What a start pretty poor in every department and there's not too many in the P&B that can look themselves in the shaving mirror tomorrow with any sort of satisfaction so i'll leave the punditry there as our woes are painfully obvious

a) Score and Winning team: Castleford 21 v 12 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): King
c) Time of first try: 4 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Austin
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 3

f) St Helens v Salford St Helens by 23
Leigh v Wigan Wigan by 2
Wakefield v Leeds Leeds by 6
Catalans v Hull KR Catalans by 1
Hull FC v Huddersfield Hull FC by 12

Great turn out in the Comp folks but most people were reliant on the 'other' fixtures for their points in Round 1 with top spot going to the Forum's very own Roger Bannister Rugby with a decent 15 point tally. The rest of us didn't quite make the grade by varying degrees as follows,

Results and Standings

25pts Rugby
11pts Sir Adrian Morley, Lord Tony Smith, Wanderer
9pts Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico
8pts karetaker
7pts Old Man John
6pts Wire n Steel
5pts Wire Weaver, eddieH, mcraven, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Hatfield Town Wire
4pts Matt King's kitten, Mr Snoodle, Captain Hook, Gaz3376, Alffi_7, Longbarn Wire, Fourpointtry, Builth Wells Wire
3pts CW8, Douglas Black, Johnkendal, Moving Forward
2pts rubber duckie
Any problems or rusty miscalculations please PM me

Did I get my name right?

Well that's a bit more like it a reaction was needed and a reaction is what we got it was a Good Friday in the Rico household .

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 44 v 12 Leigh
b) First try (Wire player): Lineham
c) Time of first try: 10 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Brierley
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8 kicks

f) Wigan v Wakefield Wigan by 28
Hull KR v St Helens St Helens by 25
Leeds v Castleford Castleford by 8
Salford v Hull FC Hull FC by 31
Huddersfield v Catalans Catalans by 10

He may not have made any easy money at the bookies this week but Sir Adrian Morley banked plenty of prediction points a Bakers Dozen that saw of some close competition based on our left side as follows

RESULTS
23pts Sir Adrian Morley
12pts Longbarn Wire
11pts Rugby
10pts Mr Snoodle, karetaker, Budgiezella, mcraven, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Builth Wells Wire, Hatfield Town Wire
9pts Lord Tony Smith
8pts Moving Forward
7pts Wire Weaver Captain Hook Walter Wizard Wanderer
6pts Old Man John
5pts CW8 Wire n Steel Matt King's kitten eddieH Uncle Rico
4pts Gaz3376
3pts Douglas Black Johnkendal

STANDINGS
34pts Rugby, Sir Adrian Morley
20pts Lord Tony Smith
18pts Wanderer, karetaker
16pts Walter Wizard, Longbarn Wire
15pts mcraven, MorePlaymakersNeeded, Hatfield Town wire
14pts Uncle Rico, Mr Snoodle, Builth Wells Wire
13pts Old Man John
12pts Wire Weaver
11pts Wire n Steel, Captain Hook, Moving Forward
10pts eddieH, Budgiezilla
9pts Matt King's kitten
8pts Gaz3376, CW8
6pts Douglas Black, Johnkendal
4pts Alffi_7, Fourpointtry
2pts rubber duckie

Any problems or miscalculations feel free to PM me

My predictions didn’t save. No consolation knowing I predicted the wire win a try scorer and results.

Thought it was odd you were MIA

no disrespect to Swinton as I quite enjoyed their performance but I'm not sure that our next opponents in the Challenge Cup will be degoutant leur pantelon but you never know we might just be lulling them and everyone else into a false sense of security

a) Score and Winning team: Swinton 8 v 32 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): King
c) Time of first try: 6 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Walker
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

f) Hull KR v Castleford Castleford by 1
York v Wigan Wigan by 26
Salford v Widnes Salford by 64
St Helens v Leeds St Helens by 8
Catalans v Wakefield Catalans by 20
Featherstone v Hull FC Hull FC by 20
Leigh v Huddersfield Huddersfield by 18

Plenty of points to be had this week and it was the well informed Longbarn Wire that came out on top this week with tip top 22 points with Hatfield Town Wire and eddieH pushing him close ahead of the rest of us as follows

RESULTS
32pts Longbarn Wire
21pts Hatfield Town Wire
19pts eddieH
14pts mcraven
12pts Rugby Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire
10pts Douglas Black
9pts Lord Tony Smith CW8 Wire Weaver Sir Adrian Morley Old Man John Captain Hook Matt King's kitten Fourpointtry Walter Wizard Gaz3376 Johnkendal karetaker Wanderer
8pts Wire n Steel Moving Forward rubber duckie MorePlaymakersNeeded
7pts Mr Snoodle

STANDINGS
48pts Longbarn Wire
46pts Rugby,
43pts Sir Adrian Morley
36pts Hatfield Town Wire
29pts eddieh mcraven Lord Tony Smith
27pts Wanderer, karetaker
26pts Uncle Rico Builth Wells Wire
25pts Walter Wizard
23pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
22pts Old Man John
21pts Mr Snoodle
20pts Wire Weaver Captain Hook
19pts Wire n Steel, Moving Forward
18pts Matt King's kitten
17pts Gaz3376, CW8
16pts Douglas Black
15pts Johnkendal
13pts Fourpointtry
10pts rubber duckie Budgiezilla
4pts Alffi_7


Any problems or miscalculations feel free to PM me

Well that 'top drawer' performance caught all of us out on here was it a point gained or a point lost or are we still asking what is the point?

a) Score and Winning team: Hull FC 14 v 14 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Hill
c) Time of first try:56 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Mamo
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6 kicks

f) Leeds v Wigan Wigan by 13
Castleford v Leigh Castleford by 36
St Helens v Wakefield St Helens by 28
Hull KR v Huddersfield Hull KR by 1
Catalans v Salford Catalans by 36

Not the biggest winning margin this week but a well thought 11 points was achieved by the forum's very own Scottish Corvus Corax, mcraven relying on St Helens for their prediction comp superiority. The rest of us didn't quite cut the custard as follows

RESULTS
21pts mcraven
9pts Lord Tony Smith
8pts Captain Hook
6pts Matt King's kitten, Old man John, karetaker, eddieH, Sir Adrian Morley, Builth Wells Wire, rubber duckie
5pts Douglas Black, Mr Snoodle, Wire Weaver, Longbarn Wire, Uncle Rico, MorePlaymakersNeeded
4pts CW8, Walter Wizard, Gaz3376 Hatfield Town Wire Johnkendal, Rugby, Wanderer
3pts Wire n Steel

STANDINGS
53pts Longbarn Wire
50pts Rugby, mcraven
49pts Sir Adrian Morley
40pts Hatfield Town Wire
38pts Lord Tony Smith
35pts eddieH
32pts karetaker Builth Wells Wire
31pts Wanderer Uncle Rico
29pts Walter Wizard
28pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Old Man John Captain Hook
26pts Mr Snoodle
25pts Wire Weaver
24pts Matt King's kitten
22pts Wire n Steel
21pts Gaz3376, CW8 Douglas Black
19pts Moving Forward, Johnkendal
16pts rubber duckie
13pts Fourpointtry
10pts Budgiezilla
4pts Alffi_7

Any problems or miscalculations feel free to PM me

Took a big leap. Back in the game.

For the benefit of the team and at the expense of losing out on the Prediction Competition star prize (3 months all inclusive in Talacre) every time I've backed against us on here we come up trumps thankfully more Judd than Donald so might takeover Prediction Matt duties as he's MIA.

a) Score and Winning team: Catalans 8 v 24 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player):Currie
c) Time of first try: 26 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Widdop
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 6

f) Wigan v Castleford - Wigan by 10
Huddersfield v St Helens - St Helens by 8
Hull KR v Leeds - Hull KR by 20
Salford v Leigh - Salford by 26
Hull FC v Wakefield - Hull FC by 6

This week's topper-most of the popper-most is karetaker with 13 points well done to you and the rest that had a bit more faith than Uncle Rico and others in the glass half empty camp/ woe is me gang (there was quite a few in that category).

RESULTS
23pts karetaker
12pts rubber duckie
8pts Builth Wells Wire
7pts Sir Adrian Morley, Moving Forward Mr Snoodle,MorePlaymakersNeeded
6pts Wire Weaver, CW8, Rugby eddieH Gaz3376 Old Man John mcraven Uncle Rico Wanderer
5pts Douglas Black Longbarn Wire, Hatfield Town Wire Walter Wizard
4pts Lord Tony Smith Matt King's kitten Captain Hook Wire n Steel

STANDINGS
58pts Longbarn Wire
56pts Rugby, mcraven Sir Adrian Morley
55pts karetaker
45pts Hatfield Town Wire
42pts Lord Tony Smith
41pts eddieH
40pts Builth Wells Wire
37pts Wanderer Uncle Rico
35pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
34pts Walter Wizard Old Man John
33pts Mr Snoodle
32pts Captain Hook
31pts Wire Weaver
28pts Matt King's kitten, rubber duckie
27pts Gaz3376, CW8
26pts Wire n Steel, Douglas Black Moving Forward,
19pts Johnkendal
13pts Fourpointtry
10pts Budgiezilla
4pts Alffi_7

Any problems or miscalculations feel free to PM me

I'm in the same boat had our result wrong every week so far, I will continue to back against us to do my part for the cause.

I didn't get to see the game and after reading the reports on here I'm not quite sure what to make of it TBH. An Inglis debut try in a high scoring game should have us all excited and looking forward to more good things to come and yet...........

a) Score and Winning team: Warrington 50 v 26 Hull KR
b) First try (Wire player): King
c) Time of first try: 4 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): Charnley
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 10

f) Wigan v Hull FC Wigan by 2
Leigh v St Helens St Helens by 10
Wakefield v Catalans Catalans by 20
Salford V Castleford Castleford by 10
Huddersfield v Leeds Huddersfield by 1

They say that Life imitates Art well the Prediction Comp certainly reflected our game with plenty of points picked up. This week's high roller is Old Man John who aided by the Huddersfield 1 amassed a very decent 16 points. The rest of us will have to be a bit more creative next week as follows

RESULTS
26pts Old Man John
14pts eddieH
13pts Lord Tony Smith Wire Weaver Rugby
12pts Douglas Black Moving Forward
11pts Uncle Rico Wanderer CW8
10pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
9pts Walter Wizard rubber duckie
7pts Longbarn Wire Captain Hook Matt King's kitten Builth Wells Wire
6pts Wire n Steel Sir Adrian Morley Mr Snoodle Hatfield Town Wire mcraven karetaker Gaz3376

STANDINGS
69pts Rugby
65pts Longbarn Wire
62pts mcraven Sir Adrian Morley
61pts karetaker
60pts Old Man John
55pts Lord Tony Smith eddieH
51pts Hatfield Town Wire
48pts Uncle Rico Wanderer
47pts Builth Wells Wire
45pts MorePlaymakersNeeded
44pts Wire Weaver
43pts Walter Wizard
39pts Mr Snoodle Captain Hook
38pts Douglas Black Moving Forward, CW8
37pts rubber duckie
35pts Matt King's kitten
33pts Gaz3376
32pts Wire n Steel,
19pts Johnkendal
13pts Fourpointtry
10pts Budgiezilla
4pts Alffi_7

Any problems or miscalculations feel free to PM me

Another win against highly fancied Catalans put us into the hat for the semi final draw and I suppose no matter who we were paired with there was going to be a bit of a back story, the potential for some recent Challange Cup scores to be settled or a game against our next coach which of course we ended up with

Score and Winning team: Catalans 6 v 16 Warrington
b) First try (Wire player): Clark
c) Time of first try: 3 mins
d) Last try (any team, player not time): McMeekin
e) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 5

Huddersfield v St Helens St Helens by 5
Hull FC v Wigan Hull FC by 4
Castleford v Salford Castleford by 16

Most had us down for a win, someone had Castleford by 1 and yet didn't claim Prediction Comp top spot.That honour goes to Douglas Black with a handy ten with the rest of us pre-decimal as follows

RESULTS
20pts Douglas Black
9pts Walter Wizard
8pts eddieH
7pts rubber duckie, MorePlaymakersNeeded
6pts Matt King's kitten, Rugby karetaker Wanderer
5pts Old Man John, Wire Weaver, mcraven Hatfield Town Wire, Johnkendal, Uncle Rico
4pts Lord Tony Smith, Mr Snoodle, Wire n Steel, Builth Wells Wire, Moving Forward, Sir Adrian Morley Captain Hook
3pts Longbarn Wire
2pts CW8

STANDINGS
75pts Rugby
68pts Longbarn Wire
67pts mcraven, karetaker
66pts Sir Adrian Morley
65pts Old Man John
63pts eddieH
59pts Lord Tony Smith
58pts Douglas Black
56pts Hatfield Town Wire
54pts Wanderer
53pts Uncle Rico
52pts MorePlaymakersNeeded, Walter Wizard
51pts Builth Wells Wire
49pts Wire Weaver
44pts rubber duckie
43pts Mr Snoodle Captain Hook
42pts Moving Forward
41pts Matt King's kitten,
40pts CW8
36pts Wire n Steel
33pts Gaz3376
24pts Johnkendal
13pts Fourpointtry
10pts Budgiezilla
4pts Alffi_7

Any problems or miscalculations feel free to PM me