In order to try and dampen the feverish excitement I have opted to run the playoffs based on the Championship Shield. Predictions before kick off on 7th August.

Dewsbury v Swinton
Halifax v Sheffield
Oldham v Workington
Whitehaven v Bradford
Tie: Total points

glow v broadybull87
charlie caroli v Ferocious Aardvark
BullCharge v Hamsterchops
Fevxr2i v FevGrinder (the local Derby)
tackler thommo v Bulls4
josefw v jammle

PP,

Stewards enquiry here - doesn't the fact that I predicted a Dewsbury win by 12 points mean that I scored 7pts not 3pts and therefore I go through - which in turn will change the draw for week 2?

Dave, don't argue,it will be reet as Robin would say.Charlie knows.

I would like to protest too. My lack of getting any of them right saw me lose. I will now boycott the rest of the competition.

Attempt 34 at this is as follows:

glow 3 broadybull87 3 Broady win on tie-break
charlie caroli 3 Ferocious Aardvark 7
BullCharge 7 Hamsterchops 3
Fevxr2i 3 FevGrinder 8
Tackler Thommo 3 Bulls4 7
josefw 16 jammle 3

So the fixtures for round 2 are:

Broadybull87 v FevGrinder
Ferocious Aardvark v Bulls4
Charlie Caroli v JosefW
glow v BullCharge