Honey, put the Brasso away..........

Yes, apologies Vanners. It's time for the new extravaganza "Brasso on Ice"



Looks like Bongser gaffes started early this season. Apologies also, of course, to Pubbers - how the heck Bongser spotted a correct margin without first spotting a correct scoreline is beyond him. All enquiries to Shepherd Neame & Greene King, please.



Revised table for Round Two Catch Up Cock Up:





Pubbers on 155 j

EVVO on 107 Jj

Vanners on 90pts Jj

Charlie on 75 Jj

Donners on 65 Jj

Tommers on 63 j

Zools on 59 j

Bongser on 55 Jj

Chayders on 51 j



That decision is final





ROUND THREE ROUND UP!



Atomic & EVVO wagged the Saturday fixtures the earlier of which saw an otherwise clean sweep for we WPLeaguers as Toulouse beat ‘Dale convincingly. That said, three of our number (Chuck, Pubbers & Juan) were a mere two points out on a relatively high margin. Five points to each of those eligible.



Chayders, you played a joker on that match, but you didn’t have one available having played your only one (so far) in Round 2. Pls see below:





The Toronto game was correctly called as a home win by five of those assembled, with only the two (at different stages) Round Two Weekly Winners (

) disagreeing.



Onto the Sunday games. A hard fought Leigh victory (with Ridy top scoring for his wife against the mistress he took when the former locked him out of the bedroom) was called by all. Tommers & Vanners closest on the margin though one out either side.



Fax beating Batley saw another clean sweep though no one saw the eyebrow raisingly narrow margin of a mere two points.



Dewsbury vs Swinton was a near miss further clean sweep – only one missing out. The tie also saw a curiosity of 4 out 9 nailing the margin (three of them with the same predicted score – no copying please gentlemen or Bongser will have to send invigilators round to your homes). All though failed to convert the try by getting the scoreline. BONGSER HAS CHECKED & DOUBLE CHECKED! Congrats though to Chazzer, Chayders, Wanderer & Zools, 10 additional points apiece.



Which leaves five still in with a chance of a six-tie Pokemon as we look at York vs Barrow. Nobody expected such a tonking for the Cumbrians but four Pokemen (?) were brought home along with the bacon (100 points apiece for Chazzer, Wanderer, Zools & Bongser – and a missed Joker opportunity for three of us).



That leaves the BBQ to separate the three wrestling at the top for the Round 3 WWB (Bongser feels sure that he heard the LCTV commentary mention an hitherto unknown wrestling fed called WWE after Day’d dazed Pownall with an interesting, post tackle manoeuvre that would have seen a Leythe player suspended for seven millennia). After 20 minutes scrolling back through nigh on a week of garbage spewed out by LC Twitter, Bongser found the curiously low HT draw ticket number of 229327. This being his only source of info, he will run with it for now. All out by a country mile with Tommers out (presumably through a typo) by an “inter-continental mile”. EVVO closest but Chazzer (as BBQ runner-up) takes the laurels as the (provisional) WWB winner! Huzzay!!



So the provisional Round Three table looks thus (note that, ominously, neither of the top two have yet to table a Joker, maybe keeping their respective powders dry until the season starts to unfold and we start to see the strengths and weaknesses of each new squad):





Charlie on 233pts Jjj

Donners on 215 Jjj

Zools on 207 jj

Bongser on 197 Jjj

Pubbers on 179 jj

EVVO on 152 Jjj

Vanners on 126 Jjj

Chayders on 101 jj

Tommers on 80 jj

Round FOUR puntables:



Batley XX-YY Rochdale

Widnes XX-YY Sheffield

Leythe XXXX-0 Trannies

Swinton XX-YY Toulouse

Barrow XX-YY Dewsbury

Fev XX-YY Fax

Bradford XX-YY York



BBQ? Leigh have not lost a single game to The Trannies thus far this season! Will the draw of the pretenders attract a bumper crowd to LSV or will the comfort of the armchair or the flow of draught ale keep folk away?



Attendance punts, please, ladies & gents.



As ever, good luck and may the scoring be correct!

Batley 26 - 12 Rochdale

Widnes 24 -12 Sheffield

Leythe 16 - 32 Trannies

Swinton 16 - 26 Toulouse

Barrow 28 - 14 Dewsbury

Fev 24 - 16 Fax

Bradford 26 - 16 York



BBQ: 3111

Batley 32 Rochdale 14

Widnes 28 Sheffield 18

Leigh 16 Toronto 32

Swinton 14 Toulouse 34

Barrow 22 Dewsbury 18

Fev 24 Halifax 20

Bradford 22 York 24



BBQ-3217

I think we still have to make a prediction on the Widnes v Sheffield match even though it’s postponed. I’ll leave that to Bongser to clarify..

Barrow 24-20 Dewsbury

Batley 34-16 Rochdale

Bradford 22-32 York

Fev.22-14 Fax

Leigh 12-30 Toronto

Swinton 20-32 Toulouse

Attendance 3,675

I’m feeling very aloof this morning, confused about the Widnes situation,not sure what to attain here , anyway my predictions are thus.



Barrow 24 vDewsbury 16.

Batley 32 v Rochdale Hairnets 14.

Bradford 30 v York 14.

Fev 28. V Fax 14.

Leigh 12. V Toronto 34.

Swinton. 14. V Toulouse 30.



The bonus..3,037. I think the effect Sky will have on the attendance will be crucial.



Okay then I will predict the Widnes game as .



Widnes 12 v Sheff 26.

Batley 28 - 16 Rochdale

Widnes 12 -26 Sheffield

Leythe 10 - 28 Trannies

Swinton 10 - 28 Toulouse

Barrow 18 - 28 Dewsbury

Fev 22 - 18 Fax

Bradford 24 - 22 York



BBQ: 3398



Earlier in the week I predicted a Widnes win but with all the problems I reversed the score.



I also think Sky will have an effect on the attendance. I can't believe anybody who is able to get to the match would stay at home and listen to the inane Toronto loving drivel coming from the presenters.

Absolutely correct, Atomic, your predictions will count towards the CORRECT determination of the WWB in the weekin which it is eventually (hopefully) played.



Fingers crossed for a swift and positive resolution to the crisis.

Batley 26 - 18 Rochdale

Widnes 14 -34 Sheffield

Leythe 18 - 28 Trannies

Swinton 12 - 32 Toulouse

Barrow 22 - 18 Dewsbury

Fev 26 - 18 Fax

Bradford 20 - 26 York



BBQ: 3276

Cheers, post amended to Inc Widnes v Sheffield game.

Round 3, round up now edited into page 65. Bongser is unhappy with the reliability of a certain datum so has called the results "provisional". Could anyone demurring pls PM Bongser so that this thread doesn't get any messier.



For Zools & Juan (and anyone else) this week's puntabules are also on page 65.



NB Punt on the Widnes game whatever

Here we go



Batley 30 Rochdale 10

Leythers 14 Toronto 42

Widnes 18 Sheffield 24

Swinton 16 Toulouse 32

Barrow 20 Dewsbury 18

Featherstone 18 Halifax 24

Bradford 20 York 22



Attendance 3333

Batley 22 Rochdale 6

Widnes 12 Sheffield 32

Leigh 12 Toronto 32

Swinton 12 Toulouse 34

Barrow 22 Dewsbury 24

Featherstone 28 Halifax 18

Bradford 12 York 16



BBQ: 3086

Batley 24 - 8 Rochdale

Widnes 10 -40 Sheffield

Leythe 30 - 28 Trannies (Think Bongser might regret a certain rule!)

Swinton 10 - 32 Toulouse

Barrow 22 - 18 Dewsbury

Fev 28 - 18 Fax

Bradford 20 - 24 York



BBQ: 3205

Bongser, never look through a bathroom window in the dark.

This is just plain silly. Who knows if they even will complete this seasons fixtures? So I-will give my prediction at the actual time when the postponed fixtures are played, when we know what team Widnes are turning out.

Fair dos, CL, but nobody foresaw Widnes folding so early in the new season (had Bongser done so there would have been a GP scored time capsule set).



As it was, he advocated the same legislation that applied all last season for this one. He PMd all the regulars and asked for their comments. Nobody complained about the rule.



Had the 'Dale match not been postponed in Round one, it might have been possible to change the rule early season, alas not now. It comes to Bongser's ears that large, far oriental betting syndicates are wagering elephantine stakes on the winner of this year's WPL (our shortlived friend, Mr Lu (remember him) snapchatted Bongser to tell him so). Bongser hasn't the nerve to defy the Bent & Bong Tong as he may never again enjoy a special chow mein from Bamboo House, Atherton for fear of extra MSG to lethal levels





Just plain silly is how the SL Golden Point rule is viewed from this corner but, now that it has been applied to Wiggin's detriment, it will not be done away with this season. At least "First sufferers of SL Golden Point defeat" can be added to the signatures of all the bragging Pie-Aytin' RLFANS posters - though Bongser can't see that either. Perhaps he should've gone to Specsavers!



Stick with us CL

Round Four Round Up:



Due to Widnes’ travails, we were down to six matches this week. We saw full houses on Batley & Toulouse (just – good fist made of it by Littler’s Lions). Further full houses were only scuppered by Zools plumping for a ‘Fax win and by Bongser’s adherence to Rule O (page 61). In fact, due to the spirited performance put up by The Comics, Bongser was second closest to the correct margin (Vanners closest for what it’s worth – which is nothing).



In fact Vanners, Chayders, Pubbers & Donny Juan were only thwarted in their quests for a six match Pokemon by the draw at Barrow. Juan was left high and not so dry, sweating on one more Dewsbury kick o’er t’sticks for a correct margin (fifteen points in total) whilst had such a kick scored (in reality) by Dewsbury been instead been a Barrovian one, all three of Vanners, Pubbers & Bongser would have nailed an exact score (65 points). As it was, nul points pour tout le monde.



Of the six correct punters on a York win, CL distinguished himself by nailing the margin of 10 (for a further ten) and (with no Jokers played this week) therefore led the round as we entered the BBQ. Then, sadly, the wheels came off his bus. By a margin of 533, CL was furthest out on the official attendance of 3142. Tommers was closest (a mere 31 under – 25 points for that) followed by Juanderer and then Bongser. Tomic therefore edged this round by a mere two points but enjoys the WWB of 25 to boot.



Still in the lead though that lead is now down to a mere five points (one correct winner's worth) is Charlie. In fact, after last week’s point frenzy, this relatively low scoring round sees the top seven runners unchanged position-wise. Only Atomic, in nearly doubling his season’s tally, and Chayders are trading places:



Chazzer 263 Jjjj

Donners 258 Jjjj

Zools 233 jjj

Bongo 232 Jjjj

Pubbers 216 jjj

EVVO 176 Jjjj

Vanners 159 Jjjj

Tommers 150 jjj

Chayders 137 jjj

Round Five Puntables:



FRIDAY



Sheffield XX-YY Batley



Sunday



Halifax XX-YY Swinton

Bradford XX-YY Toulouse

Dewsbury XX-YY Toronto

York X-YYY Leigh

Rochdale XX-YY Barrow

Widnes XX-YY Feathersone



BBQ: As it stands there are 12 Sunday games to be played in the top three tiers this weekend. How many points will be scored across those games?



As ever, Good Luck

Sheffield 28 Batley 16



Fax 24 Swinton 18

Bradford 22 Toulouse 30

Dewsbury 10 Toronto 34

York 18 Leigh 32

Rochdale 22 Barrow 20

Widnes 32 Fev 16



BBQ - 432 points.

FRIDAY



Sheffield 42-10 Batley



Sunday



Halifax 36-8 Swinton

Bradford 26-18 Toulouse

Dewsbury 4-54 Toronto

York 12-26 Leigh

Rochdale 16-8 Barrow

Widnes 36-12 Feathersone



BBQ: 504

Friday.

Sheff 26 v Batley 18.





Sunday.



Halifax 30 v Swinton 12.

Bradford 26 v Toulouse 22.

Dewsbury 12 v Toronto 34.

York 28 v Leigh 18.

Rochdale 24 v Barrow.16.

Widnes 14 v Fev32.



BBQ .422.





A difficult game for the Leythers, York are my Dark Horses for a top 5 finish.

Sheffield 34 Batley 16



Fax 28 Swinton 10

Bradford 16 Toulouse 26

Dewsbury 6 Toronto 38

York 18 Leigh 22

Rochdale 18 Barrow 20

Widnes 18 Fev 24



BBQ - 429 points.