The latest Goodforthegame newsletter penned by @BrentGraham with best bets for the weekend 1st to 3rd May
A very happy Workers Day to those who have the day off and will be able to catch some Friday Super Rugby Pacific.
Before we get into that a quick look back at last week where Edinburgh delivered the newsletter play at 31/20, coming from behind to beat the Sharks.
This week we have Super Rugby Pacific week 12 and the Investec Champions and Challenge Cup semi-finals and the South African teams will all have their feet up.
- All SRP bets will be posted here
- All bets in the semi-finals will be posted in the Champions and Challenge Cup Blog
THE HANDICAP
I was joined by The Mossman last night and the main focus was on Super Rugby Pacific and shortcuts to each match are at the links below.
Jump to Hurricanes v Crusaders
Jump to Waratahs v Force
Jump to Drua v Highlanders
Jump to Moana Pasifika v Blues
Jump to Reds v Brumbies
We didn’t go into any detail on the European semi-finals but for an overview of the betting and thoughts from the guys in the live chat, you can Click Here
WEEKEND PLAYS
I am sending this message out early because there is not a lot of rugby this weekend and the 2 Super Rugby games where Nathan was strong and I am aligned take place this morning.
A Friday Morning Double
At the time of the show and when I posted the bets the points line in the opener between the Canes and Crusaders was 60.5 and that has edged in to 58.5. Unders was the pick and the quote just seemed too high for a New Zealand derby between a pair of playoff chasing teams.
The points line was 52.5 in the Waratahs v Force match and here overs was the call and once again we have seen movement up to 54.5. Conditions will be good and while history doesn’t point to a high scoring game, there is a bit of gut feel (based on the lineups) in this one.
Rather than take the new line I am going to stick with the original lines at a lower price and throw them into a double.
BET: 2 units (1-5) under 60.5 (0.74/1) Canes game onto Over 52.5 Waratahs(0.73) game at 2/1 at Betxchange
An 18/1 rugby acca!
This week’s acca is a throw together of some of the other plays mentioned on the show and that I fancy
Drua -4.5 at 0.87
Over 62.5 points Pasifika game at 10/11
Reds win at 0.63/1 (I had a solid play on them earlier in the week at 5/6)
Bath over 24.5 points at 0.87/1
Ulster v Exeter under 53.5 points at 5/6
Bet: 0.5 units (1-5) at 18.92/1 at WSB – to follow use this code 5983006
Other action on GFTG
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- F1 returns at last and this preview of the Miami GP is powered by WSB who also bring us UFC Fight Night from Perth
- Chris shares his long weekend IPL picks here
Enjoy the long weekend if you are in SA and wherever you are I hope you have a profitable punting weekend.
Cheers
BG
