Tri-Nations Betting Makes The Boks Big Underdogs

Australia may have been crushed by the All Blacks last weekend to start their 2006 Tri-Nations campaign with an abysmal 32-12 loss, but they're still heavy favourites to win Saturday's game against South Africa.

The match odds for the rugby test match, which will be played in Brisbane
are as follows:

Australia - 3/10

South Africa - 7/2

The Draw - 60/1

Rugby experts reckon that the Springboks are 10-point underdogs in this game. They have never beaten the Australians in Brisbane, and have a poor away record in recent years. South Africa is also coming off a big defeat against France suffered on home soil. France beat South Africa 36-26 in the last test played by SA.

Australia have an inexperienced front row and they were mauled by New Zealand last time out in a one-sided game. The All Blacks are clearly going to be hard to beat in this year's Tri-Nations. Australia do not expect thesame level of opposition from South Africa, and they certainly have history  on their side.

South Africa, however, have selected a front row with plenty of experience and a huge size advantage over the Wallabies. If they play well together up front and control the tight phases of play South Africa could be in a good position to record an upset win, or at the very least keep it close.

A good value bet, however, looks to be South Africa +10.5 points on the points spread. This one should be fairly close, and although Australia will probably win the game we'd be surprised if they pulled away from South Africa, and we expect the victory margin to be closer to 7 points at the maximum.

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