Rugby Blog / Bet Detective

Friday's here and we're already checking out the weather forecast - Sunday's going to be a belter, which means we're off down the beach for a BBQ and several cold ones and talk about a premature general election and the amount of hen parties to hit Brighton. But here's some betting tips and our weekly what might and might not happen while we're all enjoying ourselves.

Betting Tips

First Tryscorer: Dan Carter 20/1 with PaddyPower
No tryscorer: 50/1 with totesport
Australia to win by more than 10 points 4/1 with Ladbrokes
First Scoring Play: New Zealand drop-goal 33/1 with Sporting Bet

What might happen...

Cristiano Ronaldo is offered a contract to endorse Valencia Oranges.
Random smoking arrests in British fields because it's an animal's workplace
Graham Henry being dragged out of Home in Darling Harbour, Sydney at 6am Sunday morning
Durham to win the Twenty20 cup as Steve Harmison stars in front of the England selectors
Everyone already getting bored of the Olympics before it's even started

What won't happen...

Barrack Obama offering a wife-swap with Nicolas Sarkozy as he arrives in France
Max Mosley walking down Oxford Street in a Nazi uniform alongside two hookers.
Plans are made to give Heath Ledger a pavestone in Hollywood after the Oscars
Gordon Brown wearing a 'I hate Glasgow t-shirt' in retaliation to the Glasgow East bi-election defeat.
Thierry Henry moving all of his millions into an off-shore Cayman Island bank-account

Only 240 minutes left of 'old rugby.' We know, shed a tear, raise a glass, order in, because after the two internationals in Sydney and Cordoba, plus the last domestic final in Paris, it's ELV all the way.

So, before rugby betting experts have to think about a change of career, Monsieur Bet Detective gives you his parting words of wisdom... "If you think it, DO IT!"

Tipster:

Clermont Auvergne to beat Toulouse by more than 10 points with Stan James @ 13/8: A £10 stake returns £26.25

Italy to beat Argentina outright with Totesport @ 10/3: A £10 stake returns £43.33

France to beat Australia with an 11 point headstart @ 13/8: A £20 stake wins you £52.00

Australia flanker Rocky Elsom to score the first try @ 23/1 with Blue Square: A £10 stake returns £230.00

Things you might see:

Rubbish weather at Glastonbury
Germany to win the European Championships on penalties
Sylvia to get knocked out of the Big Brother house
Jay Z rubbing Noel Gallagher's face in the mud at Glastonbury
Kevin Pietersen letting the England captaincy go to his head

Things you definitely won't see:

Guy Ritchie and Madonna singing a duet at Wimbledon
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall buying Tesco Value Chicken
Gordon Brown admitting defeat to the BNP
Nelson Mandella jumping up on stage with Amy Winehouse
Mel B negotiating a multi-million pound deal to host The Oscars

One more match to go and we're going to try and scrape together as many pennies as possible so that we can afford some beers down the beach on Sunday, because England versus the Barbarians will be about as interesting as watching England play cricket.

The market represents just how tightly these two are matched so avoid the outright winners and handicap market if you can resist. Otherwise see if these little beauties take your interest with PaddyPower.

First tryscorer - Geordan Murphy @ 14/1: Hits the line at pace and is always looking to get involved.

Last tryscorer - Lawrence Dallaglio @ 20/1: Wouldn't it be romantic if Lawrence could pop up crashing off the back of the scrum to score the winning try.

Leicester to win by 6-10 points @ 6/1: Andy Goode's boot could be crucial if the defensive systems have their way.

Wasps to win by 16-20 points @ 16/1: It wouldn't be the first time and if Wasps bring their A-game, few can deal with their firepower.

Wasps to be winning at half time but Leicester to win at full-time @ 6/1: A drop-goal, penalty, last-minute try - the pickings are slim and there's little to choose between them.

Happy Punting...

Seeing as it's the last round of Guinness Premiership matches, and we're going to have to wait for several months before we can lose more money on the rugby, let's go all out and bet on a six-way handicap. Here's the tips for the weekend with Coral. Click here to hedge your bets

Gloucester to beat Bath by more than 5 points @ 10/11
Wasps to beat Leeds by more than 20 points @ 10/11
Leicester to beat Harlequins by more than 10 points @ 10/11
Sale to beat London Irish by more than 8 points @10/11
Saracens to beat Bristol by more than 9 points@10/11
Worcester to beat Newcastle by more than 12 points @10/11

If you stake £10 with us then it's a pretty descent return at £485.51 wouldn't you say...

There are only two games left in the Guinness Premiership this season, with six sides still in with a chance of making the four play off spots. We’re backing home wins in the three big games involving five of the side

Bath, in second, should have no trouble in overcoming eight-placed Saracens at the Recreation Ground.
Bath to win @ 1/6.

And there’s a big one at The Stoop, where fourth plays fifth as Quins hope to put beat Sale to end their hopes of a play off spot.
Quins to win @ 4/5.

While at Adams Park, Wasps, with a game in hand over their rivals, host Gloucester, currently sitting pretty at the top of the tree. But we fancy Cipriani, Dallaglio, Sackey and co. to bring the top boys down at peg.
Wasps to win @ 4/9.

A tenner on all three home wins at Coral returns a whopping £30.33. Don’t spend it all at once.