a) Crowd (Mend a Hose Jungle, Capacity 11,775): (5,323 5,073-5,573) b) Score and Winning team: Castleford 14 v 26 Warrington c) First try (Wire player): Cooper d) Time of first try: 8 mins e) Last try (any team, player not time): Minikin f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
g) Wigan v London Wigan by 10 Huddersfield v Wakefield Wakefield by 1 Hull FC v Catalans Catalans by 31 Salford v Leeds Salford by 12 Hull KR v St Helens st Helens by 16
An odd game but a decent two points but where did the prediction points go I hear you all ask? Well with a sweet sixteen it was a positively charged AC Wire that took top spot the rest of us offered varying degrees of resistance as follows
26pts AC Wire 12pts karetaker, Johnkendal 11pts Wire Weaver 9pts Longbarn Wire, Walter Wizard 8pts Fatbelly, eddieH, Rugby, Uncle Rico 7pts matt6169, Gaz3376, mcraven, Matt King's kitten 6pts CW8, Wire n Steel, Old Man John, Moving On, Wanderer, Bent & Bongser, Builth Wells Wire 5pts rubber duckie, Moving Forward, King Ross 11, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Fourpointtry 4pts Vespid Wire, Sir Adrian Morley, Hicks is a God 3pts Refnom95
STANDINGS
138pts rubber duckie 129pts Rugby 125pts AC Wire 124pts Longbarn Wire 119pts mcraven, karetaker 115pts Walter Wizard 113pts Gaz3376 108pts Vespid Wire 107pts CW8 103pts Matt King's kitten 102pts Sir Adrian Morley, 101pts eddieH 99pts Uncle Rico 92pts Builth Wells Wire 91pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 90pts Wanderer 87pts Wire Weaver 85pts King Ross 11, Moving On 82pts Moving Forward 80pts Johnkendal 79pts Fatbelly 77pts Hicks is a God 76pts Fourpointtry 75pts Old Man John 72pts Wire n Steel 70pts Refnom 95, 69pts matt6169, 62pts Bent & Bongser 56pts Hatfield Town Wire, 55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila 36pts kirtonLyndseywolf 21pts Alffi_7 6pts Lord Tony Smith, The Speculator
a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 7,066 (6,816-7,316) b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 26 v 24 Wigan c) First try (Wire player): Goodwin d) Time of first try: 8mins e) Last try (any team, player not time):Hardaker f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9
g) Hull FC v Castleford Hull FC by 16 Wakefield v Widnes Wakefield by 20 Dewsbury v Halifax Halifax by 28 Catalans v Doncaster Catalans by 56 Salford v Hull KR hull KR by 14 Bradford v Leeds Bradford by 2 Huddersfield v St Helens St Helens by 6
Well we're in the hat after a nerve jangling afternoon against Wigan by virtue of goal kicking no less (perhaps the goal kicking thread has had the desired effect ha ha) and a bit of bottle to come out on top following a firts half with not much possession or territory or so it seemed to me.
Decent scoring despite a couple of upsets in the other ties, one person that isn't too upset is Fatbelly who topped our comp this week with 16 points the rest of us live to fight another day as follows,
26pts Fatbelly 14pts wire n Steel 13pts Wire Weaver 12pts Old Man John 11pts Moving On, Wanderer 10pts matt6169, Hicks is aa God, King Ross 11, mcraven 9pts eddieH, Longbarn Wire, Bent & Bongser, Walter Wizard 8pts karetaker 7pts rubber duckie, Johnkendal, Builth Wells Wire, Uncle Rico, Gaz3376, AC Wire, Rugby 6pts Moving Forward, Vespid Wire, CW8, Matt King's kitten 5pts Sir Adrian Morley 4pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
STANDINGS
145pts rubber duckie 136pts Rugby 133pts Longbarn wire 132pts AC Wire 129pts mcraven 127pts karetaker 124pts Walter Wizard 120pts Gaz3376 114pts Vespid Wire 113pts CW8 110pts eddieH 109pts Matt King's kitten 107pts Sir Adrian Morley, 106pts Uncle Rico 105pts Fatbelly 101pts Wanderer 100pts Wire Weaver 99pts Builth Wells Wire 96pts Moving On 95pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, King Ross 11 88pts Moving Forward 87pts Johnkendal, Hicks is a God, Old Man John 86pts Wire n Steel 79pts matt 6169 76pts Fourpointtry 71pts Bent & Bongser 70pts Refnom 95, 56pts Hatfield Town Wire, 55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila 36pts kirtonLyndseywolf 21pts Alffi_7 6pts Lord Tony Smith, The Speculator
a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 10,600 (10,350 10,850) b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 12 v 19 Hull FC c) First try (Wire player): King d) Time of first try: 10 mins e) Last try (any team, player not time): Austin f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
g) Leeds v Castleford Castleford by 22 Huddersfield v Hull KR Huddersfield by 8 St Helens v Salford St Helens by 2 London v Wakefield London by 8 Catalans v Wigan Catalans by 17
Less said the better this week apart from Fatbelly's 'uneasy feeling' instincts were unfortunately correct. He brought home a creditable 12 points the rest of us fared as follows
22pts Fatbelly 11pts Matt King's kitten, eddieH 10pts Johnkendal Builth Wells Wire 9pts Sir Adrian Morley, matt6169, Hicks is a God, Wanderer 8pts Wire n Steel, mcraven 7pts The Speculator, Moving Forward rubber duckie, AC Wire 6pts Longbarn Wire CW8, Rugby 5pts Uncle Rico, Walter Wizard 4pts Moving On Wire Weaver Gaz3376, MorePlaymakersNeeded 3pts Old Man John, King Ross 11, Vespid Wire, Bent & Bongser 2pts karetaker
STANDINGS
152pts rubber duckie 142pts Rugby 139pts Longbarn Wire, AC Wire 137pts mcraven 129pts karetaker, Walter Wizard 127pts Fatbelly 124pts Gaz3376 121pts eddieH 120pts Matt King's kitten 119pts CW8 117pts Vespid Wire 116pts Sir Adrian Morley, 111pts Uncle Rico 110pts Wanderer 109pts Builth Wells Wire 104pts Wire Weaver 100pts Moving On 99pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 98pts King Ross 11 97pts Johnkendal 96pts Hicks is a God 95pts Moving Forward 94pts Wire n Steel 90pts Old Man John 88pts matt 6169 76pts Fourpointtry 74pts Bent & Bongser 70pts Refnom 95, 56pts Hatfield Town Wire, 55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila 36pts kirtonLyndseywolf 21pts Alffi_7 13pts The Speculator 6pts Lord Tony Smith
a) Crowd (Anfield Stadium, Capacity 54,074): 56,869 (55,869-57,869) b) Score and Winning team: Wigan 14 v 26 Warrington c) First try (Wire player): Patton d) Time of first try: 21mins e) Last try (any team, player not time):Isa f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10
g) Wakefield v Catalans Catalans by 7 Hull FC v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 53 Salford v Hull KR Hull KR by 2 Leeds v London Leeds by 2 St Helens v Castleford St Helens by 20
A tough week this on the pitch and in the Prediction Competition points were generally hard to come by unless you are Huddersfield (what's all that about obviously Fartown's marketing team aren't as good as ours) or Patton who's personal haul on the day confirmed that there wasn't much interest gained from ISA's late intervention and Wire came out victorious yet again against Wigan.
This week's Nigel Farage's are karetaker and MorePlaymakersNeeded with 8 points each with the rest of us trailing behind in the polls as flollows
18pts karetaker, MorePlaymakersNeeded 6pts Wanderer 5pts The Speculator, Wire n Steel, Uncle Rico, AC Wire 4pts Wire Weaver, Moving Foward, rubber duckie, eddieH, Rugby, CW8, Gaz3376, Fatbelly, Walter Wizard, Bent & Bongser 3pts Old Man John, matt6169, Moving On, Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire, mcraven 2pts Sir Adrian Morley, Longbarn Wire, Johnkendal, Matt King's kitten
STANDINGS
156pts rubber duckie 147pts karetaker 146pts Rugby 144pts AC Wire 141pts Longbarn Wire, 140pts mcraven 133pts Walter Wizard 131pts Fatbelly 128pts Gaz3376 125pts eddieH 123pts CW8 122pts Matt King's kitten 118pts Sir Adrian Morley 117pts Vespid Wire, MorePlaymakersNeeded 116pts Uncle Rico, Wanderer 112pts Builth Wells Wire 108pts Wire Weaver 103pts Moving On 99pts Johnkendal, Hicks is a God, Moving Forward, Wire n Steel 98pts King Ross 11 93pts Old Man John 91pts matt 6169 78pts Bent & Bongser 76pts Fourpointtry 70pts Refnom 95, 56pts Hatfield Town Wire, 55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila 36pts kirtonLyndseywolf 21pts Alffi_7 18pts The Speculator 6pts Lord Tony Smith
a) Crowd (KCOM Craven Park Stadium, Capacity 12,225): 3,311 (3,061-3,561) b) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 22 v 28 Warrington c) First try (Wire player): Mamo d) Time of first try: 12 mins e) Last try (any team, player not time): Hall f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7
g) Hull FC v Catalans Hull FC by 43 St Helens v Wakefield St Helens by 38 Bradford v Halifax Halifax by 4
Close call at the end but a semi final place booked nonetheless so let's just move on talking of which our Prediction winner this week is the aptly named Moving On with 9 points the rest of us were somewhat behind the times as follows,
19pts Moving On 7pts CW8, Wire n Steel, Vespid Wire, The Speculator 6pts Rugby, Matt King's kitten, Gaz3376 5pts matt6169, Wire Weaver, rubber duckie, Longbarn Wire 4pts eddieH Old Man John, mcraven 3pts Builth Wells Wire, Fatbelly, Moving Forward, karetaker, MorePlaymekersNeeded Hicks is a God, Walter Wizard, AC Wire, Wanderer, Uncle Rico, Bent & Bongser 1pt Sir Adrian Morley
STANDINGS
161pts rubber duckie 152pts Rugby 150pts karetaker 147pts AC Wire 146pts Longbarn Wire, 144pts mcraven 136pts Walter Wizard 134pts Fatbelly, Gaz3376 130pts CW8 129pts eddieH 128pts Matt King's kitten 123pts Vespid Wire 122pts Moving On 120pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 119pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico, Wanderer 115pts Builth Wells Wire 113pts Wire Weaver 106pts Wire n Steel 102pts Moving Forward, Hicks is a God 99pts Johnkendal, 98pts King Ross 11 97pts Old Man John 96pts matt 6169 78pts Bent & Bongser 76pts Fourpointtry 70pts Refnom 95, 56pts Hatfield Town Wire, 55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila 36pts kirtonLyndseywolf 25pts The Speculator 21pts Alffi_7 6pts Lord Tony Smith
a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 10,015 (9,765-10,265) b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 34 v 4 Catalans c) First try (Wire player): Clark d) Time of first try: 17 mins e) Last try (any team, player not time): Charnley f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7
g) Castleford v Huddersfield Castleford by 1 Hull FC v Salford Hull FC by 3 Wakefield v Leeds Leeds by 10 Hull KR v Wigan Wigan by 1 London v St Helens London by 1
Decent performances all round (well done Thewlis and Morgan Smith) but who came out with this week's prediction Dream Topping and whose guesses saw their chances of 10 bonus points evaporate like a tin of 3 day old Carnation I hear you ask? Well getting their just desserts this week is CW8 with a score of 13 the rest of us obviously didn't quite finish our dinners as follows
23pts CW8 12pts eddieH 11pts Bent & Bongser 10pts Gaz3376 9pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico 7pts matt6169, Vespid Wire, Wanderer, AC Wire, mcraven 6pts Wire Weaver, rubber duckie, Wire n Steel, Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire 5pts Moving On, karetaker, Matt King's kitten, Longbarn Wire, Rugby 4pts Old Man John, Moving Forward, Walter Wizard, The Speculator 3pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, 1pt Fatbelly
STANDINGS
167pts rubber duckie 157pts Rugby 155pts karetaker 154pts AC Wire 153pts CW8 151pts Longbarn Wire, mcraven 144pts Gaz3376 141pts eddieH 140pts Walter Wizard 135pts Fatbelly 133pts Matt King's kitten 130pts Vespid Wire 128pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico 127pts Moving On 126pts Wanderer 123pts MorePlaymakersNeeded 121pts Builth Wells Wire 119pts Wire Weaver 112pts Wire n Steel 108pts Hicks is a God 106pts Moving Forward 103pts matt6169 101pts Old Man John 99pts Johnkendal, 98pts King Ross 11 89pts Bent & Bongser 76pts Fourpointtry 70pts Refnom 95, 56pts Hatfield Town Wire, 55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila 36pts kirtonLyndseywolf 29pts The Speculator 21pts Alffi_7 6pts Lord Tony Smith