The 2025 Six Nations gets going on Friday 31 January and Brent Graham will keep this betting blog updated all week including a look at some of the long term or outright markets, market moves and even weather.
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IRELAND v ENGLAND
Posted 01 Feb 10h08
Not strong an anything and full preview here
BET: 1 unit Engalnd win at 5/2 at WSB
BET: 1 units winning margin 35-41 inclusive at 33/10 at Betxchange
BET: 0.5 unit Theo Dan LTS at 22/1 at Pokerbet
FRANCE IN A DIFFERENT CLASS
Posted 1 Feb 08h50
The blog got off to a profitable start with the Wales u14.5 never in doubt as they failed to score a point.
Strangely I didn't think Wales played that bad and by that I mean they played to their ability and to their credit never faded in the 2nd half.
The harsh reality for Wales is that they don't have the players to be able to match a team like France and for Welsh supporters that is disturbing as it is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
I also got the feeling France were not quite at their best.
Onto todays action and I will be looking for a strong showing from Italy and will be out wth my play in the Ireland v England game shortly.
FRANCE v WALES
Posted 31 Jan 14h58
Click here for the full preview
Really battled with this one
BET: 3 units Wales u14.5 points at 10/11 at Sportingbet
SCOTLAND v ITALY
Posted 31 Jan 00h08
The 1st bet is up and you can click here for the Scotland v Italy preview
BET: 5 units Scotland under 36.5 points at 9/10 at Pokerbet
SIX NATIONS OUTRIGHTS
Posted 30 Jan 23h05
Here are some long term Six Nations plays courtesy of the forum and The Admiral on our rugby betting show
BET: 5 units France to be top scoring team at 13/10 at Betxchange
France have so many attacking options and I expect them to put some big scores up
BET: 2 units France to win the Grand Slam at 7/2 at Hollywoodbets
Southpaw highlighted this at 4/1 in the forum and although it is slightly shorter now I am happy to hop on board.
BET: 2 units Italy v Wales lowest scoring match at 9/1 at Sportingbet
Both teams will know the loser is likely to get the wooden spoon and it could be an arm wrestle - the price is 9/2 elsewhere so this may not last
BET: 4 units over 3.5 Red Cards at 9/10 at Hollywoodbets
The Admiral highlighted this one on the show and I agree with his logic that the introduction of the 20 minute red card could see a few extra Reds given.
THE HANDICAP LIVE AT 21H00
Posted 30 Jan 07h42
Our rugby betting show THE HANDICAP returns to its 21h00 slot on a Thursday night for the Six Nations and tonight we will have a 1st time guest in "The Admiral" who is a regular on the Goodforthegame Forum
We will also look at some outright markets and the U20 Six Nations
Click here to set a reminder on You Tube
I am going to post a few long term plays later today
WEATHER LINKS
Posted 27 Jan 15h58
The handicaps and points lines have not budged since Monday.
Weather is massive for rugby punters and here is a link to weather forecasts at the grounds as well as the forecast at the time of posting the links (these will change)
France v Wales 22h15 Friday 31 January - Stade France (Hybrid) - Cool but clear
Scotland v Italy 16h15 1 February - Murrayfield (Artificial) - Cool, cloudy, no rain at this point
Ireland v England 18h45 1 February - Aviva Stadium (Hybrid) - Cool and clear, some wind
SIX NATIONS FIXTURES
Posted 27 Jan 09h23
The Six Nations draw is important with teams only playing each other once and some having 3 home games and other 2. Lets have a look at each teams fixtures:
France (FRA)
- Fri 31 Jan: FRA vs WAL
- Sat 8 Feb: ENG vs FRA
- Sun 23 Feb: ITA vs FRA
- Sat 8 Mar: IRE vs FRA
- Sat 15 Mar: FRA vs SCO
The 2 away games at England and Ireland will be huge with the latter potentally a tournament decider.
Ireland (IRE)
- Sat 1 Feb: IRE vs ENG
- Sun 9 Feb: SCO vs IRE
- Sat 22 Feb: WAL vs IRE
- Sat 8 Mar: IRE vs FRA
- Sat 15 Mar: ITA vs IRE
They play their 2 biggest rivals (according to the betting) at home
England (ENG)
- Sat 1 Feb: IRE vs ENG
- Sat 8 Feb: ENG vs FRA
- Sat 22 Feb: ENG vs SCO
- Sun 9 Mar: ENG vs ITA
- Sat 15 Mar: WAL vs ENG
Their 1st match away to Ireland will set the tone, win that and the clash with France at Twickenham the next week will be titanic
Scotland (SCO)
- Sat 1 Feb: SCO vs ITA
- Sun 9 Feb: SCO vs IRE
- Sat 22 Feb: ENG vs SCO
- Sat 8 Mar: SCO vs WAL
- Sat 15 Mar: FRA vs SCO
Their home game at home to Ireland in week 2 is a must win. The loss of Tuipulotu is huge.
Wales (WAL)
- Fri 31 Jan: FRA vs WAL
- Sat 8 Feb: ITA vs WAL
- Sat 22 Feb: WAL vs IRE
- Sat 8 Mar: SCO vs WAL
- Sat 15 Mar: WAL vs ENG
Realistically their big game is likely week 2 in Rome with the loser likely to get the Wooden Spoon and at the moment Wales are 15/20 favourites to finish last
Italy (ITA)
- Sat 1 Feb: SCO vs ITA
- Sat 8 Feb: ITA vs WAL
- Sun 23 Feb: ITA vs FRA
- Sun 9 Mar: ENG vs ITA
- Sat 15 Mar: ITA vs IRE
The home game against Wales in week 2 is their final, they may threaten but hard to see them beating any of the others.
THE SIX NATIONS ALWAYS DELIVERS
Posted 27 Jan 08h40
I love the Six Nations and it very seldom disappoints.
Let’s start with a look at the latest outright betting – prices at Betxchange
France 16/10
Ireland 16/10
England 3/1
Scotland 11/2
Wales 60/1
Italy 134/1
Round 1 Handicaps and Total Points
France -26.5 v Wales Points 55.5
Scotland -19.5 v Italy, Points 53.5
Ireland -7.5 v England, Points 46.5
I have not been tracking the handicaps closely but there has been movement in France v Wales with the hosts -26.5 from -23.5
