NEW ZEALAND/IRELAND. The Moodie Davitt Report is delighted to announce our latest readers’ competition in association with Walsh Whiskey of Ireland, producer of Writers’ Tears and The Irishman Irish whiskies.
The competition is dedicated to the three-test rugby international series between Ireland and the All Blacks to be played over the next three weekends, beginning this Saturday, 2 July.
The contest is particularly relevant to The Moodie Davitt Report with co-owners Martin Moodie and Dermot Davitt hailing from New Zealand and Ireland respectively.
Walsh Whiskey is offering readers the chance to win a fabulous bottle of whisky via a score prediction in each test and even a superb overall series prize.
Form Guide: The two teams have played a total of 33 test matches, with the All Blacks winning 29, lreland winning 3, and one ending in a draw in 1973. However, lreland has won three of the past five encounters, including a comfortable 29-20 victory last December (a scoreline that flattered the All Blacks).
Offsetting that possible indicator of an lreland victory is the fact that the men in green have never won a test match in New Zealand. Could this series change that, perhaps as early as Saturday. Many an Irishman and woman – and plenty of neutrals – think that. It should be a titanic series (certainly one team will sink). Get your bets on now.
The rules are simple:
- Pick the winning team (or draw) in each test and predict a score (you must be directly connected to the travel retail industry to enter).
- The winner must choose the correct result (i.e. Ireland win, All Blacks win or draw) and the closest entrant on total points differential (i.e. if the first test ended 20-18 to the All Blacks, and you picked them to win 25-16 you would have a differential of 7; if Ireland win 25-12 and you said 23-10 in their favour your differential would be 4) takes out the prize for each test.
- To win the series prize, you must a) get all 3 test results correct; b) have the closest overall differential for the three matches combined. As simple as a Beauden Barrett or Johnny Sexton drop goal.
- Send your prediction for the first test to Martin@MoodieDavittReport.com headed ‘All Blacks v Ireland showdown’ by 18.00 New Zealand time (05:00 Ireland time) on 2 July. We will send out a reminder to all series entrants before the second test deadline.
- Judges’ decision is final.
Here are the prizes on offer:
- First test: The Irishman Single Malt (pictured left)
- Second test: Writers’ Tears Double Oak (right)
- Third test: The Irishman Caribbean Cask Finish (centre)
- Overall series performance: Writers Tears’ Cask St. 2022
