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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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
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
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