Predictions for Round 1

[one-eyed]

1. Winner and margin

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)?

3. Best 3 Tigers?

4. Talking point from the game?

5. Plough's aftermatch comment?

6. Crowd?

[tigersalive]

1. Winner and margin

Tigers, 6 goals

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)?

1 minute:  Richo.

3. Best 3 Tigers?

Foley, Bling, Richo

4. Talking point from the game?

The blues were undermanned so tigers proved nothing.

5. Plough's aftermatch comment?

"Winning is nice"

6. Crowd?

70000

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1. Winner and margin  tigers 57pts

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)? lids, 45seconds in

3. Best 3 Tigers? blingers, foley lds

4. Talking point from the game? dingaling bling blingers !!!!

5. Plough's aftermatch comment? 1 down, 21 to go

6. Crowd? 68,999

[Moi]

1. Winner and margin - Tiges 40

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)? After five behinds and two out on the fulls by Richo, Petts will finally get one at the 4 minutes 10 second mark of 1st quarter.

3. Best 3 Tigers? Richo, Brown, Simmo

4. Talking point from the game? How much hype there was over Carlton for little result

5. Plough's aftermatch comment?  One less nail in my coffin 

6. Crowd? 61,783

[WA Tiger]

1. Winner and margin

Tigers 48pts

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)?

Morton - 30 seconds in 1st qtr!!

3. Best 3 Tigers?

Foley, Thursfield & Brown

4. Talking point from the game?

The Tigers run and carry game shines through with McMahon running all night and being one of the best!!

5. Plough's aftermatch comment?

Maybe now we can move forward and win more games...... without Jackstar bagging me..

6. Crowd?

72,000

[Tigermonk]

1. Winner and margin

Richmond by 50 points

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)?

Nathan Brown 1st min

3. Best 3 Tigers?

Nathan Brown, Newman, Simmonds,

4. Talking point from the game?

How Nathan Brown blitzed them & is back to his best form

5. Plough's aftermatch comment?

We had so much preasure from the media & our supporters we owed it to them & had to produce

6. Crowd?

68000

[wayne]

1. Winner and margin Tigers 33

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)? Foley bursting from the first bounce. 10 seconds.

3. Best 3 Tigers? Foley, Brown, Tambling

4. Talking point from the game? Judd struggles, leaves ground in 4th limping.

5. Plough's aftermatch comment? That was the real game plan, what you saw in the pre-season was fake.

6. Crowd? 69,322

[richmondrules]

1. Winner and margin

Richmond of course - 4 goals

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)?

Lids. 5 minute mark. First 5 a real arm wrestle.

3. Best 3 Tigers?

Brown Richo Foley.

4. Talking point from the game?

Judd looked very average without Kerr and Cousins around him. Must be the injury. (yeah sure.)

and

Is Carlton tanking?

5. Plough's aftermatch comment?

1 down 21 to go. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, it was only Carlton after all.

6. Crowd?

75,000

[mightytiges]

1. Winner and margin Tiges by 20

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)? Lids after 3 minutes

3. Best 3 Tigers? Bowden, Foley, Tambling

4. Talking point from the game? Tiger cubs stand up

5. Plough's aftermatch comment? Nice to finally win in round 1. Got to back it up against the Roos.

6. Crowd? 72,692

[WilliamPowell]

1. Winner and margin tiges by 27 points

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)? Johnson free in the middle - 50 metre penalty

3. Best 3 Tigers? Tambling, Deledio and Newman

4. Talking point from the game? Judd - he wasn't fit they'll scream

5. Plough's aftermatch comment? We've said all along our focus was round 1

6. Crowd? 72,358

[harry bosch]

1. Winner and margin  Blues 23 

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)? Lids 05:56

3. Best 3 Tigers? Foley Newman Thursfield

4. Talking point from the game? Riots after 50000 people still outside at start of game...

5. Plough's aftermatch comment? Its a marathon not a sprint

6. Crowd? 63000 (thanks mcc)

[Francois Jackson]

. Winner and margin  Tigers 1

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)? JON 29.05

3. Best 3 Tigers? Newman, Foley and KIngy

4. Talking point from the game? Underbelly series 2 started filming in the ponsford stand

5. Plough's aftermatch comment? If you need me for more interviews ill be at the solarium

6. Crowd? 87,500

[Little Jackie]

Carlton   13 points
First Goal,    Richo   2.25
Richo, Foley, Petts.
Talking Point.  New Sponsor named at Punt Road, Centrelink, lol
Ploughs aftermatch, thank God our new sponsor joined us, the transition from employed to unemployed will be alot easier now, phew !
Crowd.  51,000  Should of been 64,000 but the suporters have gone on their end of season trips already, caravan parks report best Easter for years.

[one-eyed]

There's a prediction poll on the RFC website:

How will the Tigers fare in the 2008 season opener against Carlton at the MCG?

Win by more than 20 points  37%
Win by less than 20 points    28%
Loss by less than 20 points   18%
Loss by more than 20 points    8%
Draw                                     6%

9879 votes

[rogerd3]

1. Winner and margin

tigers=15 points

2. First Tiger goal (time and goalkicker)?

5 minutes in morton

3. Best 3 Tigers?

lids, browny, foley

4. Talking point from the game?

chris judds groin will he need further surgery

5. Plough's aftermatch comment?

club has focussed on this game all pre-season

6. Crowd?

69,999