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[Timelord2067]

I'm away for a couple of nights, but will have a look at those games once I get home in about 48 hours from now. (Hopefully I got all my bets in for this week's fixtures here in Oz)

[aoluain]

Totally forgot about the Womens Six Nations competition, round 3 coming up this weekend.

17th April
Ireland V France - KO 14:15 GMT
Scotland V Italy - KO 17:00 GMT

The tables as they stand now

[Timelord2067]

Totally forgot about the Womens Six Nations competition, round 3 coming up this weekend.

I don't suppose you know which sites have the women's games available to place wagers on? The two gaming sites I'm on don't seem to carry very many women's games other than tennis, or golf.

[aoluain]

Totally forgot about the Womens Six Nations competition, round 3 coming up this weekend.

I don't suppose you know which sites have the women's games available to place wagers on? The two gaming sites I'm on don't seem to carry very many women's games other than tennis, or golf.

Yea its a bit dissapointing, i suppose there musnt be a demand for womens sports betting.
The best I can find is just an outright win >
https://stake.com/sports/outright/rugby/rugby-union/womens-six-nations/41875818-womens-six-nations-2021

[Timelord2067]

Thanks for the link, even the NRL's own website is very inadequate when it comes to information concerning the Women's competition.


Tonight's home game for the Brisbane Broncos looked like it could be an upset win as they were leading in the first 20 minutes and the Panthers fumbled a few plays.

In the end the Panthers won 20 - 10 which makes me think the odds next week will be that high the Broncos might just have an upset win.

(I also feel the Panthers may not make the semis if their fumbles continue the same way they did tonight.)

[aoluain]

Results from yesterdays round 3 of games in the Womens Six Nations:

Great Rugby conditions in Dublin for this game but the French team were
on fire for this, some really great play and super tries scored.

Ireland   15 - 56    France

Scotland    20  -  41    Italy


The final set of matches are on 24th April

FINALS

Saturday 24 April

Italy v Ireland (noon) Live on BBC iPlayer/RTE Player

England v France (2pm) Live on BBC2/BBC iPlayer/RTE Player

Scotland v Wales (5pm) Live on BBC Scotland/BBC iPlayer/RTE Player

As was expected from the mens competition this year its really between
England and France to take the win, two superior sides.

[Timelord2067]

Week six of the 2021 NRL competition wraps up with the following results:

Round six pics:

Panthers.  Probably the Knights. I want to say The Storm, but I'm thinking the Roosters are getting better as the weeks progress.  The Titans over the Eagles, Rabbitohs, Eels and The Dragons in 20+ wins.  The Cowboys narrowly over the Bull Dogs...

I picked The Panthers, Knghts, Rabbitohs, Eels and The Cowboys.  I should have gone with my original feeling for The Storm (the Roosters are still in mixed form)  The Titans continue to struggle while their opponents, the Sea Eagles finally picked up a win.


Round 7:



Unless there's upset wins, my picks are:

Panthers, Rabbitohs, Eels, Storm in easy wins while I'm calling the Sharks in narrow win over the Bulldogs, Cowboys Vs Raiders and Roosters and Dragons are too close to call, Sea Eagles might pull some magic over the Tigers.

(Probably Raiders and Roosters).


All in all, five wins from eight games is good - two had too low odds to make it worth placing bets.

[aoluain]

Thats pretty good picking Timelord2067. I am half thinking of running a
few bets based on your picks for round 7 even though I know nothing of the league.
I will have to investigate the odds.

Looks like the Rabbitohs have the best odds of the picks, 1.43

[aoluain]

A brand new rugby union competition starts on Friday when the PRO14 Rainbow Cup gets under way.
Intended to pit the PRO1

Has anyone seen this new competition?

It looks a good bit different than most competitions, There is 1 league table
and the teams from each country will play derby matches, The 2 Scottish
sides will play the 2 Italian sides. After all games are played the top
2 teams will play each other for the title.

Teams involved:

Ireland: Leinster, Munster, Ulster, Connacht
Wales: Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Dragons, Scarlets
South Africa: Lions, Bulls, Sharks, Stormers
Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow Warriors
Italy: Benetton, Zebre

[Timelord2067]

A brand new rugby union competition starts on Friday when the PRO14 Rainbow Cup gets under way.
Intended to pit the PRO1

Has anyone seen this new competition?

Unless Australia is playing (and more importantly winning) then the media over here makes no mention in out participation in any events in the rest of the world (the Football Super League proposal is a global thing, so it's an exception, rather than a rule).

I'm off over the week-end so I'll have a look and finally catch up on making additions to post two.

Thanks for the information.

[aoluain]

What a game today in the NRL between the Titans and Rabbitohs 30-40.

I had a very small conservative bet on the Rabbitohs but at half time I was sweating,
24-10 to the titans.

In play ATM are the Eels v Broncos, again I have the Eels to win, A small conservative
bet to dip my toe into NRL

[Timelord2067]

What a game today in the NRL between the Titans and Rabbitohs 30-40.

I had a very small conservative bet on the Rabbitohs but at half time I was sweating,
24-10 to the titans.

In play ATM are the Eels v Broncos, again I have the Eels to win, A small conservative
bet to dip my toe into NRL

I've been out all night and only just got back home to discover my first three pics have all come up.

Screen shot via https://www.nrl.com/





I managed to get online earlier in the night and was amazed at the scores of both games.  The semi finals this year are going to be electric for all teams given how hard fort the matches have been.


NZ Super Rugby I'm going the Chiefs over the Hurricanes and the Crusaders over the Blues.

[aoluain]

Well Timelord2067 I had those 3 picks also so thank you for the recommendations.

I have a few odd bets on for the French and English leagues will share later.
Fairly straight forward low odds bets.

[aoluain]

So Biarritz did the business yesterday after trailing in the match until taking
the lead in the last 10 minutes or so.




In todays NRL games I have the Sharks to beat the Bulldogs.


Some other games happening in various competitions over the weekend.

Womens Six Nations finals day today
Ireland V Italy - KO 12:00 GMT
England v France - KO 14:00 GMT
Scotland v Wales - KO 17:00 GMT

Pro14 Rainbow Cup kicked off yesterday with games following today and tomorrow.

https://www.pro14.rugby

[Timelord2067]

In todays NRL games I have the Sharks to beat the Bulldogs.

It's not looking good for the Sharks at the moment:

https://www.nrl.com/draw/nrl-premiership/2021/round-7/sharks-v-bulldogs/

Some other games happening in various competitions over the weekend.

Womens Six Nations finals day today
Ireland V Italy - KO 12:00 GMT
England v France - KO 14:00 GMT
Scotland v Wales - KO 17:00 GMT

https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/2021/04/23/all-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-womens-six-nations-finals-day/

After two rounds, the scores are as follows:

Pro14 Rainbow Cup kicked off yesterday with games following today and tomorrow.

https://www.pro14.rugby

Two games in and the scores are:

[aoluain]

In todays NRL games I have the Sharks to beat the Bulldogs.

It's not looking good for the Sharks at the moment:

https://www.nrl.com/draw/nrl-premiership/2021/round-7/sharks-v-bulldogs/

Eh no, failing to score in the first half and leaking 18 points is not a good start
eventhough the bulldogs failed to score in the second the damage was done.

Anyway, today I have Storm who are going nicely.


Pro14 Rainbow Cup

Big win yesterday by Munster V Leinster [Ireland] a replay of the Pro14 final itself,
This head to head is always going to be worth a watch, the top 2 teams in Irish RU.

I didnt bet on that game, very difficult to pick IMO.


Good win by England over France, was always going to be a close affair and england take the Title also.

Yesterdays results:

[Timelord2067]

Eh no, failing to score in the first half and leaking 18 points is not a good start
even though the bulldogs failed to score in the second the damage was done.

Anyway, today I have Storm who are going nicely.

It's not that the Cowboys played better than the Raiders, rather the Raiders played just that much worse than the Cowboys did.


In the earlier game, the Sharks fell behind the Bulldogs and then couldn't catch up to the 18 points the Bulldogs notched up earlier in the match.



The second half of Game eight has just started and it looks like another blood-bath for the Melbourne Storm over the New Zealand Warriors

Pro14 Rainbow Cup

Big win yesterday by Munster V Leinster [Ireland] a replay of the Pro14 final itself,
This head to head is always going to be worth a watch, the top 2 teams in Irish RU.

I didnt bet on that game, very difficult to pick IMO.


Good win by England over France, was always going to be a close affair and england take the Title also.

Yesterdays results:

I had a bet on Wales' Women's team (but had a feeling Scotland would trounce them) and another on England's Women beating the French Women's side, so one win and one loss near breaks even.

Closer to home, I'd picked Canterbury Crusaders beat the Blues but lost on the Waratahs Vs the Rebels.

I've put 3000 on Telouse to win against Begles Bordeaux.


*edit*

... and just in the time it's taken me to type that up, it's now 30 - 10 with just under 25 mins left to play.

[aoluain]

Yes for the Heineken Champions Cup final next weekend I really want to pick
both Toulouse and Leinster. Just checking the stats of both teams and to
me it seems the 2 opposing teams have slightly better stats, FWIW

> https://www.epcrugby.com/champions-cup/statistics/


Massive win by Storm, which im happy with. Today alone has shown some massive
score differences which will always happen with a big league.

Wests Tigers 6 - 40 Sea Eagles
Roosters 34 - 10 Dragons
Storm 42 - 20 Warriors

[aoluain]

I have a few bets in for round 8 of the NRL and looking to back the Rabbitohs against
the Raiders on Thursday but Im second guessing it because of the odds,

Raiders 3.0 - 1.45 Rabbitohs - im thinking there should be a wider margin between
both teams given their run of form and league positioning?


Storm, Panthers and Eels to win


Heineken Champions Cup Semi Final between La Rochelle and Leinster, I'm waiting
to hear if Leinster's Talisman Johnny Sexton will be match ready or not before placing
a bet. If he isnt playing I would give La Rochelle a better chance.

[Timelord2067]

The Rabbitohs are off to a shaky start to round eight of the NRL 2021 season:



(Half time and the Raiders are leading 16 - 14)

My picks this round are Rabbitohs, Storm, Titans, Panthers, Eels, Knights, Cowboys and Dragons.

I have a few bets in for round 8 of the NRL and looking to back the Rabbitohs against
the Raiders on Thursday but Im second guessing it because of the odds,

Raiders 3.0 - 1.45 Rabbitohs - im thinking there should be a wider margin between
both teams given their run of form and league positioning?

IIRC that's better odds than the ones over at nitrogensports.eu where I've been placing my NRL wagers for a few weeks now.

Heineken Champions Cup Semi Final between La Rochelle and Leinster, I'm waiting
to hear if Leinster's Talisman Johnny Sexton will be match ready or not before placing
a bet. If he isnt playing I would give La Rochelle a better chance.

Hopefully I'll remember to place some wagers and see if they do good.

(I've got bets on the Chiefs over the Blues and the Hurricanes over the Highlanders...)


In off topic news, a Baseball mad fan at work has put me onto The Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants teams who are playing every other day and so far winning more than they loose with odds between 1.5:1 and  3.5:1 - I've also put very small bets for the World Series Boston 67:1 and San Francisco 30:1

Plus if you dabble in Tennis, Ash Barty, her recent doubles partner Jennifer Brady as well as Aryna Sabalenka who Ash beat all have 15:1 odds to 35:1 odds for the French Open, US Open and Wimbledon and are my picks to put bets on this season.