Rugby Spread Bets

Rugby Union bets are particularly popular during the Rugby World Cup, with a huge range of markets on offer. In addition, the Six Nations offers great betting opportunities, and there are all kinds of bets available on league and cup matches from both at home and abroad. You can also dabble in the southern hemisphere competitions, such as the Tri Nations or Super 14.

With Sky Television showing increasing numbers of live Rugby League games, spread betting on Rugby League games has never been more popular. There is a vast range of markets most of which are offered 'in running' and with the Super League running throughout Summer, Rugby League offers great betting alternatives for those not into cricket and for those wanting similar bets to the ones offered on football.

Many of the bets that are available in football are available in Rugby such as supremacy and try scorer shirt numbers, but many other bets are available on all live games.

Here are some of the most popular rugby spread betting options:

Total Points

For this bet, you must simply predict the total number of points that will be scored in a rugby match. See here for a worked example on Rugby Totals.

Seasonal Points

For this bet, the spread firm predicts how many points each side will win during the course of a season.

Time of the First Try

Predict how little or how much time will elapse before either team scores. If there are no tries scored by the full time whistle, the result is deemed to be 80 minutes.

Shirt Numbers

A prediction based on the totals of the try scorers' shirts in a particular match. A variation of this is predicting the difference between the total shirts numbers of the try scorers in one team versus another. For example, a quote may be given as "Shirts: Leeds/Warrington 4-7". The game may finish with the try scoring shirts for Warrington adding up to 23, and the try scoring shirts for Leeds adding up to 42. The result for this market would be Leeds +19.

Match Bets

A prediction on the number of points one team will beat the other by in a match. This will be quoted in the form "Leeds/Warrington 5-8", which translates as Leeds being the favourites over Warrington (as their name comes first) by a margin of 5 to 8 points. See here for a worked example on Rugby Supremacies and Match Bets.