The Rules:

• Each person predicts the results from every Super League match.
• Predicting the correct winner will get you 1 point.
• Predicting a score line within ten points of the actual score (for both teams) will win an additional two points.
• Correctly predicting the exact score will win you an additional five points.
• A bonus point will be awarded if you can correctly predict the first try scorer.

Last Round’s Results:

• Castleford Tigers 14 – Hull FC 24 (Nathan – 3, Ian – 1)
• Leigh Leopards 14 – Wakefield Trinity 40 (Nathan – 0, Ian – 0)
• Warrington Wolves 16 – Leeds Rhinos 14 (Nathan – 1, Ian – 2)
• Catalans Dragons 13 – St Helens 14 (Nathan – 4, Ian – 3)
• Huddersfield Giants 4 – Hull KR 50 (Nathan – 1, Ian – 3)
• Wigan Warriors 54 – Salford Red Devils 0 (Nathan – 1, Ian – 3)

Current Score: Nathan 49 – Ian 39

Ian is starting to gain ground once again after round six, bringing the gap down to just ten points, helped by the fact that some of his scoreline predictions were closer than Nathan’s. Nathan did manage to correctly predict the first try scorer in the Catalans-Saints game, however, which, if memory serves, is the first time either of us has gotten one of those since the opening round.

Round six got off to a flying start in West Yorkshire as Hull FC weathered the challenge of the Castleford Tigers to climb to second in the Super League table. Barnstorming prop forward Herman Ese’ese was unplayable in a man-of-the-match winning performance, which was highlighted by a try that would make even the most accomplished circus jugglers proud, as he fumbled and re-gathered the ball in mid-air, while brushing off tacklers as he went. He would also go on to put in an impressive shift in FC’s cup loss to cross-city rivals Hull KR this past weekend.

On Friday night, Leigh Leopards met Wakefield Trinity for the first of their back-to-back matches against each other, with the teams drawing each other in the Challenge Cup quarter finals the week after also. It was Wakefield who took the spoils in the league, taming the toothless Leopards with relative ease at the Leigh Sports Village by a scoreline of 40-14. Leigh would get their revenge the weekend after, however, defeating the Trin to book their place in the Challenge Cup semi-finals.

In Friday’s other game, it was another close contest for the Leeds Rhinos, who conceded a late try following a controversial sin-binning to fall to a 16-14 defeath to the Warrington Wolves. The Rhinos had lead until the final few minutes, when Keenan Palasia was sent to the bin for an apparent high shot. From the back of the penalty, the Wolves scored the winning try, taking them up to fifth in the table.

It was a close encounter in the South of France for Saturday’s game, as St Helens managed to just about squeak past a Sam Tomkins-inspired Catalans Dragons side by a scoreline of 14-13. Two drop goals from Jonny Lomax was the difference on the day to help the Saints over the line, as they climbed up to fourth in the table.

Unfortunately for the beleaguered Huddersfield and Salford sides “close” was not how you would describe their games the following day, as both sides shipped over fifty points in their games against Hull KR and Wigan Warriors, respectively. The league leaders Hull KR consolidated their position at the top with a 50-4 victory of the bottom-of-the-table Giants, whilst Wigan breezed past the struggling Red Devils, who are still affected by a sustainability cap, by a scoreline of 54-0.

Nathan’s Picks:

• Salford Red Devils 4 – Leeds Rhinos 32 (First try scorer: Lachlan Miller)
• Hull KR 24 – Wigan Warriors 16 (First try scorer: Tom Davies)
• St Helens 12 – Wakefield Trinity 18 (First try scorer: Jack Welsby)
• Warrington Wolves 26 – Hull FC 16 (First try scorer: Matt Dufty)
• Castleford Tigers 10 – Leigh Leopards 32 (First try scorer: Tesa Niu)
• Huddersfield Giants 6 – Catalans Dragons 18 (First try scorer: Sam Tomkins)

Ian’s Pick’s:

• Salford Red Devils 18 – Leeds Rhinos 26 (First try scorer: Ryan Hall)
• Hull KR 14 – Wigan Warriors 34 (First try scorer: Junion Nsemba)
• St Helens 28 – Wakefield Trinity 14 (First try scorer: Tristan Sailor)
• Warrington Wolves 20 – Hull FC 36 (First try scorer: Lewis Martin)
• Castleford Tigers 12 – Leigh Leopards 28 (First try scorer: Lachlan Lam)
• Huddersfield Giants 10 – Catalans Dragons 24 (First try scorer: Adam Swift)

Written by Nathan Major-Kershaw (Site editor & Hull KR fan)