Well at least we can concentrate on the League

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 12 v 16 Wakefield
b) First try (Wire player): Wrench
c) Time of first try:10 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Hall
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined):4 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 2,627 (2,377- 2,877)

g) Wigan v Salford Wigan by 20
Sheffield v Hull FC Hull FC by 46
Whitehaven V St Helens St Helens by 42
Hull KR v Leigh Hull KR by 6
Catalans v Featherstone Catalans by 13
Leeds v Castleford Castleford by 24
Barrow v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 14

It wasn't the result or the crowd, just like the best comedy this week was all about timing as the board's latex soothsayer rubber duckie managed to pick up 14 points, the rest of us were butting our heads against the British Summer Time clock by varying degrees as follows,

RESULTS
24pts rubber duckie
13pts The Speculator
11pts Wanderer
10pts Sir Adrian Morley, Captain Hook Uncle Rico
8pts Wire Weaver Hatfield Town Wire mcraven
7pts CW8 MorePlaymakersNeeded, Builth Wells Wire
6pts eddieH Longbarn Wire Old Man John Douglas Black Wire n Steel karetaker
1pt Walter Wizard Rugby

STANDINGS

89pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
79pts Walter Wizard
73pts Wanderer
72pts Wire Weaver
68pts Captain Hook
67pts eddieH
64pts Sir Adrian Morley
63pts Builth Wells Wire
57pts Wire n Steel
56pts karetaker
55pts CW8
54pts Hatfield Town Wire
53pts Uncle Rico
52pts rubber duckie
51pts Old Man John, Douglas Black
49pts Longbarn Wire
38pts The Speculator
36pts mcraven
34pts Rugby
27pts Mr Snoodle
11pts Moving Forward
2pts* Dita's Slot meter

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Well another defeat puts us in dire straits,.it seems that perhaps we have too many players happy getting money for nothing....

a) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 34 v 18 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player):Mata 'utia
c) Time of first try: 3 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Thewlis
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin): 10,069 (9,819- 10,319)

g) Wigan v Hull FC Wigan by 1
Huddersfield v Catalans Huddersfield by 16
Castleford v Toulouse Castleford by 26
Leeds V St Helens St Helens by 26
Wakefield v Salford Wakefield by 6

The aptly named Speculator came top of the Prediction Hit Parade this week with a decent dozen, the rest of us were off the charts by varying degrees as follows,

RESULTS
22pts The Speculator
9pts Builth Wells Wire Wanderer
8pts Longbarn Wire Old Man John
7pts eddieH Rugby Uncle Rico
6pts CW8 Wire n Steel Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded Walter Wizard Hatfield Town Wire
5pts karetaker Wire Weaver
4pts Douglas Black mcraven Captain Hook


STANDINGS
94pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
85pts Walter Wizard
82pts Wanderer
77pts Wire Weaver
74pts eddieH
72pts Captain Hook Builth Wells Wire
70pts Sir Adrian Morley
63pts Wire n Steel
61pts karetaker CW8
60pts Hatfield Town Wire Uncle Rico The Speculator
59pts Old Man John
57pts Longbarn Wire
55pts Douglas Black
52pts rubber duckie
41pts Rugby
40pts mcraven
27pts Mr Snoodle
11pts Moving Forward
2pts* Dita's Slot meter

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.. and their chick's for free ...

(sorry)

Hi UR Think I got more than 3. 5 I think.

And a win seems so far away.

Apologies I missed you plumping for KR

Perhaps a blessing that we didn't paper over the cracks giving Powell a free week for some headbutting as we would've no doubt come unstuck against Wigan who managed to make Wakefield look like Wakefield rather than the 82 touring Kangaroos

Hull KR v Castleford Hull KR by 24
Catalans v St Helens: St. Helens by 16
Huddersfield v Hull FC: Huddersfield by 8
Wakefield v Wigan: Wigan by 30

Fantastic predicting from a limited 'field' sees Wire Weaver bag an impressive 20 points the rest of us weren't quite so with it as follows

RESULTS
30pts Wire Weaver
12pts mcraven MorePlayMakekersNeeded
10pts Walter Wizard
8pts Wire n Steel Rugby Builth Wells Wire
6pts CW8 eddieH Douglas Black Uncle Rico Wanderer
4pts The Speculator Old Man John Captain Hook Sir Adrian Morley rubber duckie

STANDINGS
107pts Wire Weaver
106pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
95pts Walter Wizard
88pts Wanderer
80pts eddieH Builth Wells Wire
78pts Sir Adrian Morley
76pts Captain Hook
71pts Wire n Steel
67pts CW8
66pts Uncle Rico
64pts The Speculator
63pts Old Man John
61pts karetaker Douglas Black
60pts Hatfield Town Wire
57pts Longbarn Wire
56pts rubber duckie
52pts mcraven
49pts Rugby
27pts Mr Snoodle
11pts Moving Forward
2pts* Dita's Slot meter

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A bit of a welcome upturn in fortunes for the P&B with some good performances although I'm not so sure that 'young farmer' Ratchford was the MOM

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 32 v 18 Salford
b) First try (Wire player): King
c) Time of first try: 8 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Brierley
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7
f) Attendance (500 margin) 8,486

g) Catalans v Toulouse Catalans by 8
Wakefield v Castleford Castleford by 30
Leeds v Huddersfield DRAW
Hull KR v Hull FC Hull KR by 12
St Helens v Wigan St Helens by 18

Obviously no one saw the draw coming at Leeds and the CEO can no doubt feel a little happier with himself that the Thursday night crowd eclipsed what most thought it would be on here. Longbarn gets top marks this week with 'just seventeen' the rest of us didn't compare as follows,.

RESULTS
27pts Longbarn Wire
13pts The Speculator rubber duckie
11pts Wire Weaver, eddieH, MorePlaymakersNeeded
8pts Mr Snoodle, Old Man John, Captain Hook, mcraven
6pts Builth Wells Wire, Wanderer
5pts Wire n Steel, Rugby, Douglas Black, Walter Wizard, Sir Adrian Morley, karetaker, Uncle Rico
3pts CW8

STANDINGS
118pts Wire Weaver
117pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
100pts Walter Wizard
94pts Wanderer
91pts eddieH
86pts Builth Wells Wire, Captain Hook
84pts Longbarn Wire
83pts Sir Adrian Morley
77pts The Speculator
76pts Wire n Steel
71pts Uncle Rico, Old Man John
70pts CW8
69pts rubber duckie
66pts karetaker Douglas Black
60pts Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven
54pts Rugby
35pts Mr Snoodle
11pts Moving Forward
2pts* Dita's Slot meter

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a) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 18 v 16 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Clark
c) Time of first try: 13 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Ma'u
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 9,726 (9,476 -9,976)

g) Castleford v Leeds Castleford by 2
Huddersfield v St Helens St Helens by 12
Salford v Catalans Catalans by 26
Toulouse v Hull KR Hull KR by 4
Wigan v Wakefield Wigan by 44

Well a case of close but no cigar as a resilient Wire succumbed to the ref's best guess and therefore a two point defeat under the current system. CW8 came out on top this week with a dirty dozen correctly backing against the Wire by two, for the rest of us especially Wire Weaver who was pipped, it's better luck next week as follows

RESULTS
22pts CW8
10pts Wire Weaver
9pts Sir Adrian Morley
8pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
7pts Old Man John Captain Hook Uncle Rico
6pts Douglas Black Mr Snoodle karetaker Walter Wizard
5pts Rugby eddieH Builth Wells Wire Wanderer
4pts The Speculator Wire n Steel
3pts rubber duckie

STANDINGS
128pts Wire Weaver
125pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
106pts Walter Wizard
99pts Wanderer
96pts eddieH
93pts Captain Hook
92pts Sir Adrian Morley CW8
91pts Builth Wells Wire
84pts Longbarn Wire
81pts The Speculator
80pts Wire n Steel
78pts Uncle Rico, Old Man John
72pts rubber duckie, karetaker Douglas Black
60pts Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven
59pts Rugby
41pts Mr Snoodle
11pts Moving Forward
2pts* Dita's Slot meter

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A bit more like it decent performance, one or two questions answered and one or two more posed with this result against a much fancied Giants side.

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 32 v 10 Huddersfield
b) First try (Wire player): Thewlis
c) Time of first try: 12 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Yates
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 8,102 (7,852 - 8,352)

g) Castleford v St Helens Castleford by 20
Leeds v Toulouse Leeds by 11
Hull KR v Wakefield Hull KR by 22
Wigan v Salford Wigan by 6
Hull FC v Catalans Hull FC by 6

With Dean and Mata'utia deputizing for Widdop and Williams our first choice halves the aptly named MorePlaymakersNeeded top scored this week with a handy ten points the rest of us well there's always next week as follows,

RESULTS
20pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
8pts Sir Adrian Morley, Wire n Steel
7pts Wanderer
6pts Wire Weaver Walter Wizard Captain Hook Mr Snoodle Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire
5pts Old Man John Longbarn Wire eddieH Douglas Black The Speculator Rugby
4pts rubber duckie
3pts CW8
2pts karetaker

STANDINGS
145pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
134pts Wire Weaver
112pts Walter Wizard
106pts Wanderer
101pts eddieH
100pts Sir Adrian Morley
99pts Captain Hook
97pts Builth Wells Wire
95pts CW8
89pts Longbarn Wire
88pts Wire n Steel
86pts The Speculator
84pts Uncle Rico,
83pts Old Man John
77pts Douglas Black
76pts rubber duckie,
74pts karetaker
64pts Rugby
60pts Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven
47pts Mr Snoodle
11pts Moving Forward
2pts* Dita's Slot meter

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a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 22 v 40 Wigan
b) First try (Wire player): Dean
c) Time of first try: 3 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Mata'utia
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 10,104 (9,854-10,354)

g) Wakefield v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 2
Catalans v Castleford Catalans by 32
Leeds v Hull KR Leeds by 12
St Helens v Salford St Helens by 4
Hull FC v Toulouse Hull FC by 36

A predictably low scoring round this week with most of us opting for Wire continuing their 'decent run' against a Wigan team that hadnt read their pre-semi final scripts. Yours truly topped the charts with a less than Magnificent Seven whilst the rest of you ranged from The Good,The Bad and The Ugly as follows,

RESULTS
17pts Uncle Rico
6pts Douglas Black, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Wanderer, Mr Snoodle
5pts karetaker, eddieH, Sir Adrian Morley, Rugby, Builth Wells Wire
4pts Wire Weaver, CW8 Longbarn Wire Wire n Steel
3pts Old Man John Walter Wizard The Speculator Captain Hook
1pt rubber duckie

STANDINGS
151pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
138pts Wire Weaver
115pts Walter Wizard
112pts Wanderer
106pts eddieH
105pts Sir Adrian Morley
102pts Captain Hook Builth Wells Wire
101pts Uncle Rico
99pts CW8
93pts Longbarn Wire
92pts Wire n Steel
89pts The Speculator
86pts Old Man John
83pts Douglas Black
79pts karetaker
77pts rubber duckie,
69pts Rugby
60pts Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven
53pts Mr Snoodle
11pts Moving Forward
2pts* Dita's Slot meter

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

I spelt my name right at least.