(OMG,I cant believe I forgot to post this on Tuesday!! #WalesyFail)

Anyways, the pre-amble for this is that Steve, one of the regular commenters here, has, as many of us did, taken part in the Sportingbet Last Man standing comp.

Unlike most of us however, hes still alive!

So drop in, and drop in some words of encouragement

(And of course, realise that any tense was meant for earlier in the week! Dat Walesy!)

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A few years ago, one of my mates told me about this Last Man Standing Competition on Sportingbet where you need to select one team a week to survive. The prize for the Last Man Standing is $50k. The rules of competition are very straight forward whereby for the first 12 rounds of the season you only need to pick one team a week to survive. After round 12, you need to pick the team at the line set by Sportingbet to survive. There are no restrictions on which team to pick each week.

People who are interested in joining this competition next year please note that you do not need to be a Sportingbet customer. It is free entry. All you need to do is to register your details at Sportingbet and they will give you access to the competition. They also do a Last Man Standing Competition for the NRL.

If there is more than one person left at the end of the minor round, the competition will then move into the finals. If there is more than one person left at the end of the grand final, the $50k will be split between the number of people left.

Walesy and Bearly from TooSerious also entered the competition this year.

I have entered the Last Man Standing competition over the past few years without much success as I have always been eliminated within the first 12 weeks of the competition. Last year I made the stupid mistake of picking Port to beat Gold Coast and was eliminated.

However this year is a different story as I am now one of the 62 people left in the running to win the $50k.

There have been a few nervous moments along the way for me. One week I picked Richmond to beat GWS and they only got up in the last few kicks of the game. Also another week I changed my mind right at the last moment just before lockout and the original team I picked did not cover the line but thankfully the team I changed it to did cover the line.

This competition has done some very strange things to me. One week I picked the Crows to cover the line against West Coast. That was the first time I have ever cheered on the Crows to win a game. As most people would know I hate them with a passion but they were the obvious game to choose from that week. The chances of winning $50k overrides any thought of loyalties.

The lines come out on the Wednesday of each week. I will post the lines in the comments section when they become available. Feel free to let me what your thoughts are on the games.

I will let everyone know what my final selection is once the lockout has occurred just before the game on Friday night.

We will see what happens this week!