Scrum of the Earth /

So what are you doing this bank holiday weekend? Putting up a fence? Going camping? Or playing backgammon whilst listening to the raucous rain rattling against your window? Probably the latter if you're in the British Isles. Well here's the betting, and the usual gobbledigoop as if we were writing this from the pub... If only!

TriNations Betting

Australia to win @ 2/1 with betChronicle
Stirling Mortlock to score first try @ 20/1 with totesport
South Africa at half-time, Australia at full-time @ 9/1 with vc bet
South Africa to win by more than 4 points @ 5/6 with sportingbet

Things we might see

John Prescott and Jodie Marsh knocking back the shots in Mayfair
Steve Harmison having second thoughts about his international return
"Oh didn't he do well" - Britain's reaction to Tom Daley's solo platform dive
David Beckham and Leona Lewis engaging in some harmless giggling
All rugby fans saying the Olympics would've been better if rugby was in it

Things we won't see

Gary Glitter pitching up at the Reading Festival..
A-Levels getting harder...
Pieter de Villiers praising the IRB for all their hard work...
John Terry admitting he deserved the England captaincy more than Rio
Nike showing similar sentiment to the US relay team as Liu Xiang