I see what you did there, UR. If only I had Sid James' budgie for the punters page!

a) Crowd (Old Trafford Capacity 74,994): +/- 1,000 64,892 (63,892 - 65,892)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 4 v 12 Wigan
c) First try (Wire player): Charnley
d) Time of first try: 12 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Manfredi
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 0

Well one thing's for sure my lucky undercrackers and socks aren't as lucky as I thought although I did see one Wire fan wearing a Wires at Wembley 2018 Tee Shirt and thought might not have been seen again in Uncle Rico's household save for a duster or two.

As far as this weeks competition goes a bit like the goal kicking, quite a few nil points, perhaps a case of hearts ruling heads and a bunch of if only's? Well done CW8 and Wanderer who came out top of the heap the rest of us were down in the dumps as follows,

34pts CW8 Wanderer
18pts Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire
12pts Fatbelly, kirtonLyndseyWolf, KingRoss11, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Johnkendal, Rugby, Bent&Bongser
6pts Sir Adrian Morley, matt6169, Moving Forward, Walter Wizard
0pts Old Man John, eddieH, Wire Weaver, Moving On, Wire n Steel, karetaker, rubber duckie, AC Wire, Uncle Rico, Shazbaz, Hatfield Town Wire

FINAL STANDINGS

CONGRATULATIONS to this year's CHAMPION RUGBY A great effort

1 Rugby :403pts
2 Hicks is a God :367pts
3 Wanderer :346pts
4 Bent&Bongser :339pts
5 AC Wire :337pts
6 Wire Weaver :326pts
7 CW8 :325pts
8 Hatfield Town Wire :317pts
9 Builth Wells Wire :315pts
10 Wire n steel :308pts
11 Uncle Rico :307pts
12 eddieH :299pts
13 Shazbaz :295pts
11 Old Man John :291pts
12 kirtonLyndseywolf :281pts
13 Johnkendal :280pts
14 karetaker :275pts
15 Alffi_7 :265pts
16 Walter Wizard, Moving Forward :256pts
17rubber duckie :250pts
18 Sir Adrian Morley :246pts
19 matt6169 :243pts
20 Moving On :229pts
21 hot curie masila :191pts
22 Fatbelly :174pts
21 easyWire :173pts
22 Iv Div :139pts
23 Longbarn Wire :131pts
24 vespid wire :116pts
25 Gaz3376 :110pts
26 MorePlaymakersNeeded :80pts
27 marshaman777 :73pts
28 ScouseWire :52pts
29 Dean Richmond :31pts
30 Matt King's cat :30pts
31 Steve 51 :25pts
32 Wire Flyer :24pts
33 MikeyWire :20pts
34 Barbed Wire :19pts
35 AS 108 :16pts
36 Asgardian 13, KingRoss11 :12pts
37 Lebron James :11pts
38 Lord Tony Smith :9pts
39 Wires71, Thelonius :5pts
40 Big Dave 3 :3pts

Thanks again Uncle Rico, great competition you do , very much appreciated

I echo HTW vote of thanks, cheers UR for all your effort.

Thanks for running this UR, much appreciated. Congratulations to rugby, won at a canter.

Thank you UR and Mrs UR too.

:Well done Rugby, and thanks for another great season of Prediction Comp UR

As per other posters, thanks UR for the time you spend on running this, a nice bit of light hearted fun for us all !

I'll take 10th place from my debut season, see if I can do better next season. Not sure yet as to the best strategy - predict with my head or my heart - go for surprise results that others then miss out on the points when I've guessed it right, or predict surprise results and watch everyone else pick up the points for "form-results"...………


Well done to Rugby too !

Cheers Rico thanks for all your efforts , pleased to finish in the top 5, hit the top at one point
but bit like the Wire didn't have that final finish , congrats to Rugby and special mention to
Matt 6165 for finishing in the top 20 looking forward to seeing who your try scorer is next year,
all the best to everyone , and to Irish Wire enjoy Aus.

Thanks to UR for running this, really enjoyed it and very pleased with a top 3 finish. Congrats to Rugby, well played!

Big thanks to UR for running a great competition again this year. I can console myself with winning the prediction competition after our Grand Final loss on Saturday. After topping the prediction league last year too, I am aiming for a hat-trick in 2019

Thanks for all your efforts this year Uncle Rico. Really enjoyed the competition. My best ever finish as well.

Many thanks uncle Rico for the effort and time you put in....well done to rugby a deserved winner...stroll on next season when hopefully it will be our year

Rico, thanks for running the comp again. It's taken me a week to get over the disappointment...... 13th ! Must do better next time. Am sure everyone else appreciates the hard work to run it roll on next year

Many thanks uncle Rico for the effort and time you put in....well done to rugby a deserved winner.I finished just 8 points behind you hope you will be running next as I enjoy it every time even not going to good this year.