OVER bubbling pots, sizzling steaks and tasty treats, chef Stuart Peel plots his footy tips for the coming week.
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The Kings Table head chef is top of the ladder in the annual Western Advocate NRL footy tipping competition. He is currently sitting on 165 points, a healthy 15 points ahead of his closest competitor.
This year is the first time Mr Peel has taken part in the Advocate‘s footy competition, and he said he is pretty happy leading the pack.
“I’ve been up the top for a few months now,” he said.
Currently in second place on the competition is Oakleigh Plumbing’s Matt Hundy with 150 points, while Bathurst Heritage Motor Inn’s Garry Davis is third, with 147 points.
While Mr Peel has been an avid Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs fan for as long as he can remember, he said he doesn’t have a secret to his success at footy tipping. “I just try to not read too much into it,” he said.
He mixes his tipping selections between home and away games, and said he always tries “to pick a few roughies” each round.
Media scandals can have an impact on the players’ games, according to Mr Peel, such as the recent scandal surrounding Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks’ player Todd Carney.
Carney was sacked after a lewd photo of him went viral on social media and, days later, Sharks’ interim coach Peter Sharp resigned.
“When they lose a coach they always come out and win,” Mr Peel said of the Sharks’ surprise 30-28 victory over the Roosters.
In the weekend’s games, the only tipster to back the Sharks was Gary Goldsmith from SGE Credit Union
“I forgot to put my tips in so I got the away games,” he said of his match win.
“I think the Roosters may have underestimated the Sharks.”