In the first of a regular series of Monday features during the Super14, we feature the Sport24 SuperBru Megapool leaderboard, pool leader and yellow cap wearer for the weekend.

At the time of writing 1680 people had signed up to play in the Sport24 Megapool, making it a very competitive space. And two last second lead changing scores in round one of the tournament, meant score predictors had to be on top of their game.

Johan De Greeff, better known as “Neo” to his SuperBru fans, was more than up for the challenge. As the only man to get a margin point for all seven games (the scoring system is explained below), Neo is the Sport24 Megapool leader this week, and given that it is week one of the tournament, he is also the man wearing the yellow cap as the best predictor of the weekend …

The top 15 in the Sport24 Megapool:

Neo (12.50 points)
Dags fm Doonan (12.50 points)
Bomber (12.50 points)

Tackler    (12.25 points)

Jay (12.00 points)
West (12.00 points)
Gilla (12.00 points)
Bruce (12.00 points)
Mornster (12.00 points)
Annie (12.00 points)
Chevelle (11.75 points)
Walter10 (11.75 points)
Spioen (11.75 points)
BlackWasp (11.75 points)
Heina (11.75 points)

Neo’s predictions went like this:

Blues 20 v 34 Hurricanes (Neo’s Prediction: Hurricanes by 10)
Western Force 15 v 24 Brumbies (Neo’s Prediction: Brumbies by 8)
Cheetahs 34 v 51 Bulls (Neo’s Prediction: Bulls by 12)
Crusaders 32 v 17 Highlanders (Neo’s Prediction: Crusaders by 11)
Reds 28 v 30 Waratahs (Neo’s Prediction: Waratahs by 6)
Lions 13 v 26 Stormers (Neo’s Prediction: Stormers by 12)
Sharks 18 v 19 Chiefs (Neo’s Prediction: Chiefs by 3)

And then a little more on Neo, based on his SuperBru portfolio:

Name: Johan De Greeff   
Pools: Bloubul Bloggers, Expatters, Greeff Only, Sport24, Tsarabe   
Status: Veteran (10 tournaments)   
Caps: 307 (lifetime non-default SuperBru picks made)   
Supports: Bulls   
Nationality: South Africa   
Location: Standerton   

SuperBru Honours:
* Pool Runner-Up, Expats, Varsity Cup 2009 [pool size: 7]
* Pool Runner-Up, Bombers, Super 14 2009 [pool size: 4]
* Pool Runner-Up, Badgers, Currie Cup 2009 [pool size: 6]

Sport24 Editor and Publisher, Tank Lanning, is languishing in position 569 on the leaderboard. This after getting six out of the seven winners correct! It’s a tough old school, people …

Feel you have what it takes to give the likes of Neo and Tank a run for his money. CLICK HERE to join the Sport24 SuperBru Megapool.

And to conclude, a breakdown of the SuperBru Scoring system:

The fundamental goal of SuperBru is to score as many points as possible, by making as many accurate predictions as possible. Here's what you'll predict, and how points are allocated for those predictions:

What you must predict

For every game in the series, you must pick:
1) The game outcome (team 1 win, draw or team 2 win)
2) The margin of victory (i.e. score difference)

Points allocation

SuperBru features several different kinds of points …

Win Point - Scored by all players correctly predicting the game outcome. Values:
1.0 (league games)
2.0 (semi-finals)
3.0 (final)

Margin Point – Value of 0.5
Scored by every player whose margin prediction is within 5 points of the real margin, taking into account winning team

In the case of close games where the real margin is less than 5 points, players will qualify for a Margin Point if their prediction was for the incorrect team but within 5 points of the real margin. E.g. Player predicts Team A by 2 and Team B wins by 1 - player's prediction is within the 5 point range and a Margin Point is awarded. A Margin Point will not be awarded outside of this range. E.g. Player predicts Team A by 90, Team B wins by 84, no Margin Point is awarded.

Bonus Point – Value of 1.0    
The Bonus Point will appear in pools only and not on the Global Leaderboard because it is a relative point. It is scored by player(s) whose margin prediction(s) is/are the closest to the actual margin. Players must get the game outcome right in order to qualify. If more than one player qualifies, the point is split down to a minimum split of 0.25 pts per player:

1 qualifying player: 1pt
2 qualifying players: 0.5 pts each
3 qualifying players: 0.33 pts each
4 or more qualifying players: 0.25 pts each

If a player joins a pool after the first game of the season has been played, they will not qualify for Bonus Points in this pool for the games played prior to their joining.

Grand Slam Point - Value of 2.0    
During the round robin stage (i.e. not for semi-finals or final), if you predict all the winners correctly in a round, you will qualify for a Grand Slam Point. If you default on any game in the round in question, you will lose qualification for the GSP.