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
a) Score and Winning team: Wigan 20 v 18 St Helens b) First try (Any Player): Marshall c) Time of first try: 3 minutes d) Last try (Any Player): Marshall e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
a) Score and Winning team: Huddersfield 25 v 4 Hull KR b) First try (Any Player): Jones c) Time of first try: 10 minutes d) Last try (any team, player not time): Kenny-Dowell e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
Considering it was a double points round, apart from Wire Weaver, Captain Hook and Longbarn Wire, we managed collectively not to make the most of my cup fever generosity as follows.
RESULTS 22pts Wire Weaver Captain Hook Longbarn Wire 8pts rubber duckie, The Speculator, karetaker, Rugby, Walter Wizard, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Wanderer, 4pts Old Man John, CW8, Wire n Steel, Uncle Rico, Builth Wells Wire, eddieH 0pts Sir Adrian Morley, Douglas Black
STANDINGS 160pts Wire Weaver 159pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 124pts Captain Hook 123pts Walter Wizard 120pts Wanderer 115pts Longbarn Wire 110pts eddieH 106pts Builth Wells Wire 105pts Sir Adrian Morley Uncle Rico 103pts CW8 97pts The Speculator 96pts Wire n Steel 90pts Old Man John 87pts karetaker 85pts rubber duckie 83pts Douglas Black 77pts Rugby 60pts Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven 53pts Mr Snoodle 11pts Moving Forward 2pts* Dita's Slot meter
a) Score and Winning team: Huddersfield 25 v 4 Hull KR b) First try (Any Player): Kenny-Dowell c) Time of first try: 10 minutes d) Last try (any team, player not time): Kenny-Dowell e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
a) Score and Winning team: Catalans 40 v 8 Warrington b) First try (Wire player): Wrench c) Time of first try: 12 mins d) Last try (any team, player not time): Morgue e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10 f) Attendance (500 margin) 9,305 (9,055-9,555)
g) Huddersfield v Wigan Huddersfield by 10 St Helens v Hull FC St Helens by 14 Toulouse v Wakefield Toulouse by 6 Salford v Leeds Salford by 15 Castleford v Hull KR Castleford by 32
He's better than steady is 'our' Eddie he's a proper Hot Rod as he top scores this week with 15 points the rest of us, well although we generally got the gist that our hosts would be allowed to Do anything you want to do, apart from Walt we were mostly some way behind as follows,
RESULTS 25pts eddieH 13pts Walter Wizard 9pts Sir Adrian Morley, Builth Wells Wire 8pts Old Man John, Wanderer, Uncle Rico 7pts Wire n Steel 6pts Wire Weaver, The Speculator, Captain Hook 5pts rubber duckie, karetaker, Mr Snoodle, MorePlaymakersNeeded 4pts CW8, Douglas Black 3pts Longbarn Wire
STANDINGS 166pts Wire Weaver 164pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 136pts Walter Wizard 135pts eddieH 130pts Captain Hook 128pts Wanderer 118pts Longbarn Wire 115pts Builth Wells Wire 114pts Sir Adrian Morley 113pts Uncle Rico 107pts CW8 103pts The Speculator, Wire n Steel 98pts Old Man John 92pts karetaker 90pts rubber duckie 87pts Douglas Black 77pts Rugby 60pts Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven 58pts Mr Snoodle 11pts Moving Forward 2pts* Dita's Slot meter
a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 10 v 12 St Helens b) First try (Wire player): Widdop c) Time of first try: 14 mins d) Last try (any team, player not time): Williams e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3 f) Attendance (500 margin)10,476 (10,226 - 10,726)
g) Huddersfield v Toulouse Huddersfield by 1 Leeds v Wakefield Leeds by 18 Salford v Castleford Salford by 16 Hull KR v Catalans Catalans by 12 Hull FC v Wigan Hull FC by 9
This week's prediction champion is the forum's Mr Magic himself, no not Paul Daniels but our very own Walter Wizard with 10 points the rest of us were a bit Debbie McGee, with some of us more lovely than others as follows
RESULTS 20pts Walter Wizard 9pts The Speculator 8pts Douglas Black, Rugby,Builth Wells Wire,Wanderer 7pts Wire Weaver, eddieH, Sir Adrian Morley, Longbarn Wire 6pts Old Man John, CW8, Wire n Steel, Mr Snoodle 5pts karetaker, Uncle Rico,MorePlaymakersNeeded, Captain Hook 3pts rubber duckie
STANDINGS 173pts Wire Weaver 169pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 156pts Walter Wizard 142pts eddieH 136pts Wanderer 135pts Captain Hook 125pts Longbarn Wire 123pts Builth Wells Wire 121pts Sir Adrian Morley 118pts Uncle Rico 113pts CW8 112pts The Speculator, 109pts Wire n Steel 104pts Old Man John 97pts karetaker 95pts Douglas Black 93pts rubber duckie 85pts Rugby 64pts Mr Snoodle 60pts Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven 11pts Moving Forward 2pts* Dita's Slot meter
a) Score and Winning team: Huddersfield 14 v 16 Wigan b) First try (any player): Leutele c) Time of first try: 16 mins d) Last try (any player not time): Marshall e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3 f) Attendance (1,000 margin)
g) Featherstone v Leigh Leigh by 14
Quite an entertaining game and from a TV viewing perspective it looked like a good choice of venue. I'm sure I'm not alone feeling a bit sorry for Huddersfield but it wasn't totally unexpected when Marshall went over to seal the victory late on. Old Man John certainly profited from it ensuring that he was our Prediction Comp Lance Todd with 24 points. The rest of us well thanks for taking my lack of First Try editing in good spirit with an honorable mention to Douglas Black who selected Hill
RESULTS 34pts Old Man John 18pts rubber duckie 15pts CW8 Uncle Rico 12pts eddieH 9pts The Speculator Mr Snoodle 6pts Rugby, Wire Weaver, Sir Adrian Morley, Walter Wizard, Longbarn Wire, karetaker, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Builth Wells Wire, Captain Hook, mcraven, Wanderer, 0pts Douglas Black Wire n Steel
STANDINGS 179pts Wire Weaver 175pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 162pts Walter Wizard 154pts eddieH 142pts Wanderer 141pts Captain Hook 138pts Old Man John 133pts Uncle Rico 131pts Longbarn Wire 129pts Builth Wells Wire 128pts CW8 127pts Sir Adrian Morley 121pts The Speculator, 111pts rubber duckie 109pts Wire n Steel 103pts karetaker 95pts Douglas Black 91pts Rugby 73pts Mr Snoodle 66pts mcraven 60pts Hatfield Town Wire 11pts Moving Forward 2pts* Dita's Slot meter
a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 4 v 40 Leeds b) First try (Wire player): Ashton c) Time of first try: 7 minutes d) Last try (any team, player not time): Handley e) Kicks over the sticks (combined):4 f) Attendance (500 margin) 8,278 (8,128- 8,628)
g) Catalans v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 8 Castleford v Wigan Wigan by 20 Toulouse v St Helens St Helens by 14 Hull KR v Salford Hull KR by 27 Wakefield v Hull FC Wakefield by 1
One for the Trash Can rather than the Memory Bank unless of course you can learn from what is hopefully our nadir of performances. Who made the most of it as far a the Prediction Comp is concerned I hear you ask? Well he's been called a chief and he's a mate but really he's a Captain that top scored this week with 10 points. The rest of of were Lost Boy's as follows
RESULTS 20pts Captain Hook 9pts MorePlaymakersNeeded Uncle Rico 8pts Old Man John 7pts Wire n Steel 6pts Longbarn Wire 5pts Wire Weaver Douglas Black 3pts CW8 The Speculator 2pts eddieH Rugby Walter Wizard karetaker 1pt Builth Wells Wire Wanderer rubber duckie
STANDINGS 184pts MorePlaymakersNeeded Wire Weaver 164pts Walter Wizard 161pts Captain Hook 156pts eddieH 146pts Old Man John 143pts Wanderer 142pts Uncle Rico 137pts Longbarn Wire 131pts CW8 130pts Builth Wells Wire 127pts Sir Adrian Morley 124pts The Speculator 116pts Wire n Steel, 112pts rubber duckie 105pts karetaker 100pts Douglas Black 93pts Rugby 73pts Mr Snoodle 66pts mcraven 60pts Hatfield Town Wire 11pts Moving Forward 2pts* Dita's Slot meter
a) Score and Winning team: Wakefield 30 v 24 Warrington b) First try (Wire player): Clark c) Time of first try: 14 minutes d) Last try (any team, player not time): Tanginoa e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9 kicks f) Attendance (500 margin) 3,891 (3,641- 4,041)
g) Huddersfield v Leeds Huddersfield by 14 Salford v Wigan Wigan by 18 Catalans v Hull FC Catalans by 28 Toulouse v Castleford Castleford by 6 St Helens v Hull KR St Helens by 8
Despite a late rally from Prediction Matt it was more misery for Powell's Wire away at Wakey (will someone wake me up when this is over) as Tanginoa ensured the spoils stayed in the rhubarb shed. Old Man John and Longbarn Wire did manage to make it to the top of our heap the king's of our hill whilst the rest of us have to wrestle with our little town blues as follows
RESULTS 20pts Old Man John Longbarn Wire 9pts Sir Adrian Morley rubber duckie 7pts The Speculator karetaker Douglas Black Wanderer 6pts CW8 Builth Wells Wire 5pts Wire Weaver Rugby Mr Snoodle matt6169 4pts Wire n Steel eddieH Walter Wizard Uncle Rico Captain Hook 3pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
STANDINGS 189pts Wire Weaver 187pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 168pts Walter Wizard 166pts Old Man John 165pts Captain Hook 160pts eddieH 157pts Longbarn Wire 150pts Wanderer 146pts Uncle Rico 137pts CW8 136pts Builth Wells Wire Sir Adrian Morley 131pts The Speculator 121pts rubber duckie 120pts Wire n Steel, 112pts karetaker 107pts Douglas Black 98pts Rugby 78pts Mr Snoodle 66pts mcraven 60pts Hatfield Town Wire 11pts Moving Forward 5pts matt6169 2pts* Dita's Slot meter