The Saracens will be staging a Boxing Day extravaganza, when they clash with the Wasps at Wembley Stadium. In the most hyped match of the 2010/11 Aviva Championship’s Round 11, the two London sides battle both for points and for the bragging rights in the capital. Apart from the actual game, the spectators will be [...]
South Africa‘s hopes of getting their Tri-Nations bid back on track (10/1 To Win Outright with bet365) have been hit by the news that wing Jean de Villiers has been banned for two weeks following a dangerous tackle in the side’s defeat to New Zealand on Saturday. The reigning world champions have made a poor [...]
Exeter Chiefs (250/1 to win Premiership title with bet365) have bolstered their front row ahead of their first campaign in the Aviva Premiership by completing the signing of Ignacio Elosu.
The Argentinian prop arrives at Sandy Park from Italian champions Viadana and is set to compete with the likes of Hoani Tui, Brett Sturgess and Ben Moon for a starting spot.
South Africa have made only two changes to their side ahead of their second Tri-Nations match against New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday (South Africa 9/4 to win Tri Nations).
The Springboks went down 32-12 in the opening match of the competition and were outplayed throughout with the All Blacks running in four tries while all South Africa?s points came from the boot of fly half Morne Steyn.
South Africa’s chances of retaining their Tri-Nations crown have taken a major blow after lock Bakkies Botha was banned for the rest of the tournament for a head butt (South Africa 9/4 to win the Tri Nations).
The incident took place thirteen minutes into the opening match between the Springboks and New Zealand, and video footage showed Botha diving onto All Blacks scrum half Jimmy Cowan and butting the back of his head.
South Africa captain John Smit has admitted he was upset by the nature of the Springboks’ 32-12 Tri-Nations defeat to New Zealand (1.55 to win the tournament with Betfair) at Eden Park.
The All Blacks are now the odds on favourites to win the Tri-Nations after their convincing victory over the World Champions in the opening game of the tournament.
Leeds Carnegie (150/1 to be Guinness Premiership Regular Season Winners with bet365) have announced that have signed scrum-half Warren Fury from London Wasps ahead of the new season.
The 24-year-old has become their eleventh new signing of this summer as they prepare for their forthcoming Guinness Premiership season.
New Zealand (6/5 to win the Tri Nations) head coach Graeme Henry has selected Ma’a Nonu for his side’s Tri Nations series opener against South Africa on Saturday.
The All Blacks will play the Springboks on June 10 in Auckland and the following weekend on June 17 in Wellington.
Nonu returns to the side to add more experience to the centre position, however the hard runner has only played 70 minutes of rugby since recovering from a knee injury.
New Zealand head coach Graeme Henry has come out and backed Joe Rokocoko ahead of the Tri Nations series (New Zealand 5/4 to win the Tri Nations).
There were calls for Hosea Gear and Zac Guildford to be included in the squad after impressing for the New Zealand Maoris but Henry has defended his decision to include Rokocoko who played in the impressive wins over Wales and Ireland for the All Blacks.
Graham Henry has recalled four players for New Zealand, including Liam Messam, ahead of the Tri Nations series (New Zealand 6/5 to win the Tri Nations with bwin).
Messam has impressed the All Blacks coaches after featuring for the New Zealand Maoris in their victories against Ireland and England.
John Afoa, Corey Flynn and Ma’a Nonu have also been brought into the side to face South Africa and Australia.
England team manager Martin Johnson has elected to make two changes for Saturday’s second Test against Australia although he has again left Jonny Wilkinson on the bench (Australia 1.38 – Half-Time/Full-Time with Betfair).
Johnson, who won the World Cup with England in 2003, has drafted scrum-half Ben Youngs and Northampton lock Courtney Lawes into his XV.
The racing Levy for the next financial year is expected to yield £72.4million, with fixtures down by 30 to 1,450 for 2012. A deal was finally agreed just before the midnight deadline to prevent the 51st levy scheme being handed over to government secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to determine. The three largest bookmakers – [...]
Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury. The nine-year-old won the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February for the second successive year and was sent off as one of the favourites for the big race itself. He could only finish 12th on [...]
Connections of Diamond Harry are optimistic the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup winner will make his seasonal debut this month after being forced to miss his intended engagement at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old has not run since his Newbury triumph almost 12 months ago and was forced out of the Charlie Hall Chase after being [...]
Paul Nicholls was delighted to see Kauto Star show plenty of enthusiasm as the veteran chaser enjoyed a spin with stablemates Big Buck’s and Mon Parrain after racing at Exeter. The 11-year-old Kauto Star has enjoyed a stellar career, winning the King George VI Chase at Kempton on four consecutive occasions and taking Cheltenham Gold [...]
The racing Levy for the next financial year is expected to yield £72.4million, with fixtures down by 30 to 1,450 for 2012. A deal was finally agreed just before the midnight deadline to prevent the 51st levy scheme being handed over to government secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to determine. The three largest bookmakers – [...]
Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury. The nine-year-old won the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February for the second successive year and was sent off as one of the favourites for the big race itself. He could only finish 12th on [...]
Connections of Diamond Harry are optimistic the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup winner will make his seasonal debut this month after being forced to miss his intended engagement at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old has not run since his Newbury triumph almost 12 months ago and was forced out of the Charlie Hall Chase after being [...]
