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Rugby Union Betting Markets
Bookmakers offer markets on domestic competitions like the Aviva Premiership (English Clubs), Rabodirect Pro 12 (Welsh, Irish, Scottish and Italian), French Top 14 and the Heineken Cup (top club from Europe, Britain and Ireland). The South African Currie Cup, New Zealand ITM Cup (both inter provincial) and the Super Rugby Tournament (now Super 15) are popular with punters around the world.
International Markets that are most popular in the UK are the Six Nations, the Autumn Tours, Tri-Nations (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) and of course the Rugby World Cup as the pinnacle of the game.
Types Of Rugby Bets
Punters cab bet on the outright markets associated with each major Rugby Union tournament. This will typically include the Grand Final winner, possible final matchups and Man of the Match odds.
Most bookies offer a wide variety of match betting odds, starting with outright match odds (win or draw). Some of the most popular markets for rugby betting is handicap betting at full and half time. The winning margin is also popular as well as double chance markets combining the half and full time scoring margins.
Some bookies also run markets for the first score of the game (i.e. try, penalty or drop goal), first try scorer, and most points scored in the match.
Most bookmakers will have futures odds posted on tournaments like the next Rugby World Cup, Six Nations and Tri-Nations.
Live In-play Rugby Betting
Live in-play betting on rugby Union matches has become increasingly popular. Bookmakers have easy to use software with nifty features that allow you to enjoy real-time betting on the game as you're watching. The most popular live betting options include the score margin, over / under, next scoring play and next yellow card. Some bookies also pop up interesting proposition bets like hat tricks, over and under bets for specific players.
We feature a few outright betting markets as well as the latest odds for up and coming matches in our odds selector to the right of this page. Click on the bookmaker logos to see their odds and place a bet. You can also visit our detailed competition pages, listed on the right.
Major Rugby Union tournaments run pretty much all year round and Rugby Union betting popularity has grown dramatically over the last few years with most bookmakers now operating markets on domestic and international competitions.
