girlyswot

I'd assumed third year too, mosttly because his level of confidence and attitude reminded me of the twins in PS, and the letter writing thing never made me think that the previous year had been his first but just meant that that they had written every week last year, and most likely the year before too. When people started being so definite about him being a second year I assumed it was mentioned in an interview because I seldom bother with them. If that is the case I can't help you and I guess it depends whether you want to take interviews as canon or not.