a) Score and Winning team: Leigh 30 v 12 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Williams

c) Time of first try:7 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Reynolds

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7 kicks

f) Attendance (500 margin) 8,120 (7,870 - 8,370)



g) Hull KR v Wigan Wigan by 4

Catalans v Wakefield Catalans by 30

Huddersfield v Castleford Huddersfield by 16

Leeds v St Helens St Helens by 1

Salford v Hull FC Salford by 7



We didn't really get out of the blocks against a Leigh side full of guys with something to prove aided and abetted by others assembled by Lam into a well balanced team....they are certainly no mugs nor hard of hearing it seems. No disrespect but you know it's a bad day at the Prediction Comp Office when Matt is our chart topper. He is joined at the top of the hit parade by CW8 and Builth Wells Wire whilst the rest of us were off tune as follows



RESULTS

20pts matt6169 CW8 Builth Wells Wire

8pts Rugby

7pts The Speculator

6pts Mr Snoodle Captain Hook mcraven

5pts eddieH, MorePlaymakersNeeded Wire Weaver

4pts Sir Adrian Morley Old Man John Doulas Black Dita's Slot Meter Wanderer

3pts karetaker Wire n Steel Uncle Rico Walter Wizard rubber duckie



STANDINGS

145pts Builth Wells Wire

129pts Sir Adrian Morley

127pts CW8

120pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

115pts mcraven

112pts Wanderer

110pts karetaker

109pts Douglas Black

106pts The Speculator

96pts Old Man John

89pts Wire n Steel

88pts Rugby

87pts rubber duckie Uncle Rico

86pts Wire Weaver

84pts Walter Wizard

82pts Captain Hook

79pts eddieH Mr Snoodle

65pts matt6169

61pts Gaz3376

58pts Dita's Slot Meter

38pts Barbed Wire

7pts Lord Tony Smith



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 30 v 18 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Wrench

c) Time of first try: 3 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Hoy

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6 kicks

f) Attendance (2,000 margin total for both days): 63,369 (62,369 - 64,369)



g) Salford v Hull KR: Salford by 10

Wigan v Catalans: Catalans by 24

Leeds v Castleford: Castleford by 2

Wakefield v Leigh: Leigh by 26

St Helens v Huddersfield: St Helens by 42



In most walks of life, they say that you have to speculate to accumulate and I think that the common consensus is that we should have accumulated more in the first half when were on top. So it falls on the aptly named The Speculator to accumulate the most this week whilst the rest of us need to pull our rabbits out of our collective hats next week as follows,



RESULTS

21pts The Speclator

9pts Walter Wizard

7pts Douglas Black

6pts karetaker

5pts Wire Weaver Old Man John Dita's Slot Meter Builth Wells Wire

4pts Sir Adrian Morley matt6169 Rugby Mr Snoodle Uncle Rico MorePlaymakersNeeded Captain Hook mcraven

3ts eddieH Wire n Steel Wanderer

2pts CW8

1pts rubber duckie



STANDINGS

150pts Builth Wells Wire

133pts Sir Adrian Morley

129pts CW8

127pts The Speculator

124pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

119pts mcraven

116pts karetaker Douglas Black

115pts Wanderer

101pts Old Man John

93pts Walter Wizard

92pts Wire n Steel Rugby

91pts Uncle Rico Wire Weaver

88pts rubber duckie

86pts Captain Hook

83pts Mr Snoodle

82pts eddieH

69pts matt6169

63pts Dita's Slot Meter

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

7pts Lord Tony Smith



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 30 v 26 Huddersfield

b) First try (Wire player): Kasiano

c) Time of first try: 4 min

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Lolohea

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8

f) Attendance: 9,007 (8,757 - 9,257)



Castleford v Salford - Salford by 32

Leigh v Hull FC - Leigh by 12

St Helens v Wigan - St Helens by 18

Catalans v Hull KR - Catalans by 34

Wakefield v Leeds - Wakefield by 10



Back to winning ways, a result that keeps us well placed in the top echelons of SL despite our best efforts and some odd decisions encouraging the opposition. Someone who doesn't need any encouragement this week is Builth Wells Wire who top scored with 14 points. The rest of us need an arm round the shoulder/kick up the booty as apprpropriate and as follows,



RESULTS

24pts Builth Wells Wire

13pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

11pts The Speculator mcraven

10pts Mr Snoodle

9pts Old Man John

8pts rubber duckie Graham Bray Rugby Captain Hook Uncle Rico Wire Weaver

7pts CW8 Wire n Steel

6pts Douglas Black eddieH Walter Wizard

5pts Sir Adrian Morley Wanderer

4pts Dita's Slot Meter matt6169

3pts karetaker



STANDINGS

174pts Builth Wells Wire

138pts Sir Adrian Morley The Speculator

137pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

136pts CW8

130pts mcraven

122pts Douglas Black

120pts Wanderer

119pts karetaker

110pts Old Man John

100pts Rugby

99pts Walter Wizard Wire n Steel Uncle Rico Wire Weaver

96pts rubber duckie

94pts Captain Hook

93pts Mr Snoodle

88pts eddieH

73pts matt6169

67pts Dita's Slot Meter

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

8pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Wigan 14 v 12 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Bullock

c) Time of first try: 10

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Thewlis

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

f) Attendance (500 margin) 9,302 (9,052 - 9,552)



g) Hull KR v Salford Hull KR by 18

Hull FC v St Helens St Helens by 14

York v Leigh Leigh by 20



Whilst quite a few predicted a loss few can presumably have thought they'd be picking up Prediction points when Wigan were reduced to 12 men......butt then again.



Our top scorer this week is CW8 and for the rest of well like coach Powell we'll be hoping for better things next week as follows



RESULTS

21pts CW8

8pts matt6169 Wanderer

7pts The Speculator MorePlaymakersNeeded

6pts Sir Adrian Morley Rugby

5pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico

4pts Old Man John Mr Snoodle Builth Wells Wire rubber duckie

3pts Wire Weaver Douglas Black Dita's Slot Meter

2pts Walter Wizard karetaker eddieH Captain Hook



STANDINGS

178pts Builth Wells Wire

157pts CW8

145pts The Speculator

144pts Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded

130pts mcraven

128pts Wanderer

125pts Douglas Black

121pts karetaker

114pts Old Man John

106pts Rugby

104pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico

102pts Wire Weaver

101pts Walter Wizard

100pts rubber duckie

97pts Mr Snoodle

96pts Captain Hook

90pts eddieH

81pts matt6169

70pts Dita's Slot Meter

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

8pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Castleford 23 v 14 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Ashton

c) Time of first try: 8 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Broadbent

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7 kicks

f) Attendance (500 margin): 6,066



g) Hull FC v St Helens: Hull FC by 28

Hull KR v Wakefield: Hull KR by 16

Leeds v Huddersfield: Leeds by 54

Catalans v Leigh: Catalans by 8

Salford v Wigan: Wigan by 20



Our chief weapon is surprise, surprise ad fear, fear and surprise. Our two weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency. Our three weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficency and an almost fanatical dedication to a passive defensive line and using the other weapons on ourselves.



Top points this week go to Defender of the Faith Dita's Slot Meter whilst the rest of us will be hoping for a change of fortunes sooner rather than later as follows



RESULTS

23pts Dita's slotr Meter

12pts Wanderer Old Man John

11pts Wire Weaver

9pts Builth Wells Wire

8pts Sir Adrian Morley Captain Hook

7pts Wire n Steel Douglas Black CW8 Uncle Rico

6pts Walter Wizard MorePlaymakersNeeded

4pts The Speculator Mr Snoodle

2pts karetaker

1pt rubber duckie



STANDINGS

187pts Builth Wells Wire

164pts CW8

152pts Sir Adrian Morley

150pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

149pts The Speculator

140pts Wanderer

132pts Douglas Black

130pts mcraven

126pts Old Man John

123pts karetaker

113pts Wire Weaver

111pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico

107pts Walter Wizard

106pts Rugby

104pts Captain Hook

101pts rubber duckie Mr Snoodle

93pts Dita's Slot Meter

90pts eddieH

81pts matt6169

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

8pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 6 v 22 Leeds,

b) First try (Wire player): Ashton

c) Time of first try: 6 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Myler

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4

f) Attendance (500 margin) 8,981 ((8,731-9,231)



g) Wakefield v Salford, Wakefield by 26

Leigh v Hull KR, Leigh by 30

St Helens v Castleford, St Helens by 22

Wigan v Huddersfield, Wigan by 16

Hull FC v Catalans, Catalans by 10



Another week and another substandard performance (BOOOOO that'll learn you). Now that I've got that off my virtual chest, I can also report that Dita's Slot Meter again hit top spot aided by (I think) the first 10 points correct Wire Score as part of their 21pt haul. For the rest of us we need to contemplate our navels in the Coach's Box (spare bedroom) for a bit before facing our Aintie Rico's and hatching a better plan for next week as follows,



RESULTS

31pts Dita's Slot Metet

14pts Uncle Rico

13pts Wire Weaver

12pts Old Man John Mr Snoodle Wanderer

10pts karetaker

9pts Rugby Captain Hook Builth Wells Wire

8pts Graham Bray

7pts Sir Adrian Morley Douglas Black

6pts Walter Wizard

5pts CW8

2pts MorePlayMakersNeeeded



STANDINGS

196pts Builth Wells Wire

169pts CW8

160pts The Speculator

159pts Sir Adrian Morley

152pts MorePlaymakersNeeded Wanderer

139pts Douglas Black

138pts Old Man John

133pts karetaker

130pts mcraven

126pts Wire Weaver

125pts Uncle Rico

124pts Dita's Slot Meter

122pts Wire n Steel

115pts Rugby

113pts Walter Wizard Captain Hook Mr Snoodle

101pts rubber duckie

90pts eddieH

81pts matt6169

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

16pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 20 v 24 St Helens

b) First try (Wire player): Ashton

c) Time of first try: 15 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Dodds

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8

f) Attendance (500 margin) 12,385 (12,135-12,635)



g) Wakefield v Wigan: Wakefield by 1

Castleford v Leigh: Leigh by 18

Catalans v Huddersfield: Huddersfield by 8

Hull KR v Hull FC Hull FC by 10

Salford v Leeds: Leeds by 2



I understand that the forum is a 'hung parliament' on the acceptability of accepting a loss coupled with an improvement in application BUT we've had worse days....



Bolton's finest Wanderer pipped our collective's maths champ and time traveler MorePlaymakersNeeded to top spot this week with 15 hard earned. The rest of us need to up our game next week as do thge guys on the pitch...



There's a few lucky posters this week as I've gone with Hull FC when cited as Hull and I trust there would have been no dramas should KR have nabbed the points.



RESULTS

25pts Wanderer

14pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

12pts Old Man John

9pts Uncle Rico karetaker CW8 Rugby Captain Hook

8pts Sir Adrian Morley Builth Wells Wire

7pts Wire Weaver rubber duckie

6pts matt6169 The Speculator Dita's Slot Meter SirLesBoyd2

5pts Mr Snoodle Douglas Black

4pts Wire n Steel

3pts Walter Wizard



STANDINGS

204pts Builth Wells Wire

178pts CW8

177pts Wanderer

167pts Sir Adrian Morely

166pts The Speculator MorePlaymakersNeeded

150pts Old Man John

144pts Douglas Black

142pts karetaker

134pts Uncle Rico

133pts Wire Weaver

130pts mcraven Dita's Slot Meter

126pts Wire n Steel

124pts Rugby

122pts Captain Hook

118pts Mr Snoodle

108pts rubber duckie

116pts Walter Wizard

90pts eddieH

87pts matt6169

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

16pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts SirLesBoyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Wigan 26 Warrington 12

b) First try (Wire player): Harrison

c) Time of first try: 7 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Farrell

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7

f) Attendance (500 margin) 13,105 (12,855-13,335)



g) St Helens v Catalans: Catalans by 2

Huddersfield v Wakefield: Huddersfield by 28

Leeds v Hull KR: Hull KR by 1

Hull FC v Castleford: Hull FC by 18

Salford v Leigh: Leigh by 2



Another rare perfect ten for Wanderer (you can have too much of a good thing BTW) sees Wanderer topping the charts with 16 points. The rest of us 'anorexic chicks' need to up our game next week as follows,



RESULTS

26pts Wanderer

11pts Mr Snoodle

10pts Old Man John

7pts Uncle Rico Rugby

6pts CW8 Builth Wells Wire Dita's Slot Meter Captain Hook

5pts matt6169 MorePlaymakersNeeded

4pts karetaker Sir Adrian Morley The Speculator

2pts Wire Weaver Wire n Steel Douglas Black rubber duckie



STANDINGS

210pts Builth Wells Wire

203pts Wanderer

184pts CW8

171pts Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded

170pts The Speculator

160pts Old Man John

146pts Douglas Black karetaker

141pts Uncle Rico

136pts Dita's Slot Meter

135pts Wire Weaver

131pts Rugby

130pts mcraven

129pts Mr Snoodle

128pts Wire n Steel Captain Hook

116pts Walter Wizard

110pts rubber duckie

92pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

16pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts SirLesBoyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Leigh 12 v 10 St. Helens

b) First try (any player): Lussick

c) Time of first try: 19 minutes

d) Last try (any player not time): Lomax

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3 kicks

f) Attendance (500 margin) 12,113 (11,865 - 12,365)



a) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 11 v 10 Wigan

b) First try (Any player): Senior

c) Time of first try: 11 minutes

d) Last try (any player): Ryan

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3 kicks

f) Attendance (500 margin) 10,926 ( 10,676 -11,176)



Barring Wire making an appearance it's probably the Final folk wanted. Top spot was shared by karetaker, Mr Snoodle and Wire n Steel each with 6 points doubled to a more respectable dozen For the rest of us well we'll be seeing how the land lies shortly as Uncle Rico is playing .post Towyn catch up



RESULTS

22pts karetaker Mr Snoodle Wire n Steel

8pts Uncle Rico Sir Adrian Morley Walter Wizard Captain Hook Dita's Slot Meter Bulth Wells Wire

4pts Old Man John The Speculator Wire Weaver Rugby Douglas Black GrahamBray

0pts CW8 matt6169 Wanderer MorePlaymakersNeeded



STANDINGS

218pts Builth Wells Wire

203pts Wanderer

184pts CW8

179pts Sir Adrian Morley

174pts The Speculator

171pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

168pts karetaker

164pts Old Man John

151pts Mr Snoodle

150pts Douglas Black Wire n Steel

149pts Uncle Rico

144pts Dita's Slot Meter

139pts Wire Weaver

136pts Captain Hook

135pts Rugby

130pts mcraven

124pts Walter Wizard

110pts rubber duckie

92pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts SirLesBoyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Wakefield 42 v 6 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Vaughan

c) Time of first try: 9 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Jowitt

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

f) Attendance (500 margin): 4,417 (4,167- 4,667)



g) Huddersfield v Hull FC: Huddersfield by 7

Hull KR v Castleford: Hull KR by 18

St Helens v Leeds: St Helens by 4

Wigan v Leigh: Wigan by 26

Catalans v Salford: Catalans by 42



In the words of the late great Kenneth Williams it seems like our rabble had it in for Coach Powell...



Once again top spot is a sharing platter for CW8 Mr Snoodle (hello again) and our Walter the rest of us well it was hard cheese perhaps we'll get our just deserts next week as follows,



RESULTS

19pts CW8 Mr Snoodle Walter Wizard

8pts Old Man John Sir Adrian Morley Wire n Steel Wanderer

7pts Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire MorePlaymakersNeeded

6pts matt6169

5pts Wire Weaver Rugby The Speculator Douglas Black

4pts Captain Hook

3pts karetaker Dita's Slot Meter



STANDINGS

225pts Builth Wells Wire

211pts Wanderer

203pts CW8

187pts Sir Adrian Morley

179pts The Speculator

178pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

172pts Old Man John

171pts karetaker

170pts Mr Snoodle

158ts Wire n Steel

156pts Uncle Rico

155pts Douglas Black

147pts Dita's Slot Meter

144pts Wire Weaver

143pts Walter Wizard

140pts Captain Hook Rugby

130pts mcraven

110pts rubber duckie

98pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts SirLesBoyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 10 v 30 Catalans

b) First try (Wire player): Currie

c) Time of first try: 13 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Thewlis

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6 kicks

f) Attendance (500 margin): 10,312 (10,062-10,562)



g) Castleford v Huddersfield: Huddersfield by 28

Wigan v Hull KR: Wigan by 58

Hull FC v Wakefield: Hull FC by 38

Leeds v Leigh: Leigh by 7

Salford v St Helens: St Helens by 3



Still 'room' for improvement even with the new 'sheriffs' in town. A case of too many additives as the Errors outweighed the Effort I just hope those cut price Extras aren't put off returning to watch the Wire soon.

Another defeat and another successful triumvirate as The Speculator rubber duckie and Dita's Slot Meter top scored this week with 8. (Apologies to Douglas Black after watching the SL Show I realised that my previous Wigan reporting was incorrect).



The rest of us, well we can at least take solace that at least we won't be getting beat again next weekend.



RESULTS

18pts The Speculator rubber duckie Dita's Slot Meter

7pts Sir Adrian Morley Walter Wizard Douglas Black

6pts Wire Weaver Mr Snoodle matt6169

5pts CW8 Wanderer

4pts karetaker Uncle Rico MorePlaymakersNeeded

3pts Old Man John Builth Wells Wire Wire n Steel



STANDINGS

228pts Builth Wells Wire

216pts Wanderer

208pts CW8

197pts The Speculator

194pts Sir Adrian Morley

182pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

176pts Mr Snoodle

175pts Old Man John karetaker

165pts Dita's Slot Meter

162pts Douglas Black

161pts Wire n Steel

160pts Uncle Rico

150pts Wire Weaver Walter Wizard

140pts Captain Hook Rugby

130pts mcraven

128pts rubber duckie

98pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts SirLesBoyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

I’m putting in a request for extra points.

) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 16 v 17 Leigh

b) First try (any player): Litten

c) Time of first try: 15 mins

d) Last try (any player): Parcell

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9 kicks

f) Attendance (2,000 margin) 58,213 (57,213-59,213)



g) St Helens v Huddersfield St Helens by 14



Well, drama of the highest order, a decent game for the neutrals and a victory for our near neighbours, as most predicted on here. Our prediction Lance Todd recipient and top triple point collecting went to Wire n Steel this week, the rest of us will hope for better things when we return to Super League action next weekend.



RESULTS

28pts Wire n Steel

15pts CW8

12pts Walter Wizard

9pts Sir Adrian Morley Old Man John Douglas Black Wire Weaver Mr Snoodle Uncle Rico The Speculator

Builth Wells Wire Wanderer

6pts MorePlaymakersNeeded Dita's Slot Meter Captain Hook

0pts karetaker



STANDINGS

237pts Builth Wells Wire

225pts Wanderer

223pts CW8

206pts The Speculator

203pts Sir Adrian Morley

189pts Wire n Steel

188pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

185pts Mr Snoodle

184pts Old Man John

175pts karetaker

171pts Dita's Slot Meter Douglas Black

169pts Uncle Rico

162pts Walter Wizard

159pts Wire Weaver

146pts Captain Hook

140pts Rugby

130pts mcraven

128pts rubber duckie

98pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Leeds 24 v 22 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Dufty

c) Time of first try: 3 mins

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Nicholson

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9

f) Attendance (500 margin) 15,166 (14,916-15,416)



g) Huddersfield v Salford Salford by 24

St Helens v Hull KR St Helens by 22

Wakefield v Castleford Castleford by 16

Wigan v Hull FC Wigan by 1

Leigh v Catalans Catalans by 16



If only........well done Wire Weaver this week's topper most poppermost with a score of eight. The rest of us should read 'em and weep as follows



RESULTS

18pts Wire Weaver

7pts karetaker, CW8 matt6169 Builth Wells Wire

6pts Wire n Steel

5pts Old Man John The Speculator Uncle Rico Dita's Slot Meter Douglas Black, Wanderer

3pts Rugby Mr Snoodle Captain Hook

2pts Walter Wizard MorePlaymakersNeeded

1pt rubber duckie

0pts Sir Adrian Morley



STANDINGS

244pts Builth Wells Wire

230pts Wanderer CW8

211pts The Speculator

203pts Sir Adrian Morley

195pts Wire n Steel

190pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

189pts Old Man John

188pts Mr Snoodle

182pts karetaker

177pts Wire Weaver

176pts Dita's Slot Meter Douglas Black

174pts Uncle Rico

164pts Walter Wizard

149pts Captain Hook

143pts Rugby

130pts mcraven

129pts rubber duckie

105pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 4 v 18 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Williams

c) Time of first try: 15 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Ashton

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3

f) Attendance (500 margin): 11,624 (11,374 - 11,874)



g) Salford v Wakefield: Salford by 20

Castleford v St Helens: St Helens by 30

Hull KR v Leigh: Hull KR by 42

Catalans v Wigan: Wigan by 34

Huddersfield v Leeds: Huddersfield by 9



A welcome win for the team and for Captain Hook, a prediction stalwart with a 'starter for ten'. The rest of us are obviously Universally Challenged so it's a case of better luck next week as follows.



RESULTS

20pts Captain Hook

9pts Douglas Black Dits'a Slot Meter

8pts Rugby Builth Wells Wire

7pts The Speculator rubber duckie Uncle Rico MorePlaymakersNeeded

6pts Wire Weaver Mr Snoodle

5pts karetaker

4pts Wire n Steel Old Man John Walter Wizard

3pts matt6169 Wanderer

2pts CW8



STANDINGS

252pts Builth Wells Wire

233pts Wanderer

232pts CW8

218pts The Speculator

203pts Sir Adrian Morley

199pts Wire n Steel

197pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

194pts Mr Snoodle

193pts Old Man John

187pts karetaker

185pts Dita's Slot Meter Douglas Black

184pts Uncle Rico

183pts Wire Weaver

169pts Captain Hook

168pts Walter Wizard

151pts Rugby

136pts rubber duckie

130pts mcraven

108pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 66 v 12 Castleford

b) First try (Wire player): Vaughan

c) Time of first try: 4 mins

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Williams

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 13 kicks

f) Attendance (500 margin) 9,103 (8,853-9,355)



g) Hull KR v Catalans Hull KR by 8

Leigh v Huddersfield Leigh by 18

Wigan v Salford Wigan by 18

Hull FC v Leeds Leeds by 16

Wakefield v St Helens St Helens by 16



There's a bunch of fives but top spot this week is shared between Wire n Steel and Mr Snoodle each with 13 not so unlucky Baker's Dozen points each. The rest of us were half baked by varying degrees as follows



RESULTS

23pts Wire n Steel Mr Snoodle

10pts Captain Hook

9pts Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire Wanderer

8pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

7pts Old Man John matt6169

6pts The Speculator

5pts karetaker Sir Adrian Morley CW8 Rugby Walter Wizard Dita's Slot Meter Douglas Black



STANDINGS

261pts Builth Wells Wire

242pts Wanderer

237pts CW8

224pts The Speculator

222pts Wire n Steel

217pts Mr Snoodle

208pts Sir Adrian Morley

205pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

200pts Old Man John

193pts Uncle Rico

192pts karetaker

190pts Dita's Slot Meter Douglas Black

183pts Wire Weaver

179pts Captain Hook

173pts Walter Wizard

156pts Rugby

136pts rubber duckie

130pts mcraven

115pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Salford 24 v 20 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Nicholson

c) Time of first try: 2 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Stone

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8

f) Attendance (500 margin) 6,252 (6,002-6,502



g) Wakefield v Catalans: Catalans by 8

Huddersfield v Hull KR: Hull KR by 8

Castleford v Hull FC: Castleford by 17

St Helens v Leigh: St. Helens by 10

Leeds v Wigan: Wigan by 50



Well that was a tough day out, a win would have been more than a bit handy if not quite deserved. The Speculator came out top this week with ten well earned points. For the rest of us, we'll just have to do better on the accumulation front with a big win against Saints next time out.



RESULTS

20pts The Speculator

9pts matt6169 Captain Hook Douglas Black

7pts Sir Adrian Morley CW8 Uncle Rico Mr Snoodle, Dita's Slot Meter

6pts Old Man John karetaker, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Rugby, Builth Wells Wire

5pts Wanderer

3pts Wire n Steel



STANDINGS

267pts Builth Wells Wire

247pts Wanderer

244pts CW8 The Speculator

225pts Wire n Steel

224pts Mr Snoodle

215pts Sir Adrian Morley

211pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

206pts Old Man John

200pts Uncle Rico

199pts Douglas Black

198pts karetaker

197pts Dita's Slot Meter

188pts Captain Hook

183pts Wire Weaver

173pts Walter Wizard

162pts Rugby

136pts rubber duckie

130pts mcraven

124pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 6 v 18 St Helens

b) First try (Wire player):Clark

c) Time of first try: 12 mins

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Mbye

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4

f) Attendance (500 margin) 12,855 ( 12,605-13,105)



g) Leigh v Wakefield Leigh by 1

Wigan v Castleford Wigan by 42

Hull FC v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 32

Catalans v Leeds Catalans by 61

Hull KR v Salford Hull KR by 12



The predictor with more Powys to their elbow this week is top of the leader board Builth Wells Wire with a well earned dozen. For the rest of us like thegame it's a case of if's but's and maybe's andwe go again next week....



RESULTS

22pts Builth Wells Wire

10pts Wire Weaver

9pts karetaker

8pts The Speculator

7pts Old Man John Mr Snoodle Wanderer Captain Hook

6pts Sir Adrian Morley Walter Wizard Uncle Rico

5pts rubber duckie matt6169

4pts Wire n Steel Douglas Black



STANDINGS

289pts Builth Wells Wire

254pts Wanderer

252pts The Speculator

250pts CW8

231pts Mr Snoodle

229pts Wire n Steel

221pts Sir Adrian Morley

213pts Old Man John

211pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

207pts karetaker

206pts Uncle Rico

203pts Douglas Black

197pts Dita's Slot Meter

195pts Captain Hook

193pts Wire Weaver

179pts Walter Wizard

162pts Rugby

141pts rubber duckie

130pts mcraven

129pts matt6169

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalulations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Huddersfield 8 v 20 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Dufty

c) Time of first try: 6 minutes

d) Last try (any team, player not time): Pryce

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

f) Attendance (500 margin) 5,656 (5,406- 5,906)



g) Leeds v Castleford: Leeds by 46

Leigh v Wigan: Wigan by 4

Salford v Catalans: Catalans by 11

St Helens v Hull FC: St. Helens by 18

Wakefield v Hull KR: Hull KR by 44



Forum and prediction stalwart karetaker is our winner this week with 13 well earned points as Wire head into the play offs on the back of a hot winning streak. For the rest of us it's a case of better luck next week as follows,



RESULTS

23pts karetaker

12pts MorePlaymakersNeeded Rugby

11pts Wanderer

10pts Wire Weaver

9pts Mr Snoodle, Builth Wells Wire

8pts matt6169 The Speculator Douglas Black Wire n Steel

7pts Sir Adrian Morley

6pts Walter Wizard Captain Hook

5pts CW8 Old Man John Dita's Slot Meter

4pts Uncle Rico



STANDINGS

298pts Builth Wells Wire

265pts Wanderer

260pts The Speculator

255pts CW8

240pts Mr Snoodle

237pts Wire n Steel

230pts karetaker

228pts Sir Adrian Morley

223pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

218pts Old Man John

211pts Douglas Black

210pts Uncle Rico

203pts Wire Weaver

202pts Dita's Slot Meter

201pts Captain Hook

185pts Walter Wizard

174pts Rugby

137pts matt6169

141pts rubber duckie

130pts mcraven

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations, please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: St Helens 16 v 8 Warrington

b) First try (Wire player): Wrench

c) Time of first try: 25 mins

d) Last try (Any player): Makinson

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

f) Attendance (500 margin): 13,801 (13,551-14,051)



a) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 20 v 6 Leigh

b) First try (Any player): Walker

c) Time of first try: 32 mins

d) Last try (Any player): Charnley l

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

f) Attendance (500 margin): N?A



Well it was a case of us meeting our final curtain on a soggy day in Saint Helens is there any finer way to spend your Saturday. Hull KR apparently release monthly averages rather than specific attendances so I've N/A'd it and sent a letter to HM Collector of Green Shield Stamps



Top man (no not the troll) this week is karetaker he's at it again!! The rest of us are less fashionable than we think by varying degrees as follows



RESULTS

24pts karetaker

10pts Sir Adrian Morley Old Man John

8pts CW8 matt6169 Wire Weaver

6pts Wire n Steel The Speculator Builth Wells Wire rubber duckie Wanderer

4pts Mr Snoodle Douglas Black Uncle Rico Walter Wizard

2pts Dita's Slot Meter Captain Hook



STANDINGS

304pts Builth Wells Wire

271pts Wanderer

266pts The Speculator

263pts CW8

254pts karetaker

244pts Mr Snoodle

243pts Wire n Steel

238pts Sir Adrian Morley

228pts Old Man John

223pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

215pts Douglas Black

214pts Uncle Rico

211pts Wire Weaver

204pts Dita's Slot Meter

203pts Captain Hook

189pts Walter Wizard

174pts Rugby

145pts matt6169

141pts rubber duckie

130pts mcraven

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations, please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Catalans 12 v 6 St Helens

b) First try (Any player): Hopoate

c) Time of first try: 50 mins

d) Last try (Any player): Tomkins

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

f) Attendance (500 margin) 11,530 (11,280-11,780)



a) Score and Winning team: Wigan 42 v 12 Hull KR

b) First try (Any player): Marshall

c) Time of first try: 3 mins

d) Last try (Any player): Litten

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9

f) Attendance (500 margin) 15,162 (14,912-15,412)



Well now we know three things



1. The Grand Final will be a Wigan v Catalans clash which is probably a fair reflection of the regular season.

2. As a collective you have to question our general RL knowledge with these scores

3. You can find most things on t'internet if you look hard enough thanks BWW for the Catalans/Saints crowd



Well done CW8 and our Walter for being 'kings of the hillock, top of a very small heaps'.



RESULTS

18pts CW8 Walter Wizard

6pts karetaker Captain Hook

4pts The Speculator Wire Weaver matt6169 Wire n Steel Uncle Rico, Mr Snoodle

2pts rubber duckie Old Man John Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded Builth Wells Wire Wanderer

0pts Douglas Black



STANDINGS

306pts Builth Wells Wire

281pts CW8

273pts Wanderer

270pts The Speculator

260pts karetaker

248pts Mr Snoodle

247pts Wire n Steel

240pts Sir Adrian Morley

230pts Old Man John

225pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

218pts Uncle Rico

215pts Douglas Black Wire Weaver

209pts Captain Hook

207pts Walter Wizard

204pts Dita's Slot Meter

174pts Rugby

149pts matt6169

143pts rubber duckie

130pts mcraven

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations, please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Wigan 10 v 2 Catalans

b) First try (Any player): Marshall

c) Time of first try: 52 mins

d) Last try (Any player): Marshall

e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4 kicks

f) Attendance (2000 margin) 58,137 (57,137-59,137)



Well that's all folks, probably the right result and disappointingly from a Wire perspective, the right teams at Old Trafford so the wait goes on..



Our Grand Final winner was CW8 with 36 points thanks in no small part to Marshall being the first and last try scorer. This fantastic haul proved to be decisive, giving them a well deserved Prediction Competition Title for 2023 and the standard fortnight in Barbados first prize, overtaking the long term leader Builth Wells Wire with a final roll of the prediction 'dice', commiserations BWW.



Well played all better luck next year. .



RESULTS

46pts CW8

24pts Wire Weaver

18pts The Speculator, matt6169 Rugby Uncle Rico Wanderer

12pts Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded, Builth Wells Wire

6pts Old Man John Douglas Black Wire n Steel Mr Snoodle

0pts Walter Wizard Captain Hook karetaker



FINAL STANDINGS

327pts CW8

318pts Builth Wells Wire

291pts Wanderer

288pts The Speculator

260pts karetaker

254pts Mr Snoodle

253pts Wire n Steel

252pts Sir Adrian Morley

239pts Wire Weaver

237pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

236pts Old Man John Uncle Rico

221pts Douglas Black

209pts Captain Hook

207pts Walter Wizard

204pts Dita's Slot Meter

192pts Rugby

167pts matt6169

143pts rubber duckie

130pts mcraven

90pts eddieH

61pts Gaz3376

38pts Barbed Wire

20pts Graham Bray

7pts Lord Tony Smith

6pts Sir Les Boyd2



Any problems or miscalculations, please PM me

Wow, I knew I had a good day but I assumed others would have too. Many thanks for running it again Uncle Rico it does add (more) excitement to the superleague competiton.



Winning this means a lot more to me than it probably should. Commiserations to BWW for my huge chunk of luck in the last 2 rounds.



Will you be calling me from your offshore telephone for my passport and account details so I can book the Barbados trip?

As I bid farewell to my title, let me pass on my congratulations to CW8, who timed his/her (mustn't presume) winning run to perfection, in a way we can only dream that Wire will one day emulate. And huge thanks to Uncle Rico for all the hours spent adjudicating the competition, which provides a welcome bit of fun throughout the season. Roll on 2024, and the joys of trying to predict how the Sam Burgess era Wire will perform!

Congrats cw8..if there's any of our friends from up the east lancs on this prediction comp you do realise they will probably appeal this..and thanks uncle Rico for the time spent organising this bit of weekly fun..