Gallagher Premiership Rugby Week 11 Betting Tips & Predictions
The Gallagher Premiership returns this weekend with six matches taking place in round 11. Get BettingPro.com's best bests from the action this weekend.
The Gallagher Premiership returns this weekend with six matches taking place in round 11. Get BettingPro.com's best bests from the action this weekend.
The 2021 Six Nations Championship is no underway and bookmakers are lining up with a bunch of special offers that new and existing customers can claim for the biggest international competition of 2021, ranging from free bets to big price boosts. We have the full rundown of the best offers right here.
Rugby union gets criticised for not scoring enough tries, but the first try scorer market is quite popular because even the most prolific of try scorers can attract decent odds. This market is available for the third round of Six Nations fixtures and BettingPro.com has been picking out our favourite try scorer selections for these three matches.
Wales can secure the Triple Crown on Saturday with victory over England, while France look to keep their Grand Slam hopes alive against Scotland and Ireland look to secure their first win of 2021 against Italy. Get BettingPro.com’s best tips for the upcoming games.
Ireland will be looking to claim their first Six Nations win of 2021 when they face Italy, while Wales and France know victories this weekend will keep their title dreams alive. Online bookmaker Paddy Power is offering new & existing customers to back all three teams to win this weekend at 5/1, with all winnings to be paid out in cash.
England got their first win of Six Nations campaign last Saturday with a 41-18 win over Italy – can they kick on and win the title? Online bookmaker Sky Bet is offering new and existing customers to take advantage of a special price boost. Get 7/2 on England winning the remainder of their matches to lift the Six Nations trophy again.
Bookmaker bet365 will allow your bet to continue if your rugby union game heads into extra time after 80 minutes.
Scotland overcame their first test in their quest to win the Triple Crown for the first time since 1990 when they beat England last weekend, and with Wales their next opponents could another win be on the agenda? Online bookmaker Sky Bet is offering new & existing customer the chance to jump on the Scotland bandwagon and back them to win the Triple Crown, with all winnings being paid in cash.
It doesn’t seem five minutes since England were crowned Six Nations and Triple Crown winners in 2020, but the new tournament is upon us again and BettingPro’s Rugby Union expert has selected his best bets ahead of the new season.
England winger Jonny May certainly knows his way to the try line, and online bookmaker Sky Bet is offering new and existing customers to take advantage of a special price boost. Get 5/1 on May to end the tournament as the leading try scorer. All winnings are paid out in cash.
The Betfair Sportsbook is getting behind the 2021 Six Nations Championship and has special Odds Boost offers available for both new and existing customers. Get 11/2 on Ireland’s Jonathan Sexton being the leading points scorer at the end of the tournament.
The Rugby World Cup is the biggest event in rugby and brings together the very best teams and players in a competition that seeks to find the dominant side in world rugby.
As things stand, New Zealand are the reigning two time champions of the world after winning in 2011 and 2015, with the All Blacks completely dominant over the last few editions of the tournament. However, going into Japan 2019 there is genuine belief that another side could yet displace them and ensure that it is not a third trophy in a row for the side.
Wales, who recently climbed to number one in the world rankings and displaced the All Blacks from the top for the first time in 10 years will feel they have shown more than enough to warrant their hopes of winning the competition. England will also feel they have the right management and group of players to triumph in Japan while all of Ireland, South Africa and Australia will feel they too have a genuine chance of being the side to take the cup away from New Zealand.
The format of the competition will, as always, see teams looking to make it out of one of the two top-places in their group before going into the knock-out stages, with three knock-out wins separating a side from the ultimate rugby glory.
While New Zealand and South Africa will lay claim to being the most-successful side in Rugby World Cup history with three triumphs in eight tournaments, both Australia are not far behind with two wins themselves. However, despite the dominance of the southern-hemisphere in the rugby, perhaps the most famous ever World Cup triumph came when England secured the northern-hemisphere first and only win.
Year | Host(s) | Final | Winner |
1987 | New Zealand & Australia | New Zealand 29 France 9 | New Zealand |
1991 | Europe | Australia 12 England 6 | Australia |
1995 | South Africa | South Africa 15 New Zealand 16 (aet) | South Africa |
1999 | Wales | Australia 35 France 12 | Australia |
2003 | Australia | England 20 Australia 17 (aet) | England |
2007 | France | South Africa 15 England 6 | South Africa |
2011 | New Zealand | New Zealand 8 France 7 | New Zealand |
2015 | England | New Zealand 34 Australia 17 | New Zealand |
2019 | Japan | South Africa 32 England 12 | South Africa |
Nations | World Cup Winners | Runners-Up | Third-Place |
New Zealand | 3 (1987, 2011, 2015) | 1 (1985) | 2 (1981, 2003) |
South Africa | 3 (1995, 2007, 2019) | – | 2 (1999, 2015) |
Australia | 2 (1991, 1999) | 2 (2003, 2015) | 1 (2011) |
England | 1 (2003) | 2 (1991, 2007, 2019) | – |
France | – | 3 (1987, 1999, 2011) | 1 (1995) |
Wales | – | – | 1 (1987) |
Argentina | – | – | 1 (2007) |
The Six Nations is the biggest yearly international rugby event in the northern-hemisphere, with the best six sides in Europe taking each other on in a round-robing tournament. The competition sees England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland France and Italy do battle over five game weekends, with a number of major trophies up for grabs.
The first and biggest title on offer is the Grand Slam. The Grand Slam is won by defeating every single one of the other five nations. If a side is able to get through the gruelling fixtures without tasting defeat then they are crowned the Grand Slam champions, with this a huge feat considering a side will have to usually beat two world class sides on their own turd throughout the tournament.
The next trophy that a side is able to secure is the Championship title. This title is awarded to a side that finishes with the most points at the end of the tournament but was unable to defeat every single one of the other sides. If England were to beat Ireland, France, Scotland and Italy but lose to Wales then they would win the championship, but they would miss out on the Grand Slam by virtue of that loss to Wales.
The next trophy is the Triple Crown. This trophy is only contested by England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the teams from the United Kingdom. This trophy, like the Grand Slam, can only be secured if one of the four sides beats all of the other three, with the bragging rights for a whole year secured if one of the four UK based teams can beat the other three.
The final “trophy” is the wooden spoon. This is awarded to the side that finishes at the bottom of the table with the least amount of points after the five matches. This unwanted accolade usually goes to Italy, who have been far below the standard of the other five for some time now, with Scotland’s recent improvements seeing this gap between Italy and the other five one that is growing larger by the game.
Year | Grand Slam Champion | Champion | Triple Crown | Wooden Spoon |
2000 | – | England | – | Italy |
2001 | – | England | – | Italy |
2002 | France | France | England | Italy |
2003 | England | England | England | Wales |
2004 | France | France | Ireland | Scotland |
2005 | Wales | Wales | Wales | Italy |
2006 | – | France | Ireland | Italy |
2007 | – | France | Ireland | Scotland |
2008 | Wales | Wales | Wales | Italy |
2009 | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Italy |
2010 | France | France | – | Italy |
2011 | – | England | – | Italy |
2012 | Wales | Wales | Wales | Scotland |
2013 | – | Wales | – | France |
2014 | – | Ireland | England | Italy |
2015 | – | Ireland | – | Scotland |
2016 | England | England | England | Italy |
2017 | – | England | – | Italy |
2018 | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland | Italy |
2019 | Wales | Wales | Wales | Italy |
2020 | ||||
2021 |
Nation | Grand Slams | Last Grand Slam | Triple Crowns | Wooden Spoons |
England | 13 | 2016 | 25 | – |
Wales | 12 | 2019 | 21 | 1 |
France | 9 | 2010 | N/A | 1 |
Ireland | 3 | 2018 | 11 | – |
Scotland | 3 | 1990 | 10 | 4 |
Italy | 0 | – | N/A | 14 |
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