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Union European Champions Cup Rugby

This weekend we have the Semi-Finals of the Heineken Champions Cup. Its possible
there could be an all French final although I think the chances are slim.

I am picking the two home sides Leinster and La Rochelle and I will probably put a
bet on Leinster for the title before the game at the weekend.

League NRL

First game of R9, Sharks devour the Cowboys 44-6, I dont get it, there was literally
no contest, Cowboys scored 1 converted try on the 34th minute. I missed it altogether
and I wonder what the odds were on the Sharks??

aoluain

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Ah I was wondering why there were 2 very late games this round.

I know of ANZAC day but would know the exact details of it. I do know the brutality and
seemingly senseless and massive loss of life in the great war overall, wouldnt you think
it would have served as an example how not to resolve differences?

As an aside I used to watch "The Sullivans" growing up. (set around WWII)

For tuesdays games I'm thinking Roosters and Storm but I'm not sure I'll make those
bets...bith are favourites but have had mixed results so far.

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That makes me five from six games so far this week. Tomorrow there are two games in remembrance of the countless soldiers who died in the Great War.

The 25^th of April is referred to as ANZAC Day when Australian and New Zealand armed forces landed on Turkish beaches. In Australia, (and to a lesser degree New Zealand), it is seen as an abject failure (to take the Peninsula) however, I disagree. While the taking of the Peninsula was the ultimate goal, the main objective was to hinder and keep the Turkish forces bogged down so they couldn't be deployed elsewhere. For that I believe it was a successful campaign, just the families at home have turned it into something more than it was.

Attiturk is famous for protecting the dead who are now buried in war cemetaries. Something that to my knowledge hadn't been done in previous wars.

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Cowboys v Knights - that looks to have been an epic battle of sorts with the Cowboys coming
out on top 18-16 and scoring the last points of the game in the 66th minute - with the remaining
14 attack/defend by both!

Union URC

Re: Vodacom Bulls v Leinster - The bookies had their odds correct, the Bulls were indeed worth
their favourite status winning by a whopping 62 - 7.

Cant understand who that Leinster team can beat the Lions last week and not show up yesterday.

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The Sharks mauled the Bulldogs 33 - 20 while after twenty minutes the second game is tied at 6 - 6 . A long way to go for tonight's game with the Cowboys taking first blood in Townsville.

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I have a $ on the Knights @ 2.37, Can the Cowboys pick up their season or are they in
real trouble... we will see shortly!

Currently it is looking like the Sharks are likely winners, its only 22" gone and its 8-16.

Union - URC

Just looking at the odds for todays games in the final round of the URC and Leinster
are a massive 5.0 away to 7th placed Vodacom Bulls in South Africa. They have been
there last week and beat the Lions by 3 points. Its a kind of second tier Leinster team
which is there, meaning there are no experienced current internationals in the squad,
Its a great opportunity for a $ bet on the team which is unbeaten in both the URC and
Heineken Cup this season...

I've also gone another $ on a +11.5 handicap on them @2.11

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Yes, the Broncos stared down the Eels. I wasn't able to watch it, however, the NRL.com website is saying the Eels gave the Broncos a scare which is what I also thought given they (Eels) went all the way to the Grand final last year.

Next up, the Sharks and Knights will teach the Bulldogs and Cowboys how to score tries.

aoluain

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Thats an amazing win by the Rabbitohs over the Panthers, In all Rugby codes place kicking
is unbelievably important, I've said it before that I have seen it before where games have
been won solely by the penalty points kicked by the Fly-Half ^{No.10 Rugby Union}

And an even bigger win IMO by the Broncos over the Eels and as the away team. The Broncos
have proven to be a serious outfit. Great win over the Eels 16-26

Two good picks Timelord!

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What a game last night! The Pink Panthers nearly scored a runaway try 90 seconds from Kick-Off then flubbed again after five minutes. I saw the firs ten minutes then the last thiry minutes of the game. In the last ten minutes the tension was electrifying. The Panthers scored with six minutes to go, then the Rabbitohs scored twice to be 20 - 18 the last set kick-off occured at 79:57 (i.e. three seconds of game play and it almost looked as though the Panthers would score yet another try, but missed metres from the try line with the ball rolling out.

The Rabbitohs converter kicker needs to work on the static field goal kicks missing three chances.

All in all the Rabbitohs are on the rise this year.

Tonight should be a more sedate game unless the Eels can find their end of last year form that got them to the Grandfinal:

Parramatta Eels - Brisbane Broncos 21 Apr 2023 20:00 Money Line Brisbane Broncos @ 1.66 Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.083 mBTC
Canterbury Bulldogs - Cronulla Sharks 22 Apr 2023 17:30 Money Line Cronulla Sharks @ 1.16 Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.058 mBTC
North Queensland Cowboys - Newcastle Knights 22 Apr 2023 19:35 Money Line Newcastle Knights @ 2.27 Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.114 mBTC
Redcliffe - Gold Coast Titans 23 Apr 2023 14:00 Money Line Redcliffe @ 1.69 Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.085 mBTC
Wests Tigers - Manly Sea Eagles 23 Apr 2023 16:05 Money Line Manly Sea Eagles @ 1.28 Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.064 mBTC
Sydney Roosters - St George/Illawarra Dragons 25 Apr 2023 16:05 Money Line Sydney Roosters @ 1.19 Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.06 mBTC
Melbourne Storm - New Zealand Warriors 25 Apr 2023 19:00 Money Line New Zealand Warriors @ 3.69 Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.185 mBTC

aoluain

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Union - URC

Round 18 - the final round before the finals, I think the final 8 has been decided. Position 8 and 9
are the crunch positions, Cell C Sharks in 8 are 5 points ahead of Benetton in 9th.

Benetton play the Stormers so they are not winning that and the Sharks at home play Munster,
that will be a close game.

...and for the overall winner, its hard to see any other team than Leinster winning.

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I'm going with the Rabbiohs and the Broncos, but can't help but wonder if the Eels are doing the same thing as last year where they lost at first then were able to build their way up to make the Grandfinal? There may yet be an upset for the Broncos if the Eels beat them.

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NRL

Two very interesting games in Round 8 of the NRL starting tomorrow, Rabbitos v Panthers.
I fancy the Panthers but I also really dont know what to think of them, they have two big
wins in two weeks and last week just scrape through with a marginal win and the Rabbitohs
havent started great either.

First game on Friday sees what could be described as top tier tear team^{before this season}
the Eels take on surprising ladder toppers the Broncos, this will be a great test for the broncos
to test again where they are.

I fancy both favourites

aoluain

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6 wins from 7 outings for the Broncos is impressive, never would have guessed they would
be in top spot at this stage, although there have been a lot of unexpected results thus far!

What the hell was that result by the Panthers on Saturday to only win from the Knights by
1 point....strange after the previous 2 weeks winning with big margins.

No upsets in the weekends games really, Leinster as expected won away but only
by 3 points, Munster also won away and all other games had home wins!

Last round coming up this weekend . . .

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At half time, the Panthers are trailing the Knights 14 - 6

I'll only be down a dollar if they don't recover. Hope you're not too out of pocket. 🤔

At half time a few hours later, the Titans are ahead against the Broncos 14 - 10.

In what must have been a thrilling climax, the Panthers won 16 - 15 against the Knights who scored just one additional point in 40 minutes of play.

... and I'm watching the Warritahs pound the western force 29 - 6 after nearly 55 minutes of game play.

... and the Broncos won emphatically to remain top of the ladder with six wins from seven outings. This screen grab shows easily they scored tries in quick secession.

Final scores 43 - 26

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I have emptied the remainder of my wallet on the Panthers to win by 13.5 points! which I
think they should do, they are making up for a shaky start to the season. Look at their
last two wins, +41 against the Raiders and +32 against the Sea Eagles.

The Warriors beat the Cowboys earlier 22-14, the Cowboys are F'd and remarkably
the Warriors are in #2 spot on the ladder behind the Broncos.

And what about Storm losing yesterday to the Sea Eagles?

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The Auckland Warriors are of to a good start against the Townsville Cowboys at half time leading 10 - 8 with an unconverted try by the Cowboys in the 37th minute. (My monies on Auckland this round)

In about ninety minutes the Panthers and Knights will clash. This season anything is possible (except the Tigers making it into the top eight) so the knights could get up, but I'm playing it safe with a dollar on Penrith.

I agree to a point the Dolphins are starting to swim against the tide. A couple of archair experts at work have said the honeymoon is over and now the morning after hangover has begun.

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...well the Dolphins were looking good up until half time! but then the Rabbitohs played
for real in the second half and held the Dolphins scoreless.

I'm thinking the Dolphins run has come to an end and the Rabbitohs are hitting their
stride now and have found their form.

I have gone with Storm also for tomorrow.

Union

R17 of the United Rugby Championship is up and running again while the Heineken
Champions Cup takes a break.

We are coming to the end of the rounds and will be heading into the finals after
R18. While the race is on to get into and stay in the top 8 for the finals there is also
the competition to get into next years Heineken Champions Cup. This round
sees a good few mismatches, top of the table playing the bottom of the table.

An interesting matchup is the Lions in 11th spot playing Leinster in 1st, its pretty much
evens - 1.9 v 1.91 - thats a great price for Leinster who I cant see losing.....hmmm

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I wonder if say three players were involved in a high tackle and the two from one team who caused their opponent to be eating grass get an orange card and then the video ref about eight minutes later determines one of the two was directly the cause (i.e. they reached out and grabbed the player) while the other player was simply charging and was putting their shoulder out for the collision. The charger comes back on and the thrower gets the red card ??

It could be useful.

In about eleven hours the Dolphins will hopefully stare down the Rabbitohs to climb back up the ladder with five from seven matches. The Rabbitohs have had three good wins, so it's possible they will also be playing hard.

I'm putting a dollar on the Dolphins and tomorrow night I'm leaning towards a Roosters win over the Sharks Inspite the Sharks having good midladder stats. Both should be great games before the Storm plucks the Sea Eagles who never seem to recover after an initial loss the week prior.

aoluain

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News out today is that World Rugby is considering introducing an "Orange Card"

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/arid-41114734.html

Information is a bit sketchy or minimal, my understanding that the idea is that a player
issued with an Orange card leaves the field for an initial 10 minutes while the TMO reviews
the fowl play and has the option to bump the Orange to Red or not!

So does that mean there would be 3 cards...
Yellow - 10 minute sin bin
Orange - 10 minute sin bin while under review
Red - immediate dismissal

?

NRL

Bit of a dilemma for the first game in R7 tomorrow...
While the Rabbitohs are favourites they have had a sketchy start to the season,
can the Dolphins who are 4.2 for a win tomorrow beat the Rabbitohs?

aoluain

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^ That game has just started now.
I would be seriously worried for the Eels if they cannot beat the Tigers. I'm going to
try an in play bet to see if there are better odds on the Eels...

The semi-finals are set for the European Rugby Champions Cup this coming
weekend. 3 of my 4 picks came through the semi's, onlt the DHL Stormers were beaten
by the Exeter Chiefs very convincingly 42-17!

I'll be going with the two home sides again....which would be a replay of last years final!!

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