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[aoluain]

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Just as well they were micro bets!

This weekend sees round 10 being played in the URC, They are all "home derbys" so
I hope to bet on at least 1 per country and going with the favourites or higher placed team.

Friday 23rd
South Africa - Lions ^5th to beat the Sharks ^10th

Scotland - Edinburgh ^6th to beat Glasgow Warriors ^9th

Saturday 24th
Italy - Benetton 12th to beat Zebre ^16th

Monday 26th
Wales - Cardiff ^7th to beat the Dragons ^13th

Ireland - Leinster ^1st to beat Munster ^8th

I have no idea what the odds are like at this stage, hopefully there is some value on those.

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[aoluain]

Rugby Union

A bit of news from Women's Rugby....

NEW WOMEN'S CELTIC CHALLENGE COMPETITION TO START IN JANUARY

A Pilot Celtic Challenge Competition is due to begin on January 29th and sees the IRFU, WRU
and Scottish Rugby coming together to create a new competition with support from World Rugby.

https://www.hersport.ie/rugby/new-womens-celtic-challenge-competition-to-start-in-january-44791

This is interesting because while the men's game here has multiple competitions in
a season, United Rugby Competition, Challenge Cup, Heineken Cup and then the
Six Nations, the Women's game really only has the Six Nations. This move should
help promote the women's game. I wonder will there be betting available?

[Timelord2067]

I can see Six Nations, Gallagher Premiership, United Rugby Championship, rench top 14, European Champion's Cup, Japan League One on the TAB.com.au website.

Over on the nitrobetting.eu crypto site the is the Rugby Championship, England Premiership, French Top 14 and the Japanese Top leagues, so it's early days yet.

I guess we'll just have to keep supporting our preferred betting sites and hope they expand their competition coverage.

[aoluain]

Timelord I'm using Rollbit for the United Rugby Championship!

My first pick didn't materialise:

Sharks 37 - 10 Lions

Friday 23rd
South Africa - Lions ^5th to beat the Sharks ^10th

My 4 remaining bets are:

Edinburgh @ 2.4
Benetton @ 1.15
Cardiff @ 1.52
Leinster @ 1.51

I'm a bit worried for my Edinburgh bet, I thought they would be favourites even
away from home. There is definitely value in them.....if they win!

[Timelord2067]

I would have gone with the Lions given they are higher on the ladder.

Timelord I'm using Rollbit for the United Rugby Championship!

I'm very pleased to see other sites carry Rugby sports bets. (I'm sure people will use your ref link when signing up with Rollbit 😁 - hopefully they don't have location restrictions that other sites have? 🤔 )

[aoluain]

I did, I had the Lions to win but of course that didn't happen.

My second bet didn't workout either, Glasgow the favourites held on 16-10 to beat
Edinburgh too.

Today will be Munster v Leinster, I really can't see Munster win, Leinster are unbeaten so far
in both The URC and Heineken Cup.

On a slightly positive note, Benetton whipped Zebre 38-5 so at least 1 bet has materialised.

[aoluain]

We are pretty much half way through the IRC tournament with round 10 completed over
the Christmas break.

And I am 3 from 5 from that round. Leinster just about held on to win away to Munster
19-20, and they still remain unbeaten this season.

Also Cardiff travelled to play the Dragons and won there.

Friday 23rd
South Africa - Lions ^5th to beat the Sharks ^10th

Scotland - Edinburgh ^6th to beat Glasgow Warriors ^9th

Saturday 24th
Italy - Benetton 12th to beat Zebre ^16th

Monday 26th
Wales - Cardiff ^7th to beat the Dragons ^13th

Ireland - Leinster ^1st to beat Munster ^8th

This is how the top 5 are looking today:

[aoluain]

Rugby Union

Round 11 of the URC kicks off today. I'm going with 4 bets this week.

Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors - Glasgow Warriors to win again this time away from home
@ 3.35 - it's a tough one but looking at the results for each so far this season, Glasgow have better.

Zebre v Benetton - Benetton to win @ 1.26

Cardiff v Ospreys - Cardiff to win @ 1.42

Ulster v Munster - Ulster to win @ 1.41

So I'm going for two away and 2 home wins.

[Timelord2067]

Rugby Union

Round 11 of the URC kicks off today. I'm going with 4 bets this week.

Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors - Glasgow Warriors to win again this time away from home
@ 3.35 - it's a tough one but looking at the results for each so far this season, Glasgow have better.

Zebre v Benetton - Benetton to win @ 1.26

Cardiff v Ospreys - Cardiff to win @ 1.42

Ulster v Munster - Ulster to win @ 1.41

So I'm going for two away and 2 home wins.

I'll bet there's going to be some sleepy heads playing on New Years' Day. (Happy New Year by the way)

I've gone with Northampton ($1.50) over the Harlequins ($2.35) in the Gallagher Premiership.

In the United I've picked up Cardiff ($1.52) over Ospreys ($2.45) - Scarlets ($1.40) will slay the Dragons ($2.80) - Ulster ($1.36) over Munster ($3) - and Leinster are almost unbackable at $1.06 against Connacht on $8 neat.

A head to head parlay on all our of the above winning pays $3.06

[aoluain]

Happy new year Timelord!

I am 2 from 2 so far this round. Big win with Glasgow Warriors, they were trailing at
half time but absolutely blew Edinburgh away in the second half.

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Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors - Glasgow Warriors to win again this time away from home
@ 3.35

Zebre v Benetton - Benetton to win @ 1.26

The only way to back Leinster is on + or - points but Connacht can be tricky for them,
last time out Connacht held them to 10 points but that was a home match for Connacht.

[aoluain]

My bets on round 11 of the URC went from winning 2 from 2 to 2 from 4 and your parlay Timelord
didn't materialise.

Cardiff at home were beaten by the Ospreys.
Ulster at home were beaten by Munster by one point and a last minute converted try.

Those wins were totally against the odds, Ulster are in 3 rd spot, Munster were making up the
numbers in the bottom half of the table as we're the Ospreys.

[Timelord2067]

Yes, I had a couple of wins which is always nice.  I'm only wagering a couple of dollars, so I'm not risking the homestead and silverware or anything of the sort. 

[aoluain]

Let's see if we can clock up a few more wins this weekend in the URC Round 12?

I have just placed 4 bets for this round:

Ulster to win away to Benetton @ 1.49

Cardiff at home to beat Scarlets @ 1.26

Connacht v Sharks, Connacht are favourites here against the 5th place Sharks and its
very doable for them when at home but I'm guessing a close game and have gone
with a +6.5 on the Sharks @1.62

Glasgow v Stormers, The odds are close here but I have gone with the #2 team, the Stormers @1.81.
They have only lost 1 and drawn 1 this year and cannot afford for the gap to open wider
between themselves and Leinster in 1st.

[Timelord2067]

My bets for this weekend still to play in the Gallagher Premiership are:

London Irish, Harlequins, Exeter and Leicester to win their respective games.  Earlier, the Saracens won their game.

In the United Rugby Championship games, Edinburgh are nearly unbackable at $1.03, Cardiffe $1.34, Connacht $1.18, Leinster  $1.08 and the stormers just firmer at $1.75 compared with Glasgow on $2 neat.

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[aoluain]

Just looking at the odds for Leinster v Ospreys, they are out to 1.17 on Rollbit which
are really great odds considering it's the top team v the #12 team, I haven't listened to
any punditry this week ahead of round 12 but maybe Leinster are resting some key
players ahead of the Heineken cup Round next week, also the talisman Johnny Sexton is
missing after picking up an injury last week and having surgery.

I have emptied my wallet on Leinster.

[Timelord2o67]

I have emptied my wallet on Leinster.

I won on Leinster too! (but not as good odds as you had) Cardiff lost while Edinburgh won.

The London Irish and Harlequin games are yet to be played - fingers crossed I can break even.

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[aoluain]

I have emptied my wallet on Leinster.

I won on Leinster too! (but not as good odds as you had) Cardiff lost while Edinburgh won.

The London Irish and Harlequin games are yet to be played - fingers crossed I can break even.

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Well I am in the RED this weekend even if the Stormers win today away to Glasgow.

Ulster failed to get past Benetton, I was following the scoreboard on this game and it
seems Benetton were deserved winners, just about, winning 31 - 29. That's impressive
to be able to win again this season against top opposition.

Cardiff, what's the story? to be able to win the two previous games and then lose against
the second last team.

Connacht won,as I thought they would but by a bigger margin than 6.5. I REEEAAALY have
to stop betting this way on Rugby.

[aoluain]

From last week's URC games it was a horrible round for my bets. Ulster, Cardiff and The Stormers
all lost, Connacht won but by a big
margin than I thought over the Sharks, the only bet I won was on Leinster, so 1 from 5.

The URC is taking a back seat and the Heineken Cup takes off again with Round 3 and 12 games.
Busy weekend coming up, I will have to do a bit of studying before making any bets.

[aoluain]

Rugby Union European Champions Cup

Tonight's match IMO after doing a little research could be a close enough affair so I'm going
to pass on betting on that. Both teams are mid table in their respective leagues.

I'm going with the favourites this weekends R3 to try and get some funds back into the wallet!

Gloucester v Leinster tomorrow - Leinster are favourites and are unbackable @1.07

Sale Sharks v Toulouse - Toulouse to win @1.46

Blue Bulls v Exeter Chiefs - Blue Bulls to win @1.47

London Irish v Stormers - Stormers to win @1.69

Ospreys v Montpellier - Montpellier to win @1.7

[aoluain]

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Better betting results this weekend, 3 from 4!

Ospreys v Montpellier - Montpellier to win @1.7

Ospreys were able to hold off Montpellier and win by scoring a try in the 77th minute with a try!

Anyway I'm happy enough with my bets this round.

Round 4 next weekend. Of the 24 teams there are 6 unbeaten, Leinster, Cell C Sharks,
Saracens, Toulouse, La Rochelle and Leicester Tigers. I know it's early days but the stand
out for me so far is Leinster, unbeaten so far in both the URC and this Champions cup.