Odds – Rugby 6 Nations Championship 2009

The 6 Nations Rugby Championship Tournament 2009

From February 7 until March 9, the rugby world will again focus on the annual 6 Nations Championship Tournament in which England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and France will battle it out for the tournament win. Wales won the 2008 “Six Nations” with a Grand Slam. Before that France won in 2006 and 2007. This years favourite to win it is again Wales with odds around 9/4 (3.25), followed by France around 3/1 (4.00), Ireland 7/2 (4.50) and England around 4/1 (5.00).

Scotland and Italy are heavy underdogs with Scotland around 15/1 (16.00) and Italy coming in with odds above 100/1. That is no wonder, Scotland`s last win of the 6 Nations dates back to 1999, the last year before Italy joined the what was then the “5 Nations Championship”. Italy itself managed to win only a total of 6 games so far in 45 matches, last year was the first tournament with 2 wins for the Italian side.

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RBS Six Nations Fixtures:

Sat 7th February: England vs. Italy and Ireland vs. France
Sun 8th February: Scotland vs. Wales
Sat 14th February: France vs. Scotland and Wales vs. England
Sun 15th February: Italy vs. Ireland
Fri 27th February: France vs. Wales
Sat 28th February: Scotland vs. Italy and Ireland vs. England
Sat 14th March: Italy vs. Wales and Scotland vs. Ireland
Sun 15th March: England vs. France
Sat 21st March: Italy vs. France, England vs. Scotland and Wales vs. Ireland

Odds SuperBowl 2009: Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Super-Bowl 2009: Sportsbetting on the Arizona Cardinals versus the Pittsburgh Steelers !

After 17 regular season games and 3 playoff weekends, the big game is finally here (almost). The heavily favored Pittsburgh Steelers will play for their sixth SuperBowl Championship against the Arizona Cardinals. Who would have thought, that Quarterback Kurt Warner and his Cardinals would make it into the Superbowl 2009 ? Probably not many aside from the die-hard Arizona fans. The early sportsbetting odds and money lines look like this:

Pittsburgh Steelers to win: 4/11 (UK odds) – 1.36 (decimal odds) and -275 (US odds)
Arizona with the upset: 9/4 (UK) – 3.25 (decimal) and +225 (american odds)

The Arizona Cardinals managed to overcome a late third and fourth quarter scare to win the NFC 32-25 against the Eagles, while the Pittsburgh Steelers took the AFC Championship with a more or less expected 23-14 win over the Ravens. The Steelers now (again) bear the burden of being favored going into the SuperBowl Championship game.

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The spread is currently at Pittsburgh minus 6.5, the over/under is set around 47 points, which seems high for a defense like the Steelers have, no matter how good the Arizona offense might be…

All the big sportsbooks and bookmakers like Ladbrokes, William Hill, Victor Chandler or Bet365 will certainly offer literally hundreds of different betting options for this Arizona-Pittsburgh game. You can wager on pretty much anything from the “over or under” to “how many points will be scored in the third quarter ?” to the “odd or even”-wager or “which team will score first or last in the game ?”

SuperBowl 43 will take place on Sunday, February 1 at 6pm Eastern in Tampa Bay, Florida. You can watch the game LIVE on NBC !