Fresh from scalping the Springboks, Australia host New Zealand in Melbourne for round four of the Tri-Nations. Geoffrey Riddle discusses the markets. Read More
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Never mind John, Paul, George and Ringo, the only Fab Four who matter to rugby fans this weekend are Wigan, Leeds, Warrington and St Helens. The elite of the Super League square off in two thunderous clashes on Friday and ...Read More
After a double defeat against New Zealand, consecutive titles look unlikely for the Spring Boks. They have a terrible record in Brisbane too, so is the market right to make Australia favourites to win on Saturday? Geoffrey Riddle decides. Read More
With little over a month of the regular season left it's coming to crunch time for the stars of Super League. Graham Cunningham has been scanning the weekend programme and nominates Castleford, Wigan and Hull KR as the teams to ...Read More
If you see a silver VW hurtling down the M6 this Friday you won't need to guess who is in it. Our resident Super League blogger Graham Cunningham is swapping St Andrews for the DW Stadium in double quick time ...Read More
South Africa must improve to avoid another thumping at the hands of the All Blacks and that means running the ball, says Geoffrey Riddle Read More
Ralph Ellis tells us why the similarities between England's rugby league coach Steve McNamara and Steve McClaren are all too many and why that's bad news for the national side.... Read More
Paul the Octopus keeps banging in the winners with his World Cup selections, but after several winning weeks in a row Graham Cunningham drew a blank on last week's Super League programme. However, Betfair's weekly blogger has been taking tips ...Read More
This opening match could have a huge impact on the outcome of this year's edition and the fact of the matter is that an away trip against this All-Black team isn't quite the nightmare prospect it might first seem, says ...Read More
Geoffrey Riddle provides an introduction to the annual southern hemisphere rugby bonanza. Are New Zealand deserved market leaders or should the Spring Boks be backed to follow up last year's success? Could the Aussies cause an upset? Read More
It's been the sort of PR week Super League can do without. Not surprisingly, the media have gone to town on the news that Castleford have been fined £40,000 because a section of their fans hurled homophobic abuse when Gareth ...Read More
Geoffrey Riddle is out to ride his luck again this weekend as he offers his thoughts on three international Tests between Northern and Southern hemisphere teams... Read More
World Cup football and Wimbledon dominate the sporting landscape this summer, but the gladiators of Super League are gearing up for another bruising round of action this weekend and Graham Cunningham is looking to an American rock god for inspiration ...Read More
Living it up among the toffs at Ascot is all well and good, but Graham Cunningham is pining for a return to the north this weekend and feels Wigan have to tools to take St Helens down in the game ...Read More
Geoffrey Riddle sees few bright spots for Martin Johnson's men ahead of their second test against a pumped up Australia Read More
Martin Johnson's side look like they're in decent shape for Saturday's match Down Under but, despite injuries to key Wallabies, Geoffrey Riddle is in no doubt that the home team have the edge. Read More
As feats of timing go, arranging a rugby international on the first Saturday of the World Cup hardly goes down as a masterpiece. England shouldn't have too much trouble seeing off France this Saturday, but Graham Cunningham is also eyeing ...Read More
Super League officials have been fighting back this week after star hooker Terry Newton alleged that drug abuse has been rife in the game. Graham Cunningham looks back on the Newton episode and nominates Wakefield as the bet of the ...Read More
The Rhinos have gathered momentum in recent weeks but Graham Cunningham is still backing his beloved Wigan to triumph when they cross the Pennines on Saturday afternoon for a tough Challenge Cup quarter-final. Meanwwhile, Warrington are a good prospect on ...Read More
It's a shame that Brendan Venter won't be at Twickenham to see his side take on Leicester this Saturday because we could well see a thrilling finale to the Premiership season. Geoffrey Riddle selects the best bets. Read More
