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Here are the matches scheduled for the forthcoming weekend in the Australian
Football League:

Round 16 (home team always listed first)
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3rd July
West Coast   v.  Melbourne          (WACA)
4th July
Footscray    v.  Adelaide           (Waverley Park)
Essendon     v.  St.Kilda           <-- no space between 'St.' and 'Kilda'
Carlton      v.  Brisbane
Collingwood  v.  Richmond
Geelong      v.  Hawthorn
5th July
Sydney       v.  Fitzroy
Bye: North Melbourne

Tipping this week was very even... many sets of tips were identical.
Virtually no-one picked Richmond, and hardly any chose Melbourne.  This
meant that there were a large number of 4's and 5's out there.  Despite
the fact that the round seemed fairly clear cut (as generally everyone's
predictions were much the same) a lot of the games turned out to be really
close... the vast majority [correctly] expected Hawthorn and St. Kilda
to win, but I doubt many would have guessed the margins rightly.  In
fact, the winning/losing margins were less than the years average for
all but WCE/Ess.

Next week should also be interesting -- Footscray/Adelaide will cause
some differing opinions, as will Geelong/Hawthorn.  I suppose we ought
not take Carlton/Brisbane too lightly, Carlton having lost to Fitzroy
and Richmond in the last two Rounds.

That's all I can think of this week... bye for now.

NB. In keeping with the notion of raising the qualifying level only
every fortnight, it will remain at 4 matches for Round 16.

How to play.
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The instructions are simple -- send Email to
  u906586@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au

with your AFL tips in the body of the message.  Enclose your selections by
lines of THREE asterisks on their own (see example below).
Make sure you use the team's proper name (e.g. Essendon, not Bombers or Dons)
but don't worry about precise spelling: only the first four letters are looked
at, case insensitive.

You are identified by your Email address -- only one entry per address per
week is allowed.  Entries should be received by 5 pm Friday afternoons AEST
(AEST = GMT + 1000).  You don't have to play each & every week, but if you
do post selections, the software expects you to tip every game.

Each Monday or Tuesday I will post the results from Saturday, the games
scheduled for the following week, and some basic instructions for 'newies'.

Example tips (my actual ones for Round 16):
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West Coast (Demons haven't won away from the MCG all year)
Footscray (I'm a sucker.. I said they'd bounce back last week too)
St.Kilda (though after NM I am not so sure... probably about 5-6 goals)
Carlton (Bears did not get so close to Hawks by any skill of their own)
Collingwood (Richmond have improved, but defence is still too weak)
Geelong (the machine can't be stopped)
Fitzroy (thrashing)
***

Any enquiries should be directed to
  justin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au
and not to the address for tips displayed above.

Have fun.

Justin Ridge.

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