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It just goes to show how close it is in the World Rugby Union rankings, New Zealand
lost 2 of their games in the Autumn Internationals and are bumped to 2nd place by South
Africa who won 2 of 3 but had a poor Championship outing.

There are only 5 points seperating the top 5 teams ATM

https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru

Super Rugby Pacific: Ten unlucky players who missed out on contracts

Paul Cully05:00, Nov 23 2021

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/127059151/super-rugby-pacific-ten-unlucky-players-who-missed-out-on-contracts - Archive [1a] [1b]

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All Blacks' precarious world ranking adds to uneasy summer

Stuff sports reporters07:19, Nov 23 2021

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/127067517/all-blacks-precarious-world-ranking-adds-to-uneasy-summer - Archive [2a] [2b]

. . . And we think everyone wants to watch our games . . .
We were ranked #1 not too long ago, I think going into the last world cup
Ireland had the #1 world ranking but unfortunately when it comes to RWC
time we are the great under-acheivers.

This coming Saturday we will be treated to essentially a 2019 RWC Final
REPLAY - England v South Africa.
As a reminder the final back in 2019 resulted in SA winning 32 to 12. I
realy dont know how this os going to pan out, SA won the Lions tour
series but didnt go too well in the Rugby Championship and England have
a few new players playing in these test games.

Some other games to watch out for are:

Wales v Australia
France v New Zealand

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Results from the final week of the Autumn Internationals:
Italy 17 - 10 Uruguay
Scotland 29 - 20 Japan
England 27 - 26 South Africa
Wales 29 - 28 Australia
France 40 - 25 New Zealand
Ireland 53 - 7 Argentina

Overall it was a good series for the home teams

Italy winning 1 of 3
Scotland winning 3 out of 4
Wales winning 3 out of 4
England winning all 3
Ireland winning all 3

There is one last game to be played next weekend, The Barbarians against Samoa.
France winning all 3

I'm sorry I missed these games.  Of all the above, I think Ireland Vs ?? games are the ones I've seen the least of out of all these teams.

No surprises England beat Australia, they're getting like their League counterparts focusing on one match against one other side (Kiwis) and don't prepare for other teams.

Thanks @Timelord2067, hopefully more people will get involved on the thread.

NRL Womens league starts 27th February and the mens start 10th March, looking forward already.

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Autumn Internationals

Week 3 is kicking off on Saturday with 6 fixtures over the weekend and 3 big matches
which should yeild some cracking Rugby.

Italy v Argentina

Scotland v South Africa - Scotland will be looking to continue their beating of The Wallabies
                                   with the visiting Springbok's, #2 on world rankings.

Ireland v New Zealand - For us taking on The All Blacks is a massive occasion, in the 32 previous
                                 meetings we have only managed 2 wins and 1 draw which was in 1973!
                                 from the first match in 1905 until 2016 they have beaten us.

England v Australia - World ranged 3 and 4 go up against each other, 2 powerhouses of the game,
                             should make for great viewing

France v Georgia - Its welcome to see Georgia getting a game, they are the top team in tier 2 of
                          the sport, France should win handily here.

Wales v Fiji

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Results from yesterdays games:

Argentina beat Italy, no surprise there

South Africa beat Scotland 30 - 15

Ireland against the odds beat New Zealand 29 - 20 - great match, Ireland didnt allow
New Zealand to impose their game. Another historic win by Ireland because its only
the 3rd time.

England did the job against Australia 32 - 15. Far too many errors by Australia, they had
their chances but couldnt finish and too many handling errors.

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France won against Georgia 41 - 15 which really was to be expected. Eventhough
Georgia would be the top team in Tier 2 of Rugby Union there is still a huge gap
in talent to Tier 1.

Wales were run very close by Fiji, the scoreboard I believe doesnt reflect how close
the match was but wales are now on winning ways with 1 from 3. final score 38 - 23

Round 1 blockbusters await in 2022

The Panthers and Sea Eagles kick off an action-packed round 1 of the 2022 NRL Telstra Premiership

https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/11/09/round-1-blockbusters-await-in-2022/ (Video)

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An unreal year for Women's rugby league awaits

The NRL has today unveiled a huge women's rugby league calendar for the 2022 season

https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/11/09/an-unreal-year-for-womens-rugby-league-awaits/ (Video)

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My thanks to @aoluain for keeping the thread going while it is uncertain how long I am unable to post for.

Kudos.

Its been a while since this thread was updated abd @Timelord2067
will have limited visits to the forum in the short term I will make a
post once a week and update it for the week as best as I can.

To follow on from the last post in relation to The Autumn Internationals
week 2 was this weekend and a lot of matches happening.
Here are the results from the weekend, some predictable and some
not so much.

Ireland 60 - 5 Japan
Italy 9 - 47 New Zealand
England 69 - 3 Tonga
Wales 18 - 23 South Africa
France 29 - 20 Argentina
Scotland 15 - 13 Australia

I watched the Wales v South Africa match and Wales were s unlucky
to get beaten by South Africa. Wales were looking good for the win
but the last 10 minutes is where the damage was done by SA.

Argentina who have a decent record against France came within 9
points of them and Scotland overcame Australia who were really
on form coming into these games, well done to Scotland.

These are the only games this weekend in the autumn international series,
USA were supposed to play Ireland at home but that is cancelled.


ATM on Sportsbet this is the only series I can bet on, there are no United Championship
games this weekend and the french Top14 league is closed for betting. I'm not
following the NZ league so not willing to risk my Satoshi's there.

I hope your picks work out.

I can't place any bets on those games as they're not showing up on my betting site.

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I'm also not doing that great in my picks for the New Zealand regional teams either:


Hopefully the rest of the week-ends games turn out just a little bit better than these results have been (otherwise, it's back to the Tennis 

Coming up this weekend is the start of "The Autumn Internationals" > https://www.autumn-internationals.co.uk/2021/

Its a series of games between the Northern Hemishere and the Southern Hemisphere
with Georgia classed also as an away team.

While Sportsbet dont have the United Championship listed for this coming weekend they
do have some fixtures listed for the autumn International series.

30/10/201

Scotland	v	Tonga
Wales	v	New Zealand

Kia Kaha, @Davidvictorson

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In Rugby Union 29th Oct - 1st Nov, I'm going for the following pics mainly based on their wins last weekend (I haven't gone down the list of every game, just a few)

• Tasman @ 1.43 - Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC - Possible Payout: 0.07 mBTC
• Bay of Plenty @ 1.48 - Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC - Possible Payout: 0.07 mBTC
• Hawke's Bay @ 1.16 - Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC - Possible Payout: 0.06 mBTC
• Leicester Tigers @ 1.60 - Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC - Possible Payout: 0.08 mBTC
• Southland @ 1.69 - Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC - Possible Payout: 0.08 mBTC
• Saracens @ 1.60 - Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC - Possible Payout: 0.08 mBTC

I might have another look at the Top 14 and Premiership Rugby before the end of the week.

Although I don't know Sean Wainui but because he was hearty and loved rugby and being a proud Maori boy I can’t help but weep for this young man who had so much to live for and gave so much joy to those who knew him or watched him play. So sad to see such great people leave this world so early, you’ll always be remembered. RIP Sean Wainui

Ah thats sad - R.I.P Sean Wainui

Both of my picks didn't win.  The Bay of Plenty - Northland game was cancelled due to a player death:

NPC match between Bay of Plenty and Northland postponed after Sean Wainui's death

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/126757938/npc-match-between-bay-of-plenty-and-northland-postponed-after-sean-wainuis-death

Stuff sports reporters15:39, Oct 22 2021

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whānau - Māori word meaning family.

That match is scheduled for later on this evening, local time 21:05! La Rochelle
are heavy favourites at 1.07.

The Racing Metro 92 - Montpellier match was not how I thought it was going to go,
Racing were 3 on the Top14 table with Montpellier down in  9th or 10th.

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In the United Championship there were 2 big upsets yesterday as far as im concerned,
Connacht beat Ulster 36-11 and The Ospreys beat Munster 18-10. Thats 2 of the top 4 on
the table beaten by teams way lower down the table.

If I had been able to bet on those games yesterday I would have lost big time.

Really happy for Connacht, scoring 5 tries with 5 conversions, on their day
they are capable of beating any team in this comp. but its the consistency which is poor.

Racing Metro 92 - Montpellier ended up being a one sided affair with Montpellier beating Racing Metro 92 with a score of 32 - 21.

Has the La Rochelle - Toulon game been played yet?  I can't find any results for that match online.  (I do know that the Bay of Plenty - Northland game starts in another couple of hours).

Still cant see any United Rugby matches listed, I have two bets on the French Top14,
actually the only 2 I can put pets on ATM, Racing92 and Toulouse.

And from the screenshot below I cant bet on The NZ v USA match.

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Half Time in the Racing92 - Montpellier match and Montpellier are ahead 14 - 26
and Racing92 are 3.50 to win, definitely worth a bet on Racing2.

I couldn't find prices for Australia Vs Japan at all, but I have found New Zealand Vs USA (101:1 for the USA to win, so I've put 0.02 mBTC on them to win - you never know   )


BOP and the other matches haven't been played as yet, so I'll keep you posted when I hear how they went.

Toulouse is paying 1.08 and La Rochelle 1.07 (I'll put money on Toulon) so just the two bets:

• Racing Metro 92 @ 1.28 - Taken Amount: 0.05 mBTC - Possible Payout: 0.06 mBTC
• Toulon @ 7.56 - Taken Amount: 0.02 mBTC - Possible Payout: 0.15 mBTC

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Season 2022 Rugby League: Wins X Loss: X || Rugby Union: Wins X Loss: X || Tennis: W: X L: X || Football: W: X L: X
Since 2021-10-19 Total Wins: 3 Total losses: X Cancelled X|| Rugby League: Wins X Loss: X || Rugby Union: Wins 3 Loss: X || Tennis: W: X L: X || Football: W: X L: X

I was too slow putting a bet on Australia, The game was over before I could
bet, I didnt keep pay attention to the date and time. Anyway they won but
probably not as comfortably as many thought. 32 - 23

Japan are a decent side.

In te United Championship I see [or dont see] Sportsbet have not listed the
games for this round?

In the notable game for me of this weekend, Glasgow Warriors v Leinster, Well
what I thought was going to be a real close match didnt materialise, it was
double scores 15 - 31 to leinster.

I'm the first to concede it must be hard for sports betting sites to have to update daily for some fixtures (especially during finals).

Tennis is another one as you don't know who the winner is going to  face off against in the next round until a separate game is played.

Rugby Union

Japan and Australia face off this weekend. I haven't had a chance to see what the odds are for that game yet.