March 19, 2019

Super Rugby Predictions for Round 6

Team Ratings for Round 6

The basic method is described on my Department home page.
Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season.

Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference
Crusaders 17.13 17.67 -0.50
Hurricanes 9.41 9.43 -0.00
Lions 5.21 8.28 -3.10
Highlanders 3.73 4.01 -0.30
Chiefs 2.44 8.56 -6.10
Bulls 1.01 -3.79 4.80
Waratahs 1.01 2.00 -1.00
Sharks 0.37 0.45 -0.10
Brumbies 0.25 0.00 0.20
Stormers 0.21 -0.39 0.60
Jaguares -1.45 -0.26 -1.20
Blues -3.37 -3.42 0.10
Rebels -4.47 -7.26 2.80
Reds -6.80 -8.19 1.40
Sunwolves -13.67 -16.08 2.40

 

Performance So Far

So far there have been 33 matches played, 23 of which were correctly predicted, a success rate of 69.7%.
Here are the predictions for last week’s games.

Game Date Score Prediction Correct
1 Chiefs vs. Hurricanes Mar 15 23 – 23 -4.00 FALSE
2 Brumbies vs. Waratahs Mar 15 19 – 13 2.30 TRUE
3 Stormers vs. Jaguares Mar 15 35 – 8 2.70 TRUE
4 Sunwolves vs. Reds Mar 16 31 – 34 -2.90 TRUE
5 Lions vs. Rebels Mar 16 36 – 33 15.10 TRUE

 

Predictions for Round 6

Here are the predictions for Round 6. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

Game Date Winner Prediction
1 Blues vs. Highlanders Mar 22 Highlanders -3.60
2 Hurricanes vs. Stormers Mar 23 Hurricanes 13.20
3 Waratahs vs. Crusaders Mar 23 Crusaders -12.10
4 Sunwolves vs. Lions Mar 23 Lions -14.90
5 Bulls vs. Chiefs Mar 23 Bulls 2.60
6 Sharks vs. Rebels Mar 23 Sharks 8.80
7 Reds vs. Brumbies Mar 24 Brumbies -3.50

 

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David Scott obtained a BA and PhD from the Australian National University and then commenced his university teaching career at La Trobe University in 1972. He has taught at La Trobe University, the University of Sheffield, Bond University and Colorado State University, joining the University of Auckland, based at Tamaki Campus, in mid-1995. He has been Head of Department at La Trobe University, Acting Dean and Associate Dean (Academic) at Bond University, and Associate Director of the Centre for Quality Management and Data Analysis at Bond University with responsibility for Short Courses. He was Head of the Department of Statistics in 2000, and is a past President of the New Zealand Statistical Assocation. See all posts by David Scott »

Comments

  • avatar
    Christopher Pearce

    Does the 0-0 affect your model? Might make more sense as an NA instead given the tragedy.

    6 years ago

    • avatar

      Yes, you are quite correct. Meant a difference of 0.60 in ratings of Crusaders (down) and Highlanders (up). Also changed my percentage of correctly called games to 69.7% (from 67.6%). Updated now.

      Thanks

      6 years ago