Rugby Union Betting – Springboks Set To Move In For The Kill

The Tote have announced that they are to change the way customers can participate in their big-prize Super7 pool. Punters will soon be able to maximise combinations by betting in fractional stakes, taking a percentage of any winning pool, rather than cutting down permutations to keep their initial investment to a minimum. The move has already attracted some criticism from high-rollers, but anything that stimulates further interest in the seven-race accumulator based around the days’s trickiest handicaps, can only be good news for the Tote, whose chief executive Trevor Beaumont explained the reason behind the changes, "We’ve taken on board feedback from our customers who have said they would like to see fractional betting. We’re looking into introducing it as soon as possible." Flexi-betting, as it’s known is Australia, isn’t a new concept but it’s thought the recession was the catalyst for the Tote to give it a try out in this country and there must be a possibility other popular bets may also be included in the trial should Super7 sales increase.

The British and Irish Lions were brought back down to Earth with a bump by the Springboks in the First Test in Durban, where only a late rally gave a flattering look to the 26-21 scoreline after the South Africans had rested several of their key players in the final quarter. Having been held to a draw by the Emerging Springboks subsequently, confidence is unlikely to be very high as the tourists travel to Pretoria for the Second Test and the Lions are out to 5-2 with sportingbet to level the three-match series, with the Springboks a best 2-5 (Stan James) to wrap things up with a game to spare. With the Lions‘ scrum and line-out bordering on shambolic for an hour in Durban, the latter can be the only advice.