New season and a new Prediction competition. Not much has changed from last year (except that because there is no sponsor membership this year, the competition is open to everyone that enters).

If no-one has any objections (and they haven't for the last 2 years), I will be trying to defend my play-off Grand Final win this year.

For anyone new to the concept, here is a reminder of the rules

[uPrediction Competition 2014 Rules[/u
1)Predictions will be made for Superleague matches only (the only exception will be the World Club Challenge).
2)All predictions must be made before the first game of the weekend kicks off.
3)Any predictions made after this will only score for any games that haven't started at the time of posting.

[uScoring[/u
Correctly predict a draw: 5 points
Correctly predict the right winning team and the right margin: 3 points
Correctly predict the right winning team, but not the right margin: 1 point
Anything else: 0 points

As there is no Southstander.com sponshorship this year, the top 8 scorers at the end of the season will be eligibile for the end of season play-off prediction competition.

In the event of 2 players tying on points at the end of the regular season, the criteria for breaking the tie will be the person who has predicted the most scores exactly correct during the season.
In the event of 2 players still being tied, then the player who has had the smallest combined margin in error throughout the season will progress.

[uRules for play-off competition[/u
The usual scoring system will apply but in the event of 2 players scoring an equal amount of points, the tie-breaker will be the player with the smallest combined margin of error over the week's play-off games.

If this is also equal, the player who finished higher in the regular season will proceed in the competition.

As things stand, there will be one prize on offer this year - for the winner of the play-off Grand Final.

Week 1 fixtures

Wigan (WIG) v Huddersfield (HUD)

Warrington (WAR) v St Helens (STH)
Hull FC (HFC) v Catalans (CAT)
Widnes (WID) v London (LON)
Hull KR (HKR) v Leeds (LEE)
Salford (SAL) v Wakefield (WAK)
Bradford (BRA) v Castleford (CAS)

If people could please post their predictions in the format of just the 3 letter code listed above for each team and then the margins, it would be appreciated (or just type DRAW for a draw prediction).

For example, sample predictions for Week 1 would be in the format (nothing else apart from a 3 letter code and a number (or the word DRAW) is required).
WIG 1
WAR 2
HFC 3
WID 4
HKR 5
SAL 6
BRA 6
WAR 7

As the Wigan/Huddersfield game is a week before all the other round 1 fixtures, you may post the prediction for that game by 8pm on Friday 7th February and then predictions for the remaining 6 games by 8pm Thursday 13th February.

Good luck to everyone

WIG 20

HUD 8

WIG 12

HUD 10

WIG 8

WIG 16

WIG 8

HUD 8

WIG DRAW

WIG 16

WIG 14

HUD 10

WAR 14
HFC 10
WID 6
LEE 10
SAL 10
CAS 4

WIG 10

WIG 10


WAR 14
HFC 10
WID 22
LEE 14
SAL 16
CAS 14

HUD 6

WIG 16

Wig 10

WIG 14

Highbury Rhino

WIG 12

WAR 8
HFC 14
WID 24
LEE 16
SAL 16
CAS 12

HUD 7

WIG 8

WIG 12

HUD 14


WAR 18
HFC 14
WID 28
LEE 14
SAL 16
CAS 10