Rugby Union: Guiness & Magners

[Snodser]

Snodser here,
I know little about these leagues (I've cornered the french market)
But if any of you have any tips, come on down.

The more the merrier hope to here from you soon.

[traeth]

Watched the Scarlets beat Blues on the tele on Friday

this is the latest table

1 Leinster 13 10 1 2 303 207 4 46
2 Llanelli Scarlets 13 7 0 6 309 225 8 36
3 Munster 12 7 1 4 242 161 5 35
4 Edinburgh Rugby 13 6 3 4 236 199 5 35
5 Cardiff Blues 13 7 0 6 245 244 5 33
6 Glasgow Warriors 13 5 1 7 216 256 3 25
7 Ospreys 12 4 1 7 217 175 7 25
8 Dragons 12 5 1 6 197 268 1 23
9 Ulster 12 4 1 7 176 269 2 20
10 Connacht Rugby 13 3 1 9 155 292 2 16

these are some of the forthcoming fixtures
28/03 Ospreys v Ulster
28/03 Connacht v Munster
28/03 Edinburgh v Blues
29/03 Scarlets v Leinster
30/03 Dragons v Warriors

That Ospreys fixture will be worth considering after their performance yesterday.
Team selection will be crucial as the following weekend is Heineken quarter finals, which may see some rested. Munster are the only Irish club in the Heineken.

[redroar]

Only one game today in the Guinness premiership Bristol at home to Harlequins. Bristol beat Quins home and away in the heineken cup earlier on in the season but I feel quins have improved greatly since then. Bristol will not as solid as last season are though to beat at home and have won their last two games. Quins on the other hand have been storming up the tableup the table and a win today would see them leapfrog Sale into fourth position.

So what's the bets, firstly I think Quins are good value @2.82 or +3.5 @2.1 for the less adventurous. However I think the bet of the day is match points over 39.5 @ around 1.9. Both teams are at full strenght, have two reliable place kickers and have been scoring tries aplenty.

So here it is match points over 39.5 @1.9
And for those without this option Quins +3.5 @ 2.1

A word of warning though the forecast is ok ish in Bristol. If it gets worse before the game I wont take the points total bet as Bristol's pitch turns to swap in the rain.

[redroar]

Two from two a good start for the new thread. I should probably retire now with a 100% record. The points total bet was a tad lucky as their was eight shots at goal missed. Still a wins a win.

Next week is massive one with the return of the worlds premier club competition The Heineken Cup.

Good lack all

[traeth]

Originally Posted by redroar

Two from two a good start for the new thread. I should probably retire now with a 100% record. The points total bet was a tad lucky as their was eight shots at goal missed. Still a wins a win.

Next week is massive one with the return of the worlds premier club competition The Heineken Cup.

Good lack all

two good calls there red , well done

Heineken Cup quarters on the 5th/6th of April I believe

[redroar]

My bad these religous weekends play havoc with my mental calander. Lots of magners and Guinness to occupy us till the though.

[Doc]

Bath, Gloucester and Irish on the handicaps in the Guinness

Not sure yet on the ML - depends on the available odds, but probably Munster and Cardiff on the prices available so far.

I'll have more thoughts later and/or elsewhere

[redroar]

I'm in agreement with you on the sale/bath game D.O.D. Sale have been far from impessive the past couple of months, bath on the other hand are very solid away from home.The only thing stopping me from backing bath outright is shaune berne at outhalf. The handicap of 4/5 pts for bath should be enough.

[Doc]

My 'machine' likes Bath
It tells me Sale to win by 3-4. Handicap currently Bath +6
Gloucester are a gimme IMO. Machine says -14, Bet365 say -3 :yum_yum

[Snodser]

Connacht v Munster

Ospreys v Ulster

Should be straight wins for both Munster & Ospreys but what about h/caps?

-10 Munster, would have thought they could manage that.
-12 Ospreys, is that half the Welsh internationel squad?

Any thoughts?

[redroar]

A part from taking a hiding from munster last week ulster have been making steady progress under matt williams. Having said that the ospreys were awesome last week. There is no value in the match betting and I dont think the 14pt spread is a gimme either. The one outstanding bet for me is the match points total @35.5pts at 1.7. The ospreys are capable of that themselves and ulster are better then last week suggest.

[redroar]

Munster/connacht games are always tight especially in galway. The ten point spread is bang on so I'll be leaving this one alone but the match odds of 1.24 for munster looks like a good interest rate to me.

[Snodser]

Treble; Toulouse/Munster/Ospreys

Ulster +14 Boylesports

[Snodser]

Originally Posted by Snodser

Treble; Toulouse/Munster/Ospreys

Ulster +14 Boylesports

[redroar]

Yeah i expected more from ulster myself. I hope i did'nt talk you out of munster -10 ! I was sweating a bit on my points total bet just about got there in the end.