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Limited Edition Signed All Whites Jerseys Available

2010-09-02T10:10:00.002+12:00

41 Across, in conjunction with NZ Football, have produced a very limited edition of signed All Whites World Cup jerseys. Only 50 have been released with most going straight to sponsors. There are a few available for sale and Alan from 41 Across would like to offer them to Jimungo Football and Jimungo Premiership players.

Price $1695.00 incl GST.

To reserve your Jersey call Alan on +64 9 3599201 or email AJohnson@41across.com.

Jimungo Premiership Kicks Off

2010-08-17T12:51:00.001+12:00

You can now Make Your Picks for the English Premier League!

We're kicking off Jimungo Premiership with the first Round closing at 11.45pm this Saturday night (NZT). Follow All White Stars Winston Reid, Ryan Nelson and Chris Wood during the 2010-11 English Premier League season.

Awesome prizes
We've got a tonne of give-aways from our fantastic prize sponsors The Soccer Shop, The Yellow Fever and New Zealand Football

The grand prize winner will walk away with a signed shirt from the All Whites while the top five will well kitted out with Yellow Fever t-shirts.

The first game is Tottenham Hotspur versus Manchester City – sign up today!

Virtual A League Kicks Off

2010-08-17T12:49:00.000+12:00

Just letting you know that there's precious few moments left to Make Your Picks for the Hyundai A League!

We're kicking off Jimungo Football with the first Round closing at 9.30pm this Thursday night (NZT). Follow Ricky Herbert and the Wellington Phoenix as they try and finish the season in an even more spectacular manner than last year.

Awesome prizes
We've got a tonne of give-aways from our fantastic prize sponsors The Soccer Shop, The Yellow Fever and New Zealand Football

The grand prize winner will walk away with signed shirts from both the Phoenix AND the All Whites while the top five will well kitted out with Yellow Fever t-shirts.

The Rugby League Museum

2010-08-17T12:45:00.000+12:00

After a visit to the New Zealand Rugby League headquarters yesterday - more on that in the coming weeks - I popped into Rugby League Museum, for a look. I was lucky enough to be shown around by Museum Curator and 1961 Kiwi's Captain Don Hammond.

Even though there are many great items on display, from Albert Baskerville's All Golds contract through to a signed Kiwi's 2008 World Cup Winning Jersey, the centerpiece of the museum, has to be the Rugby League World Cup. Don was kind enough to take my photo with the trophy and filled me in on its colourful history.

The Rugby League World Cup

First contested in 1954, the Trophy was shared between England and Australia, until six days before the final of the 1970 tournament, when it was fiendishly stolen from the Australian Team's Hotel in Bradford, England. After initial investigations returned no leads, all hope was lost, and a replacement was hastily arranged.

There was no trace of the trophy until 1990 when unemployed father-of-four, Stephen Uttley stumbled on it in a ditch merely yards away from the surprised Bradford and Bingley Rugby League Club.

Although missing the cockerel that had previously adorned the lid and carrying a few additional scratches and dings around the base, the trophy was otherwise unharmed and ready to be presented back to Australia after their win in 1992.

In 2008, Nathan Cayless and the Kiwis won the Trophy, and it's colourful history continued when it was held aloft by yours truly yesterday afternoon.

If you want to see the Rugby League World Cup for yourself, head along to the Rugby League Museum, Rugby League House, 7 Beasley Avenue, Penrose, Auckland. The museum is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11am-3pm and is well worth the price of admission.

Jimungo Virtual Football

2010-08-02T17:31:00.000+12:00

Jimungo would like to let you know that there's precious few moments left to Make Your Picks for the Hyundai A League!

We're kicking off Jimungo Football with the first Round closing at 9.30pm this Thursday night (NZT). Follow Ricky Herbert and the Wellington Phoenix as they try and finish the season in an even more spectacular manner than last year.

Awesome prizes
We've got a tonne of give-aways from our fantastic prize sponsors The Soccer Shop, The Yellow Fever and New Zealand Football

The grand prize winner will walk away with signed shirts from both the Phoenix AND the All Whites while the top five will well kitted out with Yellow Fever t-shirts.

So what are you waiting for?
Get in now and beat the rush to Make Your Picks . Get the playground-advantage of inviting your mates before someone else does!

Good luck haydensinclair and we'll see you on the Virtual Field.

Jimungo Football

P.S. You can also sign up for Jimungo Premiership for the 2010-11 English Premier League season.

Jimungo Virtual Football - All Whites Videos

2010-06-23T12:45:00.003+12:00

I have been enjoying the video footage from the team at Allwhites.co.nz Keep up the good work guys!

New Zealand 1 v Italy 1 World Cup Match Analysis

2010-06-23T11:55:00.003+12:00

New Zealand Player Influence

Shots on goal

All Passes

Blue is a successful pass, red a failed pass. Note Italy's sea of possession.

Italy Dive Chart

All Blacks vs. Wales: Pick The Score Contest

2010-06-23T10:45:00.000+12:00

To celebrate this weekend's match against Wales we are having a pick the score competition. Closest to the score will win a copy of the 1999 Josh Kronfeld bio On The Loose.

Reply to this forum post to enter.

Well done to Cross Kick who predicted the correct first test score. Graham Henry’s bio is on it’s way!
Good luck!

Virtual Rugby, All Blacks vs. Wales: Pick The Score Contest

2010-06-16T13:16:00.002+12:00

To celebrate this weekend's match against Wales we are having a pick the score competition. Closest to the score will win a copy of the 1999 bio Graham Henry, The X Factor. Aptly written when Henry was coach of Wales.

Reply to this forum post to enter.

Good luck!

Jimungo Virtual Football mentioned in the News

2010-06-10T09:44:00.003+12:00

World Cup fever is heating up. 20000 players have registered so far for Jimungo Virtual Football. Be sure to sign in before the first round closes on Saturday morning at 2am.

Jimungo doesn't often get mentioned in the media, but Jimungo Virtual Football got a good write up in the New Zealand Herald today in the Cool World Cup gadgeets on the Internet Story.

You can play virtual World Cup football at Jimungo and keep tabs on how your friends are doing. Prizes up for grabs include an All Whites supporters kit.

Be sure to check out the article as the World Cup Calendar Wheel and other sites mentioned in the story are fantastic.

Jimungo Virtual Football 2010 - World Cup

2010-06-08T15:37:00.001+12:00

With the 2010 FIFA World Cup due to kick off on 12 June now's a great time to get in and make your picks for Jimungo Virtual Football.
First game is South Africa vs Mexico!
Think South Africa’s got a chance? Just make sure your picks are made before 2am(NZT)
12 June 2010.
First Aussie Match
Australia v Germany, 14 June 2010 at 6.30am (NZT)
First NZ Match:
New Zealand v Slovakia, 15 June 2010 at 11.30pm (NZT)
And don't forget the All Whites are playing Australia at the MCG on Monday Night!
Grand Prize
Our Grand Prize winner will pick up fantastic All Whites supporters gear from New Zealand Football and the runner up will win a replica World Cup thanks to The Soccer Shop. The Grand Prize will go to the player with the most points come the end of the tournament.

If there’s a tie, whoever invited the most mates to play will claim the title. Better make sure you
Pass It On to a few mates just in case!
Pass It On Prize
Get your mates to sign up for Jimungo Virtual Football and you could win a replica of the World Cup for your pool room trophy cabinet. Just be sure to invite them using the Pass It On page or from the Pass It On tab on your mates page.

The player who successfully invites the most players at the end of the tournament wins!
Good luck with your picks!

Jimungo Virtual Rugby International 2010

2010-06-08T15:34:00.002+12:00

Are you New Zealand's biggest All Blacks fan? Well this could be your season of Virtual Rugby.

Virtual Rugby International is a new series following the All Blacks in 2010, along with a selection of the best International Test matches from around the Rugby Universe.

Virtual Rugby International will feature matches from:
• 2010 Steinlager Series
• 2010 Investec Tri Nations
• 2010 Pacific Nations Cup
• 2010 End of Year Tour

The first deadline is next Saturday so there's not a moment to lose.

Make Your Picks for Round 1 of Virtual Rugby International today.

Congratulations Steve Sumner from Jimungo Virtual Football

2010-06-01T17:04:00.003+12:00

We have just heard that Jimungo Virtual Football celebrity Steve Sumner is to be honoured by FIFA.

Steve will be a FIFA Guest of Honour at the opening match of this year's World Cup. Steve was awarded FIFA's highest award, the Order Of Merit, in recognition of his services to Football. The All Whites star will travel to South Africa, where he will be presented the award during the opening ceremony.

The team at Jimungo would like to extend our whole hearted congratulations to Steve for achieving this well deserved award.

Steve was a celebrity on our first Virtual Football game TVNZ Virtual Football in 2006, and was first to sign up for Jimungo Virtual Premiership and Jimungo Virtual Football this year.

Jimungo Virtual League, State Of Origin - Mini Comp

2010-05-24T12:43:00.003+12:00

We are holding a special Jimungo Virtual League - State of Origin mini-comp to celebrate this years State of Origin series (I am not sure what the prize will be yet, but we'll have a hunt around for something league related).

Correctly pick the result from each of the three games to be in with the chance to win a prize. If there is a tie for the top spot we'll do a random draw to decide the winner.

Points

8 points for right team and margin, 5 points for right team, 32 points for a draw.

State Of Origin Picks.

Virtual Rugby - Pick the Score. Win a Meat Pack

2010-05-21T15:44:00.002+12:00

To Celebrate the Semi-Finals we are having a Pick the Score competition on skysport.co.nz Virtual Rugby.

Enter your full time score prediction for the Bulls versus Crusaders game on Sunday morning. Closest to the Final result will win a Meat Pack.

You can have a go at Picking the Score on the Jimungo site.

Virtual Rugby - Draws in Semi Finals

2010-05-21T15:30:00.001+12:00

With the Semi Finals and Final of the Rebel Sport Super 14 upon us, another season of skysport.co.nz Virtual Rugby is almost over.

I entered the Semi Final matches in to the system on Sunday morning, and ensured that the draw option as hidden from the skysport.co.nz Virtual Rugby Picks Page. On Thursday I received an email from one of our players pointing out that you can indeed have a draw in the Rebel Sport Super 14 Semi Finals.

Here is Sam's message.

Why don't you have the 'draw' option for the picks this weekend (Semifinals). I understand that only one team can go through, but the final result in the game can be a draw.

The rules say "If scores are level at full time in the Semi Final or Final, 20 minutes extra time (10 minutes each way) will be played. If scores are still level in the Semi Final, the team who scored the most tries will be declared the winner, or if still equal, the team who finished highest on the table in the round robin competition."

Thus meaning the score will still be a draw. Taking this into account shouldn't there be a draw option?

This is the first I have heard about a draw being a technical possibility in Finals play. So what to do...

As the games had been up since Sunday morning and many thousands of players had made their picks, and because it had never happened in the History of the tournament (thus far) we decided it was best to leave the match drawless for both semi's.

Here's hoping that Sam's email and this blog post don't tempt fate too much, or else we are going to have to make some tough decisions on Sunday morning.

I for one will have my fingers crossed that there is indeed a clear winner in each Semi Final.