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England v Australia Rugby Union International Odds: Rely on O’Connor to Score First Try

Despite a number of injuries, Australia have been made resounding favourites in the betting to beat England in this Cook Cup encounter in Perth this coming Saturday. Some Bookmakers have the Wallabies as short as 1/6 odds on, but Ladbrokes are still offering odds of 1/5, with England a tempting 10/3 option.

England have had very little success over the years when playing Australia in Australia, in fact they have only ever won twice a fact which goes a long way to highlighting what a very difficult task this is for Martin Johnson and his team. Australia are also above England in the World Rankings, meaning that with home advantage they should this win match quite comfortably.

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There were signs in the Six Nations that England were beginning to find a formula that produces not only 15 man rugby, but also that they have a number of exciting prospects making their way on to the International stage. Three of those players, Shontayne Hape of Bath plus Ben Foden and Chris Ashton from Northampton will all play this weekend and will be a genuine threat to the Australian defence. The odds of any one of them scoring the first try are as follows

12/1 Ashton
18/1 Hape
20/1 Foden

These odds are available from ladbrokes.

Much of the betting on the First try Scorer market will of course be placed on the young shoulders of Australian full back, James O’Connor, who scored an outstanding hat trick of tries against England for the Aussie Barbarians in midweek, when they drew with England. O’Connor is a best price of 11/1 to carry on where he left off and score the first try of this match.

Despite the fact that the odds favour an Australian win, we think England can surprise everyone with a close win themselves. They should be able to field a really strong side, while Australia will be missing several key players, particularly in the front row and neither will they have the sublime skills of the injured Matt Giteau at Fly half. These weaknesses could be just the difference between the two teams and we would therefore bet on a narrow England win by between 1-5 points which carries outstanding odds of 9/1 from Ladbrokes. Online

England v Australia Betting

1/5 Australia
10/3 England
33/1 Draw

England v Australia Correct Score Betting

Australia win by 11-20 points – 2/1
Australia win by 1-10 points – 9/4
England win by 1-10 points – 5/1
Australia win by 6-10 points – 5/1
Australia win by 11-15 points – 9/2
Australia win by 1-5 points – 6/1
England win by 1-5 points – 9/1

Odds Kindly Provided by Ladbrokes

Posted: Friday, 11th June 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: perth, australia, england, ladbrokes,

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