Discussion 2024 Round 9: Teams & In Game Discussion

Darkie

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If you are picking a playing fixture with 8 teams playing each other, there are more than 28 ways any individual Round can structure up.
28 would be the number of picking 2 teams at random to play each other.
Start with team 1. They have 7 potential opponents. That leaves 6 teams. Pick any of the 6 at random, and they have 5 potential opponents.
That leaves 4 teams.
These 4 teams can only make 3 structures:
A v B, C v D
A v C, B v D
A v D, B v C
7 x 5 x 3 = 105 ways to structure the Round.
Number of ways 1 to 4 can structure to play 5 to 8.
Team 1 can have 4 opponents.
Team 2 can have 3
Team 3 can have 2
Leaving Team 4 with 1.
4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24.

24/105 = 22.9%

Happy to have myself corrected, if I've got this wrong.
I agree with your maths.

Start with team 1, they can play any of 5-8, ie 4 out of 7 teams. Let’s assume they play 5, just to put a name on it.

Proceed to team 2, they can play any of 6-8, ie 3 out of 5 remaining teams. Let’s assume they play 6.

Proceed to team 3, they can play either of 7 or 8, ie 2 out of 3 remaining teams. Let’s assume they play 7.

4 then has to play 8.

4/7 x 3/5 x 2/3 (x1/1) = 24/105 = 22.86%
 
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Did Houston take the ball out of bounds before he kicked that or was it smothered? I thought it was the former and so did the commentators. Lost 7 points from it though which suggests it was smothered :unsure:

Edit: Just watched it again. Definitely took it out himself. Hopefully CD take the clanger off him.
 
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