Six Nations Rugby Union Betting 2009

The RBS Rugby Union Six Nations Championship is rapidly looming and the fixtures for the competing nations, Wales, France, England, Ireland, Scotland and Italy have already been set with England meeting Italy on February 7 to get the competition under way and Wales commencing the defence of their crown on February 14 in their match against Scotland. Each team plays the other just once with the aim of winning all their fixtures and the Grand Slam title that is given to the team achieving this daunting task. If no team wins all their matches, the side with the highest number of points takes the trophy while the one with the least points is given the dreaded Wooden Spoon.

Six Nations Rugby Union Bets

Rugby Union Betting fans will find a wide range of betting opportunities on offer on online betting sites. These days bookies provide much more than a win bet on matches and give odds on all manner of things such as First scoring play

And much more. By the way, one of the most exciting innovations is live betting where you can come into a match at any point and place your bets thus keeping the game alive to the very end. You can also get into the bigger picture and predict the top three finishers and other table related bets. Things change so quickly that it’s worth checking out all the latest betting innovations as well as looking into the many free bets on offer for new customers. They can be very generous and are listed on sites which will help you find the best deals and the best place for your needs.

Six Nations Rugby Union Betting 2009 Trophies

Rugby Union betting fans are already scrutinising the odds on offer from online betting sites which, this year are remarkably close. England, Wales, France and Ireland are all regarded as potential winning contenders with odds fluctuating either side of 3/1 for all four teams. England still have to settle down under new manager, Martin Johnson and will be looking to improve on their worryingly poor performance in the Autumn Internationals. France have also been somewhat inconsistent lately and also did pretty poorly in the Autumn trials. Ireland have played quite well down-under this summer and, although they lost to superior Southern hemisphere sides, they put on a good show in the process. Wales, too, have shown their strengths over the past few months and also have an excellent coach in Warren Gatland. They would seem to be marginal favourites to take the most points and to hold onto their title but it would be a brave forecaster who felt that any one of the teams will take the Grand Slam this year.

As well as the Six Nations Crown there is the Triple Crown given to the home nation that beats all of the other three, the Calcutta Cup, awarded to the winner of the England v. Scotland encounter, the Millennium Trophy for the England v. Ireland victor and the Guiseppe Garibaldi Trophy is given to the top team in the France v. Italy match.