Crowd Sydney Allianz Football Stadium Capacity 44,000 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 10,237 (9,737-10,737)
Score and Winning Team England 29 v 10 Lebanon
First try (England) Watkins
Time of first try (Any player) 9
Last Try (Any player) Wehbe
Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 6

Australia v France Australia by 46
New Zealand v Scotland New Zealand by 68
Samoa v Tonga Tonga by 14
PNG v Ireland PNG by 8
Italy v USA Italy by 46
Fiji v Wales Fiji by 66

Tremendous predicting by CW8 with 19 points this week, the rest of us fared as follows,

29pts CW8
14pts Sir Adrian Morley, Moving Forward
13pts Rugby
12pts Wanderer
11pts Hicks is a God, MikeyWire, AC Wire, Johnkendal
10pts Lord Tony Smith, karetaker, Shazbaz
8pts matt6169, Wire in Ashton, rubber duckie, marshman777, Builth Wells Wire, Uncle Rico
7pts Old Man John, Walter Wizard, eddieH

Standings

39pts CW8
29pts Builth Wells Wire
21pts Sir Adrian Morley
20pts Moving Forward
19pts Rugby
18pts Uncle Rico, Wanderer, AC Wire, MikeWire, Lord Tony Smith
17pts Wire in Ashton, matt6169
16pts Johnkendal, Shazbaz, eddieH
15pts Walter Wizard
14pts karetaker, Old Man John
11pts Hicks is a God. rubber duckie
8pts marshman777

Must say I've been looking forward to the results today. Better than my wire predictions for the season which were dire. Took me about 2 months to get this many points.

Crowd Sydney Perth Rectangular Stadium Capacity 19,000 (1,000 margin+/- 500) - 14,744 (14,244-15,244)
Score and Winning Team - England 36 v 6 France
First try (England) - Widdop
Time of first try (Any player) - 2 mins
Last Try (Any player) - McGillvary
Kicks over the sticks (Combined) - 5


Fiji v Italy - Fiji by 28
New Zealand v Tonga - Tonga by 6
Samoa v Scotland - DRAW
Australia v Lebanon - Australia by 34
PNG v USA - PNG by 64
Wales v Ireland - Ireland by 28

It may be no surprise to our regular contributors as I confirm that our 'gagnant de prediction' this week is regular season champ Rugby who had a top score of 13. The rest of us came short as follows,

23pts Rugby
10pts Moving Forward, rubber duckie
9pts Wire in Ashton, Walter Wizard, marshman777
8pts Lord Tony Smith
7pts AC Wire
6pts CW8, matt6169, Old Man John, eddieH, MikeyWire, karetaker, Johnkendal, Shazbaz,
Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico, Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire, Wanderer

Standings

45pts CW8
42pts Rugby
29pts Builth Wells Wire
30pts Moving Forward
27pts Sir Adrian Morley
26pts Wire in Ashton, Lord Tony Smith
25pts AC Wire
24pts Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico, Wanderer, MikeWire,
23pts matt6169
22pts Johnkendal, Shazbaz, eddieH
21pts rubber duckie
20pts karetaker, Old Man John
17pts marshman777, Hicks is a God

Crowd Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Capacity 30,050 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 10,534 (10,034- 11,034)
Score and Winning Team England 36 v 6 PNG
First try (England) McGilvary
Time of first try (Any player) 13
Last Try (Any player) Hall
Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 5

Australia v Samoa Australia by 46
Tonga v Lebanon Tonga by 2
NZ v Fiji Fiji by 2

He's at it again that Builth Wells Wire 12pts top marks well done, the rest of us were close but no cigars as follows,

22pts Builth Wells Wire
10pts Rugby, Uncle Rico
8pts CW8, Wanderer, Moving Forward, eddieH, Johnkendal, matt6169
7pts Sir Adrian Morley
6pts Old Man John
4pts karetaker, Walter Wizard, MikeyWire, AC Wire, Shazbaz

Standings

53pts CW8
52pts Rugby
51pts Builth Wells Wire
38pts Moving Forward
34pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico
32pts Wanderer
31pts matt6169
30pts eddieH, Johnkendal
29pts AC Wire
28pts Walter Wizard, MikeWire,
26pts Wire in Ashton, Lord Tony Smith, Shazbaz, Old Man John,
24pts karetaker
21pts rubber duckie
17pts marshman777, Hicks is a God

Crowd Mt Smart Stadium Auckland Capacity 30,000 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 30,003 (29,503-30,503)
Score and Winning Team England 20 v 18 Tonga
First try (England player) McGillvary
Time of first try (Any player) 10 minutes
Last Try (Any player) Lolohea
Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 7

Crowd Brisbane Stadium Brisbane Capacity 52,500 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 22,073 (21,573-22,573)
Score and Winning Team Australia 54 v 6 Fiji
First try (Any player) Slater
Time of first try (Any player) 14 minutes
Last Try (Any player) Holmes
Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 8

There was some decent predicting this week, is the World Cup too predictable? Well it certainly was for Wire in Ashton who tops this weeks 'charts' with a cracking 36 points, the rest of us trailed as follows,

46pts Wire in Ashton
32pts matt6169
28pts AC Wire, Shazbaz, Rugby
24pts Walter Wizard, CW8, eddieH, Johnkendal, Builth Wells Wire
20pts Lord Tony Smith, Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico
16pts MikeyWire
14pts Wanderer
12pts karetaker
8pts Moving Forward, Old Man John, rubber duckie

80pts Rugby
77pts CW8
75pts Builth Wells Wire
72pts Wire in Ashton
63pts matt6169
57pts AC Wire
54pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico, eddieH, Johnkendal, Shazbaz
52pts Walter Wizard
46pts Moving Forward, Wanderer, Lord Tony Smith
44pts MikeWire,
36pts karetaker
34pts Old Man John,
29pts rubber duckie
17pts marshman777, Hicks is a God

The 2013 Guesstimate Champion has regained his mojo! The pressure is on for the weekend boys and girls....

Crowd Brisbane Stadium Brisbane Capacity 52,500 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 40,033 (39,533-40,533)
Score and Winning Team Australia 6 v 0 England
First try (England) Nil Desperandm
Time of first try (Any player) 15 minutes
Last Try (Any player) Cordner
Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 1

With points hard to come by, time was the key today and two predictors got their timing spot on with patriotic John Kendal missing out to eddieH who managed 24 hard earned points. The rest of us can read and weep as follows,

34pts eddieH
18pts Johnkendal
6pts Sir Adrian Morley, Old Man John, Wire in Ashton, matt61619, Moving Forward, Rugby, Shazbaz, Uncle Rico, MikeyWire, Wanderer, Builth Wells Wire, AC Wire, CW8
0pts karetaker, Walter Wizard, rubber duckie

CONGRATULATIONS EDDIEH a stunning final day victory to claim the World Cup title see you all in Feb

88pts eddieH
86pts Rugby
83pts CW8
81pts Builth Wells Wire
78pts Wire in Ashton
72pts Johnkendal
69pts matt6169
63pts AC Wire
60pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico, Shazbaz
52pts Walter Wizard, Moving Forward, Wanderer
48pts MikeWire
46pts Lord Tony Smith
40pts Old Man John
36pts karetaker
29pts rubber duckie
17pts marshman777, Hicks is a God

Chris Hill. What a player

Regards

King James

I was 3 seconds away from winning, congratulations all and thanks for running that Rico. For once I was competitive.

Rico we need an off season comp now to alleviate the boredom of waiting till Feb. Like how many days will it rain or snow before new season . Seriously though thanks for running this.

uncle rico your a star...enjoy these comps good bit of fun.many thanks..have a good christmas mate

Yes.
Thanks UR. You're a star.

Thanks UR really enjoyed my first one. Didn't do too bad either
Have a good christmas everyone.

Thanks for all the best wishes and the same to all the posters on here, as I think that by and large we have a decent board and we are living in interesting times as far as being a Wire is concerned.

Regarding the comp, I enjoy doing it as it keeps me out of mischief with Auntie Rico in the evenings. I always look forward to seeing who thinks what from the 'regulars' even though we've never met, together with any new guessers, opponents or visitors too, if that doesn't sound like a daft concept?

Any road, it'll be us v Leeds before we know it, take care in the meantime, regards Uncle Rico

Did not see that coming though I would be middle of the table. I must remember to do it every week when in Spain for the summer it great fun.
Chris Hill looking back in top form looking forward to next season think we will go well.
Come on the Wire.