[uROUND FIFTEEN ROUND-UP:[/u
No Jokers played this round.
Friday saw The Trannies beat Sheffield on the latter’s own manor. All called it but no correct margins, Wanderer and Bongser closest but both two shy. 52 points was the aggregate score but remember that the BBQ asked only for the aggregate from the Saturday & Sunday scores so those 52 will not count. Five points to all.
Saturday saw [iune debacle en le midi[/i. Seven miscalled. Fair play and [icinq points[/i to Don Jean and five pieces of silver to Charlie. So, going into Sunday, the round was being jointly led by last season’s Grand Master and this one’s (not so) young pretender.
After a third of the BBQ featured matches the aggregate score stood at exactly 200 points. Easily extrapolated to 600, and seeing EVVO, merely four out, in the box-seat.
Sunday saw us start with a Scouse Magic Weekend fixture ‘twixt Salford & HKR. Unlike in the Tim Sheens MPG in 2017, this game saw the "Humber-Side" take the spoils thanks to a late kick. Aggregate for the match: The ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything.
Onto The Championship.
Barrow tonked ‘Dale by 44. Five points to all bar Pubbers. Chayders closest on the margin by predicting exactly half of it.
Neauw then! The Bulldogs beat The Bluesox by 8. Only Vanners saw that coming. What is more he called this week’s only correct margin. Not content with that he nailed the exact scoreline. 65 in total for that feat of skill. :clap: Vanners then proceeded to rest on his Haurels and Lard-on and to mis-predict the last three winners.
Fev beat The Bulls by a comfortable 38. Five points to all bar the above and EVVO. No one close on the margin.
All erred for a Viking win. That match therefore easily dealt with.
Which left only Swinton vs Dewsbury. Those ne’er do wells at “Rashscore” were showing 80th minute on the clock as Swinton levelled with a converted try – 16 all – Bongser touching his lucky thingy. Then it all went turnip shaped.
Dewsbury dropped a goal (as our glorious leader predicted someone would). Needing only an equalising drop, Swinny decided to do a "Cherry Blossoms" (think RU World Cup Japan vs SA) and run their last chance. Baaastds! 22-17 to The Swine. Five points for six of you, Chayders the other odd man out.
Low scoring round (four of us on a mere 15pts apiece), but with only the BBQ to come, Vanners (50 points ahead) is already guaranteed the WWB of 25 points. Huzzay to him – over a hundred points already in the bag for this week!
We’ll have to wait for the Saints vs Cas’ match to finish around 8pm to publish the standings but this is your Round-Up for now.
