Rugby League Betting

Rugby League betting provides sports enthusiasts with tremendous action and entertainment packed into 80 minutes of play and having a rugby league free bet can be great fun.

Betfair offers rugby league odds that are on average 20% better than high street bookmakers and there is so much to bet on.
The birth of rugby league was 29 August 1895 when 21 clubs met at The George Hotel in Huddersfield and formed the Northern Rugby Union, which then became the Rugby League.

These days, the 13-a-side code is dominated in the UK by Super League and Super League betting is very popular, particularly in the televised games which are usually played on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Wigan Warriors, one of the founding members, are arguably the world’s most famous rugby club thanks to an impressive list of honours which includes a record eight consecutive Challenge Cup wins between 1988 and 1995. Having a rugby league bet on Wigan more recently will not have been as rewarding as their local rivals St Helens are the most successful Super League side.
In October, St Helens rewarded followers who had a rugby league bet, by securing a fifth Super League Grand Final, beating Hull FC 26-4 with tries from Willie Talau, Ade Gardner and Keiron Cunningham in front of a record crowd of 72,582.

Saints were completing a historic treble after topping the Super League table and landing the world famous Challenge Cup.

Those having rugby league bet on Sean Long to win the Lance Todd Trophy for man of the match in the Challenge Cup Final were winners for a third time in August, when the scrum-half helped St Helens to a 42-12 victory over Huddersfield Giants.

St Helens’ rugby league odds saw them as favourites thanks to an array of talent across the park and they look like being the team to beat in the Challenge Cup and Super League again in 2007.

Below Super League there are three divisions in the National League and of course there is fierce international competition, which offers further rugby league betting opportunities.

Great Britain have won the World Cup three times but last won the competition in 1972. Since 1995, the RFL have seperated Great Britain into home nations for the World Cup.
Great Britain continue to compete as a test playing nation both home and away (unlike the British and Irish Lions rugby union team who are a touring side).

The Tri-Nations tournament features Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand in fierce competition. Those having a rugby league free bet should be aware that Australia dominate the international scene and their club league, NRL, is very strong.
The club game in Australia traces its roots back to 1907 when rugby league took hold and it has grown in strength ever since.
Brisbane Broncos, a team with a huge following, landed the 2006 NRL Grand Final with a 15-8 victory over NRL minor premiers Melbourne Storm at Telstra Stadium when many punters took advantage of rugby league odds across a number of markets.

Traditionally, the winners of the Australian and British Grand Finals meet for the annual World Club Challenge, which provides yet another rugby league betting conundrum for punters as British clubs have tended to fare well.
In 2006 Bradford Bulls won the World Club Challenge title for a third time with victory over Wests Tigers.

Whether it is international or club rugby league betting, the sport offers many opportunities for punters and remember that rugby league free bet.

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