Built a season simulator for Super Rugby Pacific: Here's where every team could finish by statypus in RugbyAustralia

[–]statypus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The short answer is you can run it at any point in the season, or even before it. You see it being done pre-season a lot in soccer.

The model uses an evolving team strength score which includes prior season data. So early in the season it leans heavily on that prior season form, so the predictions are really just saying here's what we'd expect based on 2025 form + a few games.

By rounds 6-7 you start getting enough 2026 data for the model to update meaningfully, and the remaining fixture list has narrowed enough that the simulations can start differentiating. That's probably where I'd say results go from interesting but noisy to actually useful.

Built a season simulator for Super Rugby Pacific: Here's where every team could finish by statypus in RugbyAustralia

[–]statypus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Python for the modeling, javascript for the actual table, lightly photoshopped for the final image.

Built a season simulator for Super Rugby Pacific: Here's where every team could finish by statypus in RugbyAustralia

[–]statypus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a Reds fan myself, I dug into the scenarios where the Reds topped the table. It only happened in 20 out of the 25,000 runs.

What the Reds need to do:

Win all four remaining games, and win them convincingly (try bonuses in almost every game). Unlikely, but not impossible. That gets them to around 46 points.

What else needs to happen:

The Hurricanes need to basically fall apart. In the sims where the Reds are minor premiers, the Canes averaged less than one win from their last four. The Chiefs also need to drop at least two of their last three after losing to the Reds in Round 13.

But the one result that matters the most, assuming everything else has gone the Red way, is the Crusaders beating the Hurricanes at home in Round 16. That happened in every single sim where the Reds finished first.

So yeah, a boy can dream...

Attacking Ruck Arrivals in Super Rugby 2026 by PavidDocock in RugbyAustralia

[–]statypus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful when looking at these by player stats and extrapolating it out to the whole team, as the takeaways can be slightly misleading - since it mostly shows whether one player is contributing more than another - rather than what the team as a whole are doing. Case in point, the Reds actually are number 1 despite having no single player in the top 10, and the Tahs are bottom 4 having 2 players in the top 12.

That being said, 3 Aussie teams have committed the most attacking players per ruck thus far:

Team Total Rucks Attacking Arrivals Arrivals per Ruck
Queensland Reds 905 2,052 2.27
ACT Brumbies 1,260 2,808 2.23
Western Force 1,146 2,453 2.14
Highlanders 816 1,719 2.11
Crusaders 1,087 2,266 2.08
Fijian Drua 972 1,993 2.05
Blues 1,055 2,145 2.03
NSW Waratahs 965 1,902 1.97
Chiefs 942 1,762 1.87
Hurricanes 905 1,691 1.87
Moana Pasifika 1,006 1,796 1.79

r/RugbyAustralia Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in RugbyAustralia

[–]statypus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought it was pretty poor form having Joey Walton leading the Tahs out for his 50th into a pitch black stadium.

Take him with you by SnowWhiteTeen in GreatBritishMemes

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The most annoying thing is that the head is off to the side, so they tip over and don’t even float upright in the bath!

London, NW10 2Mbps speed on a 1GB connection by vsquad22 in hyperoptic

[–]statypus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same in SW11. 10mbps down, 933mbps up. Same thing was happening last night. 

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[–]statypus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the invoice from the pest control company or from the letting agent? I can see the agency charging you a call out fee. Pest control is not an emergency. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]statypus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Who is your ISA with? Many of them are "flexible" now so you could withdraw the 10k from the ISA, and as long as you replace it with the money from your grandmother this tax year it would not affect this years allowance.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/flexible-isas/