It’s Sunday morning, yes there is rugby on, yes it Super Rugby, but I cannot promise that it will be all that super. The Force host the Rebels in what should be an exciting match…. Who am I kidding? If you are reading this, either go get back in bed, or make your wife breakfast and score some brownie points.
Force: 1 Pek Cowan,2 Nathan Charles,3 Salesi Ma’afu,4 Toby Lynn,5 Nathan Sharpe,6 Matt Hodgson,7 David Pocock,8 Ben McCalman,9 Brett Sheehan,10 Ben Seymour,11 Napolioni Nalaga,12 Rory Sidey,13 Will Tupou,14 Sam Wara,15 David Harvey
Reserves16 Salesi Manu,7 Elvis Taione,18 Phoenix Battye,19 Lachlan McCaffrey,20 Josh Holmes,21 Winston Stanley,22 Alfie Mafi
Rebels: To follow.
Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant Ref 1:Francisco Pastrana
Assistant Ref 2:Rohan Hoffman
TMO : George Ayoub
LMS Picks:
RaboDirect Melbourne Rebels 9
Emirates Western Force 2
GO FORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For 0 – 7 Reb
Force Penalty. Missed!
8mins
Another penalty. This time its over!
For 3 – 7 Reb
16mins
Rebels scored another try.
3 – 14
21mins
Goodbye LMS
Force Try Time!!
8 – 14
24mins
And the Rebels score their 3rd immediately thereafter
And then the Force scores a try!
Ping Pong Rugby
Force Tries:
McCalman, Nalaga
Rebels Tries:
Delve, Neville x 2
Force 15 – 21 Rebels
32mins
@JarsonX (Comment 2) : Nooo, Go Rebels.
Vuna bonus point try!
HALFTIME
FARCE 15 – 26 REBELS
@lostfish (Comment 12) :
@JarsonX (Comment 15) : Ah, you picked the force, I picked the Rebels…
Come on Force! I still have faith in you
@lostfish (Comment 16) : Yip
My remaining picks are, Hurricanes, Sharks, Bulls, Rebels and a Bye. But I’m probably dead already
@JarsonX (Comment 19) : It’s not over yet.
Mafi try!
For 22 – 26 Reb
46min
What is the current try scoring record in an Aussie Derby?
@lostfish (Comment 20) : Nope, there’s still 25mins left
58mins gone. Go Force!
White card issued for yet another brawl. Whats up with the fighting this year
Penalty Force
25 – 26
59mins
Rebels Kicks:
Conversions Beale x 3
Penalties Beale
Force Kicks:
Conversions Harvey, Seymore
Penalties Harvey, Sheehan
Force 25 – 29 Rebels
62mins
Go rugby!
Come on Force, you’re still in it!
@robdylan (Comment 29) :
Seymore Penalty
28 – 29
65mins
Let the Force be with me!
Hodgson yellow carded. Advantage Rebels
70mins
Come on Force, huge effort and you can still win this.
Seymore Penalty! Force takes the lead for the 1st time.
Force 31 – 29 Rebels
73mins
I dont think this game was that tedious
Beale Penalty
31 – 32
77mins
The only reason I was interested in this game is because of my LMS…
FULLTIME
FORCE 31 – 32 REBELS
I’m dead
Good luck to the rest.
Rebels are now above the Waratahs
2 Picks for the Westernn Force and both were eliminations.
LMS after this round.
175 teams entered the game:
8 still alive with a lifeline.
13 still alive with no lifeline.
154 out of the game.
@JarsonX (Comment 40) :
Thanks for dying dude, you saved me from what could have been some potential conflict.
You were WAYYYYY ahead of the others timestamp wise and I’m not sure if you were aware of the tiebreak steps. I would have hated for you to reach the final round and realise someone with a timestamp way worse than your was ahead of you in the tie break.
9. Should the pool stages of the competition be completed and more than one player is still standing then a tie break will be used to decide the winner. As a first step, any player who has lost a lifeline will be eliminated from contention. After that, a time stamp will be assigned to each pick made, recording the elapsed time from the round being opened to the selection being made. The timestamp for the first pick (Round 1) will NOT be counted This elapsed time will be totalled each week and at the end of the tournament the smallest elapsed time will be used as the tie break to determine the winner.
Obviously if all the players have lost lifelines (are orange) then one of them will be the winner.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 43) : My timestamps are awful. I think I have about a months worth of time
@lostfish (Comment 44) : I am on 636 seconds.
The order in which they are listed on the left panel of the site is the timestamp order. I am the highest up the list.
Of little use ‘coz I am not allowed to win anyway. 
@KSA Shark © (Comment 45) : you open the rounds don’t you? Sometimes I forget to pick and other times I wait for the teams to be announced. Not the best strategy in a game where time is the main determining factor.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 43) : If I was the only player that have lost a lifeline left standing at the end then I wouldve have lost out anyways, but if all the guys have lost their lifelines than I wouldve won because of the better timestamp. Right?
I still last 10 more rounds than last year, at least thats a positive 
@Franshark (Comment 48) : The powers that be probably thought I wont look good in Oakleys
@JarsonX (Comment 49) : I’m now trying to get a pair for my B-day… Easier than winning LMS
@Franshark (Comment 50) : I got a pair of oakleys last year from my hubby but a girl can never have too many pairs of sunglasses
@lostfish (Comment 46) : Yes I do.
As a matter of interest over all these rounds I had only managed to gain about 4minutes on Jarson. Talk about dedication, he must have been sitting at the PC hitting refresh every few seconds to see if the round was open. even when the round only opened an hour after the game finished or when the round opened immediately.
Would have been a worthy winner.
@JarsonX (Comment 47) : 100% correct yes. You would have walked away with it by a country mile.
@Franshark (Comment 50) : What could be easier than picking one winning team from 7 games each week?
@lostfish (Comment 51) : I have a pair and can’t wear them, the bridge of my nose is to high so the glasses only come down about 75% of the distance they should, leaving it looking a little ridiculous. I now wear Rudyprojects.
http://www.rudyprojectusa.com/index_inner_detail.php?group_id=1&cat_id=30&item_id=SN798196MR
My new pair will be arriving tomorrow.
(with that colour they will ONLY be for riding and running though, NOT general wear 
)
http://www.rudyprojectusa.com/index_inner_detail.php?group_id=1&cat_id=30&item_id=SN798218NNU8
@KSA Shark © (Comment 55) : You can always mail them to me
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) : That is dedication…
@KSA Shark © (Comment 55) : Those are a rather bright pair. I have tried other sunglasses but always seem to go back to Oakley. Arnettes are pretty good too.
I actually have a pair of Police sunglasses, but they are old, got them around 11 to 12 years ago.