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[aoluain]

Rugby Union

The Rugby Championship is back again this weekend, this is finals week so after this the
winner will be decided. New Zealand are looking to win this again but will be facing Australia
and South Africa in second place will be facing Argentina who along with them will be looking
for away wins.

Both home teams are on 14 points but it could come down to for/against difference,
New Zealand currently on 41 and South Africa on 28.

I have small bets on both underdogs, I'm not sure how confident I am though

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[Timelord2067]

NRL GRAND FINAL 2022 IS NEXT WEEK!

The Panthers scored 32 unanswered points after the Rabbitohs led 12 - 0 at half time. 

Next week, the Grand Final - The Parramatta Eels face off against the Penrith Panthers. (Both are Western Sydney suburbs)



I'm going to wait a day or two to put my money down.  I think the Panthers have the form in number one to win, but the Eels could just about jinx them and win in an upset.



In the NRL Women's semi Finals tomorrow, the Knights (Maidens) and Dragonets face off - on paper, it looks as though the Fair Maidens (Roosters in number one spot on the ladder), will slay the Dragonets whilst the Hens will probably pluck the Eels given their points differential.






Keep an eye out for some friendly matches with the Australian Prime Ministers' Thirteen facing off against Papua New Guinea (both a men's and women's team games).

England and Fiji also square off but must be playing in the northern hemisphere given the start time on the NRL website.

[aoluain]

Massive win by the Panthers to set up the final with the team who beat them twice this
year already. It should make for a cracking game.

It looks like the Panthers are the peoples favourite already, the odds over on Rollbit are
Panthers 1.28 - 3.45 Eels. Not a bad price for the Eels who in my mind are closer than the odds
suggest.

Rugby Union

Over at the URC I am 2 from 2 so far. My third pick Munster are playing today,
obviously I'm hoping for 3 from 3!

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

Update on last weekends round 2 of the URC.

I ended up with 2 of 3 winning bets. My third pick Munster lost to the Dragons and are in
second last position just ahead of Connacht. As for irish teams there are two at the top
and two at the bottom. Its early days so a lot has to happen yet.

for round 3 next weekend there are a good few closely matched games, 1st v 2nd for
example. I have 2 bets on so far:

Benneton at 1.54 to beat Scarlets
Ospreys to be beaten by Glasgow Warriors at 2.1

[Timelord2067]

You did well calling those games.  I'm still mulling over whether the Panthers or Eels will win this week-end.

I saw the second half of the Women's Australian Prime Minister's XIII take on PNG. it was painful to watch when the score got to 60+ - 6 at a near empty Lang Park venue.

[aoluain]

You did well calling those games.  I'm still mulling over whether the Panthers or Eels will win this week-end.

I saw the second half of the Women's Australian Prime Minister's XIII take on PNG. it was painful to watch when the score got to 60+ - 6 at a near empty Lang Park venue.

TBH I'm thinking on adding another bet on the Eels. This could be their year. And as I
said a few times already they have proven they can get the better of the Panthers already
this year. They are out to 3.55 on Rollbit, I think thats a great price. I cant believe the
difference in odds really, 1.27 - 3.55?


On the ladies games, it is a pity they just dont get the same exposure as the mens
games, thats across the board with all sports bar Beach Volleyball for example, for voyeuristic
reasons!

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

I have two more bets on this weekends round 3 of the URL. I have the Vodacom Bulls
at home to beat Connacht, and Leinster to win away to Ulster. this could be a tricky one
as they are both 1 and 2 ATM but Leinster will have key players back tonight! Ulster are
no pushover though.

On the Bulls / Connacht game, Connacht have a key player Bundee Aki got a red card last
Weekend and picks up an 8 match ban, that's a massive blow to Connacht and Ireland.

Aki will miss five Connacht matches as well as Ireland's opening internationals in
November with South Africa and Fiji in Dublin.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/63080213

[Timelord2067]

I'm still mulling over whether the Panthers or Eels will win this week-end.

The 2022 NRL Grand-finals have been played and for both the Women's and Men's finals, the teams favoured by the gambling sites won their respective games.



On a long day of finals, the NRLW Newcastle Knights won against the Eels - even the Knight's Captain was hoping the Eels would win to set up the men to win their clash with the Panthers, alas it was not to be.  Both Eels teams scored just twelve points in the losses - from recollection, there were two missed conversions which would have made both winning scores 32 - 12.

As is tradition after the Grand Final, the teams to represent Australia internationally have been named with the World Cup in England kicking off on the 15^th of October.



(Was the Cup delayed from 2021? - check out the logo on the above promotional image from the NRL press release).

[aoluain]

I had the Panthers backed since August 11th to win the final. I never thought the Eels would
reach the grand final given their patchy season compared to last year. But as the finals progressed
I favoured them more, enough to back them twice.

It was a poor result from them to only score 12 points inside the last 10 minutes.

Rugby Union

Catching up with my bets from Round 3 of the URC. I got 3 from 4.

Leinster beat Ulster,
Bulls beat Connacht
Benneton beat Scarlets
Ospreys beat Warriors


Also kicking off shortly is the Women's Rugby ^union World Cup 2021 2022

I put a separate post together for that.

[aoluain]

Rugby Union



The Women's Rugby World Cup kicks off this weekend, hosted by New Zealand.

https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2021/pools

The format is 12 teams in 3 groups. The top 5 ranked teams are present, England,
New Zealand, Canada, France and Italy so big things are expected of them, especially
New Zealand at their home event.



I think Roll it will be listing the games, I'll be making a few bets if they have.

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

Tomorrow is the kick off for the WRWC, Roll it have the games listed but the books
are set at handicaps, I suppose that is because of the big divide in talent in the sides.

World number 1 England play Fiji who are world #21, the handicaps are -56.5 @ 1.82 v
+56.5 @ 1.89
56 points is a massive score, I would be half tempted to do Fiji for example.

I don't have any bets on just yet.


Round 4 of the URC is currently underway. I have 3 bets on this weekend.

Bulls to beat Glasgow Warriors
Ulster to beat Ospreys
Stormers to beat Zebre

[Timelord2067]

Rugby Union.

I'm just having a look now to see if I can place any bets - England won not that long ago, so the ladies should be able to take on Fiji quite convincingly.  From recollection, New Zealand are a stronger team against arch rivals Australia while I'm not sure on the South African or French stats.

Japan might beat Canada, Italy should walk over the USA while the England Vs Scotland game will be very close I would imagine.

Rugby League.

The RLWC starts next week and first up the underdogs ^{(according to the tab.com.au website who were very accurate in the 2022 NRL series)} England, Fiji, PNG and Lebanon makes for a $25,000 parlay at one dollar down.   

[aoluain]

Rugby Union.

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The RLWC starts next week and first up the underdogs ^{(according to the tab.com.au website who were very accurate in the 2022 NRL series)} England, Fiji, PNG and Lebanon makes for a $25,000 parlay at one dollar down.  

Whaaat?
Now if those wins play out it will be some scoop - best of luck with that.
I will look into the games ahead during the week.


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URC

I have 3 bets on the URC all playing today and I have my first winner already

Rugby Union

Stormers to beat Zebre

There was a big win for my home team Connacht last night, they hosted Munster and got their
URC campaign up and running with a win 20 - 11. I heard during the week that captain Jack Carthy
was going to be back for the game, I knew it would be a hugh plus for the team but with bundee
Aki still on his ban I thought Munster would win, I didnt bet on that one.
Connacht have a lot of catching up to do after losing their first 3 games.

Womens World Cup

Just checking in with what happened today:

Australia 17 - 41 New Zealand
South Africa 5 - 40 France
Fiji 19 - 84 England - So yea that 56.5 handicap on England would have payed.

Rugby Union

World number 1 England play Fiji who are world #21, the handicaps are -56.5 @ 1.82 v
+56.5 @ 1.89
56 points is a massive score, I would be half tempted to do Fiji for example.

For tomorrow I have a small bet on Italy to beat USA, in orld rankings they are 5 and 6 respectively!

[aoluain]

Catching up from the weekend I had 2 wins from 3 in the URC, Glasgow beat the Bulls 35-21
to wreck my perfect betting round.

Looks like after a shaky start from the warriors they are back to winning.

Rugby Union


Round 4 of the URC is currently underway. I have 3 bets on this weekend.

Bulls to beat Glasgow Warriors
Ulster to beat Ospreys
Stormers to beat Zebre

I know we are only 4 rounds in but the Italian side Benneton are going well with 3 wins
and are in 4th spot, bet yea a lot of Rugby yet to be played.

In the WRWC Italy beat the USA after a poor first half they finished up 22-10.
You were right Timelord about that one.

For tomorrow I have a small bet on Italy to beat USA, in world rankings they are 5 and 6 respectively!

[Timelord2067]

The women's World Cup on Saturday sees a multitude of countries competing.

Scotland Vs Australia*
USA* Vs Japan.
France Vs England*
Italy Vs Canada*
Wales Vs New Zealand *
Fiji * Vs South Africa.

* Denotes favoured by the punters online with lower odds.

A parlay on all six less favoued would next $341,000 if it were accepted, however on just four (Scotland,Japan,France and Wales) yields a return of $26,280 on a $1 bet.

Prices are now available for the 2023 Euro Champions Cup with Leinster favourites on $3 and both Actress and Northampton wallowing on $67 then at the bottom of the table are the Ospreys at $201.

Well know who wins on the 21st May, 2023 after one a.m. here time.

Closer to home, in NZ this weekend,

Wellington* Vs Auckland
Canterbury* Vs BOP

I'm agreeing with the online punters with Wellington and Canterbury winning their respective matches.

[aoluain]

That's a massive parlay win for $1. The tricky one in that is Wales to beat New Zealand.

The first game this weekend could be a close one, Scotland and Australia are evenly matched,
and both teams need to get a win after being beaten last week. I think I'll go with Australia.

Second game, USA should beat Japan

France v England In game 3 is massive, two closely matched teams, I just might back
the French underdogs.

Italy Canada could be a great game, evenly matched again, probably Canada here IDK

South Africa should win the last game of the weekend.

I'll investigate the odds a bit more and make a few bets.


Rugby League

Men's World Cup this weekend !!!!

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

Round 5 of the URC kicks off this evening. I have 2 bets on this weekend, Ospreys host the
DHL Stormers, The stormers are favourites to win this one. I also have Benneton to beat
Edinburgh who are playing at home, this is a massive test for Benneton who sit in 4th position.
I took them at 5.0 to win, it's a long shot.

Connacht host Leinster in the second game this evening, it's nearly with a bet on them to
topple the unbeaten Leinster, but I'm going to hold eventhough Connacht can be
difficult for Leinster at times.

WRWC

I have two bets on for this weekends games, both are underdogs, Italy against Canada,
the odds here are a bit strange, these teams should be evenly matched. I took Italy +10.5 @ 2.07
and South Africa +8.5 @1.67, again I would have thought South Africa V Fiji would show
Fiji being the underdogs.

[Timelord2o67]

The Men's Rugby League World Cup is underway with two games already played:

Information via NRL.com



Powerhouses England and Australia beat Samoa and Fiji  convincingly.  Today Scotland, Ireland and New Zealand should beat lesser ranked teams Italy, Jamaica and Lebanon.

Head over to my Twitter List "Everything Rugby & League" for more teams and information.

[aoluain]

I have a bet on Ireland to win -34.5 @ 1.91 !
Those first two games are very one sided, goes to show who are 2 of the powerhouses of
Rugby League!

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WRWC

I have two bets on for this weekends games, both are underdogs, Italy against Canada,
the odds here are a bit strange, these teams should be evenly matched. I took Italy +10.5 @ 2.07
and South Africa +8.5 @1.67, again I would have thought South Africa V Fiji would show
Fiji being the underdogs.

My two bets on te WRWC came in, Both Italy and South Africa lost their games but within
my handicap ranges - all good.

Rugby Union

Round 5 of the URC kicks off this evening. I have 2 bets on this weekend, Ospreys host the
DHL Stormers, The stormers are favourites to win this one. I also have Benneton to beat
Edinburgh who are playing at home, this is a massive test for Benneton who sit in 4th position.
I took them at 5.0 to win, it's a long shot.

My pic on Benneton to beat Edinburgh was VERY optimistic and they were absolutely beaten
out of the stadium by 53 - 8. They are probably the best Italian team but they will have a lot
to do when meeting stonger teams.

 . . . and a bit of a rarity happened between Ospreys and the Stormers - draw match 16-16,
well donr to the Ospreys, I really thought they were going to be happered.

[Timelord2067]

I gave up after a season of placing bets on the UK premier football league because of the number of draws.

Once the underdogs have been pounded by the top of the ladder teams there should be some fantastic games when the more evenly matched teams play against each-other.



Wales has yet to play - I'm wondering if @Welsh will have a look in?