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[aoluain]

Well Wales should win that one, it will just be a debate on how many points.

~Actually just looking at the world rankings the Cook Islands are not too far behind,
11% and 7% respectively. I guess as a "Rugby Nation" Wales is focussed on the Union
game rather than League.

Yea Welsh would be able to give some insights into that.

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

Just checking over the line ups for Round 6 of the United Rugby Championship this coming
weekend and I see some interesting betting opportunities.

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Benneton at home with the Vodacom Bulls visiting, I'm going with the Bulls, they should
have too much firepower for the Italian side.

Vodacom Bulls @ 1.51

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Connacht at home against Scarlets, I'm going with Connacht, they lost to top side
Leinster last week and while not managing to score only held Leinster to 10 points.

Connacht @ 1.4

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I'll probably also go with Edinburgh^Visitors to win against Zebre.

And Leinster at home to beat Munster.

I don't see odds on these games yet.

[Timelord2067]

If my recent transfer of funds gets confirmed soon I'll be able to place some crypto wagers on the fixtures over the coming days.  I won't be able to see the Wales Vs Cook Islands game, but the NRL.com website should have highlights available not too long afterwards.

[aoluain]

Just checking on Rollbit and they don't have that game listed, maybe later.
Round two is Wales v Tonga!

I do see some one sided games listed based on the odds...

Australia -62.5 @ 1.81 v Scotland +62.5 @ 1.93 - it's obvious Australia will win but will
they clock up minimum 63 points difference?

Also

England -38.5 @ 1.94 v France +38.5 @ 1.81 - I think that's a more realistic handicap or at
least achievable for England.

[Timelord2067]

Wales' loss to Cook Islands was put down to Wales having no NRL players in their team.

Round Two of the RLWC this week sees Australia unbackable against Scotland ( $101 ). Likewise, England is unbackable against France ( $21).  New Zealand unbackable against Jamaica ( $101).  Samoa against Greece ( $101) and Tonga to face off against Wales coming in at $41.

I've gone for Fiji over Italy:  Fiji - Italy Money Line Fiji @ 1.09 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.065 mBTC

Ireland over Lebanon: Lebanon - Ireland Money Line Ireland @ 1.65 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.099 mBTC

and the only other match I can put money on, PNG over Cook Islands:  Papua New Guinea - Cook Islands Money Line Papua New Guinea @ 1.09 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.065 mBTC

Always the optimist, I've put a parlay on France and Greece:  ^{England - France Money Line France @ 21.00 Tonga - Wales Money Line Wales @ 41.00 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 51.66 mBTC}  (my preferred parlay of the three paying one hundred to one would have netted 61,818 BTC if they win & if the betting site accepted the wager.


I'll put a wager on Canterbury over Wellington Canterbury - Wellington Money Line Canterbury @ 1.48 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.089 mBTC and the Vodacom Bulls Benetton Treviso - Vodacom Blue Bulls Money Line Vodacom Blue Bulls @ 1.64 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.098 mBTC and con Connacht Rugby - Scarlets
Money Line Connacht Rugby @ 1.42 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.085 mBTC

[Timelord2067]

Courtesy of the NRL Website, there tables chart the progress of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup currently underway in the UK.

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In six hours time, Australia take on Scotland, followed this time tomorrow by Fiji Vs Italy then a few hours later, a doubleheader, England Vs France followed by New Zealand's pounding of Jamaica.


[quote author=aoluain link=topic=5265288.msg61151637#msg61151637 date=1666247795]
I do see some one sided games listed based on the odds...

Australia -62.5 @ 1.81 v Scotland +62.5 @ 1.93 - it's obvious Australia will win but will
they clock up minimum 63 points difference?[/quote]

I always get nervous placing bets on the points spread - mainly in case I'm reading the scores back-to-front and am giving the other side the higher points thus loosing out when they don't win.

England -38.5 @ 1.94 v France +38.5 @ 1.81 - I think that's a more realistic handicap or at
least achievable for England.

Same here, to win by such a considerable difference of points, I would like to see better odds for the less favoured team.

[aoluain]

Thanks for that Timelord, I don't know why I didn't go to the NRL site before, I have been
trying to keep up to date here but it's not easy >
https://www.intrl.sport/competitions/rugby-league-world-cup/

I haven't made any bets on R2 of the RLWC yet. but those bets on the points spread are
indeed a bit risky.


Rugby Union

Our two bets in the URC paid out.

The bulls beat Benneton 44 to 22
and Connacht beat Scarlets 36 to 14

I was going to back both Edinburgh and Leinster but the odds are too low but I'm going to
go with the Stormers to beat Cardiff.

[Timelord2067]

The market is suspended completely on the Lions Vs Edinburgh match, but I was able to place wagers on the other fixtures.

The women's competitions are also on this week-end.  I've got money on England and a couple of others too.  Are you betting on them?

[aoluain]

The market is suspended completely on the Lions Vs Edinburgh match, but I was able to place wagers on the other fixtures.

The women's competitions are also on this week-end.  I've got money on England and a couple of others too.  Are you betting on them?

Yes today I'm doing 3 bets for today. I'm feeling a bit free with the Satoshis.

0.1mBTC on each of the following:

Japan v Italy --- Italy -17 @ 1.88
Canada v USA --- Canada -12 @ 1.88
England v South Africa --- England -61 @ 1.88

I think the first two are realistic winning bets, Not so sure if the Red Roses can put up
61 points on the Springbocs

---URC---

Edinburgh are gone out to 1.21 against Zebre so I have a bet on there.

And I have the Stormers to beat Cardiff @ 1.28

I believe all of the South African internationals are back at the club's this weekend so they
are back at "full strength".

[aoluain]

Japan v Italy --- Italy -17 @ 1.88
Canada v USA --- Canada -12 @ 1.88
England v South Africa --- England -61 @ 1.88

I think the first two are realistic winning bets, Not so sure if the Red Roses can put up
61 points on the Springbocs

---URC---

Edinburgh are gone out to 1.21 against Zebre so I have a bet on there.

And I have the Stormers to beat Cardiff @ 1.28

I believe all of the South African internationals are back at the club's this weekend so they
are back at "full strength".

Not a bad weekend with Rugby betting.

In the WRWC Italy beat Japan but couldn't manage the 17 points difference so I lost that one.
Canada beat the USA 29-14 and England did manage to gather 61+ points over South Africa which was a totally one sided affair 75-0.

There is something wrong there, for South Africa being what I call a 'Rugby Nation' and being
the Men's World Cup holders it seems the Women's side needs more development.


In the last two games of the URC I had bets on, Edi burgh rightly won at Zebre but Cardiff
saw off the Stormers which is massive for them IMO, final score there was 30-24.


Rugby League World Cup

I have just two bets on - Ireland to beat Lebanon and Papua New Guinea to beat
the Cook Islands, I have done a -16.5 point spread on that one.

[darxiaomi]

How are you doing here? Long time without passing here from me. Im very busy with other sports.

But i come here and read where its the rugby world now, and discovered a "rugby" that its not played so much in my country (Argentina), im refering to the Rugby League. i really didnt know about his existence, so i have to google it and find they play with 13 player and not 15 and a few minor change to the traditional one.

Here we play the conventional Rugby Union and the "seven".

And i google it because of...... Lebanon beating Ireland in rugby??? this cant be true.... and find what i said above.

Well you always learn new things.

[aoluain]

How are you doing here? Long time without passing here from me. Im very busy with other sports.

But i come here and read where its the rugby world now, and discovered a "rugby" that its not played so much in my country (Argentina), im refering to the Rugby League. i really didnt know about his existence, so i have to google it and find they play with 13 player and not 15 and a few minor change to the traditional one.

Here we play the conventional Rugby Union and the "seven".

And i google it because of...... Lebanon beating Ireland in rugby??? this cant be true.... and find what i said above.

Well you always learn new things.

Yes Rugby Union and Rugby League are similar games but of course there are different rules
and scoring.

There are IMO only a few countries where both codes are "equally" popular or maybe 1 a little
more than the other, England, Australia and New Zealand.

Here in Ireland the Rugby League World Cup doesn't register on sports news.


Rugby Union

Will you be following the up coming Autumn Internationals? I believe Argentina will be
playing both Wales and Scotland.

[darxiaomi]

Rugby Union

Will you be following the up coming Autumn Internationals? I believe Argentina will be
playing both Wales and Scotland.

I dont know because im really busy following other sports, but yes always i check the results of the "pumas".
Fact: Did you know that the term pumas for the Argentine national team is actually incorrect?

Actually the animal on the shield is a Jaguarete, an animal very similar to a puma/tiger that is from the Mesopotamian area of Argentina.

That's why the superrugby team is called jaguars for jaguarete.

The mistake comes from the fact that many years ago the English saw the shield at first and automatically thought it was a cougar and this later expanded and stayed that way.

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

Will you be following the up coming Autumn Internationals? I believe Argentina will be
playing both Wales and Scotland.

I dont know because im really busy following other sports, but yes always i check the results of the "pumas".
Fact: Did you know that the term pumas for the Argentine national team is actually incorrect?

Actually the animal on the shield is a Jaguarete, an animal very similar to a puma/tiger that is from the Mesopotamian area of Argentina.

That's why the superrugby team is called jaguars for jaguarete.

The mistake comes from the fact that many years ago the English saw the shield at first and automatically thought it was a cougar and this later expanded and stayed that way.

Wow, I didn't know that!
That is so stupid that the association with the wrong type of car has lingered. I will from
now on refer to them as the Jaguars!

There is also another world cup in progress ATM, The Women's Rugby ^union World Cup,
but I guess Women's Rugby is not a thing in Argentina

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

[Timelord2067]

I'm playing catch-up after having a couple of weeks vacation (or rather a STAYcation as the case may be).

I won on Leinster, lost on the Stormers (should have gone with Cardiff) and won on Edinburgh, the Saracens, Canada (W), Italy (W) but LOST OUT on Canterbury over Wellington (woe is me!)

I also won on Ireland, but lost on Fiji.  (and just as a totally unrelated aside, I've won three times (place) on LADIES IN RED on the Harness racing in Victoria).


Coming up in Rugby Union, Japan is $17 against New Zealand (suspended), so no bets there.

Scotland and Australia are even at $1.90, so I'm going with Australia.  Ireland ($1.60) are more favoured over South Africa at $2,25, so I'm going with Ireland to win.

On Monday, I'm going with England $1.14 over Argentina $5.20

Over in the Women's World Cup there are some very short odds on the more favoured teams: France $1.01, England (Suspended) New Zealand (Suspended) and Canada $1.12


The Rugby League World Cup sees similar short priced favourites.

New Zealand, England, Fiji, Australia Lebanon all suspended while Samoa is nearly unbackable at $1.02

[aoluain]

Rugby League World Cup

I have just two bets on - Ireland to beat Lebanon and Papua New Guinea to beat
the Cook Islands, I have done a -16.5 point spread on that one.

My last two bets on the Rugby League World Cup didn't workout, Ireland were beaten
and Papua New Guinea only won by 16 points.


Rugby Union

Really busy time coming up in the calendar with the Autumn Internationals kicking off
in just over a week> https://www.autumn-internationals.co.uk/2022/

some serious games ahead:
Ireland v South Africa and Australia
England have 4 massive games against Argentina, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa.
Australia are playing Wales and Scotland also.
Argentina are playing 3 games, England, Scotland and Wales, tough matches for the Panthers.

I haven't looked at the odds yet but Ireland over South Africa could be interesting,
this will be our first game with no doubt new players in the mix, hmm a lot to think about.

URC

I haven't looked at what games are on this weekend

In the two games this evening there are surprisingly good odds on the favourites,
Leinster to beat Scarlets @ 1.31
Glasgow Warriors to beat Benneton @ 1.35

WRWC

Tricky game for both France and Italy coming up, I will probably go with France

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

My two bets from yesterday in the URC came in, both Leinster and Glasgow Warriors
did a big job on both Scarlets and Benneton respectively.

URC

I haven't looked at what games are on this weekend

In the two games this evening there are surprisingly good odds on the favourites,
Leinster to beat Scarlets @ 1.31
Glasgow Warriors to beat Benneton @ 1.35

I have 3 more on for today's games:
Dragons to beat Zebre
Ulster to beat Munster
Connacht to beat Ospreys - this could be a tricky one, Ospreys are at home but I think
Connacht have found their winning ways and will be looking to build on recent good
performances. They have to win this to leave their abysmal start to the season behind.

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

My two bets from yesterday in the URC came in, both Leinster and Glasgow Warriors
did a big job on both Scarlets and Benneton respectively.

URC

I haven't looked at what games are on this weekend

In the two games this evening there are surprisingly good odds on the favourites,
Leinster to beat Scarlets @ 1.31
Glasgow Warriors to beat Benneton @ 1.35

I have 3 more on for today's games:
Dragons to beat Zebre
Ulster to beat Munster
Connacht to beat Ospreys - this could be a tricky one, Ospreys are at home but I think
Connacht have found their winning ways and will be looking to build on recent good
performances. They have to win this to leave their abysmal start to the season behind.

Another 3 winning picks yesterday in the URC, Ulster just beat Munster by 1 point, I
actually didn't think it was going to be that close.

And Connacht are definitely on a winning streak to win away to the Ospreys.

Autumn Internationals

There were 2 games this weekend Japan v New Zealand, NZ just about winning, by the scoreboard
it looks like that was a super game, Japan 31 - 38 New Zealand !

Also Scotland v Australia, We watched that game, it was very entertaining, Australia
winning by 1 point - 15 - 16.

Timelord did you see that game?

[Timelord2067]

The Men's Australia Vs Scotland game went down to the wire with Australia winning by one point - Scotland's odds should have firmed up as a result of the close ending to the match.

I managed to see a few minutes o the Women's England Vs Australia game played on a rain soaked field in New Zealand.  The weather and England's hard hitting play ensured their easy win.

[aoluain]

I had a bet on Australia to win, the odds were fairly level at around 1.8. When Scotland
got on top of the game and went into the lead I feared for my bet, Australia went out to
around 3.5 at that stage and I thought of adding another ^{usually when I do that I lose}

The yellow card for Scotland let Australia back into the game and they managed to
take the lead again. With 2 minutes to go Scotland had a penalty kick to take the lead again,
and missed.

Rugby League

I have only one bet on for today and for the weekend on the RLWC, Papua New Guinea
to win by 29 points from Wales.

I had no other bets on either on the WRWC