The second T20 International between England and South Africa takes place at Taunton on Friday and England have the series lead after dishing out a major hiding to the Proteas on Wednesday.

After a lengthy wait Supersport United will take on Orlando Pirates in the Nedbank Cup Final which will be staged at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban on Saturday night.

Last week I talked about the prospects next season for the three clubs newly promoted. Based on previous years’ experience of club newly promoted to the Premier League I’m afraid I didn’t hold out too much hope for them all being success enough to even stay for a second season.

As readers of this column will know I called last weeks Springboks v France test horribly wrong. I really expected the French to give the home team a tough match and while they started quickly they were never really in the game after their opening try. I had taken France +7.5 points as my biggest bet of the weekend and was left licking my wounds and wondering where I had gone wrong?

So the English Premier League season has closed and I guess we are now all looking forward to next season when the mad stampede for points for either success at the top or to avoid relegation at the bottom resumes with its inevitable shocks and arguments.

 One of the biggest barriers to entry when it comes to sports betting is a lack of understanding as to how everything works. With the Super Rugby around the corner we will try and explain the various options at a sports bettor’s disposal starting with match betting and the handicap.