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[aoluain]

Ah right, some of the gambling sites here on the forum specialise on Casino type gambling
with no provision for sports. Rollbit (my signature) are getting great reviews but they dont
have sports betting (yet?)

Sportsbet are active here on BCT and they have a vast array of sports to choose from.

[Timelord2067]

Thanks for the information, I'm going to check it out over the weekend.

I think the NQ Cowboys are making something of a comeback with their win over the Newcastle Knights.  The cowboys played a very heavily offensive game while the Knights faltered in their failing defensive game.  You could see the Knights were exhausted fifteen minutes from full time.

[aoluain]

Not a good start for you on round 11 Timelord2067, hopefully the rest of
your picks will win over the weekend.




Heineken Champions Cup Final is tomorrow between two French sides
La Rochelle and Toulouse.

La Rochelle have an Irish connection, one of the coaches is Ronan O'Gara,
he is our all time highest points scorer and second most capped player.

Its La Rochelle's first time in the Champions cup final and they face the
most successful team in this competition including its former guise as
"The Heineken Cup".

Toulouse have 4 wins and 2 runners up positions to their name.

Odds on sportsbet are close, La Rochelle 2.28    :    1.60 Toulouse

I'll be shouting for La Rochelle of course but hmmm not betting on this one,
its too close for my betting style.

[aoluain]

So in the Heineken Champions Cup, Toulouse win 22 to 17. Despite loosing a man early
on to a red card and scoring a try in the last 8 minutes La Rochelle couldnt bring the match
to extra time.


NRL .... erm a few upsets over the weekend IMO.

I really wasnt expecting The Sea Eagles to beat The Eels 28 - 6, not even close...
And The Broncos to take the 36 - 16, so im 2 from 4 for round 11.

[Timelord2067]

Glutton for punishment, I'm going to say the Knights, Wests' Tigers, Dragons, Titans, Roosters, Storm, Panthers and the Eel.  (The Rabbitohs might make it an upset win)

Well...  Not the best of rounds - Most games were actually close and could have gone either way as evidenced in the scores.




Round 12 of the NRL 2021 season kicks off tomorrow -



My pics are:

Storm, Cowboys, Dragons, Panthers, Rabbitohs, Roosters, Sharks, Sea Eagles, (although I'm beginging to have my doubts about a couple of those bets)

[aoluain]

I have 3 picks for this round, Storm, Roosters and The Sea Eagles. Hopefully there wont be
any upsets like last weekends disaster.

There are also some very close matches on which im not going to chance like The Rabbitohs v The Eels.
The Rabbitohs are slight favourites with sportsbet but I fancy The Eels (not enough to put Sat's on though)

@Timelord2067 are you investigating sportsbet?

[Timelord2067]

Rugby League

I have 3 picks for this round, Storm, Roosters and The Sea Eagles. Hopefully there wont be
any upsets like last weekends disaster.

There are also some very close matches on which im not going to chance like The Rabbitohs v The Eels.
The Rabbitohs are slight favourites with sportsbet but I fancy The Eels (not enough to put Sat's on though)

@Timelord2067 are you investigating sportsbet?

I will this week-end (I've been away for a week as you can see in my lack of posts over the last week) I appreciate your letting me know.

Over on nitrogensports.eu you can now place a bet on who will win the 2021 NRL series - I've bet 0.1 MBTC on the top three - Panthers @ 2.75 / Storm @ 3.50 and Eels @ 8.00 (plus a "joke" wager for the Bulldogs to win 0.04 MBTC @ 2501.00 to payout 100.04 MBTC (i.e. BTC 0.10004 )   


Rugby Union.

In the Super Rugby tran-Tasman series, I've got two bets on mortal enemies The Reds and the Blues to win their respective games against the Chiefs in a close game and the Brumbies who were bottom of the barrel in the recent Australian series.

[aoluain]

Thats a good price on The Panthers, they are the only unbeaten team
and we are almost half way through the season.

They arent the highest scoring team but look to have the best defense.
Eels look a fine bet alsoas does Stormbut ask me two weeks ago I would
have put Rabbitohs in instead . . .

I cant get the outrights for the NRL on Sportsbet for some reason?

[Timelord2067]

Thats a good price on The Panthers, they are the only unbeaten team and we are almost half way through the season.

They arent the highest scoring team but look to have the best defense. Eels look a fine bet also as does Storm but ask me two weeks ago I would have put Rabbitohs in instead . . .

I cant get the outrights for the NRL on Sportsbet for some reason?

Can you PM me your affiliate link for sportsbet please?  I've got something in the back of my head that says they mods get tetchy if links with refs are posted in the open here in the Forum.  (Not sure where I got that thought from, but anyways...)

Sunday my time I'll get onto it.

[aoluain]

Thanks for that, its very considerate of you. I access the forum and sportsbet predominantly
through my smartphone but I dont see any affiliate or referral link....ill try later on the PC,
there may be more options there.

UNION

PRO14 Rainbow Cup

Next round starting this weekend, I have a bet on with Munster to beat The Cardiff Blues.


French Top 14

I have a bet on with La Rochelle to beat Pau

[Timelord2067]

UNION

PRO14 Rainbow Cup

Next round starting this weekend, I have a bet on with Munster to beat The Cardiff Blues.


French Top 14

I have a bet on with La Rochelle to beat Pau

With any luck I'll be able to place some bets on those two teams when I get home later on tonight.  I don't know the teams and don't get to see any of these international competitions, so it's a novel bet for me (hopefully they win and we in turn win)         

[aoluain]

I cannot see a referral link or affiliate link so work away Timelord2067.
I'll ask the question over on the sportsbet thread.

Ok so Munster are the the beaten finalists of the Pro14 competition this year
and La Rochelle are the beaten finalists of the Heineken Champions Cup,
Quality sides up against inferior competition [no offense to them]

[Timelord2067]

I'm having a better time of it this round compared to this time last week:



Five from six wins this round so far (the one point field goal to win the match has become more popular this season as evidenced by the Cowboys win).  I figured the Rabbitohs would win on the back of the Eels loss last week and the Rabbitohs up.down/up again wins/losses.

As predicted earlier, I expect the Titans slump to continue along with the Knights in mixed form.


Rugby Union:

I'm picking La Rochelle, Brive, Bayonne, Toulouse and in NZ the Rebels.

As predicted, both the Reds (Qld) and Blues (NSW) won their respective matches.

[aoluain]

Healthy returns this round in the NRL, I'm 2 from 3 so far, Sea Eagles playing tomorrow
will hopefully make it 3 from 3.

Munster did the business in the PRO14 Rainbow Cup in what looked like a close affair.

La Rochelle did the business also.

So overall in Rugby I am 4 from 5

[Timelord2067]

It was announced yesterday that Game one of the 2021 Rugby League State of Origin will be shifted from locked-down Melbourne (who one have one team in the NRL competition) to Far North Queensland garrison city of Townsville.  This means two of the three games will be played in Queensland (the other being in Brisbane at Lang Park) giving the Queensland Team an "edge" in the series.  I've seen the media say this in the past and Qld have then tanked.  I'm biased for Qld to win and I feel there are *some* good players in the team.

It'll be interesting to see if the Broncos suddenly come to life after the SOO series is over (especially if the Qld team wins).

[aoluain]

I just read up on this State of Origin best of 3 tournament, it does suggest the Queensland
team have an edge. In a best of 3 series where would the 3 games normally be played?
1 home, 1 away and 1 neutral?

Yes, im interested to see if the Broncos wake up as per your earlier post in this thread!

[Timelord2067]

I just read up on this State of Origin best of 3 tournament, it does suggest the Queensland
team have an edge. In a best of 3 series where would the 3 games normally be played?
1 home, 1 away and 1 neutral?

Yes, im interested to see if the Broncos wake up as per your earlier post in this thread!

I've found the Broncos "wake up" after the State of Origin when most of the Broncos are on the Qld team for the three games.  Yes, traditionally in the 30+ years the SOO has been played, there is one Sydne game, one Brisbane game and then a second game in either state.  Then, about ten years ago Melbourne was added to the roster (not actually a part of the competition).

Prior to the SOO format there was a one-off Qld Vs NSW game which NSW had one for 40+ years because although the players had started their careers in Qld, they were tempted south to the big smoke and the dollars their clubs paid.

The NRL USED TO stand for New South Wales Rugby league, but when the Broncos were formed (out of the old Brisbane Wests' Tigers) they joined the NRL and it changed it's name to the "National Rugby League".

The NRL are proposing a change to the formulae of teams next year to have all NSW teams play ONLY NSW teams exclusively while all other teams are in a parallel competition and the winner of the NSW series plays the winner of the "everyone else" competition.

Essentially a "State of Origin" for NSW to play the "best of the rest".

Madness.

[Timelord2067]

Half time in the Dragons Vs Broncos game and the score is 40 - 18! 



If the Dragons don't show up for the second half, then the Broncos will still loose.

For the shortened Round 13 I've picked the following:



Dragons, Panthers, Storm and the Eels.  (although I've got a funny feeling I inadvertently placed a bet on the Knights by mistake) *edit* Nope - Just the Eels to win...


Week 14 I'm forecasting the following wins:



Sea Eagles, Panthers, Roosters, Rabbitohs, Broncos (in an upset win) Storm, Eels and the Dragons.


Rugby Union.

I'm calling the Reds over the Blues.  The Crusaders and the Hurricanes will trounce their opponents the Western Farce and the Waratahs.


With six minutes to go it's still the Dragons over the Broncos:  46 - 24

[aoluain]

Feck, I dont have any picks this week on the NRL or any Rugby for that matter!

Love your "If the Dragons dont show up...." comment, it will be very interesting to
see if the Broncos get into another gear after the Origin series as you say.

I'm off now to do a few pics


EDIT >>>>>>>>>

Right I have 3 picks done for the NRL, obvious ones of course, Eels, Storm and Panthers.
Interestingly I have a great price on The Panthers 1.47!



And in the Pro14 Rainbow Cup [Union] I have my home team Connaught to beat The Ospreys.

[Timelord2067]

The Dragons ended up being 52 - 24 at full time.  This is definitely an unusual season so far.

I
ll put a wager on the Connaught to win.  Like I was saying earlier in the thread, I don't really see any overseas games (certinally not any Union matches) but it's always nice to get a tip-off for a team that you have hopes for.