Another two points and that's all that can be said about this week's effort, apart from fair play to Halifax for having a go against a Wire team that was apparently "flat"
a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium) 8,353: (8,103 - 8,503) b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 22 v 8 Halifax c) First try (Wire player): Hiku d) Time of first try: 22 e) Last try (any team, player not time: Savelio f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
Catalans v Leigh Leigh by 24 Hull KR v London Hull KR by 5 Widnes v Featherstone Widnes by 48
Scousewire was this week's winner as he correctly backed Hiku to make a difference, so their 8 point haul gets bumped up to 18. The rest of us fared as follows,
18pts ScouseWire 6pts Longbarn Wire, Hatfield Town Wire, Walter Wizard, karetaker, Johnkendal, Rugby, Old Man John, Alffi_7, Uncle Rico, Builth Wells Wire, Vespid Wire, Sir Adrian Morley 5pts Moving Forward 4pts Wire Weaver, CW8, marshman777, Bobby Peru, Hicks is a God, AC Wire, eddieH, Norman Bates, kirtonLyndseywolf 2pts matt6169
Standings
1 Rugby 263pts 2 ScouseWire 256pts 3 Wire Weaver 244pts 4 Uncle Rico 238pts 5 Hatfield Town Wire 236pts 6 Old Man John 228pts 7 Bobby Peru 227pts 8 Gaz3376 224pts 9 AC Wire 225pts 10 matt6169 218pts 11 Johnkendal 215pts 12 Sir Adrian Morley 205pts 13 Hicks is a God 203pts 14 Alffi_7 199pts 15 Moving Forward 192pts 16 CW8 191pts 17 karetaker 190pts 18 marshman777, Builth Wells Wire 187pts 19 Walter Wizard 175pts 20 Longbarn Wire 172pts 21 MikeyWire 169pts 22 Vespid Wire 156pts 23 Barbed Wire 150pts 24 Wires 71 146pts 25 eddieH 145pts 26 rubber duckie 137pts 27 kirtonLyndseywolf 110pts 28 Mr Snoodle 85pts 29 King Ross 11 60pts 30 Fourpointtry 55pts 31 Fatbelly 39pts 32 fez1, Warrington Wolf 37pts 33 Lebron James 22pts 34 Gazwire 19pts 35 weav wire 14pts 36 Paul2812 12pts 37 Wire in Ashton, wire-flyer 10pts 38 Refnom95 8pts 39 Thelonius, Moving On 5pts 40 theadore Norman Bates 4pts 41 silver-tail wolf 2pts
Not sour grapes because we weren't there but the Final wasn't all that in my opinion apart from giving me an opportunity to curtail my gardening duties for the day
a) Crowd (Wembley Stadium, that there London, Capacity 90,000 (margin 1,000 either way)): 68,525 (67,525- 69,525) b) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 18 v 14 Wigan c) First try (any team, player not time): Bateman d) Time of first try: 4 e) Last try (any team, player not time): Burgess f) Kicks over the sticks combined 4
A mixed bag of a game and a mix bag of results but at the end of the day Rugby was the winner!! A big 24 points with a bonus 10 for predicting the correct scoreline. The rest of us fared as follows,
34pts Rugby 18pts Alffi_7, Johnkendal 12pts ScouseWire, Uncle Rico, Walter Wizard 6pts matt6169, Old Man John, Longbarn Wire, Wire-Flyer, kirtonLyndseywolf, CW8, eddieH, rubber duckie, AC Wire, Builth Wells Wire, Hatfield Town Wire 0pts Sir Adrian Morley, Wire Weaver, karetaker, Moving Forward, Vespid Wire, Gaz3376, Hicks is a God
Standings
1 Rugby 297pts 2 ScouseWire 268pts 3 Uncle Rico 250pts 4 Wire Weaver 244pts 5 Hatfield Town Wire 242pts 6 Old Man John 234pts 7 Johnkendal 233pts 8 AC Wire 231pts 9 Bobby Peru 227pts 10 Gaz3376, matt6169 224pts 11 Alffi_7 217pts 12 Sir Adrian Morley 205pts 13 Hicks is a God 203pts 14 CW8 197pts 15 Builth Wells Wire 193pts 16 Moving Forward 192pts 17 karetaker 190pts 18 marshman777, Walter Wizard 187pts 19 Longbarn Wire 178pts 20 MikeyWire 169pts 21 Vespid Wire 156pts 22 eddieH 151pts 23 Barbed Wire 150pts 24 Wires 71 146pts 25 rubber duckie 143pts 26 kirtonLyndseywolf 116pts 27 Mr Snoodle 85pts 28 King Ross 11 60pts 29 Fourpointtry 55pts 30 Fatbelly 39pts 31 fez1, Warrington Wolf 37pts 32 Lebron James22pts 33 Gazwire 19pts 34 Wire-Flyer 16pts 35 weav wire 14pts 36 Paul2812 12pts 37 Wire in Ashton 10pts 38 Refnom95 8pts 39 Thelonius, Moving On 5pts 40 theadore, Norman Bates 4pts 41 silver-tail wolf 2pts
a) Crowd, Trailfinders Sports Ground Capacity 3,020; 1,476, (1,226-1,726) b) Score and Winning team: London 38 v 40 Warrington c) First try (any team, player not time): Lineham d) Time of first try: 3 e) Last try (any team, player not time): Dixon f) Kicks over the sticks combined 11
Well that week off, travelling on the wrong day to a rubber pitch meant another week better off in Room 101 for the Wire....Unless your name is CW8 who managed to come top of our prediction pile with 14 points that comes with a bonus 10 as per. The rest of us fared as follows,
24pts CW8 12pts Johnkendal, Hicks is a God 9pts Gaz3376, Rugby 8pts matt6169, Old Man John, Walter Wizard 7pts Uncle Rico 6pts Wire Weaver, Sir Adrian Morley, Hatfield Town Wire, Builth Wells Wire, AC Wire 5pts karetaker, eddieH 4pts ScouseWire, kirtonLyndseywolf, Moving Forward, Bobby Peru 3pts Longbarn Wire
Standings
1 Rugby 306pts 2 ScouseWire 272pts 3 Uncle Rico 257pts 4 Wire Weaver 250pts 5 Hatfield Town Wire 248pts 6 Johnkendal 245pts 7 Old Man John 242pts 8 AC Wire 237pts 9 Gaz3376 233pts 10 matt6169 232pts 11 Bobby Peru 231pts 12 CW8 221pts 13 Alffi_7 217pts 14 Hicks is a God 215pts 15 Sir Adrian Morley 211pts 16 Builth Wells Wire 199pts 17 Moving Forward 196pts 18 karetaker, Walter Wizard 195pts 19 marshman777 187pts 20 Longbarn Wire 181pts 21 MikeyWire 169pts 22 Vespid Wire, eddieH 156pts 23 Barbed Wire 150pts 24 Wires 71 146pts 25 rubber duckie 143pts 26 kirtonLyndseywolf 120pts 27 Mr Snoodle 85pts 28 King Ross 11 60pts 29 Fourpointtry 55pts 30 Fatbelly 39pts 31 fez1, Warrington Wolf 37pts 32 Lebron James22pts 33 Gazwire 19pts 34 Wire-Flyer 16pts 35 weav wire 14pts 36 Paul2812 12pts 37 Wire in Ashton 10pts 38 Refnom95 8pts 39 Thelonius, Moving On 5pts 40 theadore, Norman Bates 4pts 41 silver-tail wolf 2pts
I don't know about you, but, I can hardly contain the excitement, although the alternative nail-biting MPG is gratefully avoided
a) Crowd, Halliwell Jones Stadium Capacity 15,200; 9,787, (9,537-10,037) b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 32 v 30 Leigh c) First try (any team, player not time): Russell d) Time of first try: 4 e) Last try (any team, player not time): Hill f) Kicks over the sticks combined 9
This week's winner and not for the first time looking at the table, is Rugby who scored a decent 14 points so they stretch their lead at the top with an additional 10 points (plain greed IMO). The rest of us fared as follows
24pts Rugby 10pts Hicks is a God 8pts karetaker, kirtonLyndseywolf, Longbarn Wire, Alffi_7, Walter Wizard 6pts AC Wire 5pts Johnkendal, Scousewire, Uncle Rico 4pts Old Man John, Wire Weaver, Sir Adrian Morley, Hatfield Town Wire, Builth Wells Wire, eddieH, Moving Forward, Bobby Peru 3pts matt6169, CW8
Standings
1 Rugby 330pts 2 ScouseWire 277pts 3 Uncle Rico 262pts 4 Wire Weaver 254pts 5 Hatfield Town Wire 252pts 6 Johnkendal 250pts 7 Old Man John 246pts 8 AC Wire 243pts 9 matt6169, Bobby Peru 235pts 10 Gaz3376 233pts 11 Alffi_7, Hicks is a God 225pts 12 CW8 224pts 13 Sir Adrian Morley 215pts 14 Builth Wells Wire, karetaker, Walter Wizard 203pts 15 Moving Forward 200pts 16 Longbarn Wire 188pts 17 marshman777 187pts 18 MikeyWire 169pts 19 eddieH 160pts 20 Vespid Wire 156pts 21 Barbed Wire 150pts 22 Wires 71 146pts 23 rubber duckie 143pts 24 kirtonLyndseywolf 128pts 25 Mr Snoodle 85pts 26 King Ross 11 60pts 27 Fourpointtry 55pts 28 Fatbelly 39pts 29 fez1, Warrington Wolf 37pts 30 Lebron James22pts 31 Gazwire 19pts 32 Wire-Flyer 16pts 33 weav wire 14pts 34 Paul2812 12pts 35 Wire in Ashton 10pts 36 Refnom95 8pts 37 Thelonius, Moving On 5pts 38 theadore, Norman Bates 4pts 39 silver-tail wolf 2pts
a) Crowd (Post Office Road Capacity 9,850): 2441 (2191 -2691) b) Score and Winning team: Featherstone 0 v 68 Warrington c) First try (Wire player): Hiku d) Time of first try: 2 e) Last try (any team, player not time): Johnson f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10
g) Hull KR v Catalans (Friday) Catalans by 1 Leigh v Halifax (Friday) Leigh by 34 Widnes v London (Saturday) Widnes by 22
A collective well done to Johnkendal, kirtonLyndseywolf, Builth Wells Wire and Bobby Peru who all managed 9 points this week despite the lack of points for the attendance. The rest of us fared as follows,
Johnkendal, kirtonLyndseywolf, Builth Wells Wire, Bobby Peru 19pts Hatfield Town Wire 8pts Longbarn Wire 7pts karetaker, Sir Adrian Morley, Wire Weaver, Uncle Rico, AC Wire, Rugby 5pts CW8, eddieH, ScouseWire, Moving Forward 4pts Old Man John, Walter Wizard, Hicks is a God 3pts matt6169 2pts
Standings
1 Rugby 335pts 2 ScouseWire 281pts 3 Johnkendal 269pts 4 Uncle Rico 267pts 5 Hatfield Town Wire 260pts 6 Wire Weaver 259pts 7 Bobby Peru 254pts 8 Old Man John 249pts 9 AC Wire 248pts 10 matt6169 237pts 11 Gaz3376 233pts 12 Hicks is a God, CW8 228pts 13 Alffi_7 225pts 12 Builth Wells Wire 222pts 14 Sir Adrian Morley 220pts 15 karetaker 208pts 16 Walter Wizard 207pts 17 Moving Forward 204pts 18 Longbarn Wire 195pts 19 marshman777 187pts 20 MikeyWire 169pts 21 eddieH 164pts 22 Vespid Wire 156pts 23 Barbed Wire 150pts 24 kirtonLyndseywolf 147pts 25 Wires 71 146pts 26 rubber duckie 143pts 27 Mr Snoodle 85pts 28 King Ross 11 60pts 29 Fourpointtry 55pts 30 Fatbelly 39pts 31 fez1, Warrington Wolf 37pts 32 Lebron James22pts 33 Gazwire 19pts 34 Wire-Flyer 16pts 35 weav wire 14pts 36 Paul2812 12pts 37 Wire in Ashton 10pts 38 Refnom95 8pts 39 Thelonius, Moving On 5pts 40 theadore, Norman Bates 4pts 41 silver-tail wolf 2pts
a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium Capacity 15,200): 10,466 (10,216 -10, 719) b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 46 v 24 Hull KR c) First try (Wire player): Pomeroy d) Time of first try: 5 e) Last try (any team, player not time): Livett f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9
g) London v Leigh Leigh by 37 Catalans v Widnes Widnes by 2 Halifax v Featherstone Featherstone by 6
Despite a vote of thanks from Hatfield Town (cheers pal happy to have a beer) it's congratulations to other Wire 'varieties' this week as Longbarn and Scouse both managed 8 points, so collect the obligatory bonus 10 whilst the rest of us fared as follows,
Longbarn Wire, ScouseWire 18pts Moving Forward, Rugby, Hicks is a God, Bobby Peru 7pts eddieH, kirtonLyndseywolf 6pts CW8, Johnkendal, Hatfield Town Wire, Uncle Rico 5pts Builth Wells Wire, karetaker, AC Wire 4pts Old Man John, marshman 777 Wire Weaver 3pts Walter Wizard 2pts matt6169, Sir Adrian Morley 1pt
Standings
1 Rugby 342pts 2 ScouseWire 299pts 3 Johnkendal 274pts 4 Uncle Rico 272pts 5 Hatfield Town Wire 265pts 6 Wire Weaver 262pts 7 Bobby Peru 261pts 8 Old Man John, AC Wire 252pts 9 matt6169 238pts 10 Hicks is a God 235pts 11 Gaz3376, CW8 233pts 12 Builth Wells Wire 226pts 13 Alffi_7 225pts 14 Sir Adrian Morley 221pts 15 Longbarn Wire 213pts 16 karetaker 212pts 17 Moving Forward 211pts 18 Walter Wizard 209pts 19 marshman777 190pts 20 eddieH 170pts 21 MikeyWire 169pts 22 Vespid Wire 156pts 23 kirtonLyndseywolf 153pts 24 Barbed Wire 150pts 25 Wires 71 146pts 26 rubber duckie 143pts 27 Mr Snoodle 85pts 28 King Ross 11 60pts 29 Fourpointtry 55pts 30 Fatbelly 39pts 31 fez1, Warrington Wolf 37pts 32 Lebron James22pts 33 Gazwire 19pts 34 Wire-Flyer 16pts 35 weav wire 14pts 36 Paul2812 12pts 37 Wire in Ashton 10pts 38 Refnom95 8pts 39 Thelonius, Moving On 5pts 40 theadore, Norman Bates 4pts 41 silver-tail wolf 2pts
a) Crowd (Leigh Sports Village Capacity 12,000): 6,888 (6,638 -7,138) b) Score and Winning team: Leigh 10 v 26 Catalans c) First try (Wire player): Dawson d) Time of first try: 8 e) Last try (any team, player not time): Yaha f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
g) Castleford v St Helens Castleford by 1 Leeds v Hull FC Leeds by 2
With double points on offer, our very own Mr Mint Cake Johnkendal reached the summit this week with a more than useful 24 points so collects the obligatory bonus 10, well done JK the rest of us fared as follows,
Johnkendal 34pts CW8, AC Wire 16pts Sir Adrian Morley 12pts Walter Wizard, Old Man John, Hatfield Town Wire, Builth Wells Wire, Rugby, Hicks is a God 8pts Wire Weaver, Moving Forward, kirtonLyndseywolf, Bobby Peru, Uncle Rico, eddieH 6pts karetaker 4pts matt6169 2pts ScouseWire, Wire Flyer 0pts
Standings
1 Rugby 350pts 2 ScouseWire 299pts 3 Johnkendal 298pts 4 Uncle Rico 278pts 5 Hatfield Town Wire 273pts 6 Wire Weaver, AC Wire 268pts 7 Bobby Peru 267pts 8 Old Man John 260pts 9 CW8 249pts 10 Hicks is a God 243pts 11 matt6169 240pts 12 Builth Wells Wire 234pts 13 Gaz3376, Sir Adrian Morley 233pts 14 Alffi_7 225pts 15 Moving Forward, Walter Wizard 217pts 16 karetaker 216pts 17 Longbarn Wire 213pts 18 marshman777 190pts 19 eddieH 176pts 20 MikeyWire 169pts 21 kirtonLyndseywolf 159pts 22 Vespid Wire 156pts 23 Barbed Wire 150pts 24 Wires 71 146pts 25 rubber duckie 143pts 26 Mr Snoodle 85pts 27 King Ross 11 60pts 28 Fourpointtry 55pts 29 Fatbelly 39pts 30 fez1, Warrington Wolf 37pts 31 Lebron James22pts 32 Gazwire 19pts 33 Wire-Flyer 16pts 34 weav wire 14pts 35 Paul2812 12pts 36 Wire in Ashton 10pts 37 Refnom95 8pts 38 Thelonius, Moving On 5pts 39 theadore, Norman Bates 4pts 40 silver-tail wolf 2pts
a) Crowd (Old Trafford 75,643): 72,827 (72,327 -73,327) b) Score and Winning team: Castleford 6 v 24 Leeds c) First try (Wire player): Briscoe d) Time of first try: 11 e) Last try (any team, player not time): Foster f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
The season's climax saw battle-hardened Leeds subdue this year's entertainers Classy Cas at Old Trafford but what did the result do to our Prediction Competition standings? Top spot this week was shared by AC Wire, Moving Forward and lucky Uncle Rico who all had time on their side for their 24 points haul as well as collecting the bonus 10. The rest of you fared as follows,
AC Wire, Moving Forward, Uncle Rico 34pts Bobby Peru 18pts Sir Adrian Morley, CW8, Johnkendal, Serge le Forge, Rugby, eddie H 12pts karetaker, Old Man John, Wire Weaver, ScouseWire, Walter Wizard, Builth Wells Wire, Hicks is a God 6pts matt6169, rubber duckie, kirtonLyndseywolf, Hatfield Town Wire 0pts
FINAL STANDINGS
CONGRATULATIONS Rugby a well deserved Prediction Champion as you seem to have been there all season and head the competition by some margin
1 Rugby 362pts 2 Uncle Rico 312pts 3 Johnkendal 310pts 4 ScouseWire 305pts 5 AC Wire 302pts 6 Bobby Peru 285pts 7 Wire Weaver 274pts 8 Hatfield Town Wire 273pts 9 Old Man John 266pts 10 CW8 261pts 11 Moving Forward 251pts 12 Hicks is a God 249pts 13 Sir Adrian Morley 245pts 14 matt6169, Builth Wells Wire 240pts 15 Gaz3376 233pts 16 Alffi_7 225pts 17 Walter Wizard 223pts 18 karetaker 222pts 19 Longbarn Wire 213pts 20 marshman777 190pts 21 eddieH 188pts 22 MikeyWire 169pts 23 kirtonLyndseywolf 159pts 24 Vespid Wire 156pts 25 Barbed Wire 150pts 26 Wires 71 146pts 27 rubber duckie 143pts 28 Mr Snoodle 85pts 29 King Ross 11 60pts 30 Fourpointtry 55pts 31 Fatbelly 39pts 32 fez1, Warrington Wolf 37pts 33 Lebron James22pts 34 Gazwire 19pts 35 Wire-Flyer 16pts 36 weav wire 14pts 37 Paul2812, serge le forge 12pts 38 Wire in Ashton 10pts 39 Refnom95 8pts 40 Thelonius, Moving On 5pts 41 theadore, Norman Bates 4pts 42 silver-tail wolf 2pts