Predictable and not so???

Review of the weekends rugby from my own point of view lest we forget in the growing WC hype that there is a domestic game.

Firstly the Robocop

I would just like to say that I predicted every single result in the Celtic league last weekend (this can be verified on sportguru.co.uk the prediction game) - is the league that predictable - no not really - just luck on my part

Leinster were always going to struggle at the Os with all their players away - although - i was surprised by the margin - The ospreys played out of their skins in the first half

Ulster v Glasgow at home was a given - both had players missing but Ulsters strength in depth and home advantage would aleways be worth a few scores - and was

Cardiff at edingburgh again would be a test in strength in depth - although I thought it would be close and it wasnt - easy win for the Blues - edingburgh fell apart in the last half an hour

Treviso v connacht was always a tough one to call - especially with trevisos home record - but I felt that connacht would edge it - they have fewer players missing and I felt that would affect Treviso - good win for connacht though

Same story I know but Home advantage and strength in depth would see Munster home by 8 points - a tough place to go

My only surprise in the Scarlets game was that the margin wasnt more - Scarlets huffed and puffed for the first hour

All in all good weekend of rugby

As For the Jeff - What was going on????? I predicted 50% results which is surely bad in anyones book - and I should know more about it

Irish v Quins - Irish were missing their big players but I felt that if it was truly at home they would of edged it - however playing at HQ was a big leveller and was probably more like a home game for Quins - Quins were good for a 5 point win

Tigers v Exeter .........................W.................T...................F........?????????
Who would of picked that - hats off to Exeter - proving that lastseason was no fluke and they are here to stay - Leicester - even missing players will be giving themselves a long hard talking to

Warriors v Sale - well - no surprise to me - worcester are tough at home and a lot of teams - especially the bottom 4 or 5 teams in the Jeff will struggle there - Sale are one of those teams - tight game but a win for worcs none the less

Saffacens v wasps - another shock for me - but Wasps were well worth their win - The Boks were just boring and as with the Irish game - HQ was a big leveller

No surprise with Bath beating the Falcons away - Falcons going down I think

Gloucester, I felt would win this, although Im biased - I just felt that the Saints were missing their stars and Glaws would be to much - but we are missing a kicker and may struggle all season in this area. Saints worth their win

SO in summary

is the robocop more predictable than the jeff - no very similar - 4-5 teams could win 1 or 2 probably will - some of the games are 1 sided - if anything i think that the bottom half of the Jeff has better sides just about

its always going to be a strange time when the world cup stars are missing and this was a major factor in some of the results I believe - however tha standard of rugby was more than upheld