Online Rugby Union Betting will heat up this weekend as England take on South Africa in the First test in Bloemfontein where you can bet the stadium will be cooking with action. It’s always a mouth watering encounter for rugby union fans when they play the bocks. Their brutal forward play and all round physicality will test England to the full.

From my point of view, it’s very disappointing to hear that Pat Sanderson will be out for this first match. I think he is a flanker in the mould of Peter Winterbottom and Richard Hill - just gets on with the job and is generally not as noticed as other players but is their reliably doing the donkey work.

Again, in the forwards, Nick Easter is one of the exciting prospects for the future. A big and powerful No. 8 forward, he actually reminds me of a South Afican style of forward - but I wouldn’t want to tell him that!

In the backs, they’ve got a lot to prove in defence and attack. There were signs of some organisation being built into the back line in the six nations but this takes time. But there’s no better test than these two in South Africa. The Boks have a young side that is building in confidence.

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