Rugby Union Betting Guides, Tips & Predictions

After four years of waiting, the 2023 Rugby World Cup is here. It’s undeniably the biggest two months in the rugby calendar, with 20 teams arriving in France, all eager to make their home countries proud. With 48 matches unfolding across 51 days, culminating in one team lifting the William Webb-Ellis trophy, fans are going to be treated to a rugby extravaganza in what is being billed as the most open, competitive Rugby World Cup in history.

It feels like the Rugby Championship is barely getting started, and yet it’s already entering its final round this weekend. As the only undefeated team, New Zealand hold a commanding lead over the rest of the field, and can they close it out with a win over Australia in Melbourne? Or will they revert to their usual pre-World Cup antics and leave the door open for another team to swoop in and win the Rugby Championship 2023?

Blink, and you miss it. After barely a week, we’re already crossing the halfway point of this year’s Rugby Championship. Given the condensed format courtesy of the upcoming Rugby World Cup, the 2023 Rugby Championship is a sudden-death shootout - and New Zealand and South Africa fired the first shots last weekend. Can Australia and Argentina bounce back this weekend?

This weekend sees Southern Hemisphere international rugby kick into life for the first time in 2023, with an abridged version of the Rugby Championship taking place over the next three weeks. The impending Rugby World Cup means we’ll see less action than usual, with only three rounds of play, making every match a virtual sudden-death clash in this tournament.

It all comes down to this, probably. While four teams are still technically capable of winning the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series this year, New Zealand will be looking to put the result beyond a doubt this weekend and seal their 13th year-end crown. Add in Olympics qualification and relegation from next season’s reduced circuit, and there’s plenty on the line heading into the Toulouse Sevens tomorrow.

It may only be April, but the 2022-2023 season of the HSBC World Sevens Series is already entering its final sprint to the finish. With three tournaments left in the calendar and plenty on the line for all teams involved, the series heads to Singapore this weekend for two days of frenetic sevens action.

With only four events left in the 2022-23 season, New Zealand will be looking to secure a victory here and extend their imposing lead over the rest of the pack. We break down all of the Hong Kong 2023 Rugby Sevens odds and offer up our expert picks ahead of day one this Friday.

It all comes down to this. After 12 Test matches and five weeks, the Six Nations heads into its final round with a winner still undecided. Every single match has something on the line, with a desperate battle at the other end of the table, too, to avoid the wooden spoon. Who will win the Six Nations 2023? Can Ireland hold on, or will France defend their title?

Every single round so far in this Six Nations competition it’s felt like the round that could determine the champion. As we head into Round Four this weekend, there’s definitely that feeling again - perhaps a testament to how tight this tournament has been so far. However, with only two more rounds to play, this weekend truly could determine who wins the Six Nations 2023.

A busy start to the year for rugby sevens continues, with the HSBC World Sevens Series stopping off in Vancouver, Canada, this weekend. After a season that began with five different winners in the first five events, New Zealand have finally begun to break away from the pack by making the last four finals and winning the last two events. Can they maintain their momentum, or will another side spoil their party?