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Here are my 4 picks for round 2 of the NRL.
I just popped into the NRL website and discovered that Storm are playing the Rabbitohs NOW.

4-0 with 16 minutes gone

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Parlay anyone?

Ireland - Scotland Money Line Scotland @ 5.97 France - England Money Line England @ 3.34 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 1.20 mBTC

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Round One:

4 from 8.


Round Two:

Melbourne Storm - South Sydney Rabbitohs   Money Line   Melbourne Storm @ 1.28   Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.08 mBTC
St George/Illawarra Dragons - Penrith Panthers   Money Line   Penrith Panthers @ 1.28   Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.08 mBTC
Sydney Roosters - Manly Sea Eagles      Money Line   Sydney Roosters @ 1.72   Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.10 mBTC - (battle for last place)
Gold Coast Titans - New Zealand Warriors   Money Line   Gold Coast Titans @ 1.42   Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.09 mBTC
Cronulla Sharks - Parramatta Eels      Money Line   Parramatta Eels @ 1.66      Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.10 mBTC
North Queensland Cowboys - Canberra Raiders   Money Line   Canberra Raiders @ 1.72   Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.10 mBTC
Newcastle Knights - Wests Tigers      Money Line   Newcastle Knights @ 1.42   Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.09 mBTC
Canterbury Bulldogs - Brisbane Broncos      Money Line   Brisbane Broncos @ 1.88   Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.11 mBTC - Might be a tough game!

Rugby League Australia

I'm not too well up on the NRL, last year being my first year actively following Rugby
League ^{in Australia}

I did a bit of research looking to see how last years finalists performed over the
previous couple of years and it seems to be predominantly Melbourne Storm and
Sydney Roosters who have since 2017 been finalists ^{Top 8} followed by
Cronulla Sharks, Parramatta Eels, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Penrith Panthers each
missing out on one season since 2017

https://www.zerotackle.com/rugby-league/2021-nrl-ladder

After working out my wagers on the first week if the NRL between Nitrogensports and
Sportsbet I am up....surprisingly.

Nitrogen Sports:

Manly Sea Eagles   @   1.69   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC

Penrith Panthers   @ 2.04   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC - 0.12mBTC

South Sydney Rabbitohs   @  1.29   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC    

Melbourne Storm   @  1.21   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC   -:0.07 mBTC

Parramatta Eels   @1.31   Bet amount: 0.06mBTC   - 0.08mBTC

Sportsbet:

Panthers @ 2.02  Bet amount 0.02mBTC - 0.0404mBTC

Rabbitohs @ 1.29 Bet amount 0.02mBTC

Rabbitohs @ 1.49 Bet amount 0.01mBTC

Eels @ 1.36 Bet amount 0.02mBTC - 0.0264mBTC

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From this week I'll try and track my wagers to see if I'm actually up or down.

Sportsbet - Six Nations

France @ 1.25 Bet amount 0.01mBTC - 0.0125mBTC

Scotland @ 1.06 Bet amount 0.1mBTC - 0.106mBTC

Ireland @ 1.70 Bet amount 0.02mBTC - 0.034mBTC

Rugby Union.

If Italy hadn't graciously been a part of the Sixes to enable the other teams to have a warm up game during the competition, then it would have to be called the "fives". 

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Five things we learnt from Reds-Fijian Drua - Sat, 12/03/2022, 9:26 pm - Jim Tucker



https://www.rugby.com.au/news/five-things-we-learnt-from-reds-fijian-drua-2022312


Rugby League Australia.

After one week of game play, our top eight are (in no particular order) Panthers, Knights, Dragons, Storm, Broncos, Raiders, Eels and Bull Dogs.



My wagers during the next couple of weeks are going to be for these teams, however, the Titans kept up with the Eels for the entire 80 minutes in their 32 - 28 loss, so I don't discount the Titans while the Cowboys managed to keep the Bull Dogs pointless loosing 6 - 4 after 80 minutes.  Any one of those three, Titans, Cowboys or Bull Dogs can move into that eighth spot over the next few weeks.  It'll be interesting to see whether or not the Broncos can continue winning.

Going forward, my top six to watch are Panthers, Knights, Dragons, Storm, Raiders and Eels. with the next four being Bull Dogs, Broncos, Titans and Cowboys.

Bottom rung are Sharks, Rabbiohs, West's' Tigers, Warriors, Roosters and Sea Eagles (who are going to have to reverse their poor showing in their first game of the season).

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Re: The Parramatta Eels, well we did right in betting them, I woke up to the scoreline
Eels 32 - 28 Titans = nice one!

I was following the Wests Tigers v Storm live score yesterday while out and
about and I was worried about our bets at the break, I think it was 11-4 at half time.

I have seen a few reports about that "Cannonball tackle" to one of the West Tigers players,
obviously its an illegal tackle? it doesnt look safe to me.

 https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/leilua-felled-by-cannonball-tackle-20220313-p5a48s.html


Thats how my results look after round 1 ^{with Nitrogensports}
I must compile the few bets I did on Sportsbet too to see if I'm up......

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What a game between England and Ireland, the final score kind of flatters Ireland
a bit. England lost #5 Charlie Ewels with a red card in the first few minutes resulting
in a penalty kick followed by a quick try and missed conversion so Ireland up 0-8
in the first 6/7 minutes or so.

There was a lot of handling errors which resulted in a good few scrums, the winger
Jack Knowles had to fill the void in the second row of the English scrum and boy did that
scrum function well, England got a lot off the scrum, they were able to bring the score to
9-15 at half time.

Ireland didnt perform as well as expected with the extra man and England were running
on full energy to counter being down a man and bring the scoreboard to 15 - 15 in the second half.

.....until the 65th / 70th minute where Ireland were awarded a penalty and went ahead
15 - 18 and brought on some replacenents and scored another try and conversion.

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Scotland didnt have it all their own way in Italy but at the end were eating Haggis Pizza!!!

They would be dissapointed with the scoreboard but Italy I'm would take big positives
from their performance.



The weekend RU bets gives me 3 wins, I'll update the post with the wagers later.

Rugby Union.

So far this week-end The Crusdaers went down to the Chiefs while Fiji lost out to the Reds (but the scores were reasonable)

IN the Super W, Fiji beat the Women's Reds side.  (The Pacific Women's teams always seem to do well!)

Both Ireland and Scotland won their Six Nation's Games - Haggis Pizzas!

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I must have been half asleep when I put those wagers on.  If the Storm crashes over the Wests' Tigers, then I'll be three from six in the first round of betting (and not quite broke even).

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Not sure how I missed these two:

Parramatta Eels - Gold Coast Titans Money Line Parramatta Eels @ 1.30 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.08 mBTC  -  (Starts in a little over six hours times)
North Queensland Cowboys - Canterbury Bulldogs Money Line North Queensland Cowboys @ 1.70 Taken Amount: 0.06 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.10 mBTC   -  (Starts in about eight and a half hours times)

(with the money being bet on the Cowboys earlier people are expecting great things from them, but I'll go for the Eels this round.

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Penrith Panthers - Manly Sea Eagles   Manly Sea Eagles   Money Line   1.69   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout:0.10mBTC

I have a 4th bet on for this weeks round

Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans - Parramatta Eels   Money Line: 1.31   Bet amount: 0.06mBTC   Possible Payout: 0.08mBTC

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I was late home yesterday and didnt catch the first half of Wales v France and
the second half was not a great spectacle, 1 score early in play and the remaining
33 minutes resulted in A LOT of broken play and handling errors. Wales came
close a few times to scoring over the line with one opportunity being
held up, in fairness the French defense was good, maybe a bit lucky at times that
Wales attacking didnt fire 100%.

France certainly didnt have it their own way and seemed to me to try a desperation
drop goal attempt inside the last 10 minutes which went wide.

I had a feeling that might happen - all three Queensland teams seem to have spent the off season doing some soul searching.  I'm not saying they wil make the finals, (not yet) but it might be worth rethinking who they face over the next couple of weeks (then again they came out strong last season then tanked, so who knows?)


The Canberra Raiders also won their match, so I'm ahead on the three games played already.  I'm expecting a strong showing from the Raiders this year.


All three are strong teams, so it's possible.  France have won their match, so a first leg has come through.

Re: England v Ireland - its going to be close for sure. Ireland travel to
Twickenham which is always a difficult place to play for visitors. England
have a very fast off the line game play and will look to disrupt Irelands
set pieces but Ireland it is reconed has more attacking power and options.

I'm going for France, Ireland and Scotland but not on parlay.

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Brisbane Broncos beat South Sydney Rabbitohs 11-4

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-11/nrl-brisbane-beats-south-sydney-canberra-defeats-sharks/100891016

Thats dissapointing for every backing the Rabbitohs.

I had google's live score pinned to my home screen while I was working and The
Broncos were first to score and led right to the end.

I've got a parlay on England, Scotland and Wales for this round paying over 9:1 (Nitrogen's in maintenance at the moment).

I would have been very surprised had the Panthers NOT won against the Sea Eagles last night.  The highlights looked like it was very one sided with Sea Eagles' players just strolling behind the Panther's players not even trying to make a play for the ball.

^
Bit of an understatement to say they "didnt get it right".


Not this time though, not even close. Luckily I put a bet on The Panthers shortly
after my post this morning so I'm up! 0.06mBTC @ 2.04, I also put a 0.02mBTC
@2.02 on with Sportsbet. I wonder how The Sea Eagles were favourites for
this game?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-10/nrl-penrith-panthers-manly-sea-eagles-live-scores/100890772

From that article it gives a lot of praise to The Panthers, using words like "Ominous"
and this quote:

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Round 4 ^{of 5} in the Six Nations Championship kicks off
tomorrow with Wales v France.



This is another big game, France with Silverware in their sights and sitting
in 1st position still look favourites to me to take the title. Wales however will
be looking for a desperately needed win. They will have 2 key players back and
starting Josh Navidi and Seb Davies but I cannot see them getting past France
tomorrow unfortunately.

Odds: Wales 4.30 - 1.23 France

Sometimes mistake bets pay off.  (Won't be long till we find out)

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New Zealand Rugby apologises for ignorant IWD tribute: 'We didn't get it right'

https://uk.yahoo.com/style/new-zealand-rugby-international-womens-day-171859312.html

Hannah Millington·Yahoo Life UK Reporter - Thu, 10 March 2022, 4:18 am

Well I dont understand the point spread betting system, I prefer to bet on
the favourites but on Nitrogensports I notice I have bet on the Sea Eagles
by mistake, I know how it happened I thought The Panthers were
favourites which they are not, they are 2.05 ATM. F it I'm peed off with
not double checking.

No worries!

The remaining couple of games only have point spread options for placing wagers - at this early stage of the season I'm not prepared to speculate how teams will go (and besides, a team could win, but fall short of the spread so you loose when they win!)

Nice one Timelord, thanks for that intro!

At this stage its going to be difficult to bet against last seasons top teams
who were the previous seasons top teams also according to the 2020 ladder.



It also looks like the Gold Coast Titans have been consistent through
the 2 seasons mid table/ladder.

So I'm going to start as I mean to go on and do 3 bets and on 3 of my favourites
from last year...

At the start of the 2022 season, the Storm, Panthers, Roosters and Sea Eagles round out the top four for betting odds for the season on a local betting platform with the Rabbitohs, Eels, Sharks and Titans filling the remaining top eight spots.  As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the three Queensland teams (NQ Cowboys, Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Titans) are looking to rebuild after last years poor showing.  Of the three I would have expected more money being poured into the Broncos, but the punters are expecting big things from the Titans.



Compare at the end of round 25 last year where the team rankings were Storm, Panthers, Rabbitohs, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Eels, Knights and Titans.

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I've got six wagers placed for the opening round of the 2022 NRL season:

Wests Tigers - Melbourne Storm      Melbourne Storm      Money Line   1.21   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout:0.07 mBTC
New Zealand Warriors - St George/Illawarra Dragons   New Zealand Warriors   Money Line   1.88   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout:0.11 mBTC   
Sydney Roosters - Newcastle Knights   Sydney Roosters   Money Line   1.25   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout:0.08 mBTC   
Brisbane Broncos - South Sydney Rabbitohs   South Sydney Rabbitohs   Money Line   1.29   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout:0.08 mBTC   
Canberra Raiders - Cronulla Sharks   Canberra Raiders   Money Line   1.88   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout:0.11 mBTC
Penrith Panthers - Manly Sea Eagles   Penrith Panthers   Money Line   1.58   Bet amount:0.06 mBTC   Possible Payout:0.09 mBTC

I'm also expecting the Canberra Raiders to do better this year as their team has now been together for a while and does not appear to be allowing external distractions to hamper their preparations.

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16 teams. 25 rounds. 1 dream.

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https://www.nrl.com/news/2022/03/09/16-teams.-25-rounds.-1-dream/

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The last game of the weekend was Ospreys v Zebre which was a very close game.
Scoring wise Ospreys scored 3 tries to 1 for Zebra while Zebre kicked 5 penalties
to 2 for Ospreys, it finished up:

Ospreys 27 - 22 Zebre

Here are the table standings after round 13:

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This week sees the start of the NRL proper as in round 1 of 25, so lets wait for
Timelord's introduction!

Yesterdays set of games in the URC saw what looks to mismatched teams with
big scores for one side and very few scores for the other, a big imbalance. The big
surprise for me was firstly the win over Glasgow by Scarlets and second the
final score, well done to them

Benneton 17 - 61 Leinster

Scarlets 35 - 10 Glasgow Warriors

Muster 64 - 3 Dragons

These are busy times for Rugby globally.

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In the URC here Round 13 kicked off tonight with 2 thrashing scores

Ulster 48 - 12 Cardiff

Edinburgh 56 - 8 Connacht

The top 6 spots in the URC will qualify those teams into next years Champions Cup
and with the URC just over half way places 6 to 11 are very close points wise.

And another break this weekend with the Six Nations.