Crowd Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Capacity 30,050 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 22,774 (22,274-23,2740) Score and Winning Team Australia 18 v 4 England First try (England player) McGillvary Time of first try (Any player) 5 min Last Try (Any player) Dugan Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 3
PNG v Wales PNG by 46 New Zealand v Samoa NZ by 30 Fiji v USA Fiji by 46 Ireland v Italy Ireland by 24 Scotland v Tonga Tonga by 46 France v Lebanon Lebanon by 11
A big well done to Builth Wells Wire who tops our chart this week with 11pts The rest of us fared as follows
21pts Builth Wells Wire 10pts CW8, Uncle Rico 9pts eddieH, Wire in Ashton, matt6169 8pts Lord Tony Smith, Walter Wizard 7pts Sir Adrian Morley, Old Man John, MikeyWire, AC Wire 6pts Moving Forward, Rugby, Shazbaz, Wanderer 5pts Johnkendal 4pts karetaker 3pts rubber duckie
Crowd Sydney Allianz Football Stadium Capacity 44,000 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 10,237 (9,737-10,737) Score and Winning Team England 29 v 10 Lebanon First try (England) Watkins Time of first try (Any player) 9 Last Try (Any player) Wehbe Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 6
Australia v France Australia by 46 New Zealand v Scotland New Zealand by 68 Samoa v Tonga Tonga by 14 PNG v Ireland PNG by 8 Italy v USA Italy by 46 Fiji v Wales Fiji by 66
Tremendous predicting by CW8 with 19 points this week, the rest of us fared as follows,
29pts CW8 14pts Sir Adrian Morley, Moving Forward 13pts Rugby 12pts Wanderer 11pts Hicks is a God, MikeyWire, AC Wire, Johnkendal 10pts Lord Tony Smith, karetaker, Shazbaz 8pts matt6169, Wire in Ashton, rubber duckie, marshman777, Builth Wells Wire, Uncle Rico 7pts Old Man John, Walter Wizard, eddieH
Standings
39pts CW8 29pts Builth Wells Wire 21pts Sir Adrian Morley 20pts Moving Forward 19pts Rugby 18pts Uncle Rico, Wanderer, AC Wire, MikeWire, Lord Tony Smith 17pts Wire in Ashton, matt6169 16pts Johnkendal, Shazbaz, eddieH 15pts Walter Wizard 14pts karetaker, Old Man John 11pts Hicks is a God. rubber duckie 8pts marshman777
Must say I've been looking forward to the results today. Better than my wire predictions for the season which were dire. Took me about 2 months to get this many points.
Crowd Sydney Perth Rectangular Stadium Capacity 19,000 (1,000 margin+/- 500) - 14,744 (14,244-15,244) Score and Winning Team - England 36 v 6 France First try (England) - Widdop Time of first try (Any player) - 2 mins Last Try (Any player) - McGillvary Kicks over the sticks (Combined) - 5
Fiji v Italy - Fiji by 28 New Zealand v Tonga - Tonga by 6 Samoa v Scotland - DRAW Australia v Lebanon - Australia by 34 PNG v USA - PNG by 64 Wales v Ireland - Ireland by 28
It may be no surprise to our regular contributors as I confirm that our 'gagnant de prediction' this week is regular season champ Rugby who had a top score of 13. The rest of us came short as follows,
23pts Rugby 10pts Moving Forward, rubber duckie 9pts Wire in Ashton, Walter Wizard, marshman777 8pts Lord Tony Smith 7pts AC Wire 6pts CW8, matt6169, Old Man John, eddieH, MikeyWire, karetaker, Johnkendal, Shazbaz, Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico, Hicks is a God, Builth Wells Wire, Wanderer
Standings
45pts CW8 42pts Rugby 29pts Builth Wells Wire 30pts Moving Forward 27pts Sir Adrian Morley 26pts Wire in Ashton, Lord Tony Smith 25pts AC Wire 24pts Walter Wizard, Uncle Rico, Wanderer, MikeWire, 23pts matt6169 22pts Johnkendal, Shazbaz, eddieH 21pts rubber duckie 20pts karetaker, Old Man John 17pts marshman777, Hicks is a God
Crowd Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Capacity 30,050 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 10,534 (10,034- 11,034) Score and Winning Team England 36 v 6 PNG First try (England) McGilvary Time of first try (Any player) 13 Last Try (Any player) Hall Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 5
Australia v Samoa Australia by 46 Tonga v Lebanon Tonga by 2 NZ v Fiji Fiji by 2
He's at it again that Builth Wells Wire 12pts top marks well done, the rest of us were close but no cigars as follows,
22pts Builth Wells Wire 10pts Rugby, Uncle Rico 8pts CW8, Wanderer, Moving Forward, eddieH, Johnkendal, matt6169 7pts Sir Adrian Morley 6pts Old Man John 4pts karetaker, Walter Wizard, MikeyWire, AC Wire, Shazbaz
Standings
53pts CW8 52pts Rugby 51pts Builth Wells Wire 38pts Moving Forward 34pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico 32pts Wanderer 31pts matt6169 30pts eddieH, Johnkendal 29pts AC Wire 28pts Walter Wizard, MikeWire, 26pts Wire in Ashton, Lord Tony Smith, Shazbaz, Old Man John, 24pts karetaker 21pts rubber duckie 17pts marshman777, Hicks is a God
Crowd Mt Smart Stadium Auckland Capacity 30,000 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 30,003 (29,503-30,503) Score and Winning Team England 20 v 18 Tonga First try (England player) McGillvary Time of first try (Any player) 10 minutes Last Try (Any player) Lolohea Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 7
Crowd Brisbane Stadium Brisbane Capacity 52,500 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 22,073 (21,573-22,573) Score and Winning Team Australia 54 v 6 Fiji First try (Any player) Slater Time of first try (Any player) 14 minutes Last Try (Any player) Holmes Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 8
There was some decent predicting this week, is the World Cup too predictable? Well it certainly was for Wire in Ashton who tops this weeks 'charts' with a cracking 36 points, the rest of us trailed as follows,
46pts Wire in Ashton 32pts matt6169 28pts AC Wire, Shazbaz, Rugby 24pts Walter Wizard, CW8, eddieH, Johnkendal, Builth Wells Wire 20pts Lord Tony Smith, Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico 16pts MikeyWire 14pts Wanderer 12pts karetaker 8pts Moving Forward, Old Man John, rubber duckie
80pts Rugby 77pts CW8 75pts Builth Wells Wire 72pts Wire in Ashton 63pts matt6169 57pts AC Wire 54pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico, eddieH, Johnkendal, Shazbaz 52pts Walter Wizard 46pts Moving Forward, Wanderer, Lord Tony Smith 44pts MikeWire, 36pts karetaker 34pts Old Man John, 29pts rubber duckie 17pts marshman777, Hicks is a God
Crowd Brisbane Stadium Brisbane Capacity 52,500 (1,000 margin+/- 500) 40,033 (39,533-40,533) Score and Winning Team Australia 6 v 0 England First try (England) Nil Desperandm Time of first try (Any player) 15 minutes Last Try (Any player) Cordner Kicks over the sticks (Combined) 1
With points hard to come by, time was the key today and two predictors got their timing spot on with patriotic John Kendal missing out to eddieH who managed 24 hard earned points. The rest of us can read and weep as follows,
34pts eddieH 18pts Johnkendal 6pts Sir Adrian Morley, Old Man John, Wire in Ashton, matt61619, Moving Forward, Rugby, Shazbaz, Uncle Rico, MikeyWire, Wanderer, Builth Wells Wire, AC Wire, CW8 0pts karetaker, Walter Wizard, rubber duckie
CONGRATULATIONS EDDIEH a stunning final day victory to claim the World Cup title see you all in Feb
88pts eddieH 86pts Rugby 83pts CW8 81pts Builth Wells Wire 78pts Wire in Ashton 72pts Johnkendal 69pts matt6169 63pts AC Wire 60pts Sir Adrian Morley, Uncle Rico, Shazbaz 52pts Walter Wizard, Moving Forward, Wanderer 48pts MikeWire 46pts Lord Tony Smith 40pts Old Man John 36pts karetaker 29pts rubber duckie 17pts marshman777, Hicks is a God