[quote=“The Tipping King, post: 826708, member: 681”]Good to see so many members out in force embracing the season of punting ahead. to one and all.
I’ll start off with a few season long bets, these will be counted in final p&l but I won’t count them until they are settled. They will be segregated from the week to week match bets.
Ante Post Bet 1 & 2
Luke Marshall to be top tryscorer in the Rabo Direct Pro 12. 150/1. 0.5 point e/w (1/4 1,2,3,4,5)
Luke Marshall to be top tryscorer for Ulster in the Rabo Direct Pro 12. 25/1. 1 point e/w (1/4 1,2,3)
Paddy Power look to have ricked this one. Luke Marshall is a really promising player, 22 years of age, one of the most promising schools players and already an Irish international. He’ll start most of Ulster’s matches in this league. Ulster are one of the top few sides in this league, will score plenty of tries and will be involved at the business end of things. It will be a big season for Marshall, he’s only scored 2 competitive tries previously but he is progressing well and should find plenty more opportunities to score tries this term. PP going 5 places is insaneo_O To put a bit of context on it, Ladbrokes are 66/1 with 3 places. He will be one of the main men for Ulster, along with Trimble and Cave. They are three players I see involved in most matches barring injury. The likes of Gilroy, Bowe Payne etc will be rotated quite a bit one would imagine and Marshall should never be the 25/1 to be top team tryscorer either. Two bets where you don’t have to part with big money but could potentially have a juicy payout.
Ante Post Bet 3
Greig Laidlaw top pointscorer Rabo Direct Pro 12. 1 point 22/1 BetVictor
I think Edinburgh will have a decent season, they’ve recruited well adding to their pack and with backs like Visser they possess some attacking flair. Solomons has taken over managerial duties from the Super15 and he is a good tactition. The kicking game will be massive for them and if Laidlaw can bag a few tries also then there is no reason why he can’t amass enough regular season points to trouble the favourites like Biggar and Keatley. 22/1 is a win only price, if you want e/w Bet 365 are 16/1 1/5 1,2,3.
Ante Post Bet 4
Jonny May top tryscorer Aviva Premiership. 1 point e/w 20/1 (1/4 1,2,3,4,5) Ladbrokes
Another bright prospect who plays for Gloucester. He has speed to burn, and has a solid tryscoring record already for such a young man. If Gloucester are to do anything this season (I could see them finish top 4) then he’ll be central to that. He’s guaranteed to bag tries throughout the season and I can’t see him out of the 5. Again he’ll be playing in most games and the league is paramount for Gloucester. 20/1 far too big.
Ante Post Bet 5
Worcester to finish bottom of Aviva Premiership. 1 point 5/1 Ladbrokes
Another price that looks out. Worcester are woeful, it’s between them and promoted Newcastle for bottom spot, Sale will get the ship back on course this year and London Irish won’t be involved in a scrap for the bottom. Basically it’s a match bet at 5/1, you do the math! They’ve lost their best player to Wasps in Andy Goode and I can see them taking a few hammerings in this league. Hopefully Newcastle can do themselves justice and finish above them.
So 5 bets, all at decent prices, hopefully next May I’ll be updating a healthy p&l here. In terms of this weekends action, I’m waiting to see teams for Munster v Edinburgh and how the weather works out in Newport and Glasgow.[/quote]
[quote=“The Tipping King, post: 843203, member: 681”]
Ante Post Bet 6
Saracens to win Heineken Cup 2.5 points e/w 9/1.
Ante Post 7
Saracens to win Pool 3, Ulster to win pool 5, Munster to win pool 6. 2 point trixie (total cost 8 points) priced at 1/1, 5/4 and 5/6 with Betfair Sportsbook.
All standout prices, they’ll all win their groups with a bit to spare. Charge.[/quote]
These are the antepost club rugby bets and they’re going nicely. Luke Marshall is 3 tries behind top tryscorer in the Rabo, and just one behind in the race to be Ulster’s top tryscorer, he could win both yet and I’d be confident in landing e/w parts at 150/1 and 25/1.
Jonny May is 3 behind in the Aviva premiership and is joint 3rd at the minute, the e/w there at 20/1 should be certain and if Strettle hadn’t scored 4 tries in one afternoon Id be more confident of us landing the absolute scoop. These bets are going very well at big prices.
Laidlaw has no chance so that’s gone down the drain.
Worcester are detached at the bottom by 11 points, the 5/1 we took is now about a 1/20 shot.
Saracens will do very well to beat Ulster and I hope they don’t, that outright bet is in the balance but I’m hoping it goes south.
And finally we got two out of three in the group trixie meaning a small profit on the outlay. Overall we’re looking very healthy in the season bets.