NRL Round 25 tips

Broncos (by 3)
Manly (by 2) * Against the bookies - bet
Parramatta (by 3) *Against the bookies - bet
Bulldogs (by 4)
Cowboys (by 2) *Against the bookies - bet
Tigers (by 9)
Titans (by 1) * Against the bookies - bet
Raiders (by 10)

New Elite Players of the NRL after Round 24. Had to swap a few positions that were different in nrl.com

Club	Player	Position	z-score
warriors	Simon Mannering	2nd Row	1.741491118
sharks	Wade Graham	2nd Row	1.555729303
cowboys	Ethan Lowe	2nd Row	1.23947836
broncos	Matt Gillett	2nd Row	1.207568354
cowboys	Gavin Cooper	2nd Row	1.182496208
cowboys	Jason Taumalolo	2nd Row	1.095313515
roosters	Sio Siua Taukeiaho	2nd Row	1.082777442
broncos	Alex Glenn	Centre	2.398451961
storm	Will Chambers	Centre	1.94294443
cowboys	Kane Linnett	Centre	1.776448573
knights	Dane Gagai	Centre	1.657074186
dragons	Joel Thompson	Centre	1.441886145
raiders	Jack Wighton	Centre	1.280887794
rabbitohs	Bryson Goodwin	Centre	1.199995939
raiders	Jarrod Croker	Centre	1.041353661
west-tigers	Chris Lawrence	Centre	1.032714725
broncos	Anthony Milford	Five-eighth	1.426018519
roosters	James Maloney	Five-eighth	1.082475458
raiders	Blake Austin	Five-eighth	1.077162937
knights	Kurt Gidley	Five-eighth	1.039089865
warriors	Chad Townsend	Five-eighth	1.003673055
roosters	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	Fullback	2.657458042
dragons	Josh Dugan	Fullback	1.235719931
west-tigers	James Tedesco	Fullback	1.070801935
broncos	Ben Hunt	Halfback	1.408560362
sea-eagles	Daly Cherry-Evans	Halfback	1.388954028
roosters	Mitchell Pearce	Halfback	1.304401709
broncos	Andrew McCullough	Hooker	1.621896286
storm	Cameron Smith	Hooker	1.442482111
rabbitohs	Issac Luke	Hooker	1.286439897
sea-eagles	Matt Ballin	Hooker	1.150332592
dragons	Mitch Rein	Hooker	1.131085094
rabbitohs	George Burgess	Interchange	1.634865285
dragons	Mike Cooper	Interchange	1.29126886
warriors	Ben Matulino	Interchange	1.26860742
storm	Tohu Harris	Interchange	1.261870235
raiders	Paul Vaughan	Interchange	1.253295636
roosters	Dylan Napa	Interchange	1.179186603
titans	Luke Douglas	Interchange	1.096502971
storm	Dale Finucane	Interchange	1.076903888
panthers	Jeremy Latimore	Interchange	1.064654461
raiders	Shaun Fensom	Lock	1.434374348
broncos	Corey Parker	Lock	1.113551439
sharks	Paul Gallen	Lock	1.058865716
storm	Jesse Bromwich	Prop	1.908639977
bulldogs	Aiden Tolman	Prop	1.356190822
rabbitohs	Thomas Burgess	Prop	1.290656388
west-tigers	Aaron Woods	Prop	1.250233279
knights	Kade Snowden	Prop	1.090990729
cowboys	Matthew Scott	Prop	1.040155607
eels	Tim Mannah	Prop	1.026681238
storm	Marika Koroibete	Winger	1.589041259
titans	James Roberts	Winger	1.310935187
eels	Semi Radradra	Winger	1.175493919
west-tigers	Kevin Naiqama	Winger	1.172785093
knights	Akuila Uate	Winger	1.170076268
bulldogs	Sam Perrett	Winger	1.168270384
sharks	Valentine Holmes	Winger	1.129443887
raiders	Edrick Lee	Winger	1.107773284
cowboys	Justin O'Neill	Winger	1.105064459

NRL Round 24 Results: 4 out of 8. Season Tipping 106/176 (60.2%)

ELO ranking...Bulldogs coming on strong. Warriors have dropped out the back door.

Sydney Roosters	1859.909903
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	1740.620117
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	1684.096518
North Queensland Cowboys	1670.827228
Brisbane Broncos	1645.411757
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	1573.767302
South Sydney Rabbitohs	1571.658964
Parramatta Eels	1499.464537
Melbourne Storm	1469.847598
St. George Illawarra Dragons	1447.51008
Newcastle Knights	1422.378075
Canberra Raiders	1343.030365
Gold Coast Titans	1311.253156
Penrith Panthers	1258.884909
Wests Tigers	1247.484874
New Zealand Warriors	1175.352001

Elite Players of the NRL Season 2015..by position

Been mucking around with z-scores as a way of ranking players in positions. The idea of a z-score is to find out how many Standard Deviations ones performance is from the average. i.e If the average player scores 24 score ranking, with the SD deviation of that average score ranking being 10; then a select player who performs at a 40 score ranking has a z-score of (40-24)/10 = 1.4. (more than 1 Standard Deviation better than the average...i.e an elite player in that position)


Applying the concept of z-scores to my scores of players in the NRL so far, leads me to the following list of 60 elite players in their respective position (a player that is more than 1 Standard Deviation better than the average).See if you agree

Team	Player	Position	z-score
warriors	Simon Mannering	2nd Row	1.699842
sharks	Wade Graham	2nd Row	1.547471
cowboys	Gavin Cooper	2nd Row	1.42607
cowboys	Ethan Lowe	2nd Row	1.376519
broncos	Matt Gillett	2nd Row	1.147962
cowboys	Jason Taumalolo	2nd Row	1.143626
roosters	Sio Siua Taukeiaho	2nd Row	1.024703
broncos	Alex Glenn	Centre	2.304776
cowboys	Kane Linnett	Centre	1.886133
storm	Will Chambers	Centre	1.84792
knights	Dane Gagai	Centre	1.660253
dragons	Joel Thompson	Centre	1.449658
rabbitohs	Bryson Goodwin	Centre	1.305298
raiders	Jack Wighton	Centre	1.225475
west-tigers	Chris Lawrence	Centre	1.104043
raiders	Jarrod Croker	Centre	1.034411
broncos	Anthony Milford	Five-eighth	1.384919
raiders	Blake Austin	Five-eighth	1.161038
warriors	Chad Townsend	Five-eighth	1.140508
roosters	James Maloney	Five-eighth	1.107268
cowboys	Johnathan Thurston	Five-eighth	1.010481
roosters	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck	Fullback	2.566311
dragons	Josh Dugan	Fullback	1.11286
west-tigers	James Tedesco	Fullback	1.096744
knights	Kurt Gidley	Halfback	1.441777
roosters	Mitchell Pearce	Halfback	1.254987
broncos	Ben Hunt	Halfback	1.228303
sea-eagles	Daly Cherry-Evans	Halfback	1.199077
broncos	Andrew McCullough	Hooker	1.609166
rabbitohs	Issac Luke	Hooker	1.47894
storm	Cameron Smith	Hooker	1.398395
sea-eagles	Matt Ballin	Hooker	1.130414
dragons	Mitch Rein	Hooker	1.048363
rabbitohs	George Burgess	Interchange	1.680749
warriors	Ben Matulino	Interchange	1.434156
dragons	Mike Cooper	Interchange	1.184351
storm	Tohu Harris	Interchange	1.131693
storm	Dale Finucane	Interchange	1.06876
titans	Luke Douglas	Interchange	1.042431
roosters	Dylan Napa	Interchange	1.010965
raiders	Shaun Fensom	Lock	1.388763
raiders	Paul Vaughan	Lock	1.091909
broncos	Corey Parker	Lock	1.060226
storm	Jesse Bromwich	Prop	1.793129
bulldogs	Aiden Tolman	Prop	1.525986
rabbitohs	Thomas Burgess	Prop	1.319849
west-tigers	Aaron Woods	Prop	1.272971
sharks	Andrew Fifita	Prop	1.135546
eels	Tim Mannah	Prop	1.078393
cowboys	Matthew Scott	Prop	1.016102
storm	Marika Koroibete	Winger	1.536268
titans	James Roberts	Winger	1.264139
west-tigers	Kevin Naiqama	Winger	1.159774
warriors	Manu Vatuvei	Winger	1.152947
cowboys	Justin O'Neill	Winger	1.132464
knights	Akuila Uate	Winger	1.126612
bulldogs	Sam Perrett	Winger	1.100277
eels	Semi Radradra	Winger	1.098326
raiders	Edrick Lee	Winger	1.047606
eels	Will Hopoate	Winger	1.028099

Nrl round 24 tips

Dragons
Rabbits * against the bookies - bet
Sharks
Cowboys
Roosters
Raiders
Manly
Storm

NRL Round 23 Results: 5 out of 8. Season Tipping percentage 102/160 (60.7%)

ELO Rankings for this week... Manly and Roosters in form at the right side of the season. Souths and Melbourne starting to surge

Sydney Roosters	1852.529466
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	1834.020779
South Sydney Rabbitohs	1673.959646
Brisbane Broncos	1652.792194
North Queensland Cowboys	1631.053289
Melbourne Storm	1624.431636
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	1581.795837
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	1561.437337
Canberra Raiders	1447.360922
St. George Illawarra Dragons	1429.868586
Parramatta Eels	1406.063874
Penrith Panthers	1276.526403
Newcastle Knights	1267.794036
Wests Tigers	1259.814839
New Zealand Warriors	1215.12594
Gold Coast Titans	1206.922599