Well, when taking a look at 2011 Rugby World Cup betting, you are basically going to be eyeing up the chances of five teams, and even that will be narrowed down a bit. New Zealand, the host nation for this year’s event are of course favourites, while Tri Nations winners Australia are also being hotly tipped after their successes recently. The big powerful South Africans, who are the defending champions of course are also going to be a force to be reckoned with. England and France represent the best options from the northern hemisphere and it is unlikely that a winner is going to come from outside of those five main teams. So, if you think New Zealand are going to win the 2011 Rugby World Cup, then naturally, because they are favourites and on their home turf, you are not going to find great prices on them. While better prices surround England and France, it is representative of their realistic chances, so you could come up empty handed. So, for your 2011 Rugby World Cup betting, it may be worth exploring some alternative avenues. First of all, let us look at the outright betting market and offer a tip. New Zealand are favourites at 4/6 with SportingBet, but because of those recent wobbles, we think that they should be longer odds. So that leaves Australia as our top tip at a price of 4/1 with Victor Chandler in Outright Betting. They have the potential and are really coming to the boil at the right time, and will get better still when players return from injury. At this point, there are questions over South Africa, France and England, the main challengers, so Australia make the best option here we feel for your 2011 Rugby World Cup betting.
Top Six Nations Team and Top Six Nations TryScorer Betting
First of all, lets look at the Six Nations sides at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. You can have a punt on who you think the Top Six Nations team will be, and there will be a little bit of value in this, as you are basically taking a pick between France 13/8 at Victor Chandler and England 7/4 at Paddy Power. What makes this more interesting, is that the two nations will likely meet at the Quarter Final stage, so you can take your pick for some decent little income. Continuing to explore Rugby World Cup betting options on Six Nations teams, you can also take a wager on who the Top Tryscorer from the Six Nations will be (and check out online bookmaker Boylesports for a promotion on Tryscorer markets at the 2011 Rugby World Cup). England’s swan diving winger Chris Ashton starts as favourite in this market at a price of 6/1 at Boylesports, while Ireland’s Tommy Bowe is nicely priced at 8/1 at Boylesports behind him. The lively Shane Williams is back at 9/1 at Boylesports and ask yourself if you think England’s new dynamic centre Tuilagi is ready to make a major impact at 20/1 with Boylesports. Have a punt on this market at Boylesports, and if your bet loses but New Zealand fail to make it to the final of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, then the bookie will pay out refunds on this market, as well as Top Tournament Tryscorer as well. England’s Chris Ashton is favourite at 9/4 with BetFred to be England’s Top Try Scorer.
Six Nations Teams in Quarter Finals
How many Six Nations teams do you think will be in the quarter finals of the World Cup? Out of the four groups, the top two teams will progress through to the knockouts. Now, there is a bit of decision making here. Let’s look at the Pools to figure this one out.
Pool A: France should follow New Zealand through from Pool A, so that’s one.
Pool B: England should win Pool B, so that’s two. But Scotland could squeeze through but will have a challenge from Argentina. However, let’s back the Scots as the Puma’s are looking disjointed. Three.
Pool C: There are two Six Nations sides here, Italy and Ireland. Only one of them will follow Australia through though. Four.
Pool D: Wales are the only Six Nations side in this group, but could face stiff opposition from Samoa.
Oddly enough, Exactly 4 is the favourite market option at Paddy Power for a price of 4/6, but we want value. That’s because it covers the bases a bit, because of uncertainty over Scotland and Wales. So if you back Wales and Scotland to come through, then you take Exactly 5 for 21/10 at Paddy Power. However, if you want to push the boat out, and risk Wales failing to qualify (and this is one of the hottest trending bets on 2011 Rugby World Cup Betting at the moment), along with Scotland to miss out, taking Exactly 3 fetches a very handsome 4/1 at Paddy Power. Interesting market.
Top Tri Nations Team
Tri Nations teams betting are worth considering as well. No great surprise that New Zealand are 4/9 favourites at Paddy Power in the Top Tri Nations team betting for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. But remember Australia just beat them in the final match of the Tri Nations to take the title. The Wallabies are priced at 3/1 with Victor Chandler as Top Tri Nations team, and that would be backing another big choke from New Zealand in the World Cup. Good value on it though as Australia are only getting better and better. Do we see any surprises with the Tri Nations teams not making it to the Quarter Finals? No. There is no value in this market, other than taking Exactly 2 teams to qualify, and the most likely scenario of that happening would be Wales beating South Africa in their Pool opener, and then the Springboks totally crumbling. Don’t see it happening at all though. So avoid.
Stage of Elimination Betting
This is always a fun market to look at, so let us look at a few teams and pick out some value. Favourites New Zealand are 4/1 at Bet365 to crash out in the Semi Final and put up another choke show. There is a lot of pressure on them, they have a track record of blowing it as the pressure of the World Cup mounts. There is a huge amount of expectancy on them, tough match would be a semi final against South Africa (remember the Springboks just crushed New Zealand in the Tri Nations). South Africa are trading positive to go out at the semi final stage for 11/10 at Bet365. That is extremely viable and hey, it would be small profit in 2011 Rugby World Cup betting. What about England? Well the favourite market option here is 11/8 at Stan James for a quarter final exit (which is likely to be against France). England can beat them, so taking a Semi Final Stage of Elimination bet on England for 11/4 at Boylesports makes a decent shot at value (as they would likely bump into Australia there). That leaves a look at 2011 Tri Nations champions Australia themselves. We really feel that they should be your top 2011 Rugby World Cup betting tip, so take a long look at them as Runners Up for 15/8 at Bet365 in Australia Stage of Elimination betting. Decent value there, or a semi price on an exit for them is 11/5 at Boylesports. Just to go back and touch on something from above, Wales are trending at 9/2 with Victor Chandler to get eliminated at the Group Stage, which is decent value and well worth a little flutter we feel.
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