News Limited – SuperCoach NRL/AFL 2014 win $30K & Nissan Altima ST-L + $500 weekly
TERM OF COMPETITION
SuperCoach for NRL will be conducted during the normal National Rugby League home and away season in 2014 (“NRL Season”). The competition period commences at 12:01AM AEDT on Wednesday 29 January 2014 and ends at 11.59PM AEST on Tuesday 09 September 2014.
3. HOW TO ENTER
To enter, participants must be either:
a registered user or a subscriber/member of the news+ network through any of the following online mastheads www.heraldsun.com.au, www.couriermail.com.au www.perthnow.com.au, www.adelaidenow.com.au www.dailytelegraph.com.au, www.theaustralian.com.au (“news+ network User”); or
a registered user or a subscriber/member of www.foxsports.com.au (“Foxsports User”).
As a registered user, subscriber/member you will be bound by the relevant terms and conditions of use (which can be found at the website where you completed your registration).
Once a participant is a:
news+ network User, they will be required to complete the online registration form for the competition on any of these web sites: nrlfantasy.dailytelegraph.com.au
nrlfantasy.couriermail.com.au ; or
Foxsports User, they will be required to complete the online registration form for the competition on nrlfantasy.foxsports.com.au or any of the web sites listed in (1) above.
There are no charges for registration and all games are absolutely free.
Once registered, participants receive their personalised home page, where they are required to:
Choose a nickname, which is also used as their team name;
Participate in the selection of SuperCoach for NRL side;
Play and maintain the side in accordance with these official rules;
If they were invited to join a private league, enter the appropriate details to join that league (participants may create or join up to 5 Private or Public Leagues with their single registration and team entry). The private league competition begins at the start of round 4 when leagues of 20 SuperCoach for NRL teams will be formed.
From round 4 to round 22, each team in a private league will “play” every other team in that league once. The winner of each round is the team with the most SuperCoach for NRL points for that round.
Teams will get 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and nothing for a loss. Then, during rounds 23-26, the top eight teams in a private league will participate in a finals series to determine the league Premier. Also during rounds 23-26, the teams ranked 9th to 16th in a private league will participate in a finals series to determine the minor league premier. Teams ranked 17th to 20th are ‘eliminated’ from the leagues competition and take no further part (however they continue to play in the overall competition and remain eligible for all prizes).
Private leagues can be joined in one of three ways:
Participants can use the League page on the Web Site to create and name up to five private leagues that other players can be invited to join. If there are fewer than 20 teams in a private league, other teams will be automatically recruited to make up a 20-side league. Players invited by another participant to join a private league will receive an invitation and link to the registration page for the SuperCoach for NRL game and once registered (including as either a news+ network User or a Foxsports User), will be automatically added to the league.
Participants can accept an invitation from another SuperCoach for NRL player to join their private league using the league code that will be sent to them.
Participants who elect to do neither of the above will be automatically entered into a 20-team public league.
Participants can only enter SuperCoach for NRL once. Under no circumstances can participants enter two or more teams in SuperCoach for NRL.
Any entry that fails to provide all required information may be disqualified. News Limited assumes no responsibility for incomplete, late or misdirected entries, or entries received through impermissible or illegitimate channels or for failed, partial or garbled computer transmissions, or for technical failures of any kind. News Limited reserves the right to disqualify any entrant submitting an entry which is not made in accordance with the terms of these official rules or who does not abide by the Web Site terms and conditions.
In order to meet the minimum activity requirements for SuperCoach for NRL, participants must access their SuperCoach for NRL home page at least once every 30 days. Participants that fail to meet the minimum activity requirements may be disqualified at News Limited’s discretion.
SuperCoach for NRL teams are not transferable. Entrants must not purport to or offer to transfer or sell any team.
4. SCORING OF POINTS
Each participant chooses a squad of 25 players according to salary cap and positional restrictions described on this Web Site. Participants must choose a 25-man squad according to the following positional requirements: 2 fullbacks, 7 wings/centres, 2 five-eighths, 2 halfbacks, 6 front row forwards and 6 second row forwards.
Each week, participants choose 13 players in their starting lineup and 4 players from their remaining 12 ‘substitutes’, whose contribution to a participant’s SuperCoach for NRL score is based on the player’s real-life performance in that week’s NRL round. Points are only scored by players selected for each game/round.
After selecting their 17 players, participants must choose a team captain who will score double points for the round. Participants may also choose a Vice Captain, who will score double points for the round if the selected Captain does not, for any reason, play that round.
Players traded during the season do not get their aggregate points added or subtracted to the participant’s total.
Participants can replace members of their squad via the Trade page of this Web Site.
Participants can make up to 40 trades per season with a maximum of 2 trades in any given round except in Rounds 11,14 and 17, when participants may make a maximum of 4 trades per round. Trades must be made prior to the commencement of each player’s actual NRL match (as notified on the web site) in the upcoming or current round and will be subject to the participant’s SuperCoach for NRL salary cap. Player values can be found on the Player Draft, Team, Trade and Statistics pages of this Web Site.
Scores are awarded to each of the 17 players in a participant’s SuperCoach for NRL starting line-up as follows:
How Points Are Scored
Stat Description Points Awarded/Deducted
Trys 17 Points
Try Assists 12 Points
Goals 4 Points
Missed Goals -2 Points
Field Goals 5 Points
Missed Field Goals -1 Point
Tackles 1 Point
Missed Tackles -1 Point
Tackle Breaks 2 Points
Forced Drop Outs 6 Points
Offloads 4 Points
Line Breaks 10 Points
Line Break Assists 8 Points
40/20 10 Points
Hitups (all runs) 8 metres or more 2 Points
Hitups (all runs) under 8 metres 1 Point
Penalties Conceded -2 Points
Errors -2 Points
Sin Bin/Send offs -8/-16 Points
Some scores involve an element of judgement by News Limited, Vapormedia or their contractors. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the allocation of scores.
Each eligible participant will be awarded one Automatic Emergency, in the event that any of the Scoring 17 players do not play in any given round and receive a score of 0 points. The Automatic Emergency will be the lowest scoring player who receives a score greater than 0 from their selected Squad of 25, who is not selected in the Scoring 17. The Automatic Emergency score will be automatically added to the total points scored by the eligible participant’s team in any given round.
5. SELECTION OF WINNERS
Entrants will be awarded points in each Week as set out above.
Weekly Winners
Each week following the completion of all NRL games for that week, the participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team has earned the highest number of points for that week will be declared the Weekly Winner. Where a participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team has earned the highest number of points for that week has previously won the weekly prize the prize will be awarded to the participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team earned the next highest number of points in that week and who has not been a previous weekly winner.
Weekly winners will be determined at 10:00am (AEST) on the Wednesday after completion of each round of the NRL Season during the competition period.
Judging of the Weekly Winners will take place at Vapormedia at Suite 107, 425 Docklands Drive, Docklands VIC 3008 and will be conducted by a representative of the Promoter. The Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Each winner’s name and suburb will be published on the thetelegraph.com.au website on the relevant judging date. The judging dates for each week are set out below:
WEEK/ROUND JUDGING DATE
1 12 March 2014
2 19 March 2014
3 26 March 2014
4 2 April 2014
5 9 April 2014
6 16 April 2014
7 23 April 2014
8 30 April 2014
9 14 May 2014
10 21 May 2014
11 28 May 2014
12 4 June 2014
13 11 June 2014
14 18 June 2014
15 25 June 2014
16 2 July 2014
17 9 July 2014
18 16 July 2014
19 23 July 2014
20 30 July 2014
21 6 August 2014
22 13 August 2014
23 20 August 2014
24 27 August 2014
25 3 September 2014
26 10 September 2014
Overall Winner
The participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team has earned the highest number of points for the entire season will be declared the Overall Winner. The Overall Winner will be determined at 10:00am (AEST) on 10 September 2014.
Judging of the Overall Winner will take place at Vapormedia at Suite 107, 425 Docklands Drive, Docklands VIC 3008 and will be conducted by a representative of the Promoter. The Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The Overall winner’s name will be published on the thetelegraph.com.au website on 10 September 2014.
SuperRound Winner
At the completion of the NRL season the participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team has earned the highest number of points for a single week during the entire season will be declared the SuperRound winner. The SuperRound winner will be determined at 10:00am (AEST) on 10 September 2014.
Judging of the SuperRound winner will take place at Vapormedia at Suite 107, 425 Docklands Drive, Docklands VIC 3008 and will be conducted by a representative of the Promoter. The Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The SuperRound winner’s name will be published on the thetelegraph.com.au website on 10 September 2014.
Mitre10 Group League Major Prize Winner
All SuperCoach for NRL participants are eligible to join and compete in the Mitre10 Group League. Participants may join the Mitre10 Group League by either:
if the participant has already registered for SuperCoach 2014, visiting http://nrlfantasy.dailytelegraph.com.au/group?cic=mitre10, http://nrlfantasy.couriermail.com.au/group?cic=mitre10 or http://nrlfantasy.foxsports.com.au/group?cic=mitre10 and completing all required fields; or
if the participant has not yet registered for SuperCoach 2014, visiting http://nrlfantasy.dailytelegraph.com.au/group?cic=mitre10, http://nrlfantasy.couriermail.com.au/group?cic=mitre10 or http://nrlfantasy.foxsports.com.au/group?cic=mitre10 and completing all required fields.
The Mitre10 Group League Major Prize will be awarded to the Mitre10 Group League member whose SuperCoach for NRL team has earned the most points overall during the entire NRL 2014 season (from all Mitre10 Group League members). The Mitre10 Group League Major Prize Winner will be determined at 10:00am (AEST) on 10 September 2014.
Judging of the Mitre10 Group League Major Prize Winner will take place at Vapormedia at Suite 107, 425 Docklands Drive, Docklands VIC 3008 and will be conducted by a representative of the Promoter. The Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The Mitre10 Group League Major Prize Winner name will be published on the thetelegraph.com.au website on 10 September 2014.
Mitre10 Group Weekly Prize Winners
The Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize will be awarded each week, following the completion of all NRL games for that week, to the Mitre10 Group League member whose SuperCoach for NRL team has earned the highest number of points for that week (from all Mitre10 Group League members), provided that Participants are only entitled to win the weekly prize once during the 2014 NRL season. Where the Mitre10 Group League member whose SuperCoach team has earned the highest number of points for that week has previously won the Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize the prize will be awarded to the Mitre10 Group League member whose SuperCoach team earned the next highest number of points in that week and who has not been a previous winner of a Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize.
Weekly winners will be determined at 10:00am (AEST) on the Wednesday after completion of each round of the NRL season during the competition period.
Judging of the Weekly Winners will take place at Vapormedia at Suite 107, 425 Docklands Drive, Docklands VIC 3008 and will be conducted by a representative of the Promoter. The Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Each winner’s name and suburb will be published on the thetelegraph.com.au website on the relevant judging date.
6. TIE-BREAKING
In the event of a tie, the participant with the highest average SuperCoach for NRL points score per week as displayed on the Web Site will be declared the winner. Should this fail to break the tie for weekly prizes or the SuperRound prize, the participant with the highest overall score will win. Where a tie cannot be resolved by any of the means above, the participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team was registered the earliest will win.
7. PRIZES
Weekly Prize – The winner of each weekly prize will receive $500 (one weekly prize will be awarded for each of the 26 rounds of the NRL Season).
Overall Prize – At the completion of the NRL Season the participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team has earned the highest number of points for the entire season will be declared the overall winner. The winner will receive $30,000.
SuperRound Prize – At the completion of the NRL season the participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team has earned the highest number of points for a single week during the entire season will be declared the SuperRound winner. The SuperRound winner will win one 2014 model Nissan Altima ST-L valued at up to $34,023.00 (inc GST) depending upon the winner’s location of residence. The prize includes colour choice, dealer delivery, 12 months registration, 12 months compulsory third party personal insurance and any other statutory charges and administrative costs. Any and all optional extras will be at the prize winner’s expense. Colour of the prize is subject to availability. This prize does not include comprehensive insurance or any other accessories not specified. If the winner of this prize is under the age of 18 years as at the closing date of the promotion, this prize will be awarded to the winner’s parent or guardian. The winner or his or her parent or guardian (as the case may be) (“Deemed Winner”) is responsible for arranging their attendance at the premises of the dealer nominated by the Promoter to collect the vehicle. The Deemed Winner must provide all information and sign all documentation necessary to enable the Promoter to register the vehicle in the name of the Deemed Winner prior to collection. To be eligible to claim the vehicle, the Deemed Winner must be capable of obtaining registration of the vehicle in his or her name in accordance with the applicable legislation in the state or territory in which the vehicle is collected. If the Deemed Winner is, through any legal incapacity or otherwise unable to register the vehicle in his or her name then he or she may, notwithstanding any condition set out in these conditions of entry to the contrary, assign the vehicle to another person with legal capacity for the purpose of registration of the vehicle.
Mitre10 Group League Major Prize – The winner of the Mitre10 Group League Major Prize will receive $5,000 which will be issued to the winner as a cheque in the winner’s name and marked “not negotiable”. The winner of the Mitre10 Group League Major Prize will also receive a Mitre10 voucher worth $5,100 valid for 12 months from the date of issue.
Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize – The winner of each Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize will receive $100 which will be issued to the winner as a cheque in the winner’s name and marked “not negotiable”. If the winner has shopped at Mitre10 within 30 days prior to the commencement of the winning round, spent a minimum of $30 in a single transaction, and registered their receipt number on the applicable Supercoach for NRL website prior to the commencement of the winning round, they will be entitled to a further $100 bringing the maximum total weekly prize value to $200 per week.
All prize items are valued inclusive of GST and News Limited takes no responsibility for any variations in prize values. Any taxes which may be payable as a consequence of a winner receiving a prize are the sole responsibility of the winners. A participant may only receive a maximum of one (1) weekly prize and one (1) Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize during the season.
The total value of all prizes will be $92,323 (inc GST).
8. WINNER NOTIFICATION AND PUBLICATION
Each weekly prize winner and the Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize winner will be notified by email within 28 days of winning, using the details provided in their entry. The SuperRound winner, overall prize winner and Mitre10 Group League Major Prize winner will be notified by email within 28 days of winning, using the details provided in their entry.
The name and suburb of each weekly winner and Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize winner will be published on the thetelegraph.com.au website on the Wednesday after the completion of each week of the NRL Season, and the SuperRound winner, overall winner and Mitre10 Group League Major Prize will be published on the thetelegraph.com.au website on 10/9/13.
News Limited is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify prize winners.
9. UNCLAIMED PRIZES
At 10:00AM AEDST on 10/12/14 at Suite 107, 425 Docklands Drive, Docklands VIC 3008, News Limited will distribute any prizes that have remained unclaimed to that date. In the event that a weekly prize or a Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize is unclaimed, the weekly prize or Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize will be awarded to the participant or Mitre10 Group League member (as relevant) whose SuperCoach for NRL team earned the second highest number of points for the week for which the weekly prize or Mitre10 Group League Weekly Prize was unclaimed. In the event that the overall prize or Mitre10 Group League Major Prize is unclaimed, the overall prize or Mitre10 Group League Major Prize will be awarded to the participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team earned the second highest number of points for the entire season (from all Participants in the SuperCoach for NRL competition in the case of the overall prize or from all Mitre10 Group League members in the case of the Mitre10 Group League Major Prize). In the event that the SuperRound prize is unclaimed, the SuperRound prize will be awarded to the participant whose SuperCoach for NRL team earned the second highest number of points for a single week during the entire season. Winners will be notified by email, using the details provided in their entry.