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

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

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

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

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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a) Score and Winning team: Salford 17 v 12 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Harrison
c) Time of first try: 10 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Mellor
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
f) Attendance (500 margin): 5,910 (5,660 - 6,160)

g) St Helens v Huddersfield: St Helens by 1
Castleford v London: Castleford by 40
Hull KR v Wigan: Hull KR by 16
Leigh v Catalans: Leigh by 28
Hull FC v Leeds: Leeds by 6

Wins are tough against Salford in the 'El CasaRico' Derby it seems, particularly against a team no doubt buoyed by their coach spurning the chance of commuting to East Yorkshire. Pride of prediction place goes to Sir Adrian Morley with 10 'traitor' inspired points, the rest of us need to up our game next week and I'm sure that we all hope for a 'faithful ' result...(not an Old One to be clear!!)

RESULTS
20pts Sir Adrian Morley
7pts Old Man John
6pts The Speculator
5pts Mr Snoodle, karetaker, matt6169, Wanderer
4pts Uncle Rico, Wire n Steel, Douglas Black, Walter Wizard, MorePlaymakersNeeded
3pts Barbed Wire, Bunkaib, Wire Weaver, CW8, Builth Wells Wire, rubber duckie

STANDINGS
115pts Sir Adrian Morley
104pts Wire n Steel
102pts Uncle Rico
97pts Barbed Wire
90pts Old Man John,
86pts Builth Wells Wire
82pts Wire Weaver
81pts The Speculator
77pts Mr Snoodle
74pts Douglas Black, karetaker,
72pts Bunkaib
70pts matt6169
67pts Wanderer
65pts Bobby Digital
62pts Wanderer
60pts Walter Wizard CW8
55pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
43pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376 Snowy

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

I've dropped off the standings list, have I been disqualified for thinking we would win comfortably on Saturday?

Should be on 60 points with Walter

Apologies CW8 order is hopefully restored.

No idea what happened to my editing finger, but if thinking we would win on Saturday was the criteria for losing your place in the Standings then there wouldn't be much of a competition this week.

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 24 v 6 Hull FC
b) First try (Wire player):Thewlis
c) Time of first try: 10 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Briscoe
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin):8,650 (8,430 - 8,930)

g) Wigan v Catalans Wigan by 22
Huddersfield v Salford Salford by 2
Leeds v London Leeds by 38
Hull KR v St Helens Hull KR by 20
Leigh v Castleford DRAW

Back to winning ways and a Thewlis hat trick including the first provided quite a few points in the comp this week. However, karetaker takes top spot this week with a brilliant 14 points despite a few coupon busters in the other games section. Better luck next time for everyone else as follows,

RESULTS
24pts karetaker
10pts CW8 Douglas, Black Wanderer
9pts The Speculator, Wire n Steel, MorePlaymakersNeeded
8pts Uncle Rico, Sir Adrian Morley
6pts matt 6169 Mr Snoodle
5pts Wire Weaver, Builth Wells Wire, Walter Wizard, rubber duckie
4pts Bunkaib, Barbed Wire, Old Man John
3pts Bobby Digital

STANDINGS
123pts Sir Adrian Morley
113pts Wire n Steel
110pts Uncle Rico
101pts Barbed Wire
98pts karetaker
94pts Old Man John
91pts Builth Wells Wire
90pts The Speculator
87pts Wire Weaver
84pts Douglas Black
83pts Mr Snoodle
77pts Wanderer
76pts Bunkaib, matt6169
70pts CW8
68pts Bobby Digital
65pts Walter Wizard
64pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
48pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376, Snowy

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 20 v 8 Hull KR
b) First try (Wire player): Toby King
c) Time of first try: 7 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Lewis
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4
f) Attendance (500 margin): 8,573 (8,323-8,823)

g) Castleford v St Helens: St Helens by 54
Leigh v Salford: Leigh by 28
Huddersfield v Wigan: Wigan by 42
Catalans v Leeds: Catalans by 26
London v Hull FC: London by 16

A game of two halves with decent defence in the second half seeing us home against stiff opposition. Wire Weaver is this week's Star Turn with 13 points thanks in no small part to a correct Wire Score prediction. The rest of us will be looking for a run in the Cup next week as follows,

RESULTS
23pts Wire Weaver
9pts Bunkaib Mr Snoodle
8pts rubber duckie
7pts Sir Adrian Morley Wire n Steel Walter Wizard Wanderer
6pts Douglas Black Bobby Digital
5pts The Speculator, Builth Wells Wire CW8 Uncle Rico karetaker
3pts matt6169

STANDINGS
130pts Sir Adrian Morley
120pts Wire n Steel Wire Weaver
115pts Uncle Rico
103pts karetaker
101pts Barbed Wire
96pts Builth Wells Wire
95pts The Speculator
94pts Old Man John
92pts Mr Snoodle
90pts Douglas Black
85pts Bunkaib
84pts Wanderer
79pts matt6169
75pts CW8
74pts Bobby Digital
72pts Walter Wizard
64pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
56pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376 Snowy

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Huddersfield 10 v 46 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Drinkwater
c) Time of first try: 7 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Tai
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8
f) Attendance (500 margin): 9,253 (9,003 - 9,503)

a) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 6 v 38 Wigan
b) First try (Any player): Wardle
c) Time of first try: 4 minutes
d) Last try (Any player): Wardle
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
f) Attendance (500 margin): 11,163 (10,913 - 11,413)

Two red hot Challenge Cup Semi Finals this weekend and quite an enjoyable outing to the Costa St Helens for all with a P&B persuasion (including two new Rico-ette recruits) Top scorers this week with 24 scorchio points are The Speculator and Mr Snoodle. The rest of us will need to up our games next week as follows,

RESULTS
34pts The Speculator Mr Snoodle
16pts Barbed Wire Uncle Rico Bunkaib Wanderer
12pts Old Man John matt6169 Bobby Digital karetaker
8pts Sir Adrian Morley Walter Wizard CW8 Douglas Black Builth Wells Wire rubber duckie
4pts Wire n Steel Wire Weaver

STANDINGS
138pts Sir Adrian Morley
131pts Uncle Rico
129pts The Speculator
126pts Mr Snoodle
124pts Wire n Steel Wire Weaver
117pts Barbed Wire
115pts karetaker
106pts Old Man John
104pts Builth Wells Wire
101pts Bunkaib
100pts Wanderer
98pts Douglas Black
91pts matt6169
86pts Bobby Digital
83pts CW8
80pts Walter Wizard
64pts MorePlaymakersNeeded rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376 Snowy

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Catalans 8 v 16 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Williams
c) Time of first try: 44 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Davies
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
f) Attendance (500 margin): 9,493 (9,243-9,743)

g) Castleford v Hull FC Castleford by 8
Huddersfield v Leigh Leigh by 6
St Helens v Leeds St Helens by 30
London v Hull KR Hull KR by 50
Salford v Wigan Wigan by 20

Another impressive win for the 'Sunshine Boys' as the Wire keep the heat on the 'big two' at the top of the table. Karetaker is this week's Txapeldun with 14 points the rest of us have obviously spent too much time 'lazing by the pool to earn our berets as follows

24pts karetaker
13pts Uncle Rico
12pts The Speculator, MorePlaymakersNeeded
11pts Walter Wizard
10pts Builth Wells Wire
9pts Wire n Steel
8pts Wire Weaver Barbed Wire Douglas Black
7pts Bunkaib Bobby Digital
5pts Old Man John Sir Adrian Morley matt6169 Mr Snoodle Wanderer
4pts rubber duckie

STANDINGS
144pts Uncle Rico
143pts Sir Adrian Morley
141pts The Speculator
139pts karetaker
133pts Wire n Steel
132pts Wire Weaver
131pts Mr Snoodle
125pts Barbed Wire
114pts Builth Wells Wire
111pts Old Man John
107pts Bunkaib
105pts Wanderer
103pts Douglas Black
96pts matt6169
93pts Bobby Digital
91pts Walter Wizard
83pts CW8
76pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
68pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376 Snowy

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 18 v 19 Wigan
b) First try (Wire player): Lindop
c) Time of first try: 15mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Ratchford
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin): 12,184 (11,934-12,434)

g) Huddersfield v Hull FC Huddersfield by 6
St Helens v Catalans St Helens by 12
Hull KR v Leigh Hull KR by 12
Leeds v Castleford Leeds by 28
Salford v London Salford by 30

The narrowest of margins and if ever a bit of comfort could be garnered in defeat this was surely it. I'm never comfortable backing against us so apologies for yours truly coming out on top this week with 15pts to be fair largely down to Saints and Salford and 'prediction Matt' uncharacteristically backing us for the win. Better luck next week to you all.

RESULTS
25pts Uncle Rico
11pts Old Man John, Mr Snoodle, Wire n Steel
10pts Builth Wells Wire, Wanderer
9pts CW8
8pts Wire Weaver, Bunkaib, Sir Adrian Morley, Douglas Black, MorePlaymakersNeeded
7pts The Speculator, karetaker, Barbed Wire
5pts matt6169
3pts Bobby Digital, Walter Wizard

STANDINGS
169pts Uncle Rico
151pts Sir Adrian Morley
148pts The Speculator
146pts karetaker
144pts Wire n Steel
142pts Mr Snoodle
140pts Wire Weaver
132pts Barbed Wire
124pts Builth Wells Wire
122pts Old Man John
115pts Bunkaib, Wanderer
111pts Douglas Black
101pts matt6169
96pts Bobby Digital
94pts Walter Wizard
92pts CW8
84pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
68pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
4pts Gaz3376 Snowy

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 8 v 18 Wigan
b) First try (Wire player): Dufty
c) Time of first try: 18 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Dufty
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
f) Attendance (2,000 margin): 64,845 (63,845 - 65,845)

g) Lance Todd Winner (5pts) : French

Well done to Sir Adrian Morley who tops the prediction charts with 24 points this week. I'm sure that our Adrian would have traded some of those points for a Wire win, but it was not to be. Onwards and hopefully upwards as we return to league action this Friday against Salford...

RESULTS
34pts Sir Adrian Morley
18pts Walter Wizard, karetaker
17pts Wiggins Warrior
12pts Mr Snoodle Uncle Rico Bobby Digital
6pts matt6169 Bunkaib, Wire n Steel, Builth Wells Wire
0pts Old Man John, Barbed Wire, The Speculator, Wire Weaver, Douglas Black, Wanderer

STANDINGS
185 Sir Adrian Morley
181pts Uncle Rico
164pts karetaker
154pts Mr Snoodle
150pts Wire n Steel
148pts The Speculator
140pts Wire Weaver
132pts Barbed Wire
130pts Builth Wells Wire
122pts Old Man John
121pts Bunkaib,
115pts Wanderer
112pts Walter Wizard
111pts Douglas Black
108pts Bobby Digital
107pts matt6169
92pts CW8
84pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
68pts rubber duckie
25pts Rugby
17pts Wiggins Warrior
4pts Gaz3376 Snowy

Any problems or miscalculations, please PM me