The East Terrace Predicts Round Three of the Six Nations
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Rugby World Cup '95 on the Sega Megadrive |
The East Terrace finally back in the black
Rugby World Cup '95
Format: Sega Megadrive
Publisher: EA SPORTS
This time we used Rugby World Cup ‘95 for the Sega Megadrive to give us a glimpse into the future. After losing everything we wagered for the first two rounds of games, we needed to win back some funds. So how did we do?
France v Italy
Our experiment told us that France would win this game by 7-0. To be honest, we didn’t believe it either. We did, however, put a couple of euros on the French number eight getting the first try in this fixture as our simulation predicted. With odds of 20/1, we were well chuffed when Thomas Lievremont crossed the whitewash first. The East Terrace was back in the black. How could you ever doubt us?
Result: We got the winner and the first try! We got €42 for that!
Scotland v England
Rugby World Cup ’95 failed to produce a single try when we ran this game. It predicted a 3-0 win to England, with Scotland dropping the ball over the line in the last second of the game.
Result: If only we had listened to our Megadrive a bit better here. With the real Calcutta match finishing tryless we could have made a mint. Especially as it was the first game in the championship for three years to finish with no try. The East Terrace actually ignored the game’s prediction here and we bet €2 on Scotland to win by 6-9 points; we imagined that the dropped ball in our computer simulation was actually a try. Although Scotland’s non try would have made the margin either two or five points to Scotland, the odds for that margin were low. So we went for 6-9 points and we got that at 14/1. Joy.
Ireland v Wales
Our computer said Wales to win 7-0 with the try coming from the left winger.
Result: You guessed it, we lost all our bets on this one. Putting us another €4 down.
Conclusions for Round Three
Finally, we actually made a profit. We came out of this round with winnings of €68. We did lose €4 on the Irish game though, meaning we made €64 in total. Having lost a total of €20 over the opening two rounds, we are now €44 up overall. How could you ever doubt our scientific methods?
Come back for the next round when we use the classic Jonah Lomu Rugby to make us rich.
If you have any experience with Rugby World Cup 95, or want to comment on our predictions, please email us at webmaster@theeastterrace.com