6 Nations Weekend

[Guest WelshGarth]

It's the second weekend and here's what stands out for me in the betting market: Ireland Vs Wales (Wales +10 poits) Bet 365 I had expected a smaller handicap than this as I can't really tell these two teams apart, other than I believe the Irish forwards have a slight edge. Working in Wales favour is the return of Mcbride and Sidoli which should improve the lineout which I thought was woeful against Scotland. Also the fact that our Captain Charvis is injured is a huge benefit, as his replacement is the excellent Jonathon Thomas. Charvis has been as much a hindrance as a help in the past but Thomas is one of the stars of the future and was simply class in the World Cup. Ireland welcome back the influential and dangerous O'Driscoll in the centre and they will surely seek to disrupt the potent welsh backs to stop them scoring as they did against Scotland. All in all I expect this to be a tight game with lots of penalties kicked and a lot of territorial kicking from Ireland and stylish running from the welsh backs. For me I'm taking Wales with a 10 point head start. First Scoring market is 2.75 Wales penalty and 2.5 irish Penalty. This really could go either way but my money is again with wales. Here's a link to some more info BBC Rugby

[dave]

Re: 6 Nations Weekend I just noticed the same bet, and it looks pretty good to me. My only worry is that with their style of play, Wales will probably concede a few points towards the end as they tire against Ireland's forwards.