The 20th annual Courier NRL Tipping Competition and Business House Challenge has kicked off ahead of this Sunday’s opening round one games in Las Vegas.
Some of the biggest NRL fans are in Narrabri Shire and some of them are tipsters in the 2025 Courier Readers’ Tipping Competition.
Their names were drawn from the barrel and they will go head to head each week, lodging their picks to hopefully win through to the big prize – two return air tickets to Sydney, accommodation for two nights at the luxury five-star Radisson Blu boutique hotel and two tickets to the NRL grand final.
The reader tipsters in drawn order for 2025 are: Brian Fogarty, Margot Curtis, Bill Prosser, Dean Robinson, David Dewar, Les Knox, Ronnie Dewar, Kylie Browne, Michael Octigan, David Rooney, Michael Knox, Danny Laws, Matthew Langfield, Ian Schweitzer, Trevor Dean, Murray Rose, Garry Cuell, Paul McCauley, Mavis Edwards, Bill Chiplin, Christine McCauley, Ross Gleeson and Kerrie Heiler.
Readers are required to submit their tips by 12pm every Wednesday, with the coupon appearing in the previous week’s paper.
Alongside the Readers’ Competition, businesses will be vying for the top spot in the Business House Challenge which offers the same prize.
And Beat the Biz is running again. Readers who are not part of the Tipping Competition are invited to submit a coupon with their tips for their chance to go up against the featured business of the week to win $50 to be spent at participating stores.
The Beat the Biz contestant must tip more correct results than the business to win.
Please note, the round two coupon will be included in next week’s Courier as the first round is split across two weekends.
As it is a split round, tipsters have supplied their picks in full. However, they can change their tips for the following weekend’s games by advising The Courier no later than 12pm next Wednesday.
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