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