a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 42 v 10 Leeds
b) First try (Wire player): Dufty
c) Time of first try: 4 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Sangare
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined):8 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 11,082 (10,832-11,332)

g) Wakefield v Catalans Catalans by 14
Leigh v Salford Salford by 10
Hull KR v Wigan Hull KR by 9
Hull FC v Castleford Hull FC by 2

Well what's not to like? A decent win and a decent number through the turnstiles....long may both continue.The Speculator was the Round 1 BST winner with an eleven point haul.(note there's been a tweak to the scoring system confirmed on the sticky). BUT in real time and once Uncle Rico had found the little hand on his watch, they were pipped at the post by MorePlaymakrsNeeded with a dozen

The rest of us, like our visitors will hope for better times ahead

RESULTS

22pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
11pts The Speculator
9pts Gaz3376, Old Man John
8pts Rugby, Mr Snoodle, Wire n Steel mcraven
7pts CW8 Barbed Wire,,Lord Tony Smith, Builth Wells Wire
5pts eddieH karetaker, Captain Hook
4pts Douglas Black,Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico, Wanderer
3pts Sir Adrian Morley Matt6169
2pts Wire Weaver rubber duckie

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Huddersfield 16 v 26 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Mata' utia
c) Time of first try: 8 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Naiqama
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 7,741 (7,491- 7,991)

g) Salford v Hull KR Hull KR by 14
Leeds v Hull FC Hull FC by 4
Wigan v Wakefield Wigan by 60
Catalans v Leigh Catalans by 8
Castleford v St Helens St Helens by 18

A stiffer test in Round 2 and again the P&B respond with another win to the delight of a decent travelling support. With a full programme and some excellent predicting karetaker is this weeks winner with 17 points although he was pushed all the way.

RESULTS

27pts karetaker
15pts Wire Weaver Rugby eddieH
13pts Old Man John The Speculator
10pts CW8 Barbed Wire mcraven MorePlaymakersNeeded
9pts Uncle Rico
8pts Builth Wells Wire Gaz3376 Captain Hook
7pts Wire n Steel
6pts rubber duckie Sir Adrian Morley Douglas Black Mr Snoodle
5pts Walter Wizard Wanderer
4pts matt6169

STANDINGS

32pts karetaker MorePlaymakersNeeded
24pts The Speculator
23pts Rugby
22pts Old Man John
20pts eddieH
18pts mcraven
17pts Gaz3376, CW8, Barbed Wire, Wire Weaver
15pts Wire n Steel Builth Wells Wire
14pts Mr Snoodle,
13pts Captain Hook Uncle Rico
10pts Douglas Black
9pts Walter Wizard Wanderer Sir Adrian Morley
8pts rubber duckie
7pts Lord Tony Smith, matt6169

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 36 v 20 Salford
b) First try (Wire player): Currie
c) Time of first try: 8 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Dufty
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10
f) Attendance (500 margin) 9,616 (9,366-9,866)

g) Catalans v Hull FC Catalans by 32
Wakefield v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 8
Castleford v Wigan Wigan by 36
Hull KR v Leigh Hull KR by Leigh by 5
St Helens v Leeds Leeds by 1

A couple of coupon busters this round and at half time, I and I'm sure I wasn't alone in thinking that we were heading that way ourselves. Top predicting from Mr Google himself ( I too checked out Toffo ha ha ) with 15 points the rest of us well there's always next week.

RESULTS

25pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
11pts Sir Adrian Morley
9pts Wire Weaver, CW8 Gaz3376, Mr Snoodle, Rugby
8pts Wire n Steel, The Speculator Wanderer
7pts Uncle Rico
5pts eddieH, Old Man John
4pts Barbed Wire, karetaker, Builth Wells Wire, Douglas Black, Captain Hook, mcraven
1pt rubber duckie

STANDINGS

57pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
36pts karetaker
32pts Rugby The Speculator
27pts Old Man John
26pts Gaz3376, CW8 Wire Weaver
25pts eddieH
23pts Wire n Steel Mr Snoodle
22pts mcraven
21pts Barbed Wire
20pts Uncle Rico, Sir Adrian Morley
19pts Builth Wells Wire
17pts Wanderer Captain Hook
14pts Douglas Black
9pts Walter Wizard rubber duckie
7pts Lord Tony Smith, matt6169

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

I had Currie1st try on 7m 53 secs.

RD you certainly had Currie but your recorded try time prediction was 7 minutes. This would have bagged you an additional 4 points ordinarily.

However, I'm sure that we are both pleased in equal measure that I'm not your missus, because when you posted I could have responded with " WHAT TIME D'YA CALL THIS?" Same as the week before you were late at 9.01 PM.

Any problems please PM me I'd like to keep this thread 'clean'

Now then the Competition Results and Standings have been updated to reflect postings to the correct time and there's been some Winners and Losers as follows,

MorePlaymakersNeeded is in the Winners Enclosure having beaten The Speculator in Round 1 by a point. Sorry TS but you've 'lost' your bonus 10.

rubber duckie was not as late as we/i thought it was marginal especially the Salford game but late nonetheless and there is no change to his score

Sincere apologies to you all at least I've got to the bottom of it. Thanks for your help, there's never been an issue previously and I've never changed my settings

a) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 10 V 18 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player):Mikaele
c) Time of first try: 9 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time):Vaughan
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4
f) Attendance (500 margin) N/A

g) Wigan v Catalans Catalans by 8
Huddersfield v Castleford Huddersfield by 30
Leeds v Wakefield Leeds by 26
Leigh v St Helens Leigh by 8
Hull FC v Salford Salford by 46

A decent win it was just a pity that there was no one there to see it as far as the Warrington Guardian, the Hull Daily Mail and HMRC are concerned. This weeks winners are Sir Adrian Morley and CW8 both with ten points each )No there are any bonus points for picking Leigh or correcting Uncle Rico's clock). The rest of well it's a prediction marathon not a sprint

RESULTS

20pts Sir Adrian Morley CW8
9pts rubber duckie
8pts Wire Weaver Old Man John Douglas Black Builth Wells Wire
6pts Mr Snoodle
5pts karetaker, The Speculator, MorePlaymakersNeeded mcraven Wanderer Barbed Wire
4pts Gaz3376 Rugby eddieH Wire n Steel Uncle Rico Captain Hook Walter Wizard
2pts matt6169

STANDINGS

62pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
46pts CW8
41pts karetaker
40pts Sir Adrian Morley
37pts The Speculator
36pts Rugby
35pts Old Man John
34pts Wire Weaver
30pts Gaz3376,
29pts eddieH Mr Snoodle
27pts Wire n Steel mcraven, Builth Wells Wire
26pts Barbed Wire
24pts Uncle Rico
22pts Wanderer Douglas Black
21pts Captain Hook
18pts rubber duckie
13pts Walter Wizard
9pts matt6169
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 38 v 20 Leigh
b) First try (Wire player): Drinkwater
c) Time of first try: 1 min
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Hardaker
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7
f) Attendance (500 margin) 12,073 (11,823-12,323)

g) Castleford v Leeds Castleford by 6
Huddersfield v Wigan Wigan by 2
St Helens Hull FC St Helens by 8
Catalans v Hull KR Catalans by 14
Salford v Wakefield Salford by 1

An entertaining game that had a bit of everything, a barnstorming start and some ill disciplined chaos both on and off the pitch (there really is no need) that saw our opposition 'peg' us back at the end but it was all too little too late to push us into panic mode.

The winner this week is mcraven with a dozen closely followed by Bolton's finest Wanderer with ten. The rest of us 'Fordham Baldies' well it's a case of better luck next week

RESULTS

22pts mcraven
10pts Wanderer
9pts Old Man John Douglas Black
8pts The Speculator Builth Wells Wire Uncle Rico Captain Hook Walter Wizard
7pts katretaker, eddieH Sir Adrian Morley CW8 rubber duckie
6pts Mr Snoodle
5pts Rugby Gaz3376 Wire Weaver Wire n Steel Dita's Slot Meter MorePlaymakersNeeded
4pts Barbed Wire
3pts matt6169

STANDINGS

67pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
53pts CW8
49pts mcraven
48pts karetaker
47pts Sir Adrian Morley
45pts The Speculator
44pts Old Man John
41pts Rugby
39pts Wire Weaver
36pts eddieH
35pts Gaz3376, Mr Snoodle Builth Wells Wire
32pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico Wanderer
31pts Douglas Black
30pts Barbed Wire
29pts Captain Hook
25pts rubber duckie
21pts Walter Wizard
12pts matt6169
7pts Lord Tony Smith
5pts Dita's Slot Meter

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Castleford 0 v 38 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player):Kasiano
c) Time of first try: 7 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time)icon_biggrin.gifufty
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
f) Attendance (500 margin) 7,348 (7,098 - 7,59icon_cool.gif

g) Huddersfield v St Helens St Helens by 2
Wakefield v Hull KR Hull KR by 28
Wigan v Salford Wigan by 4
Leeds v Catalans Leeds by 10
Hull FC v Leigh Leigh by 8

In the words of Lyall and Paton "Oh oh oh it's magic, you know when you win six in a row" another good performance and victory to nil in the Bank of Wire.

Talking of magic this week's winner is Walter Wizard the rest of us were a bit Tommy Cooper by varying degrees just like this,

RESULTS

25pts Walter Wizard
14pts Sir Adrian Morley
10pts CW8 The Speculator Wanderer
9pts Builth Wels Wire
8pts eddieH karetaker Barbed Wire mcraven MorePlaymakersNeeded
7pts Gaz3376
6pts Old Man John Douglas Black Dita's Slot Meter Captain Hook
5pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico
4pts Mr Snoodle Rugby
3pts Wire Weaver rubber duckie matt6169

STANDINGS

75pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
63pts CW8
61pts Sir Adrian Morley
57pts mcraven
56pts karetaker
55pts The Speculator
50pts Old Man John
46pts Walter Wizard
45pts Rugby
44pts eddieH Builth Wells Wire
42pts Wire Weaver Gaz3376 Wanderer
39pts Mr Snoodle
38pts Barbed Wire
37pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico Douglas Black
35pts Captain Hook
28pts rubber duckie
15pts matt6169
13pts Dita's Slot Meter
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 34 v 6 Hull FC
b) First try (Wire player):Ashton
c) Time of first try:6 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Nicholson
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 10,797 (10547 -11,047)

g) Leigh v Wigan Wigan by 28
Hull KR v Leeds Hull KR by 8
St Helens v Wakefield St Helens by 38
Catalans v Castleford Catalans by 4
Salford v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 10

Our form continues with plenty of points on the field and in the Prediction Competition with Bolton's finest, Wanderer coming out on top this week The rest of us have something to build on as follows,

RESULTS
26pts Wanderer
14pts Sir Adrian Morley
13pts karetaker Uncle Rico
12pts CW8 mcraven
9pts Old Man John Builth Wells Wire
8pts Wire Weaver Gaz3376 The Speculator
7pts eddieH Dita's Slot Meter rubber duckie Walter Wizard
6pts Captain Hook
5pts Douglas Black Mr Snoodle
4pts matt6169 Rugby MorePlaymakersNeeded

STANDINGS
79pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
75pts CW8 Sir Adrian Morley
69pts mcraven karetaker
68pts Wanderer
63pts The Speculator
59pts Old Man John
53pts Walter Wizard Builth Wells Wire
51pts eddieH Wire n Steel
50pts Wire Weaver Gaz3376 Uncle Rico
49pts Rugby
44pts Mr Snoodle
42pts Douglas Black
41pts Captain Hook
38pts Barbed Wire
35pts rubber duckie
20pts Dita's Slot Meter
19pts matt6169
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Catalans 14 v 20 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Thewlis
c) Time of first try: 7 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time):Thewlis
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 10,786 (10,536-11,036)

g) Castleford v Wakefield Castleford by 12
Hull FC v Hull KR Hull KR by 40
Wigan v St Helens Wigan by 8
Leigh v Salford Salford by 2
Leeds v Huddersfield Leeds by 1

A tough win in the South of France aided and abetted by strong support from the Wire faithful. A big "da lawn" to Builth Wells Wire who top scored this week with 11 points. The rest of us need to improve our game particularly Uncle Rico (
I was obviously suffering from Skegness Jet Lag)

RESULTS
21pts Builth Wells Wire
8pts Wire Weaver
7pts karetaker, Rugby matt6169,The Speculator, Dita's Slot Meter
6pts Old Man John
5pts CW8 eddieH Gaz3376 Mr Snoodle Sir Adrian Morley Wire n Steel MorePlaymakersNeeded Wanderer Captain Hook mcraven
4pts rubber duckie Douglas Black Walter Wizard
2pts Uncle Rico

STANDINGS
83pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
80pts CW8 Sir Adrian Morley
76pts karetaker
74pts mcraven Builth Wells Wire
73pts Wanderer
70pts The Speculator
65pts Old Man John
58pts WireWeaver
57pts Walter Wizard
56pts eddieH Wire n Steel Rugby
55pts Gaz3376
52pts Uncle Rico
49pts Mr Snoodle
46pts Douglas Black Captain Hook
39pts rubber duckie
38pts Barbed Wire
27pts Dita's Slot Meter
26pts matt6169
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 6 v 13 Wigan
b) First try (Wire player): Nicholson
c) Time of first try: 5 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): O'Neil
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4
f) Attendance (500 margin) 15 026 (14,776-15,276)

g) Salford v Castleford Salford by 8
Huddersfield v Catalans Huddersfield by 12
Hull KR v St Helens Hull KR by 12
Leeds v Hull FC Leeds by 24
Wakefield v Leigh Leigh by 32

Well I suppose it had to end some time pity it was this week in front of a full house and as has been said it's not season defining. Sir Adrian top scored this week with the rest of us propping up the Prediction Comp by varying degrees as follows

RESULTS
21pts Sir Adrian Morley
9pts Douglas Black
8pts The Speculator Dita's Slot Meter
7pts Wire Weaver karetaker Mr Snoodle Builth Wells Wire Wanderer
6pts Uncle Rico Old Man John matt6169 Gaz3376 Wire n Steel eddieH Walter Wizard
5pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
4pts rubber duckie Captain Hook mcraven
3pts Rugby CW8

STANDINGS
101pts Sir Adrian Morley
88pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
83pts CW8 karetaker
81pts Builth Wells Wire
80pts Wanderer
78pts mcraven The Speculator
71pts Old Man John
65pts Wire Weaver
63pts Walter Wizard
62pts eddieH Wire n Steel
61pts Gaz3376
59pts Rugby
58pts Uncle Rico
56pts Mr Snoodle
55pts Douglas Black
50pts Captain Hook
43pts rubber duckie
38pts Barbed Wire
35pts Dita's Slot Meter
32pts matt6169
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: St Helens 28 v 6 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Russell
c) Time of first try: 10 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Ritson
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 14,866 (14,616-15,116)

g) Castleford v Hull KR Hull KR by 5
Leigh v Leeds Leigh by 14
Hull FC v Huddersfield Hull FC by 6
Salford v Catalans Salford by 2
Wigan v Wakefield Wigan by 16

Well another defeat and it looks like the international break might be coming at the right time for the Wire as we can hopefully reset. Everyone's favourite bathroom accessory rubber duckie top scored this week with 13 points the rest of us hope that our bubbles have burst as follows

RESULTS
23pts rubber duckie
10pts Wanderer
8pts Wire Weaver
7pts Dita's Slot Meter
6pts Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire
5pts Old Man John Mr Snoodle
4pts CW8 The Speculator matt6169 Sir Adrian Morley Wire n Steel MorePlaymakersNeeded mcraven Captain Hook
3pts eddieH
2pts karetaker Rugby Walter Wizard
1pt Douglas Black

STANDINGS
105pts Sir Adrian Morley
92pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
90pts Wanderer
87pts CW8 Builth Wells Wire
85pts karetaker
82pts mcraven The Speculator
76pts Old Man John
73pts Wire Weaver
66pts Wire n Steel rubber duckie
65pts eddieH Walter Wizard
64pts Uncle Rico
61pts Gaz3376 Rugby Mr Snoodle
56pts Douglas Black
54pts Captain Hook
42pts Dita's Slot Meter
38pts Barbed Wire
36pts matt6169
7pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 32 v 18 Wakefield
b) First try (Wire player): Thewlis
c) Time of first try: 9 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Ashton
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin): 10,209 (9,959 -10,459)

g) Hull FC v Wigan: Hull FC by 4
Catalans v St Helens: Catalans by 12
Hull KR v Huddersfield: Hull KR by 28
Leeds v Salford: Salford by 10
Leigh v Castleford: Leigh by 24

Back to winning ways and to the top of Super League and we still want more it seems. Perhaps we should remember where we were last year and of course the proper coronation isn't until October..let's hope it's right up our street and we are a collective of ex moaners.

Douglas Black and Builth Wells Wire are this week's Kings of the comp making the rest of us look like proper Charlies as follows,

RESULTS
22pts Douglas Black Builth Wells Wire
11pts karetaker
10pts Sir Adrian Morley Old Man John mcraven
9pts Captain Hook eddieH
8pts Wire Weaver rubber duckie Walter Wizard
7pts Mr Snoodle MorePlaymakersNeeded
6pts CW8 Rugby
5pts The Speculator Uncle Rico Wire n Steel Wanderer
4pts Dita's Slot Meter
3pts matt6169

STANDINGS
115pts Sir Adrian Morley
109pts Builth Wells Wire
99pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
96pts karetaker
95pts Wanderer
93pts CW8
92pts mcraven
87pts The Speculator
86pts Old Man John
81pts Wire Weaver
78pts Douglas Black
74pts rubber duckie eddieH
73pts Walter Wizard
71pts Wire n Steel
69pts Uncle Rico
68pts Mr Snoodle
67pts Rugby
63pts Captain Hook
61pts Gaz3376
46pts Dita's Slot Meter
39pts matt6169
38pts Barbed Wire
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Catalans 14 v 16 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player):Ashton
c) Time of first try: 15 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Ashton
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3
f) Attendance (500 margin) 5,014 (4,764 - 5,264)

g) Halifax v St Helens St Helens by 20
Wakefield v Leigh Leigh by 28
Hull KR v Batley Hull KR by 50
Leeds v Wigan Wigan by 4
Salford v Huddersfield Salford by 2
Castleford v Hull FC Hull FC by 24
York v London York by 24

Another decent win against the Dragons away in France, the players must take a lot of credit for coming out on top in a close contest it was certainly no banker. Talking of credit, the aptly named Douglas Black topped up his Prediction Comp account by 21 points this week he's on a roll. The rest of us well we will have to do better next week as follows,

RESULTS
31pts Douglas Black
17pts mcraven
16pts Builth Wells Wire MorePlaymakersNeeded
15pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico
14pts CW8
13pts Rugby Wanderer, Captain Hook
12pts The Speculator
11pts karetaker
10pts Sir Adrian Morley rubber duckie
8pts Dita's Slot Meter Walter Wizard
6pts matt6169 Old Man John
5pts Mr Snoodle

STANDINGS
125pts Sir Adrian Morley Builth Wells Wire
115pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
109pts mcraven
108pts Wanderer
107pts karetaker CW8
105pts Douglas Black
99pts The Speculator
92pts Old Man John
86pts Wire n Steel
84pts rubber duckie Uncle Rico
81pts Wire Weaver Walter Wizard
80pts Rugby
76pts Captain Hook
74pts eddieH
73pts Mr Snoodle
61pts Gaz3376
54pts Dita's Slot Meter
45pts matt6169
38pts Barbed Wire
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Leigh 30 v 12 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Williams
c) Time of first try:7 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Reynolds
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 8,120 (7,870 - 8,370)

g) Hull KR v Wigan Wigan by 4
Catalans v Wakefield Catalans by 30
Huddersfield v Castleford Huddersfield by 16
Leeds v St Helens St Helens by 1
Salford v Hull FC Salford by 7

We didn't really get out of the blocks against a Leigh side full of guys with something to prove aided and abetted by others assembled by Lam into a well balanced team....they are certainly no mugs nor hard of hearing it seems. No disrespect but you know it's a bad day at the Prediction Comp Office when Matt is our chart topper. He is joined at the top of the hit parade by CW8 and Builth Wells Wire whilst the rest of us were off tune as follows

RESULTS
20pts matt6169 CW8 Builth Wells Wire
8pts Rugby
7pts The Speculator
6pts Mr Snoodle Captain Hook mcraven
5pts eddieH, MorePlaymakersNeeded Wire Weaver
4pts Sir Adrian Morley Old Man John Doulas Black Dita's Slot Meter Wanderer
3pts karetaker Wire n Steel Uncle Rico Walter Wizard rubber duckie

STANDINGS
145pts Builth Wells Wire
129pts Sir Adrian Morley
127pts CW8
120pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
115pts mcraven
112pts Wanderer
110pts karetaker
109pts Douglas Black
106pts The Speculator
96pts Old Man John
89pts Wire n Steel
88pts Rugby
87pts rubber duckie Uncle Rico
86pts Wire Weaver
84pts Walter Wizard
82pts Captain Hook
79pts eddieH Mr Snoodle
65pts matt6169
61pts Gaz3376
58pts Dita's Slot Meter
38pts Barbed Wire
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 30 v 18 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Wrench
c) Time of first try: 3 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Hoy
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6 kicks
f) Attendance (2,000 margin total for both days): 63,369 (62,369 - 64,369)

g) Salford v Hull KR: Salford by 10
Wigan v Catalans: Catalans by 24
Leeds v Castleford: Castleford by 2
Wakefield v Leigh: Leigh by 26
St Helens v Huddersfield: St Helens by 42

In most walks of life, they say that you have to speculate to accumulate and I think that the common consensus is that we should have accumulated more in the first half when were on top. So it falls on the aptly named The Speculator to accumulate the most this week whilst the rest of us need to pull our rabbits out of our collective hats next week as follows,

RESULTS
21pts The Speclator
9pts Walter Wizard
7pts Douglas Black
6pts karetaker
5pts Wire Weaver Old Man John Dita's Slot Meter Builth Wells Wire
4pts Sir Adrian Morley matt6169 Rugby Mr Snoodle Uncle Rico MorePlaymakersNeeded Captain Hook mcraven
3ts eddieH Wire n Steel Wanderer
2pts CW8
1pts rubber duckie

STANDINGS
150pts Builth Wells Wire
133pts Sir Adrian Morley
129pts CW8
127pts The Speculator
124pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
119pts mcraven
116pts karetaker Douglas Black
115pts Wanderer
101pts Old Man John
93pts Walter Wizard
92pts Wire n Steel Rugby
91pts Uncle Rico Wire Weaver
88pts rubber duckie
86pts Captain Hook
83pts Mr Snoodle
82pts eddieH
69pts matt6169
63pts Dita's Slot Meter
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 30 v 26 Huddersfield
b) First try (Wire player): Kasiano
c) Time of first try: 4 min
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Lolohea
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8
f) Attendance: 9,007 (8,757 - 9,257)

Castleford v Salford - Salford by 32
Leigh v Hull FC - Leigh by 12
St Helens v Wigan - St Helens by 18
Catalans v Hull KR - Catalans by 34
Wakefield v Leeds - Wakefield by 10

Back to winning ways, a result that keeps us well placed in the top echelons of SL despite our best efforts and some odd decisions encouraging the opposition. Someone who doesn't need any encouragement this week is Builth Wells Wire who top scored with 14 points. The rest of us need an arm round the shoulder/kick up the booty as apprpropriate and as follows,

RESULTS
24pts Builth Wells Wire
13pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
11pts The Speculator mcraven
10pts Mr Snoodle
9pts Old Man John
8pts rubber duckie Graham Bray Rugby Captain Hook Uncle Rico Wire Weaver
7pts CW8 Wire n Steel
6pts Douglas Black eddieH Walter Wizard
5pts Sir Adrian Morley Wanderer
4pts Dita's Slot Meter matt6169
3pts karetaker

STANDINGS
174pts Builth Wells Wire
138pts Sir Adrian Morley The Speculator
137pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
136pts CW8
130pts mcraven
122pts Douglas Black
120pts Wanderer
119pts karetaker
110pts Old Man John
100pts Rugby
99pts Walter Wizard Wire n Steel Uncle Rico Wire Weaver
96pts rubber duckie
94pts Captain Hook
93pts Mr Snoodle
88pts eddieH
73pts matt6169
67pts Dita's Slot Meter
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
8pts Graham Bray
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Wigan 14 v 12 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Bullock
c) Time of first try: 10
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Thewlis
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5
f) Attendance (500 margin) 9,302 (9,052 - 9,552)

g) Hull KR v Salford Hull KR by 18
Hull FC v St Helens St Helens by 14
York v Leigh Leigh by 20

Whilst quite a few predicted a loss few can presumably have thought they'd be picking up Prediction points when Wigan were reduced to 12 men......butt then again.

Our top scorer this week is CW8 and for the rest of well like coach Powell we'll be hoping for better things next week as follows

RESULTS
21pts CW8
8pts matt6169 Wanderer
7pts The Speculator MorePlaymakersNeeded
6pts Sir Adrian Morley Rugby
5pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico
4pts Old Man John Mr Snoodle Builth Wells Wire rubber duckie
3pts Wire Weaver Douglas Black Dita's Slot Meter
2pts Walter Wizard karetaker eddieH Captain Hook

STANDINGS
178pts Builth Wells Wire
157pts CW8
145pts The Speculator
144pts Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded
130pts mcraven
128pts Wanderer
125pts Douglas Black
121pts karetaker
114pts Old Man John
106pts Rugby
104pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico
102pts Wire Weaver
101pts Walter Wizard
100pts rubber duckie
97pts Mr Snoodle
96pts Captain Hook
90pts eddieH
81pts matt6169
70pts Dita's Slot Meter
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
8pts Graham Bray
7pts Lord Tony Smith

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a) Score and Winning team: Castleford 23 v 14 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Ashton
c) Time of first try: 8 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Broadbent
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin): 6,066

g) Hull FC v St Helens: Hull FC by 28
Hull KR v Wakefield: Hull KR by 16
Leeds v Huddersfield: Leeds by 54
Catalans v Leigh: Catalans by 8
Salford v Wigan: Wigan by 20

Our chief weapon is surprise, surprise ad fear, fear and surprise. Our two weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency. Our three weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficency and an almost fanatical dedication to a passive defensive line and using the other weapons on ourselves.

Top points this week go to Defender of the Faith Dita's Slot Meter whilst the rest of us will be hoping for a change of fortunes sooner rather than later as follows

RESULTS
23pts Dita's slotr Meter
12pts Wanderer Old Man John
11pts Wire Weaver
9pts Builth Wells Wire
8pts Sir Adrian Morley Captain Hook
7pts Wire n Steel Douglas Black CW8 Uncle Rico
6pts Walter Wizard MorePlaymakersNeeded
4pts The Speculator Mr Snoodle
2pts karetaker
1pt rubber duckie

STANDINGS
187pts Builth Wells Wire
164pts CW8
152pts Sir Adrian Morley
150pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
149pts The Speculator
140pts Wanderer
132pts Douglas Black
130pts mcraven
126pts Old Man John
123pts karetaker
113pts Wire Weaver
111pts Wire n Steel Uncle Rico
107pts Walter Wizard
106pts Rugby
104pts Captain Hook
101pts rubber duckie Mr Snoodle
93pts Dita's Slot Meter
90pts eddieH
81pts matt6169
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
8pts Graham Bray
7pts Lord Tony Smith

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 6 v 22 Leeds,
b) First try (Wire player): Ashton
c) Time of first try: 6 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Myler
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 4
f) Attendance (500 margin) 8,981 ((8,731-9,231)

g) Wakefield v Salford, Wakefield by 26
Leigh v Hull KR, Leigh by 30
St Helens v Castleford, St Helens by 22
Wigan v Huddersfield, Wigan by 16
Hull FC v Catalans, Catalans by 10

Another week and another substandard performance (BOOOOO that'll learn you). Now that I've got that off my virtual chest, I can also report that Dita's Slot Meter again hit top spot aided by (I think) the first 10 points correct Wire Score as part of their 21pt haul. For the rest of us we need to contemplate our navels in the Coach's Box (spare bedroom) for a bit before facing our Aintie Rico's and hatching a better plan for next week as follows,

RESULTS
31pts Dita's Slot Metet
14pts Uncle Rico
13pts Wire Weaver
12pts Old Man John Mr Snoodle Wanderer
10pts karetaker
9pts Rugby Captain Hook Builth Wells Wire
8pts Graham Bray
7pts Sir Adrian Morley Douglas Black
6pts Walter Wizard
5pts CW8
2pts MorePlayMakersNeeeded

STANDINGS
196pts Builth Wells Wire
169pts CW8
160pts The Speculator
159pts Sir Adrian Morley
152pts MorePlaymakersNeeded Wanderer
139pts Douglas Black
138pts Old Man John
133pts karetaker
130pts mcraven
126pts Wire Weaver
125pts Uncle Rico
124pts Dita's Slot Meter
122pts Wire n Steel
115pts Rugby
113pts Walter Wizard Captain Hook Mr Snoodle
101pts rubber duckie
90pts eddieH
81pts matt6169
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
16pts Graham Bray
7pts Lord Tony Smith

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a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 20 v 24 St Helens
b) First try (Wire player): Ashton
c) Time of first try: 15 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Dodds
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8
f) Attendance (500 margin) 12,385 (12,135-12,635)

g) Wakefield v Wigan: Wakefield by 1
Castleford v Leigh: Leigh by 18
Catalans v Huddersfield: Huddersfield by 8
Hull KR v Hull FC Hull FC by 10
Salford v Leeds: Leeds by 2

I understand that the forum is a 'hung parliament' on the acceptability of accepting a loss coupled with an improvement in application BUT we've had worse days....

Bolton's finest Wanderer pipped our collective's maths champ and time traveler MorePlaymakersNeeded to top spot this week with 15 hard earned. The rest of us need to up our game next week as do thge guys on the pitch...

There's a few lucky posters this week as I've gone with Hull FC when cited as Hull and I trust there would have been no dramas should KR have nabbed the points.

RESULTS
25pts Wanderer
14pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
12pts Old Man John
9pts Uncle Rico karetaker CW8 Rugby Captain Hook
8pts Sir Adrian Morley Builth Wells Wire
7pts Wire Weaver rubber duckie
6pts matt6169 The Speculator Dita's Slot Meter SirLesBoyd2
5pts Mr Snoodle Douglas Black
4pts Wire n Steel
3pts Walter Wizard

STANDINGS
204pts Builth Wells Wire
178pts CW8
177pts Wanderer
167pts Sir Adrian Morely
166pts The Speculator MorePlaymakersNeeded
150pts Old Man John
144pts Douglas Black
142pts karetaker
134pts Uncle Rico
133pts Wire Weaver
130pts mcraven Dita's Slot Meter
126pts Wire n Steel
124pts Rugby
122pts Captain Hook
118pts Mr Snoodle
108pts rubber duckie
116pts Walter Wizard
90pts eddieH
87pts matt6169
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
16pts Graham Bray
7pts Lord Tony Smith
6pts SirLesBoyd2

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Wigan 26 Warrington 12
b) First try (Wire player): Harrison
c) Time of first try: 7 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Farrell
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7
f) Attendance (500 margin) 13,105 (12,855-13,335)

g) St Helens v Catalans: Catalans by 2
Huddersfield v Wakefield: Huddersfield by 28
Leeds v Hull KR: Hull KR by 1
Hull FC v Castleford: Hull FC by 18
Salford v Leigh: Leigh by 2

Another rare perfect ten for Wanderer (you can have too much of a good thing BTW) sees Wanderer topping the charts with 16 points. The rest of us 'anorexic chicks' need to up our game next week as follows,

RESULTS
26pts Wanderer
11pts Mr Snoodle
10pts Old Man John
7pts Uncle Rico Rugby
6pts CW8 Builth Wells Wire Dita's Slot Meter Captain Hook
5pts matt6169 MorePlaymakersNeeded
4pts karetaker Sir Adrian Morley The Speculator
2pts Wire Weaver Wire n Steel Douglas Black rubber duckie

STANDINGS
210pts Builth Wells Wire
203pts Wanderer
184pts CW8
171pts Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded
170pts The Speculator
160pts Old Man John
146pts Douglas Black karetaker
141pts Uncle Rico
136pts Dita's Slot Meter
135pts Wire Weaver
131pts Rugby
130pts mcraven
129pts Mr Snoodle
128pts Wire n Steel Captain Hook
116pts Walter Wizard
110pts rubber duckie
92pts matt6169
90pts eddieH
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
16pts Graham Bray
7pts Lord Tony Smith
6pts SirLesBoyd2

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Leigh 12 v 10 St. Helens
b) First try (any player): Lussick
c) Time of first try: 19 minutes
d) Last try (any player not time): Lomax
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 12,113 (11,865 - 12,365)

a) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 11 v 10 Wigan
b) First try (Any player): Senior
c) Time of first try: 11 minutes
d) Last try (any player): Ryan
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3 kicks
f) Attendance (500 margin) 10,926 ( 10,676 -11,176)

Barring Wire making an appearance it's probably the Final folk wanted. Top spot was shared by karetaker, Mr Snoodle and Wire n Steel each with 6 points doubled to a more respectable dozen For the rest of us well we'll be seeing how the land lies shortly as Uncle Rico is playing .post Towyn catch up

RESULTS
22pts karetaker Mr Snoodle Wire n Steel
8pts Uncle Rico Sir Adrian Morley Walter Wizard Captain Hook Dita's Slot Meter Bulth Wells Wire
4pts Old Man John The Speculator Wire Weaver Rugby Douglas Black GrahamBray
0pts CW8 matt6169 Wanderer MorePlaymakersNeeded

STANDINGS
218pts Builth Wells Wire
203pts Wanderer
184pts CW8
179pts Sir Adrian Morley
174pts The Speculator
171pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
168pts karetaker
164pts Old Man John
151pts Mr Snoodle
150pts Douglas Black Wire n Steel
149pts Uncle Rico
144pts Dita's Slot Meter
139pts Wire Weaver
136pts Captain Hook
135pts Rugby
130pts mcraven
124pts Walter Wizard
110pts rubber duckie
92pts matt6169
90pts eddieH
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
20pts Graham Bray
7pts Lord Tony Smith
6pts SirLesBoyd2

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me

a) Score and Winning team: Wakefield 42 v 6 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Vaughan
c) Time of first try: 9 minutes
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Jowitt
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6
f) Attendance (500 margin): 4,417 (4,167- 4,667)

g) Huddersfield v Hull FC: Huddersfield by 7
Hull KR v Castleford: Hull KR by 18
St Helens v Leeds: St Helens by 4
Wigan v Leigh: Wigan by 26
Catalans v Salford: Catalans by 42

In the words of the late great Kenneth Williams it seems like our rabble had it in for Coach Powell...

Once again top spot is a sharing platter for CW8 Mr Snoodle (hello again) and our Walter the rest of us well it was hard cheese perhaps we'll get our just deserts next week as follows,

RESULTS
19pts CW8 Mr Snoodle Walter Wizard
8pts Old Man John Sir Adrian Morley Wire n Steel Wanderer
7pts Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire MorePlaymakersNeeded
6pts matt6169
5pts Wire Weaver Rugby The Speculator Douglas Black
4pts Captain Hook
3pts karetaker Dita's Slot Meter

STANDINGS
225pts Builth Wells Wire
211pts Wanderer
203pts CW8
187pts Sir Adrian Morley
179pts The Speculator
178pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
172pts Old Man John
171pts karetaker
170pts Mr Snoodle
158ts Wire n Steel
156pts Uncle Rico
155pts Douglas Black
147pts Dita's Slot Meter
144pts Wire Weaver
143pts Walter Wizard
140pts Captain Hook Rugby
130pts mcraven
110pts rubber duckie
98pts matt6169
90pts eddieH
61pts Gaz3376
38pts Barbed Wire
20pts Graham Bray
7pts Lord Tony Smith
6pts SirLesBoyd2

Any problems or miscalculations please PM me