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Ireland v Russia Betting: Irish odds on to secure big win in Rotorua

After last weekend's historic victory over Australia, Ireland look to face a much easier task on Sunday when they take on World Cup minnows Russia in Rotorua. The Irish are a massive 1/500 on to win the Pool C match, while Russia are 33/1 to pull off a stunning upset in the betting with Ladbrokes bookmakers.

Ireland can all but make certain of qualification for the knockout stages with a big win over the Russians and their only previous meeting was a rout. The two sides met in a World Cup qualifier in 2002 and Ireland romped to a 35-3 victory, with Ronan O'Gara notching 15 points.

O'Gara has had to play down retirement talk during the last week, but it is his teammate Andrew Trimble who heads the first try scorer betting this weekend. The Ulster wing is priced 13/2 by Ladbrokes and that could be worth a look.

It looks to be case of how many points Ireland rack up on Sunday and their record score in a World Cup match was 64-7 against Namibia. They will more than likely be without the injured Paul O'Connell, Gordon D'Arcy and Tommy Bowe this weekend but the whole squad will be buzzing after last weekend's heroics.

They produced their greatest defensive performance in a World Cup match as they overcame the highly fancied Australians 15-6 at Eden Park. A narrow scoreline doesn't look very likely in Rotorua though and Ireland can be backed to win by a margin of 41-50 points at 11/4 in the betting with Ladbrokes.com.

Russia are making their first appearance in a World Cup competition and it started with a promising, if ultimately disappointing, 13-6 defeat to USA. They then lost 53-17 to Italy and it is a pity that the schedule has been quite unfair to them and the other minnows as they gear up for their third game in just ten days.

A positive to come from the Italy game was the fact Alexander Yanyushkin became the first ever Russian World Cup try scorer and Ladbrokes offer a market for the first Russian try scorer in Sunday's match, with Yanyushkin a very tempting 18/1.

Russia have only won two of ten matches during 2011 and it is tough to see them adding to that tally, with Ladbrokes going 1/100 on the Irish double result and Ireland can be backed at 10/11 with -48 point deficit in the handicap betting.

Ireland v Russia Tips

Tip 1: Andrew Trimble to be first try scorer @ 13/2 with Ladbrokes.com
Tip 2: Alexander Yanyushkin to be first Russian try scorer @ 18/1 with Ladbrokes.com
Tip 3: Ireland to win with a handicap of -48 points @ 10/11 with Ladbrokes.com

Ireland v Russia Odds

Match Odds

1/500 Ireland
33/1 Russia
66/1 Draw

Handicap Odds

10/11 Ireland -48 points
10/11 Russia +48 points
16/1 Draw

First Try Scorer Odds

13/2 A Trimble
7/1 F McFadden
7/1 K Earls
8/1 R Kearney
9/1 G Murphy
9/1 P Wallace
9/1 J Heaslip
12/1 BAR

Winning Margin Odds

6/1 Ireland 46-50 points
13/2 Ireland 41-45 points
13/2 Ireland 51-55 points
7/1 Ireland 36-40 points
15/2 Ireland 56-60 points
8/1 Ireland 31-35 points
9/1 Ireland 61-65 points
11/1 Ireland 26-30 points

The odds for this match have been kindly provided by Ladbrokes.com, who will be operating a comprehensive betting service throughout the 2011 RWC

Posted: Friday, 23rd September 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: rugby world cup, ireland, russia, andrew trimble, ladbrokes,

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