What a start pretty poor in every department and there's not too many in the P&B that can look themselves in the shaving mirror tomorrow with any sort of satisfaction so i'll leave the punditry there as our woes are painfully obvious
a) Score and Winning team: Castleford 21 v 12 Warrington b) First try (Wire player): King c) Time of first try: 4 mins d) Last try (any team, player not time): Austin e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3
f) St Helens v Salford St Helens by 23 Leigh v Wigan Wigan by 2 Wakefield v Leeds Leeds by 6 Catalans v Hull KR Catalans by 1 Hull FC v Huddersfield Hull FC by 12
Great turn out in the Comp folks but most people were reliant on the 'other' fixtures for their points in Round 1 with top spot going to the Forum's very own Roger Bannister Rugby with a decent 15 point tally. The rest of us didn't quite make the grade by varying degrees as follows,
Results and Standings
25pts Rugby 11pts Sir Adrian Morley, Lord Tony Smith, Wanderer 9pts Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico 8pts karetaker 7pts Old Man John 6pts Wire n Steel 5pts Wire Weaver, eddieH, mcraven, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Hatfield Town Wire 4pts Matt King's kitten, Mr Snoodle, Captain Hook, Gaz3376, Alffi_7, Longbarn Wire, Fourpointtry, Builth Wells Wire 3pts CW8, Douglas Black, Johnkendal, Moving Forward 2pts rubber duckie Any problems or rusty miscalculations please PM me
What a start pretty poor in every department and there's not too many in the P&B that can look themselves in the shaving mirror tomorrow with any sort of satisfaction so i'll leave the punditry there as our woes are painfully obvious
a) Score and Winning team: Castleford 21 v 12 Warrington b) First try (Wire player): King c) Time of first try: 4 mins d) Last try (any team, player not time): Austin e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3
f) St Helens v Salford St Helens by 23 Leigh v Wigan Wigan by 2 Wakefield v Leeds Leeds by 6 Catalans v Hull KR Catalans by 1 Hull FC v Huddersfield Hull FC by 12
Great turn out in the Comp folks but most people were reliant on the 'other' fixtures for their points in Round 1 with top spot going to the Forum's very own Roger Bannister Rugby with a decent 15 point tally. The rest of us didn't quite make the grade by varying degrees as follows,
Results and Standings
25pts Rugby 11pts Sir Adrian Morley, Lord Tony Smith, Wanderer 9pts Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico 8pts karetaker 7pts Old Man John 6pts Wire n Steel 5pts Wire Weaver, eddieH, mcraven, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Hatfield Town Wire 4pts Matt King's kitten, Mr Snoodle, Captain Hook, Gaz3376, Alffi_7, Longbarn Wire, Fourpointtry, Builth Wells Wire 3pts CW8, Douglas Black, Johnkendal, Moving Forward 2pts rubber duckie Any problems or rusty miscalculations please PM me
Well that's a bit more like it a reaction was needed and a reaction is what we got it was a Good Friday in the Rico household .
a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 44 v 12 Leigh b) First try (Wire player): Lineham c) Time of first try: 10 mins d) Last try (any team, player not time): Brierley e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8 kicks
f) Wigan v Wakefield Wigan by 28 Hull KR v St Helens St Helens by 25 Leeds v Castleford Castleford by 8 Salford v Hull FC Hull FC by 31 Huddersfield v Catalans Catalans by 10
He may not have made any easy money at the bookies this week but Sir Adrian Morley banked plenty of prediction points a Bakers Dozen that saw of some close competition based on our left side as follows
RESULTS 23pts Sir Adrian Morley 12pts Longbarn Wire 11pts Rugby 10pts Mr Snoodle, karetaker, Budgiezella, mcraven, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Builth Wells Wire, Hatfield Town Wire 9pts Lord Tony Smith 8pts Moving Forward 7pts Wire Weaver Captain Hook Walter Wizard Wanderer 6pts Old Man John 5pts CW8 Wire n Steel Matt King's kitten eddieH Uncle Rico 4pts Gaz3376 3pts Douglas Black Johnkendal
STANDINGS 34pts Rugby, Sir Adrian Morley 20pts Lord Tony Smith 18pts Wanderer, karetaker 16pts Walter Wizard, Longbarn Wire 15pts mcraven, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Hatfield Town wire 14pts Uncle Rico, Mr Snoodle, Builth Wells Wire 13pts Old Man John 12pts Wire Weaver 11pts Wire n Steel, Captain Hook, Moving Forward 10pts eddieH, Budgiezilla 9pts Matt King's kitten 8pts Gaz3376, CW8 6pts Douglas Black, Johnkendal 4pts Alffi_7, Fourpointtry 2pts rubber duckie
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no disrespect to Swinton as I quite enjoyed their performance but I'm not sure that our next opponents in the Challenge Cup will be degoutant leur pantelon but you never know we might just be lulling them and everyone else into a false sense of security
a) Score and Winning team: Swinton 8 v 32 Warrington b) First try (Wire player): King c) Time of first try: 6 mins d) Last try (any team, player not time): Walker e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
f) Hull KR v Castleford Castleford by 1 York v Wigan Wigan by 26 Salford v Widnes Salford by 64 St Helens v Leeds St Helens by 8 Catalans v Wakefield Catalans by 20 Featherstone v Hull FC Hull FC by 20 Leigh v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 18
Plenty of points to be had this week and it was the well informed Longbarn Wire that came out on top this week with tip top 22 points with Hatfield Town Wire and eddieH pushing him close ahead of the rest of us as follows
RESULTS 32pts Longbarn Wire 21pts Hatfield Town Wire 19pts eddieH 14pts mcraven 12pts Rugby Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire 10pts Douglas Black 9pts Lord Tony Smith CW8 Wire Weaver Sir Adrian Morley Old Man John Captain Hook Matt King's kitten Fourpointtry Walter Wizard Gaz3376 Johnkendal karetaker Wanderer 8pts Wire n Steel Moving Forward rubber duckie MorePlaymakersNeeded 7pts Mr Snoodle
STANDINGS 48pts Longbarn Wire 46pts Rugby, 43pts Sir Adrian Morley 36pts Hatfield Town Wire 29pts eddieh mcraven Lord Tony Smith 27pts Wanderer, karetaker 26pts Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire 25pts Walter Wizard 23pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 22pts Old Man John 21pts Mr Snoodle 20pts Wire Weaver Captain Hook 19pts Wire n Steel, Moving Forward 18pts Matt King's kitten 17pts Gaz3376, CW8 16pts Douglas Black 15pts Johnkendal 13pts Fourpointtry 10pts rubber duckie Budgiezilla 4pts Alffi_7
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Well that 'top drawer' performance caught all of us out on here was it a point gained or a point lost or are we still asking what is the point?
a) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 14 v 14 Warrington b) First try (Wire player): Hill c) Time of first try:56 mins d) Last try (any team, player not time): Mamo e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6 kicks
f) Leeds v Wigan Wigan by 13 Castleford v Leigh Castleford by 36 St Helens v Wakefield St Helens by 28 Hull KR v Huddersfield Hull KR by 1 Catalans v Salford Catalans by 36
Not the biggest winning margin this week but a well thought 11 points was achieved by the forum's very own Scottish Corvus Corax, mcraven relying on St Helens for their prediction comp superiority. The rest of us didn't quite cut the custard as follows
RESULTS 21pts mcraven 9pts Lord Tony Smith 8pts Captain Hook 6pts Matt King's kitten, Old man John, karetaker, eddieH, Sir Adrian Morley, Builth Wells Wire, rubber duckie 5pts Douglas Black, Mr Snoodle, Wire Weaver, Longbarn Wire, Uncle Rico, MorePlaymakersNeeded 4pts CW8, Walter Wizard, Gaz3376 Hatfield Town Wire Johnkendal, Rugby, Wanderer 3pts Wire n Steel
STANDINGS 53pts Longbarn Wire 50pts Rugby, mcraven 49pts Sir Adrian Morley 40pts Hatfield Town Wire 38pts Lord Tony Smith 35pts eddieH 32pts karetaker Builth Wells Wire 31pts Wanderer Uncle Rico 29pts Walter Wizard 28pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Old Man John Captain Hook 26pts Mr Snoodle 25pts Wire Weaver 24pts Matt King's kitten 22pts Wire n Steel 21pts Gaz3376, CW8 Douglas Black 19pts Moving Forward, Johnkendal 16pts rubber duckie 13pts Fourpointtry 10pts Budgiezilla 4pts Alffi_7
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For the benefit of the team and at the expense of losing out on the Prediction Competition star prize (3 months all inclusive in Talacre) every time I've backed against us on here we come up trumps thankfully more Judd than Donald so might takeover Prediction Matt duties as he's MIA.
a) Score and Winning team: Catalans 8 v 24 Warrington b) First try (Wire player):Currie c) Time of first try: 26 mins d) Last try (any team, player not time): Widdop e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
f) Wigan v Castleford - Wigan by 10 Huddersfield v St Helens - St Helens by 8 Hull KR v Leeds - Hull KR by 20 Salford v Leigh - Salford by 26 Hull FC v Wakefield - Hull FC by 6
This week's topper-most of the popper-most is karetaker with 13 points well done to you and the rest that had a bit more faith than Uncle Rico and others in the glass half empty camp/ woe is me gang (there was quite a few in that category).
RESULTS 23pts karetaker 12pts rubber duckie 8pts Builth Wells Wire 7pts Sir Adrian Morley, Moving Forward Mr Snoodle,MorePlaymakersNeeded 6pts Wire Weaver, CW8, Rugby eddieH Gaz3376 Old Man John mcraven Uncle Rico Wanderer 5pts Douglas Black Longbarn Wire, Hatfield Town Wire Walter Wizard 4pts Lord Tony Smith Matt King's kitten Captain Hook Wire n Steel
STANDINGS 58pts Longbarn Wire 56pts Rugby, mcraven Sir Adrian Morley 55pts karetaker 45pts Hatfield Town Wire 42pts Lord Tony Smith 41pts eddieH 40pts Builth Wells Wire 37pts Wanderer Uncle Rico 35pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 34pts Walter Wizard Old Man John 33pts Mr Snoodle 32pts Captain Hook 31pts Wire Weaver 28pts Matt King's kitten, rubber duckie 27pts Gaz3376, CW8 26pts Wire n Steel, Douglas Black Moving Forward, 19pts Johnkendal 13pts Fourpointtry 10pts Budgiezilla 4pts Alffi_7
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