The engine behind ClutchTip's published NRL record — the most accurate published NRL predictor of 2026 — reading rugby union with no fitted model and no deep Test history behind it. Three Tests so far: it backed the Wallabies over the Springboks in Perth, then backed the All Blacks over the same Wallabies a fortnight later at Eden Park, then backed them again in Sydney — three winners from three. The margin bands have undersold the All Blacks twice (50–19 against a 6–12 band, 43–21 against 6–15), which is logged below as plainly as the winners. The two early calls went opposite ways on the same team, which is the point: each match is read on its own terms. No odds, no price, every call lodged before kick-off and graded here whether it lands or not.
| Date | Test | Tipped | Conf. | Margin | Score | Result |
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Every Test the engine has called is listed, wins and losses alike · Margin graded as "within band" only when the actual margin lands inside the forecast range · Lodgement times are AEST (UTC+10)
ClutchTip's proprietary computation procedure applies to every sport. Nothing is adjusted after publication. The fitted models behind the NRL and AFL records carry no rugby union pick, so these Tests run on the reasoning engine alone.
Test rugby is an availability sport: the engine reads the named 23s, the outs on both sides, the playmaking spine at 9, 10 and 12, venue records (the All Blacks' unbeaten run at Eden Park since 1994, Sydney as a sold-out home ground) and the prior fortnight's form with its context — a 42–38 win that was 42–17 before four late yellow cards is read as a blowout plus a discipline collapse, not a four-point squeak. Confidence is capped where a team list or late withdrawal could not be confirmed at lodgement.
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