Welcome back to Wire Yed's Prediction Competition a great start to the season with one or two surprises London thumping Wakefield a good win for Salford and Westwood in front of the disciplinary amongst the shocks

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 13.098 (12,748-13,24icon_cool.gif
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 26 v 6 Leeds
c) First try (Wire player): Ratchford
d) Time of first try: 15 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Ward
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

g) St Helens v Wigan St Helens by 10
Castleford v Catalans Castleford by 16
Huddersfield v Salford Salford by 20
Hull KR v Hull FC Hull KR by 2
London v Wakefield London by 18

A solid start by most predictors but who came out top of the pops I hear you ask....well it's everyone's (most) favourite rumour miller, rubber duckie laying a decent dozen so he gets another 10 for his prediction nest egg.

The rest of us scrambled our points as follows,

22pts rubber duckie
11pts Builth Wells Wire
10pts Matt King's kitten
9pts Longbarn Wire, Fourpointtry, Gaz3376, MorePlaymakersNeeded
8pts karetaker, Walter Wizard
7pts eddieH, Wire n Steel, Rugby, AC Wire
6pts Wire Weaver, Johnkendal, Lord Tony Smith, Alffi_7, Vespid Wire
5pts CW8, Moving On, Old Man John, King Ross 11, kirtonLyndseywolf, Fatbelly, matt6169, Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven
4pts Sir Adrian Morley, Moving Forward, Refnom95, Bent & Bongser, Wanderer, Uncle Rico
3pts Mr Snoodle, Hicks is a God

We'd all take a scruffy win now and again wouldn't we? We might also prefer a game where we have 13 players on the pitch throughout it's not part of some tactical plan to combat the reduction in interchanges is it?

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 10,515 (10,265-10,765)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 28 v 14 Hull KR
c) First try (Wire player): Livett
d) Time of first try: 8mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Cooper
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

g) Hull FC v Castleford Castleford by 8
Wigan v Leeds Wigan by 18
Catalans v Huddersfield Catalans by 17
Salford v London Salford by 24
Wakefield v St Helens St Helens by 6

Plenty of big scores this week to give Uncle Rico a bit of a headache (apparently they are all the rage) but it was 'our man in the know' Longbarn Wire that came out on top with 18 the rest of us came in as follows,

RESULTS

28 Longbarn Wire
16 CW8
15 hot currie masila
14 Walter Wizard
13 Wire Weaver, mcraven, Builth Wells Wire
12 Gaz3376, Hicks is God
11 Moving On, Mr Snoodle
10 kirtonLyndseywolf, eddieH, rubber duckie, Rugby, Alffi_7, Fourpointtry
9 Sir Adrian Morley, Wire n Steel, AC Wire
8 Fatbelly, Wanderer, Bent & Bongser
7 KingRoss11, Vespid Wire, Moving Forward, Hatfield Town Wire
6 Refnom95, Old Man John, karetaker, Matt king's kitten, MorePlaymakersNeeded
5 matt6169, Johnkendal, Uncle Rico

STANDINGS

37pts Longbarn Wire
32pts rubber duckie
24pts Builth Wells Wire
22pts Walter Wizard
21pts Gaz3376, CW8
19pts Fourpointtry, Wire Weaver
18pts mcraven
17pts eddieH, Rugby
16pts Matt King's kitten, Wire n Steel, AC Wire, Alffi_7, Moving On
15pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, kirtonLyndseywolf, Hicks is a God, hot currie masila
14pts karetaker, Mr Snoodle,
13pts Vespid Wire, Fatbelly, Sir Adrian Morley
12pts King Ross 11, Hatfield Town Wire, Bent & Bongser, Wanderer
11pts Johnkendal, Old Man John, Moving Forward, Refnom95
10pts matt6169
9pts Uncle Rico
6pts Lord Tony Smith

Hull KR v London Hull KR by 10
Salford v Leeds Leeds by 32

Not really that much to report this week top of the pops were Rugby, Vespid Wire,, karetaker, mcraven and Walter Wizard who all correctly predicted a KR victory by 10 so get the 10 whilst the rest of us hit our bum notes as follows

RESULTS

14pts Rugby Vespid Wire, karetaker, mcraven, Walter Wizard
2pts Wire Weaver, King Ross11, Alffi_7, Fourpointtry, Mr Snoodle, Fatbelly, Sir Adrian Morley, AC Wire, Wire n Steel, Uncle Rico
1pt rubber duckie, Moving On, CW8, matt6169, eddieH, Longbarn Wire, Moving Forward, Gaz3376, Old Man John, Johnkendal, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Refnom95, Matt King'skitten, Hatfield Town Wire, hot currie masila, Wanderer, Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire

STANDINGS

38pts Longbarn Wire
36pts Walter Wizard
33pts rubber duckie
32pts mcraven
31pts Rugby
28pts karetaker
27pts Vespid Wire
25pts Builth Wells Wire
22pts Gaz3376, CW8
21pts Fourpointtry, Wire Weaver
18pts AC Wire, eddieH, Wire n Steel, Alffi_7
17pts Matt King's kitten, Moving On
16pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Hicks is a God, hot currie masila, Mr Snoodle
15pts Fatbelly, Sir Adrian Morley, kirtonLyndseywolf
14pts King Ross 11
13pts Hatfield Town Wire, Wanderer
12pts Johnkendal, Old Man John, Moving Forward, Refnom95, Bent & Bongser
11pts matt6169, Uncle Rico
6pts Lord Tony Smith

Always nice to win on the road especially in Yorkshire and despite some visitors reviews I'd say that the win was well deserved ah well two points move on.....

a) Crowd (John Smith Stadium, Capacity 24,500): 6,076 (5,826- 6,326)
b) Score and Winning team: Huddersfield 20 v 32 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Atkins
d) Time of first try: 10 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Uate
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

g) Wakefield v Catalans Wakefield by 10
St Helens v Leeds St Helens by 5
Hull KR v Salford Salford by 2
London v Castleford Castleford by 34
Wigan v Hull FC Hull FC by 1

A couple of results that might have ruined a few bets of the punters page brethren? However, one of 'that gang' managed to secure top billing this week and not for the first time rubber duckie is this week's top performer with a creditable haul of 15pts. the rest of us fared as follows

25pts rubber duckie
14pts Moving On
11pts kirtonLyndseywolf, Sir Adrian Morley, Matt King's kitten
10pts Hicks is a God, Mr Snoodle
9pts Fourpointtry
8pts Refnom95, Vespid Wire, mcraven, Hatfield Town Wire
7pts CW8, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Longbarn Wire, Gaz3376, Old Man John, Johnkendal, Uncle Rico, Wanderer
6pts Wire Weaver, Rugby, karetaker
5pts eddieH, King Ross11, Bent & Bongser, Builth Wells Wire, AC Wire
4pts Wire n Steel, Moving Forward
3pts matt6169, Walter Wizard

STANDINGS

58pts rubber duckie
45pts Longbarn Wire
40pts mcraven
39pts Walter Wizard
37pts Rugby
35pts Vespid Wire
34pts karetaker
31pts Moving On
30pts Builth Wells Wire, Fourpointtry
29pts Gaz3376, CW8
28pts Matt King's kitten
27pts Wire Weaver
26pts Hicks is a God, Mr Snoodle, kirtonLyndseywolf, Sir Adrian Morley
23pts eddieH, MorePlaymakersNeeded, AC Wire
22pts Wire n Steel
21pts Hatfield Town Wire
20pts Wanderer, Refnom95
19pts King Ross 11, Old Man John, Johnkendal
18pts Alffi_7, Uncle Rico
17pts Bent & Bongser
16pts hot currie masila, Moving Forward
15pts Fatbelly
14pts matt6169,
6pts Lord Tony Smith

FINALLY where I want to be !!!!!!!!

Not a lot to say this week apart from "vam quedar escombraries" and that's putting it mildly in any language GRRR!!!!

a) Crowd (Stade Gilbert Brutus Capacity 13,000): 8,158 (7,958-8,45icon_cool.gif
b) Score and Winning team: Catalans 23 v 22 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Ratchford
d) Time of first try: 2 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Patton
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9 kicks

g) Salford v St Helens St Helens by 22
Castleford v Hull KR Castleford by 16
Leeds v Wakefield Wakefield by 17
Huddersfield v Hull FC Hull FC by 20
London v Wigan London by 2

A few 'coupons' wrecked this week not least by us and London. This week's 'indisputable leader of the gang' is Matt King's kitten with 9 points whilst the rest of us were given the Officer Dibble run around by varying degrees as follows,

19pts Matt King's kitten
7pts rubber duckie, Refnom95, Builth Wells Wire, Fourpointtry
6pts Longbarn Wire, CW8
5pts Sir Adrian Morley, matt6169, Rugby, Uncle Rico, hot currie masila
4pts Moving On, MorePlaymakersneeded
3pts King Ross11, eddieH, Alffi_7, Wire n Steel, Gaz3376, Fatbelly, mcraven, AC Wire, Hicks is a God, Wanderer, Johnkendal, Bent & Bongser
2pts kirtonLyndseywolf, karetaker, Wire Weaver, Old Man John, Moving Forward, Vespid Wire, Mr Snoodle, Walter Wizard
1pt Hatfield Town Wire

STANDINGS

65pts rubber duckie
51pts Longbarn Wire
45pts Matt King's kitten
43pts mcraven
42pts Rugby
41pts Walter Wizard
37pts Vespid Wire, Builth Wells Wire, Fourpointtry
36pts karetaker
35pts Moving On, CW8
32pts Gaz3376
31pts Sir Adrian Morley
29pts Wire Weaver, Hicks is a God
28pts kirtonLyndseywolf, Mr Snoodle
27pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Refnom95
26pts eddie H, AC Wire
25pts Wire n Steel
23pts Wanderer, Uncle Rico
22pts Hatfield Town Wire, King Ross 11, Johnkendal
21pts Old Man John, Alffi_7, hot currie masila
20pts Bent & Bongser
19pts matt6169
18pts Moving Forward, Fatbelly
6pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium Capacity 15,200): 9,231 (8,981-9,481)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 24 v 10 Castleford
c) First try (Wire player): Mamo
d) Time of first try: 8 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Minikin
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

g) Hull FC v Leeds Hull FC by 24
St Helens v London St Helens by 26
Wigan v Huddersfield huddersfield by 8
Catalans v Salford Salford by 46
Wakefield v Hull KR Hull KR by 4

A topsy-turvy set of 'other' results this week as far as our predictions go with not many picking wins for Huddersfield, Hull KR and Salford (WOW) Who came out on top? I hear you all ask....well it's our current comp leader rubber duckie courtesy of sticking with his Wigan will struggle narrative let's hope it continues in the next round!! RD bagged 14 points the rest of use trailed in his wake as follows,

24pts rubber duckie
10pts Wire Weaver, AC Wire, Uncle Rico
8pts King Ross 11
7pts Johnkendal
6pts eddieH, Old Man John, matt6169, CW8, Sir Adrian Morley, Walter Wizard, Mr Snoodle
5pts Moving On, karetaker, MorePlaymakersNeeded, mcraven
4pts Rugby, Wire n Steel, Refnom95, kirtonLyndseywolf, Longbarn Wire, Wanderer, Matt King's kitten, Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire
3pts Gaz3376, Hatfield Town Wire
2pts Moving Forward, Bent & Bongser
1pt Vespid Wire

STANDINGS

89pts rubber duckie
55pts Longbarn Wire
52pts mcraven
49pts Matt King's kitten
47pts Walter Wizard
46pts Rugby
41pts Builth Wells Wire, karetaker, CW8
40pts Moving On
39pts Wire Weaver
38pts Vespid Wire,
37pts Fourpointtry, Sir Adrian Morley
36pts AC Wire
35pts Gaz3376
34pts Mr Snoodle
33pts Hicks is a God, Uncle Rico
32pts kirtonLyndseywolf, MorePlaymakersNeeded, eddieH
31pts Refnom95
30pts King Ross 11
29pts Wire n Steel, Johnkendal
27pts Fatbelly, Wanderer, Old Man John
25pts Hatfield Town Wire, matt6169
22pts Bent & Bongser
21pts Alffi_7, hot currie masila,
20pts Moving Forward
6pts Lord Tony Smith

Thanks Rico! This says I got 4 points this week but my overall points don’t seem to have increased from last week!

Apologies Rugby score now corrected

JK I did inexplicably miss you off the results but gave you your score of 7pts in the Standings so your overall score and position is correct. I will of course edit to keep us 'transparent' sorry for the confusion

Thanks something else MISSING just like Adams flag in Perpignan
Cheers for updating

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium Capacity 15,200): 13,106 (12,856 -13,356)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 25 v 12 Wigan
c) First try (Wire player): Mamo
d) Time of first try: 7 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Hughes
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7

g) Huddersfield v St Helens st Helens by 28
Hull FC v Wakefield Wakefield by 20
Leeds v London London by 2
Hull KR v Catalans Catalans by 2
Castleford v Salford Castleford by 4

An interesting week on and off the pitch seems that the bad blood had boiled over but not before it seemed to put a few on the gate and plenty of Prediction editing to keep Uncle Rico on his toes. EddieH and Vespid Wire share top spot with 15 hard earned points the rest of us fared as follows

25pts eddieH Vespid Wire
14pts CW8, karetaker, Wanderer
13pts King Ross 11, Gaz3376, Fatbelly
12pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
10pts Longbarn Wire, Matt King's kitten, Uncle Rico
9pts mcraven
8pts Rugby
7pts Moving Forward
6pts Wire Weaver, Wire n Steel, matt6169, Mr Snoodle, Hatfield Town Wire, AC Wire, Builth Wells Wire
5pts Sir Adrian Morley, Johnkendal, Hicks is a God, rubber duckie
4pts Old Man John, kirtonLyndseywolf, Refnom95
3pts Moving On, Walter Wizard, Bent & Bongser

STANDINGS

94pts rubber duckie
65pts Longbarn Wire
63pts Vespid Wire
61pts mcraven
59pts Matt King's kitten
57pts eddieH
55pts CW8, karetaker
54pts Rugby
50pts Walter Wizard
48pts Gaz3376
47pts Builth Wells Wire
45pts Wire Weaver
44pts morePlaymakersNeeded
43pts Moving On, Uncle Rico, King Ross 11
42pts Sir Adrian Morley, AC Wire
41pts Wanderer
40pts Mr Snoodle, Fatbelly
38pts Hicks is a God
37pts Fourpointtry
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
35pts Refnom95, Wire n Steel
34pts Johnkendal
31pts Old Man John, matt6169, Hatfield Town Wire
27pts Moving Forward
25pts Bent & Bongser
21pts Alffi_7, hot currie masila,
6pts Lord Tony Smith

b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 25 v 13 Wigan?

As I'm also in the employ of the RFL I gave Wigan a point start this week, busted!!

Now amended cheers. I obviously typed in the difference not their score, but, can confirm that no predictors benefited or lost out for that misplaced back of the envelope scoring whilst watching segments of subtitled Baptiste.

a) Crowd (Belle Vue Stadium Capacity 9,333): 4,753 (4,503 - 5,003)
b) Score and Winning team: Wakefield 32 v 34 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): King
d) Time of first try: 4 minutes
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Arundel
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 11

g) Castleford v St Helens St Helens by 30
Huddersfield v Hull KR Hudderfield by 34
Catalans v Leeds Catalans by 4
London v Hull FC Hull FC by 4
Salford v Wigan Wigan by 8

I can't comment on the game as I've not seen it, (sounded almost as interesting as the pub crawl suggestions on the Wakey board), but, a apart from the two points a positive result IF it's a lesson learned? As far as this Competition goes it's a three way tie at the top shared by Rugby, hot currie masila and Uncle Rico picking up 12 points each the rest of you fared as follows,

22pts Rugby, hot currie masila
10pts karetaker, Refnom95
9pts CW8, Fatbelly, Vespid Wire
8pts mcraven
7pts Gaz3376, Johnkendal, Builth Wells Wire
6pts Longbarn Wire, Wanderer
5pts Wire Weaver, Moving On, Moving Forward, king Ross 11, Old Man John, Matt King's kitten, Hicks is a God, MorePlaymakersNeeded, AC Wire, Bent& Bongser, Hatfield Town Wire
4pts Sir Adrian Morley, eddieH, rubber duckie, Walter Wizard, Mr Snoodle
3pts matt6169, Wire n Steel, Fourpointtry

STANDINGS

98pts rubber duckie
76pts Rugby
72pts Vespid Wire
71pts Longbarn Wire
69pts mcraven
65pts karetaker, Uncle Rico
64pts Matt King's kitten
62pts CW8
61pts eddieH
55pts Gaz3376
54pts Walter Wizard, Builth Wells Wire
50pts Wire Weaver
49pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Fatbelly
48pts Moving On, King Ross 11
47pts AC Wire, Wanderer
46pts Sir Adrian Morley
45pts Refnom 95
44pts Mr Snoodle
43pts Hicks is a God, hot currie masila
41pts Johnkendal
40pts Fourpointtry
38pts Wire n Steel
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf, Old Man John, Hatfield Town Wire
34pts matt6169
32pts Moving Forward
30pts Bent & Bongser
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Crowd (KCOM Stadium Capacity 25,586): 10,810 (10,560-11060)
b) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 12 v 63 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Austin
d) Time of first try: 7 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time):Lineham
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 12

g) Leeds v Castleford Leeds by 1
St Helens v Hull KR st helens by 12
London v Huddersfield huddersfield by 12
Wakefield v Salford Wakefield by 11
Wigan v Catalans Wigan by 42

As our Prediction colleague Fatbelly noted no one came close to the correct score this week perhaps one of our punters could advise what the odds were/would have been with us having a 50 handicap? Absolutely brilliant week to be a Wire let's hope we can keep this form going but who came out top of our hit parade well it's 'our' Gaz who got his timing right to bag 15 points the rest of us misfired by varying degrees as follows,

25pts Gaz3376
11pts rubber duckie, MorePlaymakersNeeded,
10pts Vespid Wire
9pts Refnom95
8pts Wire Weaver, Rugby, Wanderer, Uncle Rico
7pts Sir Adrian Morley, eddieH, Wire n Steel, AC Wire, Hatfield Town Wire, mcraven
6pts karetaker, Moving Forward, CW8, Fatbelly, King Ross11, Matt King's kitten, Johnkendal, hot currie masila, Mr Snoodle, Builth Wells Wire, Bent & Bongser
5pts Old Man John, Longbarn Wire, Walter Wizard
4pts matt6169, Hicks is a God, Fourpointtry
3pts Moving On

STANDINGS

109pts rubber duckie
84pts Rugby
82pts Vespid Wire
80pts Gaz3376
76pts Longbarn Wire, mcraven
73pts Uncle Rico
71pts karetaker
70pts Matt King's kitten
68pts eddieH, CW8
60pts Builth Wells Wire, MorePlaymakersNeeded
59pts Walter Wizard
58pts Wire Weaver
55pts Fatbelly, Wanderer
54pts King Ross11,AC Wire, Refnom95
53pts Sir Adrian Morley
51pts Moving On
50pts Mr Snoodle
49pts hot currie masila
47pts Johnkendal, Hicks is a God
45pts Wire n Steel
44pts Fourpointtry
43pts Hatfield Town Wire
41pts Old Man john
38pts matt6169, Moving Forward
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf, Bent & Bongser
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 11,718 (11,468-11,96icon_cool.gif
b) Score and Winning team: Wire 48 v 12 London
c) First try (Wire player): Lineham
d) Time of first try: 16 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Lineham
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8

g) Hull KR v Leeds Hull KR by 19
Castleford v Wigan Castleford by 10
Wakefield v Huddersfield Wakefield by 1
Catalans v St Helens Catalsns by 8
Salford v Hull FC Hull FC by 7

Without rubbing salt into anyone's wounds it isn't often that a correct prediction on our score doesn't take top spot but it happened this week to Moving Forward commiserations and congratulations. Top of our charts this week was mcraven who amassed a creditable 12 points by getting the correct AND a kick or two beside. The rest of us fared as follows

22pts mcraven
11pts Longbarn Wire Builth Wells Wire
10pts Moving Forward
9pts Walter Wizard AC Wire
8pts Rugby Hicks is a God Fourpointtry Hatfield Town Wire mcraven
7pts karetaker Gaz3376 Matt King's kitten Wanderer
6pts CW8 rubber duckie Bent & Bongser eddieH
5pts Vespid Wire Johnkendal Mr Snoodle
4pts Refnom95 Old Man John Wire n Steel Sir Adrian Morley MorePlaymakersNeeded Fatbelly hot currie masila
3pts King Ross 11 Wire Weaver Moving On Uncle Rico
2pts matt6169

STANDINGS

115pts rubber duckie
98pts mcraven
92pts Rugby
87pts Vespid Wire Gaz3376, Longbarn Wire
78pts karetaker
77pts Matt King's kitten
76pts Uncle Rico
74pts eddieH, CW8
71pts Builth Wells Wire
68pts Walter Wizard
64pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
63pts AC Wire
62pts Wanderer
61pts Wire Weaver
59pts Fatbelly
58pts Refnom 95
57pts Sir Adrian Morley
56pts King Ross 11
55pts Mr Snoodle, Hicks is a God
54pts Moving On
53pts hot currie masila
52pts Johnkendal, Fourpointtry
51pts Hatfield Town Wire
49pts Wire n Steel
48pts Moving Forward
45pts Old Man john
42pts Bent & Bongser
40pts matt6169
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith

Hi UR, Did I get more than 8? I got the Wire score correct and kicks over the sticks as well as a couple of the correct winning teams.

Cheers,
Mcraven

Blinking ekk you did and all 12 points I only gave you 4 for a correct winning margin DOH!

Cheers. Job's a good un

Have you noticed you have 2 entries in the comp this week?
Perhaps as you run the comp, you are allowed that privilege which is fine.

Have you noticed you are wrong again?

I may be but I can see 2 entries for ur.
One on the 8th April and another on the 10th.
?

You can see but can't read.