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[aoluain]

Today was the 3rd game in the 1st round of Six Nations Championship games

wales     21 - 16     Ireland

A strange but exciting game, Ireland were favourites to win the match but had a player Red carded
about 15 minutes in, but on half time were leading 6 - 13, wales regained the lead with 2 try's and 1
conversion. The last play of the game saw Ireland fail to kick to touch for a 5 metre lineout to at
least draw the match.

Here is how the table looks after round 1

[aoluain]

Round 2 of the Six Nations commences this Saturday 13th of February.

England v Italy - KO 14.15 GMT

Scotland v Wales - KO 16.45 GMT

Sunday 14th Feb

Ireland v France - KO 15.00 GMT

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Interesting match up between Scotland and Wales, Both winners in Round 1, Scotland
favourite to take this one on Cloudbet.

Ireland v France - crunch match for Ireland, really is a must win to keep the championship alive
but France favourites, rightly so.

[Welsh]

It has to be said, Wales played awfully considering their advantage against Ireland, and Scotland has to be favorites going into their match. Wales are a country which is suffering from a hangover of a past great manager which delivered a lot of silverware, and losing key coaches to rival nations, as well as several key players, which were probably considered world class retiring.

The squad, manager, and new tactics haven't really clicked yet, and I know there's a lot of discussion between Welsh fans that Pivac the head coach isn't the man for the job. Scotland on the other hand are on the rise, after upsetting one of the favorites for the title; England, and quite convincingly at that, which the scoreboard didn't show.

Despite this, you cannot ever rule out Wales. Wales are very good at slowing the game down to their pace, and bringing other teams down to their level. For such a small country. Welsh rugby has been my guilty pleasure over the years when it comes to betting, despite how well we've done in the last few years. We are almost always the underdogs in the big matches, and the odds usually reflect this.

I can't bet against my country, but if you are to take into consideration where the teams are currently, then Scotland is probably the best bet. They are on a high from beating England, and finally starting the Six Nations off with a good result, and Wales despite winning will have a lot of doubts about how they went about it.

[Timelord2067]

There's a Scottish shop in Dunedin NZ and on one of my recent trips there, Wales were playing a tour, so the Scottish Shop got renamed for the duration of the tour "The Welsh Shop".  (They nearly won too!)

• https://www.scottishshop.co.nz/store/search?search=welsh
• https://www.odt.co.nz/business/dunedin%E2%80%99s-scottish-shop-changes-hands

[aoluain]

It has to be said, Wales played awfully considering their advantage against Ireland, and Scotland has to be favorites going into their match. Wales are a country which is suffering from a hangover of a past great manager which delivered a lot of silverware, and losing key coaches to rival nations, as well as several key players, which were probably considered world class retiring.

The squad, manager, and new tactics haven't really clicked yet, and I know there's a lot of discussion between Welsh fans that Pivac the head coach isn't the man for the job. Scotland on the other hand are on the rise, after upsetting one of the favorites for the title; England, and quite convincingly at that, which the scoreboard didn't show.

Despite this, you cannot ever rule out Wales. Wales are very good at slowing the game down to their pace, and bringing other teams down to their level. For such a small country. Welsh rugby has been my guilty pleasure over the years when it comes to betting, despite how well we've done in the last few years. We are almost always the underdogs in the big matches, and the odds usually reflect this.

I can't bet against my country, but if you are to take into consideration where the teams are currently, then Scotland is probably the best bet. They are on a high from beating England, and finally starting the Six Nations off with a good result, and Wales despite winning will have a lot of doubts about how they went about it.

Wales have definitely regressed and it was a shock really last year only winning 1 game
compared to the Grand Slam win in 2019.

A new manager will always bring his own playbook and players can find it hard to adjust,
I dont know why this is though because its their job, I mean its solely what they do.

I wouldnt rule out Wales either, you could say it os your national sport! and like Scotland
and Ireland you wouldnt have a vast pool of players to pick from, unlike England and France.

[aoluain]

@Welsh, I hope you had your bet on?

Not convincing but a win nonetheless, pure class by Louis Rees-Zammit!

Great game

[aoluain]

Second round of games in the Six Nations Championship played this weekend with only
one against the odds upset, Wales taking a win from Scotland at Murray Field.
The results from the other 2 games were as expected.

Ireland playing France today at home and narrowly losing with the majority of posession
but unable to break the French defence for large portions of the game.

England     41 - 18     Italy
Scotland     24 - 25     Wales
Ireland     13 - 15     France

Round 2 table

[Timelord2067]

Am just cross-posting this from another thread.

FRANCE VS SCOTLAND rugby match has just been cancelled (or postponed indefinitely) because of several coronavirus cases.
What will happen to this bet please?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/25/france-v-scotland-again-in-doubt-following-new-positive-covid-19-test

The Six Nations has been plunged into disarray after France’s match against Scotland was postponed following another positive Covid-19 test in Les Bleus’ camp on Thursday.

No date has been set for the fixture to be rescheduled and it is understood using next week’s fallow weekend is considered risky given ongoing concerns over the outbreak within the France squad.

To be honest, I'm very surprised *any* fixtures are occurring in the European Region given the lack of social-distancing/repeated lock-downs and other things that are causing the Covid to continue to circulate and flare up time and time again.

[aoluain]

Postponed indefinitely, that should mean all bets are cancelled?

Well the other 2 games are continuing without spectators of course.
The teams generally have been sticking to health guidelines and up
until now have been COVID free but all it takes is one person to be
infected along with relaxed safety protocols and its a disaster.

Anyway fixtures below

Saturday 27th February

Italy v Ireland - KO 14:15 GMT

Wales V England - KO 16:45 GMT

Sunday 28th February

France v Scotland - Postponed

[Saint-loup]

Postponed indefinitely, that should mean all bets are cancelled?

Yes it's the only right thing to do IMO, and as you can see almost all sportsbooks have already cancelled them... but unfortunately some other like freebitcoin haven't done it yet.
https://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-union/six-nations/france-v-scotland/winner

[aoluain]

So 2 of 3 games played this week which brings the unforseen Welsh team to the
top of the table and looking like strong contenders for the championship.

The game played against England yesterday was a close one until the last 15 minutes where
England lost their discipline and gave too many penalties away in their own half and Wales
took full advantage to take the Triple Crown Trophy.

Italy     10 - 48     Ireland
Wales     40 - 24     England

[aoluain]

Pascal Gauzere admits mistakes to referees boss

Not taking anything away from wales but the ref made a few blunders in the match against
England on Saturday. England were favourites to win the match but it shows on occasions
that the ref can change the outcome of a match eventhough England didnt do
themselves any favours towards the end.

[Timelord2067]

Just thought I'd let people know that freebitco.in took wagers on the various Six Nations games for this round that were just held.  (Follow the link in my signature   )

Not sure who else is offering odds other than

• https://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-union/six-nations
• https://sportsbet.io/sports/rugby/matches/today

(Thanks to @Saint-loup for providing the link to Odds Checker)

Posts two and three have been updated - it's a work in progress.

[Timelord2067]

World Rugby recommends 2021 Women's World Cup be postponed due to coronavirus pandemic

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-03/world-rugby-recommend-the-2021-womens-world-cup-be-postponed/13210106

The Black Ferns may have to wait until 2022 to defend their title after World Rugby strongly suggested the Women's World Cup be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Does anyone know of any gaming sites that are covering the Women's Rugby matches?  I can add the sites to the second and third posts.

[aoluain]

Just thought I'd let people know that freebitco.in took wagers on the various Six Nations games for this round that were just held.  (Follow the link in my signature   )

Not sure who else is offering odds other than

• https://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-union/six-nations
• https://sportsbet.io/sports/rugby/matches/today

(Thanks to @Saint-loup for providing the link to Odds Checker)

Posts two and three have been updated - it's a work in progress.

I posted a list of sites offering odds on the Six Nations on page 1
Just double checking my links below I see that GT Bets are not offering odds on the Six Nations
but they do on other Rugby competitions.

I cannot see any that are offering odds on the Womens World Cup.

Is RL bigger than RU in Australia, I imagine they would have equal following?

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Here is a list of sites providing betting for the Six Nations Rugby Championship starting this weekend

CloudBet
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=333552.0
Crypto Accepted: Bitcoin

https://www.gtbets.ag/wagering1.asp?mode=lines&league=RUG&event=Rugby+Union+%2D+Six+Nations+Championship&lg=1[/s]]GT Bets
Crypto Accepted: Bitcoin / Bitcoin Cash / Litecoin / Ripple

Intertops
Crypto Accepted: Bitcoin / Bitcoin Cash / Litecoin

BetOnline
Crypto Accepted: Bitcoin

SportsBetting Same site layout as BetOnline
Crypto Accepted: Bitcoin / Ethereum / Litecoin / Bitcoin Cash / Ripple / Stellar

[Timelord2067]

Thanks for the reminder, there's a few chores that have been building up over the last few weeks/months...  Now that I'm able to tackle them once again I'd better get with it and cross them off of the list.

[Timelord2067]

Week One of the 2021 Australian Rugby Leage Season kicks off in four days time with the following teams going head to head according to the NRL Website.




The ladder-board and starting bets (in Australian Dollars) looks something like this:

When the NRL Women's Fixtures are announced, I'll post them to the thread.  https://www.nrl.com/draw/?competition=161

[aoluain]

I dont know a lot about Rugby league.

The Panthers look like the team to beat from the sportsbet pricing followed
by a few more, Rabbitohs, Roosters and Storm [winning the 2020 final]

and looks like the first match of round one is a crunch match

Storm v Rabbitohs

I might try watch this and get an understanding for the game, if I can find
some channel? or maybe the highlights somewhere.

[Pmalek]

I might try watch this and get an understanding for the game, if I can find
some channel? or maybe the highlights somewhere.

NRL is broadcasted on Sky Sport in the United Kingdom. It is aired on beIN Sports in France. 
You can purchase the matches legally here > https://www.watchnrl.com/match-centre/.

Alternatively, you can find the channels I mentioned over IPTV, CCcam, or Oscam servers. Be advised that this services are not legal though.

[Timelord2067]

The Wooden Spooners of 2020, the Brisbane Broncos go head-to-head with the Parramatta Ells in round one...  I personally feel the Broncos deliberately threw their games last year given they (as part of the Queensland Team in the State of Origin Series) won the "unwinnable" series.  If I'd found an online site I could have put bitcoin on I would have cleaned up.



I feel the Bronco's will smash the Ells this week.