a) Score and Winning team: Catalans 16 v 10 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Lindop
c) Time of first try: 17 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Dufty
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
f) Attendance (500 margin) 8876 (8626 - 9126)

g) Hull FC v Hull KR Hull KR by 22
Leeds v Salford Leeds by 6
Leigh v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 8
St Helens v London St Helens by 36
Castleford v Wigan Wigan by 28

It might have been a shaky start on the pitch but with a magnifique 20 point haul it's chapeau to Sir Adrian Morley this week's leader of the pack. The rest of us will need to pull our prediction chaussettes up next week as follows,

RESULTS
30pts Sir Adrian Morley
10pts Barbed Wire
9pts Bulth Wells Wire
8pts Old Man John
6pts matt6169 Rugby The Speculator CW8 Bobby Digital Mr Snoodle Uncle Rico Wanderer karetaker
4pts Wire n Steel bunkaib rubber duckie Gaz 3376 Wire Weaver Douglas Black Walter Wizard MorePlaymakersNeeded

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a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 36 v 10 Hull FC
b) First try (Wire player): Walker
c) Time of first try: 5 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Wrench
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7
f) Attendance (500 margin) 9,481 (9,231 - 9,731)

g) Hull KR v Leeds. Hull KR by 10.
London v Catalans. Catalans by 34.
Huddersfield v St Helens. St Helens by 28
Salford v Castleford. Salford by 4.

As the record will show a win is a win I suppose, hopefully something to build on. This week we have joint winners the king of Powys, Builth Wells Wire and yours truly the slowest on the slopes of Towynhofen with an unremarkable ten points. The rest of you will have plenty of time to make amends and scored as follows

RESULTS
20pts Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire
9pts Bunkaib The Speculator
8pts Douglas Black karetaker Wanderer Walter Wizard
7pts rubber duckie
6pts Old Man John Bobby Digital Wire n Steel Mr Snoodle Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded
5pts Wire Weaver Barbed Wire CW8
4pts matt 6169

STANDINGS
36pts Sir Adrian Morley
29pts Builth Wells Wire
26pts Uncle Rico
15pts Barbed Wire The Speculator
14pts Old Man John karetaker Wanderer
13pts Bunkaib
12pts Bobby Digital Mr Snoodle Douglas Black Walter Wizard
11pts CW8 rubber duckie
10pts Wire n Steel MorePlaymakersNeeded matt6169
9pts Wire Weaver
6pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376

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a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 30 v 8 Castleford
b) First try (Wire player): Ashton
c) Time of first try: 10 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Thewlis
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
f) Attendance (500 margin) 8,483 (8,233-8,733(

g) St Helens v Leigh St Helens by 12
Wigan v Huddersfield Wigan by 14
Leeds v Catalans Leeds by 8
Salford v Hull KR Salford by 7
Hull FC v London Hull FC by 4

A decent if highly anticipated two points for the P&B this week against classy Cas. This week's winner is the comps Mr Almanac MorePlaymakersNeeded with 13 points who'll obviously be aware that today is Alexander Graham Bell's birthday who invented the telephone so that he could ring the Club Shop. The rest of us are on hold as follows

RESULTS
23pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
12pts Wire n Steel Sir Adrian Morley
9pts Wire Weaver The Speculator Rugby Uncle Rico Douglas Black
8pts kareaker
7pts Bobby Digital
6pts Bunkaib
5pts Barbed Wire Old Man John Builth Wells Wire Wanderer CW8 Mr Snoodle Walter Wizard
4pts rubber duckie
3pts matt6169

STANDINGS
48pts Sir Adrian Morley
35pts Uncle Rico
34pts Builth Wells Wire
33pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
24pts The Speculator
23pts karetaker
22pts Wire n Steel
21pts Douglas Black
20pts Barbed Wire
19pts Old Man John Wanderer Bunkaib Bobby Digital
18pts Wire Weaver
17pts Mr Snoodle Walter Wizard
16pts CW8
15pts rubber duckie Rugby
13pts matt6169
4pts Gaz3376

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a) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 20 v 22 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Williams
c) Time of first try: 7 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Dufty
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3
f) Attendance (500 margin) 26,500 (26,000-27,000)

g) Castleford v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 42
Leigh v Leeds Leeds by 6
St Helens v Salford Salford by 4
London v Wigan Wigan by 38
Catalans v Hull FC Catalans by 14

I'm sure that we all could have done better on the prediction front if only we'd have had at least one kicking boot on and got a bit closer on KR's marvellous attendance stats. Someone that isn't overly complaining is this week's winner Wire n Steel with a legs eleven the rest of us well better luck next week.

RESULT
21pts Wire n Steel
8pts Old Man John
7pts Sir Adrian Morley, Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico, Builth Wells Wire, Wanderer
6pts Barbed Wire, Wire Weaver, Bunkaib, Douglas Black, Mr Snoodle
5pts Rugby, MorePlaymakersNeeded
4pts matt6169, Bobby Digital, rubber duckie
3pts The Speculator, karetaker,CW8

STANDINGS
55pts Sir Adrian Morley
43pts Wire n Steel
42pts Uncle Rico
41pts Builth Wells Wire
38pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
27pts The Speculator Douglas Black, Old Man John
26pts karetaker, Barbed Wire, Wanderer
25pts Bunkaib
24pts Wire Weaver Walter Wizard
23pts Bobby Digital Mr Snoodle
20pts Rugby
19pts CW8 rubber duckie
17pts matt6169
4pts Gaz3376

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Nice to see Matt6169 near the foot of the table - he had a great time under Powell.

Score and Winning team: London 4 v 58 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Holroyd
c) Time of first try: 5 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Ratchford
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9
f) Attendance (500 margin) 3,324 (3,074 - 3,574)

g) Salford v Wigan Wigan by 10
Leeds v St Helens St Helens by 10
Huddersfield v Hull KR Hull KR by 12
Hull FC v Leigh Leigh by 50
Catalans v Castleford Catalans by 26

I'd have this as a decent win a few MIA, youngsters getting more game time and a comprehensive victory and performance. Joint winners this week as The Speculator and Wire Weaver each managed a dozen the rest of us well we all scored but not enough it seems...

RESULTS
22pts The Speculator, Wire Weaver
11pts Barbed Wire, Mr Snoodle
9pts Wire n Steel
8pts Walter Wizard, Wanderer
7pts Old Man John, karetaker, Sir Adrian Morley, Bobby Digital,
Uncle Rico, Builth Wells Wire, CW8
6pts Bunkaib
5pts Douglas Black, Rugby
4pts matt6169
3pts rubber duckie

STANDINGS
62pts Sir Adrian Morley
52pts Wire n Steel
49pts Uncle Rico, The Speculator
48pts Builth Wells Wire
46pts Wire Weaver
38pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
37pts Barbed Wire
34pts Old Man John, Wanderer, Mr Snoodle
33pts karetaker
32pts Douglas Black, Walter Wizard
31pts Bunkaib
30pts Bobby Digital
26pts CW8
25pts Rugby
22pts rubber duckie
21pts matt6169
4pts Gaz3376

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My predictions are about as accurate as the person next to me in the table it seems

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 42 v 0 London
b) First try (Wire player): Thewlis
c) Time of first try: 1 minute
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Nicholson
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3
f) Attendance (500 margin): 3,416 (3,166 - 3,666)

g) Hull KR v Salford: Hull KR by 40
Leeds v St Helens: St Helens by 14
Wigan v Sheffield: Wigan by 26
Huddersfield v Hull FC: Huddersfield by 44
Leigh v Featherstone: Leigh by 12
Batley v Castleford: Castleford by 14
Halifax v Catalans: Catalans by 36

Apart from kicking boots and on the terraces it looks like we are up for Cup!! Some decent scoring gives us a Scoreboard topped by Barbed Wire this week with a 'Bakers'. The rest of us like the team can right a few wrongs next week against Catalans.

RESULTS
23pts Barbed Wire
12pts Sir Adrian Morley, Douglas Black, karetaker
11pts Wire n Steel
10pts matt6169
9pts CW8, Bunkaib, Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico, Wanderer
8pts Wire Weaver, The Speculator, Builth Wells Wire, Mr Snoodle, Old Man John
7pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
6pts rubber duckie, Bobby Digital

STANDINGS
74pts Sir Adrian Morley
63pts Wire n Steel
60pts Barbed Wire
58pts Uncle Rico
57pts The Speculator
56pts Builth Wells Wire
54pts Wire Weaver
45pts karetaker, MorePlaymakersNeeded
44pts Douglas Black
43pts Wanderer
42pts Old Man John, Mr Snoodle
41pts Walter Wizard
40pts Bunkaib
36pts Bobby Digital
35pts CW8
31pts matt6169
28pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376

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Did one of the Friday games kick off before 8pm?

The list I saw had them all as 8pm.

No I will have a look at my settings as I have you down as a 9.00pm post whilst MorePlaymakersNeeded is at 8.17pm and marked as such.

TBF that's why I highlighted it*

Apparently its 3.04pm in Rico Land ha ha

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 24 v 32 Catalans
b) First try (Wire player): Musgrove
c) Time of first try: 5 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Abdull
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8
f) Attendance (500 margin): 11,214 (10,964-11,464)

Castleford v Leeds - Leeds by 20
Hull KR v Hull FC - Hull KR by 24
St Helens v Wigan - St Helens by 8
Salford v Leigh - Salford by 10
London v Huddersfield - Huddersfield by 20

The curse of 'kids for a kid' or the slowest of slow starts as Catalans take the points whilst 'Prediction Matt' comes of age in this week's comp with a big eighteen points. The rest of us will hopefully have Matt looking for his false ID next week and scored as follows

RESULTS
28pts matt6169
14pts Bobby Digital
11pts karetaker
9pts Mr Snoodle
8pts Douglas Black
6pts Builth Wells Wire
5pts Old Man John
4pts Sir Adrian Morley Wire Weaver CW8 Bunkaib Wire n Steel
3pts Barbed Wire The Speculator Uncle Rico Wanderer rubber duckie Walter Wizard

STANDINGS
78pts Sir Adrian Morley
67pts Wire n Steel
63pts Barbed Wire
62pts Builth Wells Wire
61pts Uncle Rico
60pts The Speculator
59pts matt6169
58pts Wire Weaver
56pts karetaker,
52pts Douglas Black
51pts Mr Snoodle
50pts Bobby Digital
47pts Old Man John
46pts Wanderer
45pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
44pts Walter Wizard Bunkaib
39pts CW8
31pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376

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a) Score and Winning team: Leeds 8 v 34 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Nicholson
c) Time of first try: 9 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Thewlis
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
f) Attendance (500 margin): 12,297 (12,047-12,547)

g) Leigh v Wigan: Wigan by 28
Castleford v Salford: Castleford by 12
Hull KR v London: Hull KR by 40
Hull FC v Huddersfield: Huddersfield by 34
Catalans v St Helens: Catalans by 6

Apparently this was an 'acid test' game that was meant to give us a good idea of what kind of a footie team that we are this year. Well if that's the case then I think that we can all take heart that this season appears to be heading in the right direction. OMG someone else who's heading in the right direction this week is OMJ with a decent dozen. The rest of us will hope for better times next week as follows,

RESULTS
22pts Old Man John
11pts Wire Weaver, Bunkaib, CW8
9pts Builth Wells Wire
8pts Wire n Steel
7pts Sir Adrian Morley
6pts Mr Snoodle, Douglas Black, Barbed Wire, Wanderer
5pts karetaker, Uncle Rico, Walter Wizard
3pts The Speculator

STANDINGS
85pts Sir Adrian Morley
75pts Wire n Steel
71pts Builth Wells Wire
69pts Barbed Wire, Wire Weaver, Old Man John
66pts Uncle Rico
63pts The Speculator
61pts karetaker
59pts matt6169
58pts Douglas Black
57pts Mr Snoodle
55pts Bunkaib
52pts Wanderer
50pts Bobby Digital, CW8
49pts Walter Wizard
45pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
31pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376

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a) Score and Winning team: St Helens 8 v 31 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Thewlis
c) Time of first try: 10 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Williams
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8
f) Attendance (500 margin): 11,280 (11,030=11,530)

g) Hull KR v Leigh, Hull KR by 12
Catalans v Huddersfield, Huddersfield by 28
Castleford v Wigan, Wigan by 54

A very enjoyable Sunday afternoon, the best we've seen from a long time when, and on national TV what's not like.....The winner this week is yours truly with a decent dozen the rest of you will hopefully have better luck next time round

RESULTS
22pts Uncle Rico
10pts Bobby Digital
8pts Old Man John
6pts Bunkaib, rubber duckie, Mr Snoodle
4pts Barbed Wire, The Speculator, Sir Adrian Morley, Wire n Steel, Douglas Black, Wanderer
2pts CW8, karetaker, matt6169, Builth Wells Wire

STANDINGS
89pts Sir Adrian Morley
88pts Uncle Rico
79pts Wire n Steel
77pts Old Man John
73pts Builth Wells Wire, Barbed Wire
69pts Wire Weaver
67pts The Speculator
63pts karetaker, Mr Snoodle
62pts Douglas Black
61pts matt6169, Bunkaib
60pts Bobby Digital
56pts Wanderer
52pts CW8
49pts Walter Wizard
45pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
37pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376

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a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 16 v 14 Leigh
b) First try (Wire player): Fitzgibbon
c) Time of first try: 3 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Nicholson
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3
f) Attendance (500 margin): 10,443 (10,193 - 10,693)

g) Leeds v Huddersfield, Huddersfield by 6
St Helens v Hull FC, St Helens by 58
Wigan v Castleford, Wigan by 22
London v Salford, Salford by 8
Catalans v Hull KR, Catalans by 30

Most people predicted a Wire win apart from our welcome guest Snowy, with a couple guessing that two point margin putting Barbed Wire and Wire and Steel top of this week's charts with eleven each. The rest of us will be hoping for better luck next time out as follows,

RESULTS
21pts Barbed Wire Wire n Steel
10pts Wire Weaver Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire
9pts Mr.Snoodle
8pts The Speculator Bunkaib Douglas Black
7pts Walter Wizard Wanderer
6pts Sir Adrian Morley Old Man John karetaker MorePlaymakersNeeded
5pts CW8 Bobby Digital
4pts matt6196, Snowy
3pts rubber duckie

STANDINGS
100pts Wire n Steel
98pts Uncle Rico
95pts Sir Adrian Morley
94pts Barbed Wire
83pts Old Man John, Builth Wells Wire
79pts Wire Weaver
75pts The Speculator
72pts Mr Snoodle
70pts Douglas Black
69pts karetaker, Bunkaib
65pts matt6169, Bobby Digital
62pts Wanderer
57pts CW8
56pts Walter Wizard
51pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
40pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376 Snowy

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