a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 12,175 (11,925-12,425)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 32 v 18 Widnes
c) First try (Wire player): T King
d) Time of first try: 11 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Hanbury
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7

g) Wakefield v Castleford Castleford by 5
Hull KR v Hull FC Hull FC by 8
Huddersfield v Leeds DRAW
Salford v Catalans Salford by 16
St Helens v Wigan St Helens by 3

Always nice to beat the neighbours and all in all an appropriate winner this week now that we have two strike wingers as Hicks is a prediction God tops the chart with a decent dozen points. The rest of us didn't quite get it right by varying degrees as follows

22pts Hicks is a God
11pts Shazbaz, Builth Wells Wire
10pts CW8, marshman777
9pts Wire Weaver, karetaker, hot currie masila, Wanderer
8pts matt6169, Old Man John, Johnkendal, Longbarn Wire, Rugby, Bent&Bongser, Gaz3376
7pts Walter Wizard, uncle Rico, Scousewire
6pts Iv Div, Fatbelly, eddieH, AC Wire, Alffi_7, rubber duckie
5pts kirtonLyndseywolf, easyWire, Hatfield Town Wire
4pts Moving On, vespid wire, Moving Forward, Wire n Steel, Sir Adrian Morley

Standings

1 Alffi_7 :97pts
2 Wire Weaver :89pts
3 AC Wire :80pts
4 kirtonLyndseywolf :77pts
5 Builth Wells Wire :74pts
6 Hatfield town Wire :69pts
7 Oaksey 1011 :68pts
8 eddieH, Bent&Bongser :67pts
9 Hicks is a God, CW8 :63pts
10 Uncle Rico, Rugby, Wanderer :60pts
11 Wire n Steel, Old Man John, Johnkendal :58pts
12 Gaz3376 :57pts
13 marshman777 :56pts
14 easyWire, karetaker, hot currie masila : 52pts
15 rubber duckie :51pts
16 Shazbaz :50pts
17 Longbarn Wire 47pts
18 Sir Adrian Morley :44pts
19 Walter Wizard, Scousewire :43pts
20 vespid wire, matt6169 :42pts
21 Moving Forward :41pts
22 Moving On :38pts
23 Iv Div :33pts
24 Fatbelly :29pts
25 Steve 51 :25pts
26 Matt King's cat :23pts
27 Dean Richmond :22pts
28 MikeyWire :20pts
29 Barbed Wire :19pts
30 Lebron James :11pts
31 Lord Tony Smith, Wire Flyer :9pts
32 Wires71, Thelonius :5pts
33 Big Dave 3 :3pts

And normal service will be resumed Monday!

a) Crowd (The Mend A Hose Jungle Capacity 11,775): 6,881 (6,631-7,131)
b) Score and Winning team: Castleford 6 v 18 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): T King
d) Time of first try: 40mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Clark
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

g) Hull FC v Wakefield Hull FC by 1
Leeds v Salford Leeds by 20
Wigan v Hull KR Wigan by 38
Widnes v St Helens St Helens by 22
Catalans v Huddersfield Catalans by 21

It's quite rare that Wire have a good week and this predictor comes out on top, perhaps this is the exception that proves the rule, but, our winning-most poster is 'prediction' Matt with a decent dozen points. The rest of us floundered in the mud as follows,

22pts matt6169
10pts Moving Forward, Walter Wizard
9pts karetaker, Uncle Rico
8pts easyWire, Rugby
7pts vespid wire, hot currie masila, Bent & Bongser, Wire Weaver, rubber duckie, Shazbaz
6pts Moving On, Johnkendal, Wire n Steel, Fatbelly, eddieH, marshman777, AC Wire, Hicks is a God, Hatfield Town Wire, Wanderer
5pts Old Man John, Iv Div, Longbarn Wire, Gaz3376, ScouseWire, Alffi_7
4pts CW8, kirtonLyndseywolf, Sir Adrian Morley, Builth Wells Wire

Standings

1 Alffi_7 :102pts
2 Wire Weaver :96pts
3 AC Wire :86pts
4 kirtonLyndseywolf :81pts
5 Builth Wells Wire :78pts
6 Hatfield town Wire :75pts
7 Bent & Bongser :74pts
8 eddieH :73pts
9 Hicks is a God, Uncle Rico 69pts
10 Oaksey 1011, Rugby :68pts
11 CW8 :67pts
12 Wanderer :66pts
13 Johnkendal, Wire n Steel, matt6169 :64pts
14 Old Man John :63pts
15 Gaz3376, marshman777 :62pts
16 karetaker :61pts
17 easyWire :60pts
18 hot currie masila : 59pts
19 rubber duckie :58pts
20 Shazbaz :57pts
21 Walter Wizard :53pts
22 Longbarn Wire :52pts
23 Moving Forward :51pts
24 vespid wire :49pts
25 Sir Adrian Morley, ScouseWire :48pts
26 Moving On :44pts
27 Iv Div :38pts
28 Fatbelly :35pts
29 Steve 51 :25pts
30 Matt King's cat :23pts
31 Dean Richmond :22pts
32 MikeyWire :20pts
33 Barbed Wire :19pts
34 Lebron James :11pts
35 Lord Tony Smith, Wire Flyer :9pts
36 Wires71, Thelonius :5pts
37 Big Dave 3 :3pts

Reverting to my original prediction system has definitely helped this year, and I take full credit for our recent wins - that and the Mrs getting my lucky undies washed a dried after Friday and ready for the trip to Cas

a) Crowd (AJ Bell Stadium, Capacity 12,000): 3,428 (3,178- 3,67icon_cool.gif
b) Score and Winning team: Salford 6 v 22 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): T King
d) Time of first try: 4 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): K Brown
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4

g) St Helens v Hull FC St Helens by 14
Catalans v Wigan Wigan by 9
Hull KR v Widnes Hull KR by 19
Huddersfield v Castleford Castleford by 12
Wakefield v Leeds Leeds by 2

A hard fought victory this week and another two points in the bag, but, who was the real winner this week....well they're back because Rugby was the winner with 16 well deserved points, so nabs another 10 to shoot up the Prediction table

The rest of the field came in by varying degrees of losing-ness as follows

26pts Rugby
12pts matt6169, Walter Wizard, eddieH, Bent & Bongser, AC Wire
11pts kareteker, Alffi_7
10pts Johnkendal, Wire Weaver, vespid Wire, Hatfield Town Wire, Shazbaz, Gaz3376
9pts CW8, Fatbelly, Iv Div
8pts Builth Wells Wire
7pts Old Man John, wire flyer, Wanderer
6pts easyWire, Sir adrian Morley, Wire n Steel, Longbarn Wire, kirtonLyndseywolf, Moving On, Uncle Rico, Moving Forward, Hicks is a God
4pts rubber duckie

Standings

1 Alffi_7 :113pts
2 Wire Weaver :106pts
3 AC Wire :98pts
4 Rugby :94pts
5 kirtonLyndseywolf :87pts
6 Builth Wells Wire, Bent & Bongser :86pts
7 Hatfield Town Wire, eddieH :85pts
8 CW8, matt 6169 :76pts
9 Hicks is a God, Uncle Rico :75pts
10 Johnkendal :74pts
11 Wanderer :73pts
12 Gaz3376, karetaker :72pts
13 Wire n Steel, Old Man John :70pts
14 Oaksey 1011 :68pts
15 Shazbaz :67pts
16 easyWire :66pts
17 Walter Wizard :65pts
18 rubber duckie, marshman777 :62pts
19 hot currie masila, vespid wire : 59pts
20 Longbarn Wire :58pts
21 Moving Forward :57pts
22 Sir Adrian Morley :54pts
23 Moving On :50pts
24 ScouseWire :48pts
25 Iv Div :47pts
26 Fatbelly :44pts
27 Steve 51 :25pts
28 Matt King's cat :23pts
29 Dean Richmond :22pts
30 MikeyWire :20pts
31 Barbed Wire :19pts
32 Wire Flyer :16pts
33 Lebron James :11pts
34 Lord Tony Smith :9pts
35 Wires71, Thelonius :5pts
36 Big Dave 3 :3pts

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 9,305 (9055- 9,555)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 40 v 26 Hull KR
c) First try (Wire player): Cooper
d) Time of first try: 20mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Maguire
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 11

g) Widnes v Hull FC Hull FC by 19
Leeds v Wigan Wigan by 1
Huddersfield v Salford Salford by 18
Wakefield v St Helens Wakefield by 4
Castleford v Catalans Castleford by 41

A bit of an odd week prediction wise not many had Saints down for a well deserved defeat at Wakefield and more worryingly our collective crowd forecasting is unfortunately optimistic. However, after all that there was a clear winner this week as easyWire took the points with a great score of 13. The rest of us didn't really get close as follows,

23pts easyWire
9pts Fatbelly
8pts Hatfield Town Wire
7pts vespid wire, Rugby
6pts Shazbaz, Moving Forward, Bent & Bongser, Builth Wells Wire
5pts Wire Weaver, karetaker, CW8, Wire n Steel, AC Wire, Iv Div, Moving On, eddieH, Alffi_7, rubber duckie, Walter Wizard, Wanderer
4pts Johnkendal, kirtonLyndseywolf, Uncle Rico, Gaz3376, ScouseWire, Sir Adrian Morley
3pts Old Man John, hot currie massila, Hicks is a God
2pts matt6169

Standings

1 Alffi_7 :118pts
2 Wire Weaver :111pts
3 AC Wire :103pts
4 Rugby :101pts
5 Hatfield Town Wire :93pts
6 Builth Wells Wire, Bent & Bongser :92pts
7 kirtonLyndseywolf :91pts
8 eddieH :90pts
9 easyWire :89pts
10 CW8 :81pts
11 Uncle Rico :79pts
12 matt 6169, Hicks is a God, Johnkendal, Wanderer :78pts
13 karetaker :77pts
14 Gaz 3376 :76pts
15 Wire n Steel :75pts
16 Old Man John, Shazbaz :73pts
17 Walter Wizard :70pts
18 Oaksey 1011 :68pts
19 rubber duckie :67pts
20 vespid wire :66pts
21 Moving Forward :63pts
22 marshman777, hot currie massila :62pts
23 Longbarn Wire, Sir Adrian Morley :58pts
24 Moving On :55pts
25 Fatbelly :53pts
26 ScouseWire, Iv Div :52pts
27 Steve 51 :25pts
28 Matt King's cat :23pts
29 Dean Richmond :22pts
30 MikeyWire :20pts
31 Barbed Wire :19pts
32 Wire Flyer :16pts
33 Lebron James :11pts
34 Lord Tony Smith :9pts
35 Wires71, Thelonius :5pts
36 Big Dave 3 :3pts

I never win anything!

I’ve put a lottery ticket on for the euromillions tonight, and if I win I promise to share it with everybody in the prediction standings.*



*Disclaimer: May not be equal shares.

Thankfully I didn’t win so face no dilemma.

Uncle Rico, ignoring the content of both of these submitted predictions (fictitious), and taking into consideration the fact that both lead to the same result, I was wondering whether you have a preference as to which format the predictions are given so as to aid in your formulation / input into the computer predictor. I keep copying and pasting the fixtures as you post them in order to complete my predictions, but if you would prefer just the answers (as per the second set) I can change my method of input (and maybe others will follow suit to make it easier for you)

Either:
a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 15,200
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 50 v 50 Bradford
c) First try (Wire player): Chris Hicks
d) Time of first try: 40 Mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Matt King
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 20

g) Widnes v Coventry Widnes by 1
Whitehaven v Rochdale Rochdale by 1
Toronto v Barrow Toronto by 1
Leigh v London Leigh by 1
Doncaster v Featherstone Featherstone by 1
York v Catalans Catalans by 1
Oldham v Hull KR Hull KR by 1

h) Hull FC v Leeds Leeds by 2
Wigan v Castleford Wigan by 2
Salford v Wakefield Wakefield by 2
St Helens v Huddersfield Saint Helens by 2

Or:
A) 15200
B) 50-50
C) Chris Hicks
D) 40 mins
E) Matt King
F) 20
G)

Widnes by 1
Rochdale by 1
Toronto by 1
Leigh by 1
Featherstone by 1
Catalans by 1
Hull KR by 1

H)
Leeds by 2
Wigan by 2
Wakefield by 2
Saint Helens by 2

Thanks for all your hard work either way

Hey not a problem Iv Div and fellow prediction pundits, I enjoy doing it and without being a sad/nerdy I'm quite interested how people predict whether it's with head, heart, or with a spread betting mentality? I'm definitely and unsuccessfully a heart man, for example might pick Myler or Dwyer as last try scorers to spite us for letting them go to Leeds

I'm pretty relaxed on the format, I'm a cut a paster, the simplified version also works as long as the other games are in the right order (helps me to scan) I even get rubber duckies home and away method, Fatbelly going for try time including seconds and 'prediction matt' picking King when they both might play.

Glad you enjoy it, long may that and our current form continue

Some fantastic close games there ID... the salary cap really is having a positive effect.

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 4,710 (4,460-4,960)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 54 v 6 Bradford
c) First try (Wire player): Hill
d) Time of first try: 11 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Keyes
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8 kicks

g) Widnes v Coventry Widnes by 90
Whitehaven v Rochdale Whitehaven by 36
Toronto v Barrow Toronto by 4
Leigh v London Leigh by 40
Doncaster v Featherstone Featherstone by 14
York v Catalans Catalans by 12
Oldham v Hull KR Hull KR by 32

h) Hull FC v Leeds Hull FC by 1
Wigan v Castleford Wigan by 16
Salford v Wakefield Salford by 34
St Helens v Huddersfield St Helens by 62

A Brilliant & Belting week for for our tricky poster from Leigh Bent & Bongser who not only saw his team wallop 'that there' London this weekend, but, pilled on the points with an impressive 19 point prediction haul. The rest of us weren't quite as on the ball as follows,

29pts Bent and Bongser
16pts AC Wire
15pts hot currie masila
14pts Moving Forward, Wanderer
13pts CW8, Shazbaz, rubber duckie, Alffi_7
12pts Moving On, vespid wire, Iv Div, Fatbelly, gaz33756, Rugby, karetaker, Hicks is a God, Uncle Rico, Walter Wizard, Longbarn Wire
11pts kirtonLyndseywolf, eddieH, easyWire, Sir Adrian Morley
10pts Old Man John, Asgardian13, Builth Wells Wire, Hatfield Town Wire
9pts johnkendal
8pts matt6169, Wire n Steel, Wire Weaver

Standings

1 Alffi_7 :131pts
2 Bent& Bongser :121pts
3 AC Wire, Wire Weaver :119pts
4 Rugby :113pts
5 Hatfield Town Wire :103pts
6 Builth Wells Wire, kirtonLyndseywolf :102pts
7 eddieH :101pts
8 easyWire :100pts
9 CW8 :94pts
10 Wanderer :92pts
11 Uncle Rico :91pts
12 Hicks is a God :90pts
13 karetaker :89pts
14 Gaz3376 :88pts
15 Johnkendal :87pts
16 matt 6169, Shazbaz :86pts
17 Wire n Steel :83pts
18 Old Man John :83pts
19 Walter Wizard :82pts
20 rubber duckie :80pts
21 vespid wire :78pts
22 Moving Forward, hot currie masila :77pts
23 Longbarn Wire :70pts
24 Sir Adrian Morley :69pts
25 Oaksey 1011 :68pts
26 Moving On :67pts
27 Fatbelly :65pts
28 Iv Div :64pts
29 marshman777 :62pts
30 ScouseWire :52pts
31 Steve 51 :25pts
32 Matt King's cat :23pts
33 Dean Richmond :22pts
34 MikeyWire :20pts
35 Barbed Wire :19pts
36 Wire Flyer :16pts
37 Lebron James :11pts
38 Asgardian13 :10pts
39 Lord Tony Smith :9pts
40 Wires71, Thelonius :5pts
41 Big Dave 3 :3pts

Hi UR , As I was on holiday last week I put my Bradford preditions on the previous weeks comp.