Ouch ... a BIG ouch!

Ouch! Yes, that is all we can say about the past weekend’s results in our ‘readers versus staff’ prediction showdown.

When the top scorer for the week gets just 50 percent, you know it was a bad week … very, very bad week.

The top scorer in this case was leader Johan Greyling, who got six points out of a possible 12 and stretched his lead to a handy seven points over defending champion John Granger – the latter getting just two points in a weekend that hurt most.

Granger is now just three points ahead of third-placed Rudolf Mehl, who managed a mere four points.

Standings after Week Eight:
60 – Johan Greyling
53 – John Granger
50 – Rudolf Mehl
49 – Phil Coetzer, Rob Peters
48 – Steve Farrell
39 – Jan de Koning
38 – Hennie van Staden

Johan Greyling
H’landers v Lions – H’landers by 10 = 2
Brumbies v Chiefs – Chief by 10 = 2
Force v Bulls – Bulls by 7 = 0
H’canes v Sharks – Sharks by 7 = 0
‘Tahs v Blues – Blues by 10 = 0
Cheetahs v Reds – Cheetahs 10 = 2
Total for the week = 6
Total after eight weeks = 60

John Granger
Highlanders v Lions – Highlanders 1st win by 15 = 1
Brumbies v Chiefs – Brumbies by 5 = 0
Force v Bulls – Force by 10 = 1
Hurricanes v Sharks – Canes by 10 = 0
Waratahs v Blues – Blues by 9 = 0
Cheetahs v Reds – Reds by 7 = 0
Total for the week = 2
Total after eight weeks = 53

Rudolf Mehl
Highlanders v Lions – Lions by 3 = 0
Brumbies v Chiefs – Chiefs by 10 = 2
Force v Bulls – Force by 5  = 2
Hurricanes v Sharks – Canes by 3 = 0
Waratahs v Blues – Blues by 8 = 0
Cheetahs v Reds – Reds by 5 = 0
Total for the week = 4
Total after eight weeks = 50

Rob Peters (iafrica)
Highlanders v Lions – Lions by 7 = 0
Brumbies v Chiefs – Chiefs by 12 = 2
Force v Bulls – Bulls by 10 = 0
Canes v Sharks – Sharks by 10 = 0
Waratahs v Blues – Blues by 14 = 0
Cheetahs v Reds – Cheetahs by 5 = 1
Total for the week = 3
Total after eight weeks = 49

Phil Coetzer (rugby365)
H’landers v Lions – Highlanders by 5 = 2
Brumbies v Chiefs – Chiefs by 7 = 1
Force v Bulls – Bulls by 8 = 0
Canes v Sharks – Sharks by 10 = 0
Tahs v Blues – Blues by 10 = 0
Cheetahs v Reds – Cheetahs by 6 = 1
Total for the week = 4
Total after eight weeks = 49

Steve Farrell (rugby365)
H’landers v Lions – H’landers by 13 = 2
Brumbies v Chiefs – Brumbies by 8 = 0
Force v Bulls – Force by 7 = 1
H’canes v Sharks – Sharks by 12 = 0
‘Tahs v Blues – Blues by 12 = 0
Cheetahs v Reds – Cheetahs 3 = 1
Total for the week = 4
Total after eight weeks = 48

Hennie van Staden
H’landers v Lions – H’Landers by 10 = 2
Brumbies v Chiefs – Brumbies by 7 = 0
Force v Bulls – Bulls by 7 = 0
H’canes v Sharks – Sharks by 10 = 0
Waratahs v Blues – Blues by 5 = 0
Cheetahs v Reds – Reds by 3 = 0
Total for the week = 2
Total after eight weeks = 38

Jan de Koning (rugby365)
H’landers v Lions – Lions by 5 = 0
Brumbies v Chiefs – Chiefs by 10 = 2
Force v Bulls – Bulls by 10 = 0
H’canes v Sharks – Sharks by 10 = 0
Waratahs v Blues – Blues by 15 = 0
Cheetahs v Reds  – Cheetahs by 10 = 2
Total for the week = 4
Total after eight weeks = 39