By Come In Nuber 10 with Wellsaint
November 28 2003

Well what a week it's been... especially if you have an Aussie in the office to take the proverbial out of! Back to domestic action this weekend, and some cracking matchups to look forward to - more of the same please! So England have won the world cup and should be congratulated, even by those of us who wear the
silver fern (so that'll be you, Come In Number 10!! - Welly) A fine victory, made sweeter as it
was in Oz.

It's the final week of the ZP before the HC break, and it could be an important week for a number of teams, including Saints - so we will start at Kingsholm.

Glous v Saints
I love to say that we can win this but I don't think we will quite do it. Glos will have Gummibear and by the sounds of it Vickery as well. Sharkey back for us. Wellsaint says Glos
by 4 - I think we will do enough to get a losing Bonus point.

Leicester v Bath
Lecister possbly back to nearly full strength and i fancy them to turn Bath over and do the Saints a favour at the same time. Wellsaint agrees and says home advantage is crucial in this one. He says Tigers by 3, I say by 5.

Quins v Leeds
Wellsaint reckons Quins by 8 but i think it could be more having been to the Stoop to watch Saints get demolished there 3 weeks ago. I think Quins by at least 14.

Newcastle v Wasps (live on Lardy TV, 2.45 kick off)
The Jonny Wilkinson celebration party will be going but will Wasps spoil it? We both agree they
won't and think the Falcons will edge it by 5.

Irish v Sharks
I am actually going to this on Sunday afternoon (Judas! is the cry) as i think it should be a
fairly exciting open game. Irish are usually good at home - and away as well recently - and should edge it. Irish by 8 for Wellsaint and by 10 for me.

Sarries v Roth

Sarries to win by i have no idea by how many, maybe 12. Wellsaint reckons a closer score of
by 8 points.


Best bets:

Come In Number 10 - Would probably look at a Tigers win at home and see what handicaps are
available on that. Also check the Saints and see how much of a start they can get at Kingsholm.

Wellsaint - Come On Number 10's bets look fair calls. I suspect the betting angle on the games
at Newcastle and Irish will be minimal (as I expect the handicap lines will be set somewhere
around our predictions.) Possible interesting call would be Roth with the points at Sarries -
it could be a week where they manage to beat the handicap. If Quins are single figure favourites
I would play as well.

One word of advice from me: the weather forecast is wet and windy - so giving up large numbers
of points may not be as easy as usual.