O'Connell Favourite To Captain Lions - O'Driscoll Favourite For RTE Award Visit William Hill Save For Later Posted by Luke Williams 23 Mar 2009 Tweet Related Articles See all Rugby League news Share it Pin It William Hill have installed Paul O’Connell as their Even money favourite to captain the Lions on their tour of South Africa. The Munster lock has been instrumental in Ireland’s Grand Slam winning Six Nations campaign and the bookmakers believe that he is in with a slightly better chance than Brian O’Driscoll of getting the coveted post. O’Driscoll is rated the 5-4 second favourite to get the Lions job, while the Welsh captain Ryan Jones is a 9-2 chance to get the call. Hills have also opened up a book on who will win the RTE Sports Person of the Year award for 2009. The bookies have installed Brian O’Driscoll as their 8-11 favourite to win the prize, while Bernard Dunne, who won the WBA Super bantamweight title in the early hours of Sunday morning, is the 4-1 second favourite to win the RTE prize. The Irish International Rugby Team, who won their first Grand Slam since 1948, are rated 1-100 chances to win the RTE Team of the Year Award. Next Lions Captain: (William Hill Bet) Evens Paul O’Connell, 5-4 Brian O’Driscoll, 9-2 Ryan Jones – Others on Request RTE Sports Person Of The Year (William Hill Bet): 8-11 Brian O’Driscoll, 4-1 Bernard Dunne, Paul O’Connell, 8-1 Ruby Walsh,14-1 Padraig Harrington, Ronan O’Gara (Rugby), 25-1 Willie Mullins (Racing), 33-1 Rob Kearney (Rugby), Aidan O’Brien (Racing), Colin Cooper (Gaelic Football), 40-1 Robbie Keane, Shay Given (Soccer), Henry Shefflin (Hurling), 50-1 Mary Cullen (Athletics), Derval O’Rourke (Athletics), 100-1 David Gillick (Athletics), Katie Taylor (Boxing) – Others On Request RTE Team Of The Year: (William Hill Bet): 1-100 Irish International Rugby Team, 16-1 Munster, 20-1 Leinster, 33-1 Kilkenny, 50-1 Kerry – Others On request Read our William Hill review Get your £25 free bet at William Hill now Like Like Post to wall 133 Reads All Rugby League News Recent Rugby League Articles St Helens v Wigan Warriors - Super League Live Stream26 May 2012St Helens versus Wigan Warriors maybe classed as the biggest derby in rugby league but this will be Bradford Bulls v Leeds Rhinos - Super League Live Stream26 May 2012Defending Super League champions Leeds Rhinos go into battle against their fierce rivals in the Bra Huddersfield Giants v Salford City Reds preview26 May 2012Magic Weekend enters its second and final day on Sunday with Catalan Dragons and the London Broncos Warrington Wolves favourites to post most points at Magic Weekend26 May 2012The Magic Weekend takes place at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester with seven bone crunching Super L Super League Magic Weekend Preview26 May 2012The Magic Weekend gets underway on Saturday with three Super League matches taking place at the Eti Catalan Dragons v London Broncos - Super League Live Stream26 May 2012Magic Weekend enters its second and final day on Sunday with Catalan Dragons and the London Broncos More Stories Recent Articles Venus Williams v Paula Ormaechea - French Open live stream26 May 2012Venus Williams will make a start to her French Open campaign with a match against Paula Ormaechea o Norway v England Result – Young gives Hodgson debut win26 May 2012Ashley Young netted the only goal of the game as England gave new boss Roy Hodgson a winning start Russian Grannies proving popular on Eurovision26 May 2012The Eurovision Song Contest final begins shortly in Baku with StanJames.com reporting money for the League One Play-off Final Result – Huddersfield promoted after penalty shootout26 May 2012Huddersfield Town earned promotion to the Championship after beating Sheffield United, 8-7 on penal No Deposit Required Free Bets26 May 2012Is there such a thing as a free bet? Carl Froch v Lucian Bute Boxing tips26 May 2012After a nomadic run of big bouts, Carl Froch finally gets to fight in front of his home faithful bu More Stories Tags