The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. This season the competition starts on Saturday 4th February when France play Italy in Paris, and Scotland take on England at Murrayfield.

Online bookmakers look forward to the Six Nations tournament as they offer all sorts of bets and betting opportunities on each of the 25 games that take place up to 17th March.

The 2011 Rugby World Cup has been a glittering affair. The world’s top teams have showcased their mettle in hard-fought contests that have now boiled down to the final 2 teams. The host nation, New Zealand, has gone unbeaten in every match leading to the final. Their team has stood tall, mighty in the face of whatever competition was thrown at them. In the run-up to the final match slated for the 23rd October at 21h00 New Zealand time, the Kiwis have shown imperious form amongst the log leaders in the standings and Internet bookmakers feel the same way with their betting odds.

It’s been a grueling 5 and a half weeks of international rugby fixtures with some surprising results but we have reached the final with the northern hemisphere facing the southern hemisphere to see which country is the best in the world.

The group stage of the Rugby World Cup is always a fairly ‘vanilla’ affair with the big sides going for record-breaking results over the minnows, which will catapult them to the top of the standings. Punters betting on these matches have been cleaning up, going for the outright winner but the handicap bet has far better odds for the experienced predictor.