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The next British Lions tour is due to take place from 01 June 2013 when they will take on Australia. Obviously the tour itinerary is yet to be decided as are the dates of the three test matches . The squad for the tour will be named in the early part of 2013, however the tour manager and coache will be appointed in 2012.
The British Lions are made up from the home Nations teams and every four years they depart to the Southern Hemisphere to take on the might of either New Zealand, Australia or South Africa. There most recent tour took place in South Africa, where they went down by 2 tests to 1.
The fortunes of the British Lions on tour is avidly followed and the series has created a huge rugby betting market, particularly for online rugby punters, who can enjoy live coverage both online and on TV.
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The British Lions first embarked on this voyage in 1888 and since then has met with some great successes with the best record against the Australians and the worst against New Zealand and honours fairly even against South Africa.
On each tour The Lions will have a number of warm up games against the provincial teams, before playing the all important three tests. Each match, provincial or Test will have a comprehensive betting market attached for punters to get stuck into, provided by the vast majority of UK Bookmakers listed on our site.
British Lions Rugby Union Betting is covered by all the bookmakers reviewed on this site and most betting shall concentrate on British Lions test series winner or the individual test match markets.
As the teams are usually so well matched most individual match betting is done without the handicap betting, but first try scorer, winning margin and total points are all popular British Lions betting markets.
The annual Six Nations rugby tournament, usually kicks off in early February and continues until the end of March. The six participating teams are:
The tournament has been a real tight affair over recent years, but it is currently Ireland who hold the crown after their Grand Slam winning performances in 2009. They are favourites to win the title again in 2010.
The tournament is used by the British Lions to select their players for any tour made, but it its main focus is to provide a world class tournament with the best of northern hemisphere rugby.
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