RUGBY WORLD CUP BETTING

RUGBY WORLD CUP BETTING – THE BASICS

The 2007 Rugby World Cup will be held in France, with the first match taking place on September 7 involving the home team and Argentina’s “Pumas”. Over a month of Rugby will culminate in the final, which will be held in St Denis on October 20.

The Tournament consists of 20 teams which are broken into 4 groups. Each team plays each other team in their group once, with the winner and runner up of each group (on points) going into the quarter-final knock out stage of the tournament.

RUGBY WORLD CUP BETTING – BET TYPES

Traditionally, sports betting on the Rugby World Cup doesn’t really become interesting until the first qualifying final as teams more closely ranked played each other. Although the Winner book is the most popular form of betting, many other options are taken on by Centrebet clients. This includes First Half and Second Half Handicap, First Stoppage in Play, First Try Scorer, Winning Margin and numerous Player Match-Ups.

The highlight of the Rugby World Cup in 2003 was the final played between England and Australia. After eighty minutes of play in pouring rain the scores remained level. In the last 3 minutes of overtime, it looked like the game would go into sudden death extra time. However with only minutes left, Jonny Wilkinson put a field goal between the posts from 40 metres out, winning the game for England. Both camps were in agreement that the game was possibly the best game of rugby ever seen and that the English team truly deserved their win.

RUGBY WORLD CUP BETTING – RUGBY WORLD CUP FIXTURES

Group Stage:
07 Sep	France V Argentina
08 Sep	New Zealand V Italy	England V USA
	Australia V Japan
09 Sep	Wales V Canada	Scotland V Repechage 1
	South Africa V Samoa	Ireland V Namibia
11 Sep	Argentina V Georgia
12 Sep	USA V Tonga	Italy V Romania
	Japan V Fiji
14 Sep	England V South Africa
15 Sep	New Zealand V Repechage 1	Ireland V Georgia
	Wales V Australia
16 Sep	Fiji V Canada	France V Namibia
	Samoa V Tonga
18 Sep	Scotland V Romania
19 Sep	Italy V Repechage 1
20 Sep	Wales V Japan
21 Sep	France V Ireland
22 Sep	South Africa V Tonga	Argentina V Namibia
	England V Samoa
23 Sep	Australia V Fiji	Scotland V New Zealand
25 Sep	Canada V Japan	Romania V Repechage 1
26 Sep	Georgia V Namibia	Samoa V USA
28 Sep	England V Tonga
29 Sep	New Zealand V Romania	Wales V Fiji
	Australia V Canada	Scotland V Italy
30 Sep	France V Georgia	South Africa V USA
	Ireland V Argentina
Quarter Finals:
06 Oct	Winner Pool B V Runner Up Pool A
	Winner Pool C V Runner Up Pool D
07 Oct	Winner Pool A V Runner Up Pool B
	Winner Pool D V Runner Up Pool C
Semi Finals:
13 Oct	Winner Qaurter Final 1 V Winner Qaurter Final 2
14 Oct	Winner Quarter Final 3 V Winner Quarter Final 4
3rd Place Play-Off:
19 Oct	Loser Semi Final 1/2 V Loser Semi Final 3/4
Final:
20 Oct	Winner Semi Final 1/2 V Winner Semi Final 3/4

RUGBY WORLD CUP BETTING - WORLD CUP WINNERS

Year:	Winner:	Runner Up:	Host:
2003	England	Australia	Australia
1999	Australia	France	Great Britain/France
1995	South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa
1991	Australia	England	Great Britain
1987	New Zealand	France	Australia

RUGBY WORLD CUP BETTING – PART OF A BIGGER RANGE

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Last modified 13 March 2007