CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER, WAL MCCONNELL! (@WALMC)

Today, in the name of stats and analytics, I’m giving away a copy of Grantland’s “Talk Nerdy To Me” (sold out at time of writing). It’s a collection of columns from both ESPN and Grantland about analytics in professional (US) sports.

To win a copy, tweet @andymcgeady with the forecasted score of today’s crucial France vs Ireland Six Nations match along with the total number of tackles in the game. The winner will be the closest to the correct score and the tackle count will be used if we need a tiebreaker.

I’ll take any and all entries up to kick-off and judge’s decision is final.

Good luck!

P.S. to be clear, I have no association with Grantland other than the fact that I like their work.