So here we are, the third annual RAB Predictions Play Offs.

Just a quick reminder how the format of the playoffs will work:

Week One
G1 - 1st vs 4th
G2 - 2nd vs 3rd
G3 - 5th vs 12th (Loser eliminated)
G4 - 6th vs 11th (Loser eliminated)
G5 - 7th vs 10th (Loser eliminated)
G6 - 8th vs 9th (Loser eliminated)

Week Two
G7 - Winner G1 vs Lowest placed winner of G3-G6
G8 - Winner G2 vs 2nd Lowest placed winner of G3-G6
G9 - Loser G2 vs 3rd Lowest placed winner of G3-G6
G10 - Loser G1 vs 4th Lowest placed winner of G3-G6

Week Three - SEMI FINALS
G11 - Winner G7 vs Winner G9
G12 - Winner G8 vs Winner G10

Week Four - GRAND FINAL
G13 - Winner G11 vs Winner G12

Therefore these are the following fixtures for the Play Offs Week 1:

G1 BullCharge vs Bull Mania
G2 jammie vs tikkabulls
G3 tigertot vs dddooommm
G4 broadybull87 vs pulsator2k7
G5 jayb vs Duckman
G6 bullinenemyland vs Terrace singer

Without doubt the tie of the round is in Game 1 where 2013 World Champion and current League Leader BullCharge takes on 2014 Cup King Bull Mania!!!

Elsewhere, 2012 Grand Final Winner tigertot takes on 2013 Grand Final Runner Up dddooommm.

2013 Grand Final Winner Pulsator2k7 just about scraped into the top 12 and will have to defend their title the hard way. No slip ups from 11th place!!!

Each player must predict the game results (post to follow shortly) and the points will be tallied up as normal. The only difference is that you are aiming to score more points against your playoff opponent. Highest score wins the game. In the event of a draw it will go down to the tie breaker.

In order to make absolutely sure, I'm listing two tie breakers just in case so please complete both.

So all that is left to say is good luck!!!

Playoff Week 1 fixtures for prediction...

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants
St Helens V Castleford Tigers
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles
Hawks V Gateshead Thunder
Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round?
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game?

Predictions must be made by no later than 7pm on Thursday 18th September 2014.

Playoff Week 1 fixtures for prediction...

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 10
St Helens V Castleford Tigers - Cas by 2
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 26
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 18
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Halifax by 4
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Sheffield by 10
Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - thunder by 2
Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 370
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 8,217

Predictions must be made by :2axzi1z9no later than 7pm on Thursday 18th September 2014

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 14
St Helens V Castleford Tigers - St Helens by 8
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 36
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 24
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Halifax by 8
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Sheffield by 10
Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - Thunder by 2
Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 360
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 6,111

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 8

St Helens V Castleford Tigers - St Helens by 10

Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 22

Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 13

Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Halifax by 10

Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Sheffield by 2

Hunslet Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - Hunslet by 8

Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 348 Pts

Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 17,258

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 10
St Helens V Castleford Tigers - St Helens by 14
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 14
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 14
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Halifax by 8
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Doncaster by 10
Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - Hunslet by 18
Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 365
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 8500

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 10
St Helens V Castleford Tigers - saints by 8
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 20
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 12
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Halifax by 10
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Sheffield by 6
Hunslet Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - Hunslet by 10
Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 330 Pts
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 16638

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 14
St Helens V Castleford Tigers - Cas by 8
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 14
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 22
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Rams by 4
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Sheffield by 10
Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - Hawks by 14
Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 350
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 9,000

Wigan v Huddersfield - Wigan by 14
St.Helens v Castleford - St. Helens by 12
Warrington v Widnes - Warrington by 18
Leeds v Catalan - Leeds by 16
Halifax v Dewsbury - Halifax by 8
Doncaster v Sheffield - Doncaster by 10
Hunslet v Gateshead - Hunslet by 12
Tie Breaker 1 -342
Tie Breaker 2 - 12682

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 16
St Helens V Castleford Tigers - Cas by 12
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 18
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 16
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Halifax by 20
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Sheffield by 18
Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - Hawks by 20
Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 372
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 8419

Come on dddooommm, show your hand, loser.

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 16
St Helens V Castleford Tigers - Saints by 7
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 20
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 16
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Halifax by 10
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Doncaster by 1
Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - Hawks by 20
Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 360
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 8,500

Wigan Warriors V Huddersfield Giants - Wigan by 4
St Helens V Castleford Tigers - Saints by 2
Warrington Wolves V Widnes Vikings - Warrington by 12
Leeds Rhinos V Catalan Dragons - Leeds by 8
Halifax RLFC V Dewsbury Rams - Dewsbury by 6
Doncaster RLFC V Sheffield Eagles - Doncaster by 2
Hawks V Gateshead Thunder - Hawks by 16

Tie breaker 1 - Total points scored in the round? 360
Tie breaker 2 - Attendance at Wigan vs Huddersfield game? 7902

Wigan v Huddersfield - Wigan by 2
St.Helens v Castleford - St. Helens by 6
Warrington v Widnes - Warrington by 12
Leeds v Catalan - Leeds by 2
Halifax v Dewsbury - Halifax by 8
Doncaster v Sheffield - Doncaster by 1
Hunslet v Gateshead - Hunslet by 2
Tie Breaker 1 -337
Tie Breaker 2 - 13250

Free pass to the next round for me!!!

Sorry About missing this I have been away on holiday and totally forgot about it.

So I'm out...

Looks like it, though I was a bit worried. You were ahead until Sunday's games.

[uThe Play Offs - Week 1 Results[/u

G1 BullCharge 4 - 3 Bull Mania
G2 jammie 4 - 4 tikkabulls*
G3 tigertot 5 - 4 dddooommm
G4 broadybull87 5 - 5 pulsator2k7*
G5 jayb 4 - 5 Duckman
G6 bullinenemyland 4 - 0 Terrace singer
[i*tikkabulls and pulsator2k7 win via Tiebreaker 1[/i

So as the first round of the playoffs conclude, we sadly say goodbye to dddooommm, broadybull87, jayb and Terrace singer.

Bull Mania and jammie get a second chance after losing their opening fixtures (thanks to a top 4 finish). However, there are no more second chances from here-on out... now it's all Knockout!!!

Week 2 of the Play Offs are as follows:

G7 BullCharge vs pulsator2k7
G8 tikkabulls vs Duckman
G9 jammie vs bullinenemyland
G10 Bull Mania vs tigertot

Week 2 fixtures for prediction to be posted shortly.

Highest scoring loser gets a second chance....right?

I'm afraid not, only those in Games G1 & G2.

In anycase, broadybull87 was highest sccoring loser

Fix (he crys hopelessly)