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Scotland, Ireland and France are the obvious winners this weekend.

Quote from: Timelord2067 on March 06, 2024, 10:12:12 AM

Scotland, Ireland and France are the obvious winners this weekend.

Yup thats what I'm thinking also, the odds are 1.20, 1.20 and 1.40 respectively
and with a three match "favourites" parlay the total odds are 2.03...but I just cant
get it out of my head that there will be an upset along the way.

Neither Scotland or France have been clinical and Italy and Wales are capable
of a surprise win?

Both Wales and Italy could do with a win because they face each other in the last
round and as it stands they are both on 3 points, can Italy leapfrog Wales to get off
the bottom?

I'm really steering clear of parlays - far too often there's an upset and you loose (especially when there's five or six matches and one of the middle ones tanks).

The third game between the Knights and Raiders saw the Raiders clench the first game on Australian soil for 2024 with a score of 28 - 12

In a few hours, the Warriors fend off the Sharks. Then in the night game, The Panthers should weather the brewing storm.

Quote from: aoluain on February 27, 2024, 08:43:32 AM

Rugby 7's - Vancouver

Argentina have put together 3 Gold medals in a row by winning the final in Canada and beating New Zealand.

Ireland to my surprise are sitting in second spot but the same points as Fiji.

For me the team of the weekend was France, they picked up their 1st medal and sit in 7th spot. They won 5
out of their 6 matches and its the first tournament where Antoine Dupont. He was world player of the year
in Rugby 15's in 2021 and has made the Dream Team at No.9 in 2022 and 2023.
He has taken a break from the 15's game this year to concentrate on 7's and in particular the Olympics.
He has made the Rugby 7's dream team this weekend also!!
I think simply because he is in the team now France will become a team to watch.

I totally missed the thread this days, but i was following the super run made by the Argentinian team. I really hope to see the winning the gold medal in the Olympics, but lets see a long way to run and also you need luck with the injuries.

Quote from: darbitmobilerecovery on March 08, 2024, 07:01:19 PM

Quote from: aoluain on February 27, 2024, 08:43:32 AM

Its been a super run by Argentina and while its great to see Ireland in 2nd I fear
France are going to have something big to say in the remaining games. The
superstar Antoine Dupont will have a massive influence on the team and they are
building also for the Olympics.

Its Six Nations today, ATM its Italy v Scotland and with 13 minutes gone Scotland
are ahead 3-14. I didnt go with the 3 favourites parlay.

This match will be followed by England v Ireland and tomorrow its Wales v France.

Week on of the 2024 NRL has seen a complete Topsy-turfy skewering of the ladder with many favourites failing to win their first games

The Wests' Tigers are sitting in ninth place with two points simply because they never played a game this week.

I listened to the Storm vs Panthers game on the way home the other evening. The score was locked at 2 - 0 to the Storm for close to fifty plus minutes before the scored a converted try, then kept the Panthers scoreless for the entire game. (Melbourne have a 20 year unbroken first week win).

Today, the Cowboys caught the Redcliffe minnows hook, line and stinker winning 43 - 18 against the Dolphins.

I'll have to put my thinking cap on for week two and see how different my wagers are going to be.

Well that NRL table is looking very strange after the first round, teams on top you would
expect to see on the bottom half and teams on the bottom which should be on top...still a lot
of water to pass under the bridge yet though.

Six Nations - a weekend of surprises!

Italy were able to put all the training and threatening together and beat Scotland, great
season for them so far.

England v Ireland - what a match and what a team England turned out, it was like
a light switch team, everything went as plan for them, completely different team to the
previous 3 outings, Ireland were stunned, it was close but the better team won.

Wales v France - as expected.

Did well to stay away from that favourites parlay.

I have to say im very happy for the Italy win, because is a Italy/Argentinian win.

The main coach of Italy is right now Quesada former player of the Pumas and the best player of the game was another argentinian from my city Juan Ignacio Brex.

Always Italy use argentinian players with italian ancestry in every sport they can. And i celebrate that it strenght our roots.

Quote from: darbitmobilerecovery on March 11, 2024, 02:24:35 PM

Its a great story and he has lots of experience as a coach. Hopefully he can help to progress
Italy forward and build from this year forward.

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Quesada is not short of international experience. He worked as a kicking coach with
France between 2008 and 2011, helping them to a Grand Slam in 2010 before reaching a
World Cup final the following year. And he was also part of the Pumas set-up under Mario Ledesma,
either side of leading Stade Français to the French Top 14 title in 2015.

https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/m6n/news/meet-gonzalo-quesada-the-man-to-lead-italian-rugby-onwards

Brex is a great player, he was awarded "Man of the match" at the weekend. He also
plays for Benetton who have shown great improvement this year in the URC.

Italy have to travel to Wales next for the last round of the Six Nations, looking at the odds
I see Wales are favourites at 1.34 to 3.45 for Italy. I might do a cheeky bet on Italy to win.
Wales are a young team still building.

Six Nations

This is it this weekend, a lot to play for for all teams in different aspects.

First match - Wales v Italy - Wales to get a win out of the season, Italy to bag a record
second win in the season and not end up in last place

Ireland v Scotland - Ireland to claim the championship title for second year in a row and
Scotland to try and claim second spot

France v England - France to claim second spot if Scotland lose and England to
potentially claim top spot if Ireland lose to Scotland.

All the home teams are favourites.....but look what happened last weekend!

I'm just sitting down to place my wagers on this weekends NRL week 2 fixtures.

Tonight, the Broncos ($1.38) and Rabbitohs are fairly evenly poised to take their first win - I'm going with the Broncos who are always keen to reclaim lost pride (especially after their grand-final and USA losses).

The Sharks are even closer prices against the Bulldogs at $1.29.
Similarly, Penrith comes in at $1.38 against Parramatta (who the radio commentators have been gushing about all week, so time will tell).
Canberra have higher odds ($1.42) against the Tigers ($5.00)
Melbourne ($1.47) edges out the Warriors
Saint George ($1.85) should broil the Dolphins ($1.95)

Then, I'm going with the Sea Eagles ($2.15) over the Roosters and
Newcastle Knights ($2.85) over first place (after one week) Townsville Cowboys.

A $5 parlay would yield $286.40 wile a $1 bet on all the favourties would bring home $23.21

Now if you did that parlay and were able to pick the winners it will be a fantastic early
season play. The Broncos have got their season under way with a win against the Rabbitohs.

The big one tomorrow as you say is the Panthers v Eels - always a big fixture, I'm just afraid this
could go either way eventhough the odds favour the Panthers.

I'm holding off putting a few bets on until I see how each team perform, let them settle into
their games!

The Bulldogs are making a good start leeding 6 - 0 against the higher placed Sharks 20 minutes into the first half.

At this point I'd say the Bulldogs have the edge with better looking game play and bright, new, blue jerseys.

*Edit* I just took a phone call and the Sharks swum in to score a try to level the score at six all.

Edit again. The Sharks won 25 - 6 in what was a fairly balanced game (collar pulling scuffles aside)

Now The Parramatta Eels have drawn Frist blood against the Panthers just three minutes in.

Aaand the Panthers are true to their odds beating the Eels 26-18, they have started their
dominant run again this year I think

The Raiders beat the Wests Tigers 32 - 12 - no surprise there

I was just following the scoreboard of the Cowboys v Knights, it was 20 - 20 going past
the 80 minute mark and Chad Townsend of the Cowboys slitted over a 1 point field goal
on the 81st minute - game over, Cowboys win.

Next up is Storm v Warriors, these two were closely matched last year, Storm are. favourite
today, 1.42 - 3.35. Looking back at ladt years fixture it was a close one, could be the same again.

Quote from: aoluain on March 16, 2024, 08:31:15 AM

I was just following the scoreboard of the Cowboys v Knights, it was 20 - 20 going past
the 80 minute mark and Chad Townsend of the Cowboys slitted over a 1 point field goal
on the 81st minute - game over, Cowboys win.

The Newcastle Knights drew first blood then stayed ahead points wise until the 75 minute when am unconverted try leveled the scores at 20 - 20. The Cowboys, who had been playing catchup all game finally took the game with a one point field goal in extra time having missed a two point field goal moments before the 80 minute siren.

With twelve minutes to go, the Warriors are winning a very scrappy game 24 - 18 against Melbourne. If Auckland win, then it'll be my second from six games lost.

That was a big ask with that parlay, its a pity though.

Two good wins by the Sea Eagles and the Dolphins today.

Six Nations

With the last round of games played on Saturday Ireland managed to beat Scotland
to win the Championship. It was a tough match, Scotland were never going to hand
the win to Ireland and they were actually playing for the Triple Crown trophy which
wasnt one by either Ireland, Scotland, England or Wales because each team lost to
one another.

France beat England to land in second place

Italy beat Wales just about, Wales scored 2 try's in the last minute. Its a record for
them, its the first time they won 2 matches in the same season, their new Argentinian
coach is doing good things.

Quote from: aoluain on March 17, 2024, 08:15:26 PM

That was a big ask with that parlay, its a pity though.

Two good wins by the Sea Eagles and the Dolphins today.

Congratulations to Ireland land of one Argentinian national hero, and father of our navy Almirante William Brown or Guillermo Brown.

About Quesada at Italy what a great job he is doing, i cant tell to you how many insults are receiving the top headers of the Argentinian Union of Rugby for not contract him.

Every post on media are insults to the autorities, and i agree with the people in this case.

Funny you should mention William Brown darxiaomi, it is only today our minister of State
visited his grave!

On Quesada, I think it will only be a matter of time that he could get the job of head
coach of Argentina. Your current coach Contepomi has a very good Rugby History
and I guess he is still building the team into what he would like.

The Autumn internationals 2024 were announced last week, and Ireland play Argentina!!
and in the last match Ireland play Australia!!

Melbourne scored twice in the last two minutes in what was the game of the week denying Auckland a home win after leeding the game up till then.

The Dolphins win was emphatic. I'd actually watched the earlier game which was routine, then switched off thinking the Dolphins would be broiled by the Dragons... But it was the Dolphins who slayed the Dragons.

How did your betting go in the end Timelord?

European club rugby is back on this coming weekend on the 3 big competitions

URC - Week 12 of 18 - Only 4 points separating the top 3, Leinster, Bulls and Glasgow Warriors.
I cant see these standings changing with the matches at the weekend, all three should be winners.

English Premiership Rugby - Week 13 of 18 - Northanpton clear on top with 44 points, second placed
Harlequins on 37.
Northampton play Bristol which they should win but Harlequins face Saracens who are just behind on 36 points!

French Top 14 - Week 19 of 26 - 2 teams on 55 points Stadt Francais and Toulouse.
Stadt Francais face Lyon who they should beat and Toulouse have to play Bordeaux which will be a tough one,
Bordeaux are in 4th spot in the table.