Toulouse 26 Sheffield 16

Dewsbury 20 Halifax 16
Featherstone 46 Rochdale 8
Leigh 36 Batley 12
Swinton 24 Barrow 16
York 16 Bradford 26

Widnes 16 Toronto 26

BBQ - 3,327

All in & wrestling, good-ho! Welcome back ‘Tommers, looked up your profile last night and saw that you hadn’t posted since the 7th. Nice holiday?

Toulouse 28-12 Sheffield
Rams 10-20 'Fax
Fev 36-0 'Dale
Leythe 30-10 'Dogs
Swine 16-6 Barrovians
Knights 24-20 Bulls
Widnes 12-34 Trannies

BBQ: Bongser’s damned if he understands it.

Let’s say 3,305.

OUCH! Feeling your pain, Zools!

So near, yet so far

[uROUND TWENTY-TWO ROUND UP:[/u

Seems that the BBQ caused some confusion this week. Bongser would rather have not explained it, but was forced to do so due to his responsibilities upon this thread.



The LCTV footage of the win up in Barrow saw the commentators’ mic’s fail most of the time. The ambient (crowd noise, atmosphere etc) mic was, however, fully functional and generally conveyed a conversation ‘twixt two Barrovians. Quite entertaining!

Your correspondent has no idea what an angle iron is, nor why the speaker was asking his buddy to weld it horizontally. Nor will Bongser ever discover who Marjorie is. Some mysteries are best left mysterious!



Onto the weekend’s punts. Egad! Zools finally let the moths out of his Joker wallet. He went further to boot!



You really did all that, didn’t you Zools? Why else would you have played a Jokermon that included a draw? Let’s see how things panned out....

Full house on the Saturday game. No correct margins. 5 to all.

Nice homecoming (debut in a few cases) for the lads today beating Batley by a 4:1 ratio. All present and correct. Again no exact margins but Charlie ventured a slightly more conservative joker on the winners and picked up an extra 5 pts.

No surprises at PO Road either. 5 apiece.

We were similarly unanimous on an away win in the late match on the Cheshire plain. The Trannies won again therefore claiming The Shield. Congrats through gritted teeth.

Almost unanimous on a home win for Swinton, but Chayders saw enough spirit from Barrow last weekend to make him err on their side.

This from last week’s round up:



There nearly were again this week. A Dewsbury rally at home to ‘Fax saw

a) A Draw
b) The end of the line for a few Pokemons (everyone incorrect)
c) Zools’ Jokermon out of the window

Then there was a real dust-up at Bootham Crescent. The Bulls drew level with very few minutes to the hooter. 24 all, making Zools’ 22-22 look priddy danged good. Then a York drop goal in the dying seconds sealed a victory for the home team by the narrowest of margins.

In Bongser’s humble opinion, even though he’s a soft spot for Bradford, that’s an important DG for The Centurions’ top five hopes. Less good for Zools and 5 points for only EVVO, CL, Don Juan & Bongser.

So, Chazzer, Evvo, Wanderer & Bongser tied on 30 apiece. Ironic that the seemingly arcane BBQ should settle things this weekend. Coming from behind was Chayders, a mere 122 out on the attendance (scores on the doors, gate, enumeration of the paying public...etc...). 25 BBQ points to him plus another 25 for the WWB. 75 for the round. After last week’s near miss, CL is running into late season form.



[uARTHUR’S[/u

Chazzer 1,421 Jj
Bongser 1,374 Jj
Wanderer 1,360 JJj
Vandaman 1,235 Jj
Pubbers 1,185 Jj
EVVO 1,151 JJJj
Zools 1,139 JJJj
Chayders 1,121 JJJj
‘Tommers 810 JJJ

Bongser forgot to mention that, in Atomic’s absence last week he did correctly explode a time capsule. On another thread he was, back in the day, pooh-poohed by many for saying that The Vikings would be no threat to Leigh’s hopes for the top five. It was in Round 21 that, barring point deductions, he was mathematically proved correct. Sadly no points on this thread, but Bongser was pleased on many levels.

Puntables out, errrm, sometime.

There’s a rearranged fixture this coming weekend. Scheduled originally for Round One, Rochdale finally host Dewsbury in The Championship. Here are our punts from back in freezing February:

Charlie 18-24
Vanners 18-26
Zools 18-12
Pubbers 28-14
Chayders 20-28
EVVO 14-20
Atomic 26-8
Bongser 12-18
Wanderer 14-22

A reminder that these predictions still stand. Updated Champ Arthurs will be posted without much other ado.

Just checked on rules. As there are no adjacent Championship games onto which Bongser might append the scores from the above rearranged fixture, they will be added to the scores of the next Champ round (and contribute to the WWB) when LSV hosts The Lions (bit like the old days!)

any puntables for this weekend BnB ?
I see 2 challenge cup and and 2 1895 games (and one champ game of course)
And of course Leyth are going to win !!!

Beat Bongser to it by a fraction VL, but saved him a PM (see yours later anyway)



[uCUP CHALLENGE SEMI-FINALS:[/u

Sorry for the late puntables, it's been "Too Darn Hot" in the words of Cole Porter. Those in the know will indeed know that Bongser is a kind of colporteur!

Remember only winning team and margin required for Cup games. As we're now short on fixtures, it'll be double points this round.

SATURDAY:

Wire vs HFC
Saints vs 'Fax

SUNDAY:

Eagles vs Bulldogs
Centurions vs Vikings

As ever, Good Luck!

Ready for the races tomorrow, here in York, but will be back on Sunday for the Cup game.Love a game of soldiers.

Warrington 30 v Hull 16.
Saints 72 v Fax 4,a close game here.

Sheff 24 v Batley 18.
Leigh 28 v Widnes 18.

Time for a rest now.Bongser knows.

Ready for the races tomorrow, here in York, but will be back on Sunday for the Cup game.Love a game of soldiers.

Warrington 30 v Hull 16.
Saints 72 v Fax 4,a close game here.

Sheff 24 v Batley 18.
Leigh 28 v Widnes 18.

Time for a rest now.Bongser knows.

Warrington 18 Hull 24
Saints 62 Halifax 10

Sheffield 28 Batley 22
Leigh 32 Widnes 24

Saints 72 v Fax 4,a close game here.

Now Now Charles we know you Luv the Fax as long as its not a record S/F defeat we will have a great day whatever

Warrington 18 Hull 20
Saints 54 Halifax 16

Sheffield 40 Batley 10
Leigh 28 Widnes 22

Warrington by 7
Saints By 36

Sheffield By 24
Leigh By 10

Any bonus points for following instructions

Hull by 06
Saints by 42
Sheffield by 12
Super Wembley Bound Leythers by 18

Hull by 12
Saints By 56

Sheffield By 16
Leigh By 12

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SATURDAY:

Wire vs HFC ....... Wire by 6
Saints vs 'Fax...... Saints by 60

SUNDAY:

Eagles vs Bulldogs........... Eagles by 13
Centurions vs Vikings ...... Leigh by 14

Wire vs HFC ....... Hull by 7
Saints vs 'Fax...... Saints by 54


Eagles vs Bulldogs........... Eagles by 6
Centurions vs Vikings ...... Leigh by 18

Well, well! A cameo appearance from Bentleyman & a surprise entry from Budgiezilla. Welcome aboard Budge (Heritage Nº XVI). Bit of ground to make up but with double points for this weekend and quadruple points for Finals day it's not beyond the realms of possibility!



Search parties are out for Chayders & Atomic. Come on, fellahs!

Well Mick , I was wrong and always admit when I am, Fax did you proud, I didn’t see the game, the Carolis are in Harrogate at the moment after a week end at York races, no I didn’t win there either, but all the Caroli ladies did.
Well done Fax , now I’m ready to travel back to the LSV for this afternoons game.
Am I confident of a Leigh win.?Yes, a hard match definitely but a Leyther win.

Eagles vs Bulldogs........... Eagles by 16
Centurions vs Vikings ...... Leigh by 12

Rochdale were beaten 12-32. No exact scorelines, no correct margins. Five each to Chas, VL, Chayders ([iin absentia[/i), EVVO, Bongser & Wanderer. These points will be added to next week's scores and will contribute to the determination of the recipient of the WWB. This result will not be included in the Pokemon.

Went to Lake District with the wife on Friday and just assumed no puntables this weekend.