Read the one on the 8th again ...

I don't need to read it again.
There's obviously a perfectly rational reason for it.

If I were you I would stick to driving a taxi & not proofreading.

Youre such an expert in what I do. Thanks..I'll start taking notes.

The perfectly rational explanation is that Wire n Steel PM'd me his predictions in advance as he is/was away and unable to post. This 'facility' is available to everyone should they be off line

Thanks for the concern as you were

Thanks UR

I'm guilty of speed reading at times.

Don't worry Duckie, I'm back in the UK and have Internet access, so no more PMing Uncle Rico for me.

Sorry for the confusion, hope you've recovered from it now.
That said, it looks like I'll be scoring very similar this week to if I hadn't sent the PM to Uncle Rico in the first place !

Thanks WnS

a) Crowd (Totally Wicked Stadium, Capacity 18,000): 17,078 (16,828-17,52icon_cool.gif
b) Score and Winning team: St Helens 38 v 12 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Austin
d) Time of first try: 14 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Makinson
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined):

g) Huddersfield v Castleford Huddersfield by 2
Wakefield v Wigan Wakefield by 10
Catalans v Hull FC Hull FC by 1

Back to earth with a bump with the aptly named Moving On the winner this week managing a creditable 9pts with our short programme the rest of us fared as follows,

19pts Moving On
7pts Sir Adrian Morley
6pts Moving Forward, Longbarn Wire
5pts Refnom95
4pts Fatbelly, Rugby, Matt King's kitten
3pts Old Man John, King Ross11,matt6169
2pts rubber duckie, Johnkendal, Hicks is a God, hot currie masila, Fourpointtry, Hatfield Town Wire
1pt Wire n Steel, Wire Weaver mcraven,karetaker, eddieH, Uncle Rico, Walter Wizard, AC Wire, Bent & Bongser, Wanderer, Builth Wells Wire, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Gaz3376,
0ptsCW8, Vespid wire

STANDINGS

117pts rubber duckie
99pts mcraven
96pts Rugby
93pts Longbarn Wire
88pts Gaz3376
87pts Vespid Wire
81pts Matt King's kitten
79pts karetaker
77pts Uncle Rico
75pts eddieH,
74pts CW8
73pts Moving On
72pts Builth Wells Wire
70pts Walter Wizard
65pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
64pts AC Wire, Fatbelly, Sir Adrian Morley
63pts Wanderer, Refnom 95
62pts Wire Weaver
59pts King Ross 11
57pts Hicks is a God
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila
54pts Johnkendal, Fourpointtry, Moving Forward
53pts Hatfield Town Wire
50pts Wire n Steel
48pts Old Man john
43pts Bent & Bongser, matt6169
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 11,876 (11,617-12,117)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 12 v 36 Salford
c) First try (Wire player): Austin
d) Time of first try: 9mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Goodwin
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10 kicks

g) Castleford v Wakefield Castleford by 2
London v Catalans Catalans by 33
Leeds v Huddersfield Leeds by 20
Hull FC v Hull KR Hull FC by 44
Wigan v St Helens St Helens by 26

Good Friday? BAD ATTITUDE!!! Probably one of THE most annoying inept performances we've seen in a long time, the whole team should be made to lick the road clean with their tongues and get paid fourpence every six years

Our winner this week with 10 points is Sir Adrian Morley the rest of us fared as follows,

20pts Sir Adrian Morley
9pts karetaker, Moving Forward
8pts Rugby
6pts Walter Wizard
5pts King Ross 11, AC Wire, Fourpointtry, matt6169
4pts Longbarn Wire, Hicks is a God, Wire n Steel, Wanderer, Vespid Wire, Refnom 95
3pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Old Man John, eddieH, Gaz3376, Builth Wells Wire, CW8, Uncle Rico, Hatfield Town Wire, Fatbelly
2pts Wire Weaver, Matt King's kitten, rubber duckie, Bent & Bongser, mcraven
1pt Johnkendal

STANDINGS

119pts rubber duckie
104pts Rugby
101pts mcraven
97pts Longbarn Wire
91pts Gaz3376, Vespid Wire
88pts karetaker
84pts Sir Adrian Morley
83pts Matt King's kitten
80pts Uncle Rico
78pts eddieH,
77pts CW8
76pts Walter Wizard
75pts Builth Wells Wire
73pts Moving On
69pts AC Wire
68pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
67pts Fatbelly, Wanderer, Refnom 95
64pts Wire Weaver, King Ross 11
63pts Moving Forward
61pts Hicks is a God
59pts Fourpointtry
56pts Hatfield Town Wire
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila, Johnkendal
54pts Wire n Steel
51pts Old Man john
48pts matt6169
45pts Bent & Bongser,
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Crowd (Craven Park Stadium, Capacity 12,225): 7,111 (6,861- 7,361)
b) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 6 v 54 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Austin
d) Time of first try: 10 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Akauola
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10

g) Huddersfield v London Huddersfield by 5
Salford v Wigan Wigan by 4
St Helens v Hull FC St Helens by 46
Wakefield v Leeds Wakefield by 2
Catalans v Castleford Catalans by 21

That's a bit more like it we'd have to presume that Price's 'trained well all week' message came with a bit of a threat rather than a shrug of a shoulder? Who came out top I hear you ask well it's AC Wire which is quite apt as we are currently blowing hot and cold depending on your view of what AC stands for? The rest of us need a bit more prediction conditioning as follows,

24pts AC Wire
13pts CW8
11pts karetaker
10pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, King Ross11
9pts Longbarn Wire, Vespid Wire
8pts rubber duckie
7pts Moving Forward, Old Man John, Fourpointtry, matt6169
6pts Wire Weaver,Wire n Steel, Matt King's kitten, Gaz3376, Johnkendal, Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico, eddieH, Hicks is a God, mcraven,
Bent & Bongser, Wanderer
5pts Sir Adrian Morley, Rugby
4pts Fatbelly, Builth Wells Wire

STANDINGS

127pts rubber duckie
109pts Rugby
108pts Longbarn Wire
107pts mcraven
100pts Vespid Wire
99pts karetaker
97pts Gaz3376
93pts AC Wire
90pts CW8
89pts Sir Adrian Morley, Matt King's kitten
86pts Uncle Rico
84pts eddieH,
82pts Walter Wizard
79pts Builth Wells Wire
78pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
74pts King Ross 11
73pts Moving On, Wanderer
71pts Fatbelly
70pts Wire Weaver, Moving Forward
67pts Refnom 95, Hicks is a God
66pts Fourpointtry
61pts Johnkendal
60pts Wire n Steel
58pts Old Man John
56pts Hatfield Town Wire
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila, matt6169
51pts Bent & Bongser,
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith

Hi Uncle Rico,
I'm new to the comp this year. Are there any points for getting the winner of the Wire game correct?

Hi welcome to the comp mcraven, the points scoring system is a sticky at the top of the home page but yes you get 2pts for predicting the correct winner in our game, 4pts if you predict the correct margin and 8pts if you predict the correct score.

Your six points like a few others this week was based on two from our game 'just' a win and one point from four of the other fixtures

Thanks for explaining and also for running the competition.

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 10,445 (10,195-10,695)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 50 v 19 Huddersfield
c) First try (Wire player): Currie
d) Time of first try: 4 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Murdoch-Masila
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 13

g) London v Salford Salford by 20
Wigan v Castleford Wigan by 2
Hull FC v Wakefield Hull FC by16
Leeds v Hull KR Leeds 4
St Helens v Catalans St Helens by 36

A strange game prompting some debate on here style over substance/quantity versus quality. All valid by way and I suppose we should be grateful we weren't at the Wigan Cas game?

Moving on, our winner this week with 14 points is Walter our very own wizard absolutely magic. The rest of us were a bit like Huddersfield's second half 'spell' not good enough by vary degrees as follows,

24pts Walter Wizard
12pts Rugby
11pts Old man John, CW8, Wanderer
9pts eddieH Sir Adrian Morley Gaz3376
8pts karetaker, MorePlamakersNeeded
7pts Moving Forward, matt6169, Johnkendal, Matt King's kitten, Longbarn Wire, Builth Wells Wire
6pts Wire n Steel, Moving On, King Ross 11, rubber duckie, Wire Weaver, Hicks is a God, The Speculator, AC Wire
5pts mcraven, Uncle Rico, Fourpointtry, Bent & Bongser
4pts Vespid Wire

STANDINGS

133pts rubber duckie
121pts Rugby
115pts Longbarn Wire
112pts mcraven
107pts karetaker
106pts Gaz3376, Walter Wizard
104pts Vespid Wire
101pts CW8
99pts AC Wire
98pts Sir Adrian Morley,
96pts Matt King's kitten
93pts eddieH
91pts Uncle Rico
86pts Builth Wells Wire, MorePlaymakersNeeded
84pts Wanderer
80pts King Ross 11
79pts Moving On
77pts Moving Forward
76pts Wire Weaver
73pts Hicks is a God
71pts Fatbelly, Fourpointtry
69pts Old Man John
68pts Johnkendal
67pts Refnom 95,
66pts Wire n Steel
62pts matt6169
56pts Hatfield Town Wire, Bent & Bongser
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith, The Speculator

a) Crowd (Mend a Hose Jungle, Capacity 11,775): (5,323 5,073-5,573)
b) Score and Winning team: Castleford 14 v 26 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Cooper
d) Time of first try: 8 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Minikin
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

g) Wigan v London Wigan by 10
Huddersfield v Wakefield Wakefield by 1
Hull FC v Catalans Catalans by 31
Salford v Leeds Salford by 12
Hull KR v St Helens st Helens by 16

An odd game but a decent two points but where did the prediction points go I hear you all ask? Well with a sweet sixteen it was a positively charged AC Wire that took top spot the rest of us offered varying degrees of resistance as follows

26pts AC Wire
12pts karetaker, Johnkendal
11pts Wire Weaver
9pts Longbarn Wire, Walter Wizard
8pts Fatbelly, eddieH, Rugby, Uncle Rico
7pts matt6169, Gaz3376, mcraven, Matt King's kitten
6pts CW8, Wire n Steel, Old Man John, Moving On, Wanderer, Bent & Bongser, Builth Wells Wire
5pts rubber duckie, Moving Forward, King Ross 11, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Fourpointtry
4pts Vespid Wire, Sir Adrian Morley, Hicks is a God
3pts Refnom95

STANDINGS

138pts rubber duckie
129pts Rugby
125pts AC Wire
124pts Longbarn Wire
119pts mcraven, karetaker
115pts Walter Wizard
113pts Gaz3376
108pts Vespid Wire
107pts CW8
103pts Matt King's kitten
102pts Sir Adrian Morley,
101pts eddieH
99pts Uncle Rico
92pts Builth Wells Wire
91pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
90pts Wanderer
87pts Wire Weaver
85pts King Ross 11, Moving On
82pts Moving Forward
80pts Johnkendal
79pts Fatbelly
77pts Hicks is a God
76pts Fourpointtry
75pts Old Man John
72pts Wire n Steel
70pts Refnom 95,
69pts matt6169,
62pts Bent & Bongser
56pts Hatfield Town Wire,
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith, The Speculator

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 7,066 (6,816-7,316)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 26 v 24 Wigan
c) First try (Wire player): Goodwin
d) Time of first try: 8mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time):Hardaker
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 9

g) Hull FC v Castleford Hull FC by 16
Wakefield v Widnes Wakefield by 20
Dewsbury v Halifax Halifax by 28
Catalans v Doncaster Catalans by 56
Salford v Hull KR hull KR by 14
Bradford v Leeds Bradford by 2
Huddersfield v St Helens St Helens by 6

Well we're in the hat after a nerve jangling afternoon against Wigan by virtue of goal kicking no less (perhaps the goal kicking thread has had the desired effect ha ha) and a bit of bottle to come out on top following a firts half with not much possession or territory or so it seemed to me.

Decent scoring despite a couple of upsets in the other ties, one person that isn't too upset is Fatbelly who topped our comp this week with 16 points the rest of us live to fight another day as follows,

26pts Fatbelly
14pts wire n Steel
13pts Wire Weaver
12pts Old Man John
11pts Moving On, Wanderer
10pts matt6169, Hicks is aa God, King Ross 11, mcraven
9pts eddieH, Longbarn Wire, Bent & Bongser, Walter Wizard
8pts karetaker
7pts rubber duckie, Johnkendal, Builth Wells Wire, Uncle Rico, Gaz3376, AC Wire, Rugby
6pts Moving Forward, Vespid Wire, CW8, Matt King's kitten
5pts Sir Adrian Morley
4pts MorePlaymakersNeeded

STANDINGS

145pts rubber duckie
136pts Rugby
133pts Longbarn wire
132pts AC Wire
129pts mcraven
127pts karetaker
124pts Walter Wizard
120pts Gaz3376
114pts Vespid Wire
113pts CW8
110pts eddieH
109pts Matt King's kitten
107pts Sir Adrian Morley,
106pts Uncle Rico
105pts Fatbelly
101pts Wanderer
100pts Wire Weaver
99pts Builth Wells Wire
96pts Moving On
95pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, King Ross 11
88pts Moving Forward
87pts Johnkendal, Hicks is a God, Old Man John
86pts Wire n Steel
79pts matt 6169
76pts Fourpointtry
71pts Bent & Bongser
70pts Refnom 95,
56pts Hatfield Town Wire,
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith, The Speculator

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 10,600 (10,350 10,850)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 12 v 19 Hull FC
c) First try (Wire player): King
d) Time of first try: 10 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Austin
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

g) Leeds v Castleford Castleford by 22
Huddersfield v Hull KR Huddersfield by 8
St Helens v Salford St Helens by 2
London v Wakefield London by 8
Catalans v Wigan Catalans by 17

Less said the better this week apart from Fatbelly's 'uneasy feeling' instincts were unfortunately correct. He brought home a creditable 12 points the rest of us fared as follows

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


STANDINGS

152pts rubber duckie
142pts Rugby
139pts Longbarn Wire, AC Wire
137pts mcraven
129pts karetaker, Walter Wizard
127pts Fatbelly
124pts Gaz3376
121pts eddieH
120pts Matt King's kitten
119pts CW8
117pts Vespid Wire
116pts Sir Adrian Morley,
111pts Uncle Rico
110pts Wanderer
109pts Builth Wells Wire
104pts Wire Weaver
100pts Moving On
99pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
98pts King Ross 11
97pts Johnkendal
96pts Hicks is a God
95pts Moving Forward
94pts Wire n Steel
90pts Old Man John
88pts matt 6169
76pts Fourpointtry
74pts Bent & Bongser
70pts Refnom 95,
56pts Hatfield Town Wire,
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
13pts The Speculator
6pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Crowd (Anfield Stadium, Capacity 54,074): 56,869 (55,869-57,869)
b) Score and Winning team: Wigan 14 v 26 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Patton
d) Time of first try: 21mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time):Isa
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10

g) Wakefield v Catalans Catalans by 7
Hull FC v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 53
Salford v Hull KR Hull KR by 2
Leeds v London Leeds by 2
St Helens v Castleford St Helens by 20

A tough week this on the pitch and in the Prediction Competition points were generally hard to come by unless you are Huddersfield (what's all that about obviously Fartown's marketing team aren't as good as ours) or Patton who's personal haul on the day confirmed that there wasn't much interest gained from ISA's late intervention and Wire came out victorious yet again against Wigan.

This week's Nigel Farage's are karetaker and MorePlaymakersNeeded with 8 points each with the rest of us trailing behind in the polls as flollows

18pts karetaker, MorePlaymakersNeeded
6pts Wanderer
5pts The Speculator, Wire n Steel, Uncle Rico, AC Wire
4pts Wire Weaver, Moving Foward, rubber duckie, eddieH, Rugby, CW8, Gaz3376, Fatbelly, Walter Wizard, Bent & Bongser
3pts Old Man John, matt6169, Moving On, Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire, mcraven
2pts Sir Adrian Morley, Longbarn Wire, Johnkendal, Matt King's kitten

STANDINGS

156pts rubber duckie
147pts karetaker
146pts Rugby
144pts AC Wire
141pts Longbarn Wire,
140pts mcraven
133pts Walter Wizard
131pts Fatbelly
128pts Gaz3376
125pts eddieH
123pts CW8
122pts Matt King's kitten
118pts Sir Adrian Morley
117pts Vespid Wire, MorePlaymakersNeeded
116pts Uncle Rico, Wanderer
112pts Builth Wells Wire
108pts Wire Weaver
103pts Moving On
99pts Johnkendal, Hicks is a God, Moving Forward, Wire n Steel
98pts King Ross 11
93pts Old Man John
91pts matt 6169
78pts Bent & Bongser
76pts Fourpointtry
70pts Refnom 95,
56pts Hatfield Town Wire,
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
21pts Alffi_7
18pts The Speculator
6pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Crowd (KCOM Craven Park Stadium, Capacity 12,225): 3,311 (3,061-3,561)
b) Score and Winning team: Hull KR 22 v 28 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Mamo
d) Time of first try: 12 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Hall
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7

g) Hull FC v Catalans Hull FC by 43
St Helens v Wakefield St Helens by 38
Bradford v Halifax Halifax by 4

Close call at the end but a semi final place booked nonetheless so let's just move on talking of which our Prediction winner this week is the aptly named Moving On with 9 points the rest of us were somewhat behind the times as follows,

19pts Moving On
7pts CW8, Wire n Steel, Vespid Wire, The Speculator
6pts Rugby, Matt King's kitten, Gaz3376
5pts matt6169, Wire Weaver, rubber duckie, Longbarn Wire
4pts eddieH Old Man John, mcraven
3pts Builth Wells Wire, Fatbelly, Moving Forward, karetaker, MorePlaymekersNeeded Hicks is a God, Walter Wizard, AC Wire, Wanderer, Uncle Rico, Bent & Bongser
1pt Sir Adrian Morley

STANDINGS

161pts rubber duckie
152pts Rugby
150pts karetaker
147pts AC Wire
146pts Longbarn Wire,
144pts mcraven
136pts Walter Wizard
134pts Fatbelly, Gaz3376
130pts CW8
129pts eddieH
128pts Matt King's kitten
123pts Vespid Wire
122pts Moving On
120pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
119pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico, Wanderer
115pts Builth Wells Wire
113pts Wire Weaver
106pts Wire n Steel
102pts Moving Forward, Hicks is a God
99pts Johnkendal,
98pts King Ross 11
97pts Old Man John
96pts matt 6169
78pts Bent & Bongser
76pts Fourpointtry
70pts Refnom 95,
56pts Hatfield Town Wire,
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
25pts The Speculator
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith

a) Crowd (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Capacity 15,200): 10,015 (9,765-10,265)
b) Score and Winning team: Warrington 34 v 4 Catalans
c) First try (Wire player): Clark
d) Time of first try: 17 mins
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Charnley
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 7

g) Castleford v Huddersfield Castleford by 1
Hull FC v Salford Hull FC by 3
Wakefield v Leeds Leeds by 10
Hull KR v Wigan Wigan by 1
London v St Helens London by 1

Decent performances all round (well done Thewlis and Morgan Smith) but who came out with this week's prediction Dream Topping and whose guesses saw their chances of 10 bonus points evaporate like a tin of 3 day old Carnation I hear you ask? Well getting their just desserts this week is CW8 with a score of 13 the rest of us obviously didn't quite finish our dinners as follows

23pts CW8
12pts eddieH
11pts Bent & Bongser
10pts Gaz3376
9pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico
7pts matt6169, Vespid Wire, Wanderer, AC Wire, mcraven
6pts Wire Weaver, rubber duckie, Wire n Steel, Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire
5pts Moving On, karetaker, Matt King's kitten, Longbarn Wire, Rugby
4pts Old Man John, Moving Forward, Walter Wizard, The Speculator
3pts MorePlaymakersNeeded,
1pt Fatbelly

STANDINGS

167pts rubber duckie
157pts Rugby
155pts karetaker
154pts AC Wire
153pts CW8
151pts Longbarn Wire, mcraven
144pts Gaz3376
141pts eddieH
140pts Walter Wizard
135pts Fatbelly
133pts Matt King's kitten
130pts Vespid Wire
128pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico
127pts Moving On
126pts Wanderer
123pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
121pts Builth Wells Wire
119pts Wire Weaver
112pts Wire n Steel
108pts Hicks is a God
106pts Moving Forward
103pts matt6169
101pts Old Man John
99pts Johnkendal,
98pts King Ross 11
89pts Bent & Bongser
76pts Fourpointtry
70pts Refnom 95,
56pts Hatfield Town Wire,
55pts Mr Snoodle, hot currie masila
36pts kirtonLyndseywolf
29pts The Speculator
21pts Alffi_7
6pts Lord Tony Smith

Great, I think I should have an extra point, I was on 123last week and got 7 but only went up to 129.

Sorted CW8

No vol au vents for me on the back of that weeks showing.

No vol au vents for me on the back of that weeks showing.