follows with Kathy Lange, Brian Quick, Michael Nettle, Bill Verrier, Malcolm Parsons, Sandy Ellis and Tracey Goode on 78 points. Still hopeful but dreaming are Ben Stevens, Leonie Challans, Les Shalhoub, Scott Ainsworth and Randall Kiesewetter on 77 points. Not really in contention now are Amy Challans, Tristan Bibbo, Brian Simpson, Anne Long and David Shaw on 76 points and the rest of us below that!

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Craig Jones and Emerson Stevens up 22, Christopher Blake up 16, Helen Douglass and Justin King up 12, Jo Tonkin, Len Colgan and Anne Long up 11, John Whittaker up 10, Chris Sleeman, Brian Simpson and Heather Mander up 9, Patricia Coulthard and Callum Shaw up 7, Bill Verrier, Malcolm Parsons and Michelle Ah Matt up 6, Brett Douglas, Karen Ayles, David Jones and Michael Nettle up 5, Sam Cooper, Scott Ainsworth, Brian Quick and Tristan Bibbo up 5.

The current 33rd last place holder is Denice Daou who fell 8 places. Last week it was Selene Stone Ainsworth who fell 12 spots.

This week there were 39 distinct tips which is 21 more than last week!

The average total score is 71.8 and the average score this round was 5.0 up just 0.2 from last week given the extra game to tip. 

The AFL ladder was static for the top three with Collingwood, the Lions and the Crows in the top spots.  The Cats swapped places with Gold Coast at the Suns expense and 6 to 8 stayed as Hawks, Giants and Dockers.  The Bullies missed their chance to jump into the eight.

The Crows kept 3rd on the ladder after scraping home in a thriller over the Lions at AO on Friday night in damp and windy conditions. Adelaide travel to Tasmania to take on the in-form Hawks at Launceston on Friday night.  Hawthorn are a win and percentage behind the Crows but it is one of those matches that Adelaide need to win if they are serious about a top 4 finish.

The Power came off the Bye and clearly the reset worked as they pushed out to win by 16 points over the Giants, but despite that, stayed at 15th on the ladder.  Next week they Host the Demons on Sunday afternoon who are coming off that stinging close loss to the Pies on Monday with nearly 2 days less rest time.

Remember that the AFL are persisting this year with Thursday night Footy matches and the Sainters and Doggies will clash then at Marvel.  The Magpies, Suns, Swans an Tigers have the Bye this week so just 7 matches to tip.

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025

ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 12

Oscar Piastri has notched up his 4th pole position in front of teammate Lando Norris for the Spanish Grand Prix.  Current World Champion, Max Verstappen starts 3rd  on the grid in Barcelona.  It should be a cracker and there are opportunities for overtaking there.

There was nearly a huge upset with the Tigers just failing to keep the fast finishing Giants behind them in the last term.  The biggest upset was Freo triumphing over the Suns on the Gold Coast by 11 points and was only predicted by 5%.  The other one was just 13% of us predicting the Saints rolling the Demons in Alice Springs.

Adelaide destroyed the Swans by winning every quarter with deadly accurate kicking for goal and some party tricks to boot.  The Swans seemed to have suffered mentally from their 2024 Grand Final defeat.

Port had their mid-season bye this week along with Carlton, North and the Bullies.

Just 7 matches to tip this week but with 2 upsets, could anyone have got even 6 right?  Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 12 Results for Tipsters

Believe it or not, you really had to get all 7 correct for the round. There was just the one lucky winner this week earning $70.70.

Congratulations to Bernie Hoffmann.

This week's ladder is very interesting. Now all own their own at the top of the ladder, we have Gary Wood on 78 points. Closely followed by Bayden Smith on 77 points. Then that weary traveller, Paul Sherlock on 76 points. A trio follows in Andy Duncan, Chris Cox and Nicole King on 75 points. Hanging in there is Kathy Lange on 74 points. Then the crowd of Tracey Goode, Vicki Allen, Sandy Ellis and Ian Mills on 73 points. Followed by a melee of Ben Stevens, Leonie Challans, Brian Quick, Les Shalhoub, Michael Nettle, Randall Kiesewetter, Bill Verrier and Malcolm Parsons on 72 points. Still hunting are Amy Challans, Kristy Johns, David Shaw and Scott Ainsworth on 71 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Bernie Hoffmann up 21, Scott Gage and Bruce Thomas up 11, Denice Daou, Tracey Goode and Alan Brideson up 10, Selene Stone Ainsworth up 6, Emerson Stevens up 5, Cliff Sleeman up 4, Bob Ellis, Kate Adriaans, Jason Allsopp, Martin Stone and Sam Cooper up 3,

The current 33rd last place holder is Selene Stone Ainsworth who rose 6 places. Last week it was John Boland who fell 5 spots.

This week there were 18 distinct tips due to just 7 games.

The average total score is 66.8 and the average score this round was 4.8 down 2.2 from last week but 2 of those were the Bye matches so really only 0.2 down. 

The AFL ladder was static for the top two with Collingwood and the Lions at the top.  The Crows changed places with the Suns for 3rd and 4th.up to 4th, Cats stayed 5th, as did Hawks staying 6th, Giants up to 7th and the Freo up to 8th.

The Crows now up to 3rd on the ladder after thrashing the Swannies but it won't be so easy next week. Adelaide clash with the Lions in a serious test on Friday night at AO.  This will see where they sit in relation to a top team.

The Power had the Bye and stayed at 15th on the ladder.  Next week they travel to Canberra to tackle the Giants which is a must win for Port if they have designs on playing finals footy.

Remember that the AFL are persisting this year with Thursday night Footy matches and the Lions and Bombers will clash then at the Gabba.  StKilda and the Dockers have the Bye which means there will be Byes all the way through to round 16 at the end of June.

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025

ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 11  - Take 3!

I forgot to paste the data into the spreadsheet to include the final match and it came out mostly with incorrect stats.  But here is the re-issued-write-up which reflects what was on the web site.  Web site was correct but writeup wasn't as it is generated from a spreadsheet which was not quite up to date.

So this is the second Sir Doug Nicholls Round and the indigenous guernseys were much more on display.  I didn't mention last week, the very sad news that West Coast former player Adam Selwood died suddenly, just three months after his twin brother, former Brisbane Lions player Troy Selwood.  It never hurts to ask anyone "Are you Ok?".  Especially guys!

The closest thing we had to an upset this week was Hawthorn going down the previously out-of-form Lions.   Only tipped by 38% of us.   The other matches were mostly predicted with the Blues vs GWS match a 50% roll of the dice.

Adelaide managed to overcome an fumbling start and beat the Eagles by 11 goals after West Coast carried last week's momentum into the game. 

Port had their 4th loss in a row as they went down to the Dockers in the West by 49 points.  Also not good for percentage.

So maybe this round might have been difficult for some of us? Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 11 Results for Tipsters

This week, This week, you needed to get 9 correct for the round. There were 8 winners this week each earning $8.84.

Congratulations to Kathy Lange, Chris Cox, Callum Shaw, Ed Jacobs, Joanna Sundstrom, Ken Sleeman, Ben Stevens and Les Shalhoub.

This week's ladder is tightening.  Except for the top two! We now have Gary Wood and Bayden Smith on 72 points. But 2 points back are Andy Duncan, Chris Cox, Paul Sherlock and Nicole King on 70 points. Still close is Kathy Lange on 69 points. Ever hopeful of climbing the mountain are Sandy Ellis, Vicki Allen and Ian Mills on 68 points. Tell them they are dreaming, we have Leonie Challans, Ben Stevens, Brian Quick, Les Shalhoub, Michael Nettle, Malcolm Parsons, Randall Kiesewetter, Tracey Goode, and Bill Verrier on 67 points. Extreme longshots are Amy Challans, Kristy Johns, Tristan Bibbo, David Shaw, Steven Burnett  and Scott Ainsworth on 66 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Ed Jacobs up 23, Callum Shaw up 21, Ben Stevens up 14, Les Shalhoub and Ken Sleeman up 13, Lisa Holloway and Heather Mander up 12, Vaneet Dhiman and Garth Challans up 10, Scott Gage, Christopher Blake, Chris Sleeman, Jo Tonkin, Bob Ellis and Bruce Thomas up 9, Jenny Butler up 8, Joanna Sundstrom, Lynette Duncan and Malcolm Parsons up 7, Kathy Lange, David Shaw and Craig Jones up 6.

The current 33rd last place holder is John Boland who fell 17 places. Last week it was Melissa Williams who rose 5 spots.

This week there were 33 distinct tips. down 13 from last week reflecting the confidence in tipping.

The average total score is 62.0 and the average score this round was 7.0 up 2.4 from last week. 

The AFL ladder was static for the top three with Collingwood, the Lions and Suns still 1 to 3, Crows up to 4th, Cats up to 5th, Hawks down to 6th, Bullies down 75th and the Giants stayed in 8th.

The Crows back up to 4th on the ladder after beating West Coast by 66 points at AO. Next week they will travel to the SCG to take on the Swannies Saturday night who are up and down this year but do well on their home dung hill.

The Power dropped to 15th on the ladder after losing to the Dockers in the West by 49 points.  Port have the mid-season Bye next week along with Carlton, North and the Bullies.

Remember that the AFL are persisting this year with Thursday night Footy matches and the Lions and Bombers will clash then at the Gabba.

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025

ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 11  - Take 2!

I forgot to paste the data into the spreadsheet to include the final match and it came out mostly with incorrect stats.  But here is the re-issued-write-up which reflects what was on the web site.  Web site was correct but writeup wasn't as it is generated from a spreadsheet which was not quite up to date.

So this is the second Sir Doug Nicholls Round and the indigenous guernseys were much more on display.  I didn't mention last week, the very sad news that West Coast former player Adam Selwood died suddenly, just three months after his twin brother, former Brisbane Lions player Troy Selwood.  It never hurts to ask anyone "Are you Ok?".  Especially guys!

The closest thing we had to an upset this week was Hawthorn going down the previously out-of-form Lions.   Only tipped by 38% of us.   The other matches were mostly predicted with the Blues vs GWS match a 50% roll of the dice.

Adelaide managed to overcome an fumbling start and beat the Eagles by 11 goals after West Coast carried last week's momentum into the game. 

Port had their 4th loss in a row as they went down to the Dockers in the West by 49 points.  Also not good for percentage.

So maybe this round might have been difficult for some of us? Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 11 Results for Tipsters

This week, This week, you needed to get 9 correct for the round. There were 8 winners this week each earning $8.84.

Congratulations to Kathy Lange, Chris Cox, Callum Shaw, Ed Jacobs, Joanna Sundstrom, Ken Sleeman, Ben Stevens and Les Shalhoub.

This week's ladder is tightening.  Except for the top two! We now have Gary Wood and Bayden Smith on 72 points. But 2 points back are Andy Duncan, Chris Cox, Paul Sherlock and Nicole King on 70 points. Still close is Kathy Lange on 69 points. Ever hopeful of climbing the mountain are Sandy Ellis, Vicki Allen and Ian Mills on 68 points. Tell them they are dreaming, we have Leonie Challans, Ben Stevens, Brian Quick, Les Shalhoub, Michael Nettle, Malcolm Parsons, Randall Kiesewetter, Tracey Goode, and Bill Verrier on 67 points. Extreme longshots are Amy Challans, Kristy Johns, Tristan Bibbo, David Shaw, Steven Burnett  and Scott Ainsworth on 66 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Ed Jacobs up 23, Callum Shaw up 21, Ben Stevens up 14, Les Shalhoub and Ken Sleeman up 13, Lisa Holloway and Heather Mander up 12, Vaneet Dhiman and Garth Challans up 10, Scott Gage, Christopher Blake, Chris Sleeman, Jo Tonkin, Bob Ellis and Bruce Thomas up 9, Jenny Butler up 8, Joanna Sundstrom, Lynette Duncan and Malcolm Parsons up 7, Kathy Lange, David Shaw and Craig Jones up 6.

The current 33rd last place holder is John Boland who fell 17 places. Last week it was Melissa Williams who rose 5 spots.

This week there were 33 distinct tips. down 13 from last week reflecting the confidence in tipping.

The average total score is 62.0 and the average score this round was 7.0 up 2.4 from last week. 

The AFL ladder was static for the top three with Collingwood, the Lions and Suns still 1 to 3, Crows up to 4th, Cats up to 5th, Hawks down to 6th, Bullies down 75th and the Giants stayed in 8th.

The Crows back up to 4th on the ladder after beating West Coast by 66 points at AO. Next week they will travel to the SCG to take on the Swannies Saturday night who are up and down this year but do well on their home dung hill.

The Power dropped to 15th on the ladder after losing to the Dockers in the West by 49 points.  Port have the mid-season Bye next week along with Carlton, North and the Bullies.

Remember that the AFL are persisting this year with Thursday night Footy matches and the Lions and Bombers will clash then at the Gabba.

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025

ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 11  - Take 2!

I forgot to paste the data into the spreadsheet to include the final match and it came out mostly with incorrect stats.  But here is the re-issued-write-up which reflects what was on the web site.  Web site was correct but writeup wasn't as it is generated from a spreadsheet which was not quite up to date.

So this is the second Sir Doug Nicholls Round and the indigenous guernseys were much more on display.  I didn't mention last week, the very sad news that West Coast former player Adam Selwood died suddenly, just three months after his twin brother, former Brisbane Lions player Troy Selwood.  It never hurts to ask anyone "Are you Ok?".  Especially guys!

The closest thing we had to an upset this week was Hawthorn going down the previously out-of-form Lions.   Only tipped by 38% of us.   The other matches were mostly predicted with the Blues vs GWS match a 50% roll of the dice.

Adelaide managed to overcome an fumbling start and beat the Eagles by 11 goals after West Coast carried last week's momentum into the game. 

Port had their 4th loss in a row as they went down to the Dockers in the West by 49 points.  Also not good for percentage.

So maybe this round might have been difficult for some of us? Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 11 Results for Tipsters

This week, This week, you needed to get 9 correct for the round. There were 8 winners this week each earning $8.84.

Congratulations to Kathy Lange, Chris Cox, Callum Shaw, Ed Jacobs, Joanna Sundstrom, Ken Sleeman, Ben Stevens and Les Shalhoub.

This week's ladder is tightening.  Except for the top two! We now have Gary Wood and Bayden Smith on 72 points. But 2 points back are Andy Duncan, Chris Cox, Paul Sherlock and Nicole King on 70 points. Still close is Kathy Lange on 69 points. Ever hopeful of climbing the mountain are Sandy Ellis, Vicki Allen and Ian Mills on 68 points. Tell them they are dreaming, we have Leonie Challans, Ben Stevens, Brian Quick, Les Shalhoub, Michael Nettle, Malcolm Parsons, Randall Kiesewetter, Tracey Goode, and Bill Verrier on 67 points. Extreme longshots are Amy Challans, Kristy Johns, Tristan Bibbo, David Shaw, Steven Burnett  and Scott Ainsworth on 66 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Ed Jacobs up 23, Callum Shaw up 21, Ben Stevens up 14, Les Shalhoub and Ken Sleeman up 13, Lisa Holloway and Heather Mander up 12, Vaneet Dhiman and Garth Challans up 10, Scott Gage, Christopher Blake, Chris Sleeman, Jo Tonkin, Bob Ellis and Bruce Thomas up 9, Jenny Butler up 8, Joanna Sundstrom, Lynette Duncan and Malcolm Parsons up 7, Kathy Lange, David Shaw and Craig Jones up 6.

The current 33rd last place holder is John Boland who fell 17 places. Last week it was Melissa Williams who rose 5 spots.

This week there were 33 distinct tips. down 13 from last week reflecting the confidence in tipping.

The average total score is 62.0 and the average score this round was 7.0 up 2.4 from last week. 

The AFL ladder was static for the top three with Collingwood, the Lions and Suns still 1 to 3, Crows up to 4th, Cats up to 5th, Hawks down to 6th, Bullies down 75th and the Giants stayed in 8th.

The Crows back up to 4th on the ladder after beating West Coast by 66 points at AO. Next week they will travel to the SCG to take on the Swannies Saturday night who are up and down this year but do well on their home dung hill.

The Power dropped to 15th on the ladder after losing to the Dockers in the West by 49 points.  Port have the mid-season Bye next week along with Carlton, North and the Bullies.

Remember that the AFL are persisting this year with Thursday night Footy matches and the Lions and Bombers will clash then at the Gabba.

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025

ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 11 

So this is the second Sir Doug Nicholls Round and the indigenous guernseys were much more on display.  I didn't mention last week, the very sad news that West Coast former player Adam Selwood died suddenly, just three months after his twin brother, former Brisbane Lions player Troy Selwood.  It never hurts to ask anyone "Are you Ok?".  Especially guys!

The closest thing we had to an upset this week was Hawthorn going down the previously out-of-form Lions.   Only tipped by 38% of us.   The other matches were mostly predicted with the Blues vs GWS match a 50% roll of the dice.

Adelaide managed to overcome an fumbling start and beat the Eagles by 11 goals after West Coast carried last week's momentum into the game. 

Port had their 4th loss in a row as they went down to the Dockers in the West by 49 points.  Also not good for percentage.

So maybe this round might have been difficult for some of us? Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 11 Results for Tipsters

This week, you needed to get 8 correct for the round. There were 9 winners this week each earning $7.86.

Congratulations to Joanna Sundstrom, Callum Shaw, Ben Stevens, Craig Jones, Chris Cox, Ed Jacobs, Kathy Lange, Ken Sleeman and Les Shalhoub.

This week's ladder is tightening.  Except for the top two! We now have Gary Wood and Bayden Smith on 71 points. But 2 points back are Andy Duncan, Chris Cox, Paul Sherlock and Nicole King on 69 points. Still close is Kathy Lange on 68 points. Ever hopeful of climbing the mountain are Sandy Ellis, Vicki Allen and Ian Mills on 67 points. Tell them they are dreaming, we have Leonie Challans, Ben Stevens, Brian Quick, Les Shalhoub, Michael Nettle, Malcolm Parsons, Randall Kiesewetter, Tracey Goode, Steven Burnett and Bill Verrier on 66 points. Extreme longshots are Amy Challans, Kristy Johns, Tristan Bibbo, David Shaw and Scott Ainsworth on 65 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Ed Jacobs up 23, Callum Shaw up 21, Craig Jones up 15, Ben Stevens, Les Shalhoub and Ken Sleeman up 13, Lisa Holloway and Heather Mander up 12, Garth Challans up 10, Jo Tonkin, Scott Gage, Vaneet Dhiman and Bruce Thomas up 9, Jenny Butler up 8, Chris Sleeman, Lynette Duncan, Christopher Blake, Bob Ellis and Malcolm Parsons up 7, Kathy Lange and Joanna Sundstrom up 6, David Shaw, Chris Cox and Michael Sands up 5.

The current 33rd last place holder is Peter Kiley who fell 9 places. Last week it was Melissa Williams who rose 2 spots.

This week there were 33 distinct tips. down 13 from last week reflecting the confidence in tipping.

The average total score is 61.1 and the average score this round was 6.1, up  1.5 from last week also reflecting the ease of tipping.

The AFL ladder was static for the top three with Collingwood, the Lions and Suns still 1 to 3, Crows up to 4th, Cats up to 5th, Hawks down to 6th, Bullies down 75th and the Giants stayed in 8th.

The Crows back up to 4th on the ladder after beating West Coast by 66 points at AO. Next week they will travel to the SCG to take on the Swannies Saturday night who are up and down this year but do well on their home dung hill.

The Power dropped to 15th on the ladder after losing to the Dockers in the West by 49 points.  Port have the mid-season Bye next week along with Carlton, North and the Bullies.

Remember that the AFL are persisting this year with Thursday night Footy matches and the Lions and Bombers will clash then at the Gabba.

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025

ISTS Footy Pools for 2025 - Round 10 

So this is the Sir Doug Nicholls Round but like last year I reckon i lasts 2 rounds as Dreamtime at the 'G is next week! Only 6 teams took on indigenous names (same as last year). Port were renamed Yartapuulti, The Crows were renamed the Kaurna word for Crow - Kuwarna, the Eagles were called Waalitj Marawar, the Dockers were Walyalup, Melbourne were Narrm and St Kilda were Euro-Yroke.

The AFL also announced the dates and times for rounds 16 to 23 of the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season.  About time!   It's all about who gets the prime time Friday Night slots.   Apparently the Crows and Port got some raw deals out of it. 

We had two big upsets this week with just 2% of us predicting the Demons shock win over the Lions at the Gabba  Seems like Brisbane are in a mid-season slump.  The Docker's win over the Giants wasn't much less of an upset with only 3% of us getting that tip correct.

Adelaide fell short against the Pie's at the MCG, trying to play the boundary game and not switching to the "fat" side until the last 10 minutes when they gave it crack and took some risks. 

Port had a shocker in the slippery conditions at AO as both the Power and Geelong had injuries to contend with.  But Geelong cut loose in the final term blowing out the margin to 76 points in a percentage sapping loss for the Power.

So maybe this round might have been a shocker for quite a few of us! Let's all look together!!

ISTS AFL Pools 2025 - Round 10 Results for Tipsters

This week, you needed to get 7 correct for the round. There were only 2 winners this week each earning $35.35.

Congratulations to Lynette Duncan and Ben Stevens.

This week's ladder is static for the top 3. All own their own at the top of the ladder, we have Gary Wood on 65 points. Now in second spot we have Bayden Smith on 64 points. Hanging on to third place is Nicole King on 63 points. Next we have Andy Duncan, Vicki Allen, Paul (Mandarin Land) Sherlock and Ian Mills on 62 points. A trio follows with Sandy Ellis, Chris Cox and Bill Verrier on 61 points. Then we have Leonie Challans, Brian Quick, Kathy Lange, Tracey Goode, Steven Burnett and Randall Kiesewetter on 60 points. Still chasing are Amy Challans, Tristan Bibbo, Michael Nettle, Juris Wulfius, Catherine Nairn, Brian Simpson, Malcolm Parsons and Anthony Beck on 59 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Ben Stevens and Lynette Duncan up 29, Jason Allsopp up 26, Brett Heritage up 25, Len Colgan up 15, Marek Pokorny up 13, Christopher Blake, Scott Ainsworth and Les Shalhoub up 11, Brian Simpson, Callum Shaw and Kristy Johns up 10, Grant Williams and Lisa Morgan up 9, Catherine Nairn and Ken Sleeman up 8, Ed Jacobs and Si Michie up 7, Kate Adriaans and Michael Sands up 6, Pat Sleeman, Neville Rankine, Sandy Ellis, Chris Cox, Joanna Sundstrom and Vaneet Dhiman up 5.

The current 33rd last place holder is Melissa Williams who fell 3 places. Last week it was Neville Rankine who rose 5 spots.

This week there were 46 distinct tips, 9 more than last week!

The average total score is 55.0 and the average score this round was 4.6 down 0.3 from last week.

The AFL ladder had some movement with Collingwood on top, Lions second, Gold Coast up to 3rd, Hawks down to 4th, Bullies up to 5th and Crows down to 6th.  Geelong stayed 7th and GWS stayed in 8th.

The Crows dropped to 5th on the ladder after losing by 10 to Collingwood. Next week they will host the in-form Eagles at AO on Sunday in the early afternoon match.

The Power dropped to 15th on the ladder after their thumping by the Cats at AO.  It wasn't so much a belter as a belting!   They will go West on Saturday night to take on the in-form Dockers!

Remember that the AFL are persisting this year with Thursday night Footy matches and the Cats and Dogs will take on each other at the Cattery

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2025