All tied at the top

Johan Greyling has managed to close the gap on John Granger and the two are tied at the top in our ‘readers versus staff prediction game’.

They both have 26 points out of a possible 42 after three weeks.

Greyling top-scored with 11 out of a possible 14 points in his Week Three predictions – getting all seven results right, but missing out on the margin in three of the games.

Granger, the reigning champion, also had a good week with 10 points, with his only mistake being that he suggested the Chiefs would win – while a couple of his margins were also off.

There is a big chasing group – Phil Coetzer, Rob Peters, Hennie Van Staden, Steve Farrell, Rudolf Mehl – all bunched together eight points behind the two leaders.

Shamefully, rugby365 editor Jan de Koning is trailing in last place!

Standings after Week Three:
26 – John Granger, Johan Greyling
18 – Phil Coetzer, Rob Peters, Hennie Van Staden, Steve Farrell, Rudolf Mehl
14 – Jan de Koning

Week three’s results:

John Granger:
Hurricanes v Chiefs – chiefs by 5 = 0
Lions v Force – Force by 10 = 1
Stormer v Crusaders – Saders by 20 = 2
Highlanders v Waratahs – Tahs by 5 = 2
Brumbies v Reds – Bumbles by 10 = 1
Cheetahs v Blues – Blues by 20 = 2
Bulls v Sharks – Sharks by 10 = 2
Total this week = 10
Total after three weeks = 26

Johan Greyling:
Hurricanes v Chiefs – Hurricanes by 7 = 1
Lions v Force – Force by 5 = 2
Stormers v Crusaders – Crusaders by 18 = 2
Highlanders v Waratahs – Waratahs by 8 = 2
Brumbies v Reds – Brumbies by 13 = 1
Cheetahs v Blues – Blues by 20 = 2
Bulls v Sharks – Sharks by 7 = 1
Total this week = 11
Total after three weeks = 26

Hennie van Staden:
Hurricanes v Chiefs – H’canes by 10 = 1
Lions v Force – Force by 5 = 2
Stormers v Crusaders – Crusaders by 20 = 2
H’landers v NSW –  NSW by 7 = 2
Brumbies v Reds – Brumbies by 15 = 1
Cheetahs v Blues – Blues by 15 = 1
Bulls v Sharks – Bulls by 3 = 0
Total this week = 9
Total after three weeks = 18

Rudolf Mehl:
Hurricanes v Chiefs – Canes by 4 = 1
Lions v Force – Force by 2 = 2
Stormers v Crusaders – Saders by 18 = 2
H’landers v NSW –  Tahs by 7 = 2
Brumbies v Reds – Reds by 3 = 0
Cheetahs v Blues – Blues by 21 = 2
Bulls v Sharks – Sharks by 8 = 1
Total this week = 10
Total after three weeks = 18

Phil Coetzer (rugby365):
Hurricanes v Chiefs – Canes by 5 = 1
Lions v Force – Force by 13 = 1
Stormers v Crusaders – Saders by 15 = 1
Highlanders v Tahs – HL by 5 = 0
Brumbies v Reds – Brumbies by 15 = 1
Cheetahs v Blues – Blues by 15 = 1
Bulls v Sharks – Sharks by 10 = 2
Total this week = 7
Total after three weeks = 18

Rob Peters (iafrica):
Hurricanes v Chiefs – Hurricanes by 7 = 1
Lions v Force – Force by 10 = 1
Stormers v Crusaders – Crusaders by 25 = 2
Highlanders v Tahs – Waratahs by 10 = 1
Brumbies v Reds – Reds by 5 = 0
Cheetahs v Blues – Blues by 15 = 1
Bulls v Sharks – Sharks by 12 = 2
Total this week = 8
Total after three weeks = 18

Jan de Koning (rugby365):
Hurricanes v Chiefs – Hurricanes by 10 = 1
Lions v Force – Lions by 10 = 0
Stormers v Crusaders – Crusaders by 30 = 1
Highlanders v Tahs – Highlanders by 10 = 0
Brumbies v Reds – Brumbies by 5 = 1
Cheetahs v Blues – Blues by 15 = 1
Bulls v Sharks – Bulls by 5 = 0
Total this week = 4
Total after three weeks = 14

Steve Farrell (rugby365)
Hurricanes v Chiefs – Chiefs by 5 = 0
Lions v Force – Force by 10 = 1
Stormers v Crusaders – Crusaders by 15 = 1
Highlanders v Tahs – Waratahs by 5 = 2
Brumbies v Reds – Brumbies by 5 = 1
Cheetahs v Blues – Blues by 20 = 2
Bulls v Sharks – Sharks by 10 = 2
Total this week = 9
Total after three weeks = 18