♣ RUGBY BETS AND BETTING ONLINE

Rugby and placing a rugby bet or betting on this sport online is very exciting. Rugby is a much loved sport and is considered "The Gentleman's Game" although by watching the game itself you would never say so!

Rugby has the speed of basketball, all the contact of American football and requires the mental strategy of chess. Rugby is a full contact sport and is a physically demanding  game. Rugby offers huge excitement to the spectator and fan to watch and which demands exceptional performance from the players. Rugby has a huge following around the World, and it is the third most popular sport in the World today!

Betting on rugby is just as exciting. Here are the top sports and most established betting sport books online today, they have been ranked for their reputations both with the book makers and players, ease of play, good odds, bonuses offered and security online.

Top	Sportbook		Bonus	Review	Visit
	Titanbet		£ 25	review
	Bovada Sports		$ 250	review
	Bet365		$ 200	review
	Paddypower		£ 50	review
	Betonline		$ 1000	review
	William Hill		£ 25	review
	Topbet		$ 250	review

 

Rugby Betting and how to Bet online 

Today, Rugby has become one of the most popular sports to place bets on. In countries such as South Africa, the UK, New Zealand, England and Australia it is an extremely popular game and certainly dominates the sports in most of these countries. It is not yet that big in the United States, where other sports such as baseball still tend to dominate. If you are interested in betting on Rugby you will find a wide variety of interesting and different sport bets that can be placed on this exciting game.  

Supremacy:	This is a bet on the number of points one team will beat the other by.
Futures:	A futures is a bet on the outcome of a major tournament.
Season Points:	Individuals that make this bet will be betting on how many points a team will score in a single season.
First Try Scorer:	This is a bet on which person will be the first to score the first try. You can also bet on the team to score the first try as well.
Outright Winner:	The Outright Winner is a bet on which team will win a tournament or game.
Match Betting:	This is one of the most simple and common rugby bets. This is a bet on the outcome of a match. Individuals can choose a team to win or bet that they will tie.
Total Points:	A person making this bet will be wagering on how many final points total, two competing teams will score in a match.
Last Try Scorer:	This is a bet on who will be the last player (or team) to score a try.

Top 10 Major Rugby Events

Because Rugby is played in so many countries, there is the opportunity to bet on plenty of matches, especially in league play. There are major events which attract both avid and casual rugby fans. Listed below are 10 of the Top International Rugby Events;

Rugby World Cup :	This is a tournament organised by the International Rugby board, this tournament is held every four years. The Winners are awarded the "William Web Ellis" Cup. The next World Cup will be held in 2016 in England.
The Aviva Premiership :	This is the English provincial premiership and currently known as the Aviva Premiership due to it's sponsorship.
The Challenge Cup :	This is a competition for rugby clubs and organised by the Rugby football league. Originally it was competed for by British teams alone but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to participate as well.
The Six Nations :	A European based competition of the following National teams ;  England, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy (who were only admitted in 2000) and Ireland.
The Four Nations: (Old Tri-Nations) and now called The Castle Rugby Championship 2012	An annual and fierce competition between four countries of the Southern Hemisphere the countries being South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina joined (as from 2012)
The Heineken Cup :	The Heineken Cup started in 1995 and includes England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
The Super 14 :	This is the biggest Rugby championship of the Southern Hemisphere. It comprises of provincial teams from South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. The fourteen sides will all compete against one another. Each team will play 13 games during the season, the season runs for a total of fourteen weeks.
Rugby 7's:	Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variation of rugby in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15. It also has shorter match times. Rugby Sevens are run by the International Rugby Board (IRB). Rugby Seven's have now been included as a sport in the Olympic Games in 2016 in Rio De Janeiro.
The Currie Cup:	One of the oldest Rugby provincial tournaments played in the World, based in South Africa.
2016 Olympics :	The Olympics which will include Rugby, will be held in Rio De Janeiro in 2016

History of Rugby

The origins of a Rugby type game can be traced to as far back as the Roman Era. The modern version of Rugby dates back to the Mid 19th century England.

The private schools in England played football (soccer) but one school in Warwickshire, played a different form of soccer that allowed for ball handling. This was the "Rugby School" (founded 1567). They had a student, William Web Ellis (the Rugby World Cup trophy is named after him) in 1823 and with a fine disregard for the rules of football, he took the ball in his arms and ran with it, and created the most distinctive feature of  rugby.

In about 1860 private schools in England formed an association and came up with the rules for its football (soccer) games, the other English schools that did not adopt these new rules at the time, their games evolved into Rugby.

In 1871 the English Rugby Union was formed. The Rugby Union remained an amateur association and it wasn’t until 1995 that the International Rugby Union allowed for full professionals in the game and the development of professional Rugby Union leagues. 

In 1987 the first ever World Cup of Rugby was hosted by New Zealand and Australia.

In 1992 tries were increased from four to five points.  Here are some of the best, famous and most popular Rugby Players.

Gareth Edwards from Cardiff, Wales was voted the "Player of the Century" and apparently used to leave the other players standing in his dust !

COUNTRY	POPULAR RUGBY PLAYERS
South Africa	Bryan Habana, Bakkies Botha, Victor Matfield, Percy Montgomery, Fourie du Preez, Jacque Fourie,  Os du Randt and Bismarck du Plessis.
Australia	Matt Giteau, George Gregan, John Eales, George Smith, Stephen Larkam and Chris Latham
Ireland	Brian O'Driscoll
New Zealand	Jonah Lomu, Richie McCaw ,Dan Carter, Joe Rockocoko.
England	Johnny Wilkinson and Martin Johnson
France	Sebastian Chabal, Imanol Harinordiqui, William Servat and Fabian Polouse
Wales	Shane Williams

 * Some of these above mentioned players have since retired.

Hopefully we have managed to capture the most important things and points you need to know about Rugby, it's history and it's players as well as some of the bets and terms that are available to be played through the top sport betting sites above, as well as some other interesting information on this exciting game.

Well what are you waiting for ... fancy placing a bet on your favourite RUGBY team or player ?

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Schalk Burger of SA

 

 

William Webb Ellis the forefather of Rugby

 

Gareth Edwards from Cardiff Wales - voted the Player of the Century.

RUGBY TRIVIA

From 1896 to 1956 the Springboks were unbeaten in a test series - a period of 60 years!

The first British side to go to South Africa consisted of 21 players, They played in 20 games in 60 days and lost just one game.

The Morkel family of Somerset West produced 10 springboks from 1903-1928.