With Round 23 completed and only four regular-season rounds remaining, Tim Brewer (OR94) has moved into a commanding position in the 2026 OIU x NRL Tipping Competition. 

Tim, who was part of a three-way tie for the lead after Round 10, has maintained his consistency to reach 120 points—opening a six-point advantage over defending OIU Challenge Trophy winner Dr Bill Follent (OR74) and Ticka Tynan (OR84), who share second on 114 points. 

The leading standings are:

• 120 points: Tim Brewer (OR94)
• 114 points: Dr Bill Follent (OR74) and Ticka Tynan (OR84)
• 113 points: Tom Duncan (OR25) and Laurence Coy (OR77)
• 112 points: Brian Shanahan (OR87)
• 111 points: Patrick Byrne (OR22) and John O'Connell (OR83)
• 110 points: Adrian O'Connor (OR85), Jeremy Wall (OR92), Michael Donohoe (OR82) and Tom Carney (OR99)

The changing leaderboard has been one of the features of this year's competition. Nicholas Sutton (OR99) led after Round 4; Mick Hidden, Tim Brewer and Nicholas shared the lead after Round 10; and Adrian O'Connor (OR85) had moved to the top by Round 14.

Bill is the one to watch, and having won the inaugural Challenge Trophy title last year, he can't be discounted!

With 63 tipsters participating, just 10 points separate Tim from the other 11 tipsters inside the top-10 scoring positions. A six-point lead is valuable—but with four rounds of unpredictable NRL results, and the finals series still to come, the competition is far from over.