Please have a read of the titles below to assist you with any problems you may have in regards to Rules related to the Fielders Online Tipping Competition.

1. To enter the FIELDERS Footy Tipping competition, a tipper must register on the FIELDERS Footy Tipping website accessible via a link from the www.fielders.com.au home page

2. The FIELDERS Footy Tipping competition is via the web site only. That is, participation in the competition is only possible via the FIELDERS Footy Tipping website. Entries will not be accepted or processed via email, facsimile telephone, in writing or in any format other than via the web site.

3.When registering, all compulsory fields must be completed. The compulsory fields are:
a. Name
b. Email address
c. Occupation
d. Company
e. Contact telephone
f. Address

4. A reminder email for the next round will be sent out mid-week to help web site users get their tips in on time.

5. Tipping closes at 1 hour before the start of play of the first game of the round. This is usually a Friday evening, but may include any mid-week fixtures. Tips cannot be changed once the tipping closes for a round.

6.One point is scored for a result where a website user correctly tips a win or a loss. Two points are scored for:
a. a correct tip of the "game of the week",
b. a correct tip of a draw
c. a correct tip of the margin

The maximum possible points scored in a situation where the "game of the week" is a draw is 4 points.

7.Failure to tip during a week will result in automatic selection of all away games, and
a. 60 points for the margin tip in the AFL "game of the week", or
b. 30 points for the margin tip in the NRL "game of the week"

Also, the maximum score for the round in which an automatic selection is made will be 4 correct tips. This means that even if all the 8 away games in a round were correct, the web site user will only receive 4 points.

Further, if no tips are entered for a total of 8 rounds, it will be assumed that the tipper is not participating in the competition and their record will be deleted.

8. Default tip notice: once tipping closes, the server will check to see whether any web site users have forgotten to tip and send them the default away game tips.

9. Late entry: tippers may enter the competition up to the closing time for round 5 picks. Late entrants will be given the accumulated total of the lowest scores recorded during the previous round(s), but not more than 4 points per round.

10. Results will be published as soon as the results of all fixtures have been added to the site. Normally, this will be by 10am Australian Eastern Standard time on the Monday morning immediately after the round. The website may be unavailable while results are being processed.

11. The winner from each minor round will be the tipster who scores the most points in addition to being the closest to the winning margin of the "game of the week". If there is more than one winner per group in a given nominated round, a random draw will decide the winner.

12. The "game of the week" will be selected by the FIELDERS Online footy tipping management team and nominated at the start of the season.

13. Unless otherwise stated, web site users are predicting the results after any extra-time or over-time is played if applicable.

14. The overall winner will be the web site user with the highest total number of correct tips at the end of the competitions minor rounds. If there is more than one winner, the best cumulative "game of the week" margin tips across the minor round will decide the winner. The second place prize will be awarded to the user who achieves the second highest score with the third place prize been awarded to the tipster with the third highest score.

15. In the event of a tie, where a clear winner cannot be determined by the aforementioned methods, a random draw will be conducted to determine a clear winner.

Calculation of tipping margin for game of the week.
e.g. Crows Vs Saint Kilda
Tipper selects Crows to win by 30 points.
Final result: Saint Kilda winners by 10 points
The tippers margin for this game of the week will be 40 points.

Calculation of margin in NRL/AFL competition
Each bye during the NRL/AFL season constitutes a missed game and will therefore accumulate 30 margin points to be added to their total margin. NOTE: This occurs to every tipper in the Fielders NRL/AFL Tipping Competition therefore does not affect the final winners.