THE World Cup is down to the last four and defending champs New Zealand are now just 8-13 at William Hill to retain the trophy following their quarter-final thrashing of France.
Australia needed a dodgy ref to help them squeeze past Scotland the are second favourites at 31-10 with Boylesports ahead of their weekend semi-final showdown with 16-1 dark horses Argentina.
South Africa – who dug deep to KO Wales and set up a daunting clash with the All Blacks on Saturday – are 8-1 at BetVictor.
British women's tennis No.2 Heather Watson will have to get the better of a former Grand Slam champion if she's to stay alive in the Luxembourg Open today.
Watson is 4-1 underdog at Sportingbet in her tussle with Ana Ivanovic, who is 5-19 at Marathonbet for the win and 4-6 at Unibet to progress in straight sets.
There's loads more tennis on the go today and other sporting highlights include Zimbabwe v Afghanistan in a cricket ODI so post all your tips and chat here and good luck with your bets.
In December 2020 we sadly 
ufc/mma nate diaz to beat Michael Johnson 20th dec 5/2,looks a steal!!!
canelo alverez to beat cotto 2/5 22nd nov
billy joe saunders to beat andy lee 10/11 19th dec
paddy holohan 9/10 24th oct mma/ufc
Zach Ertz (Eagles) Over 40.5 Receiving Yards @ 10/11 @ Skybet – 2.2 points **WIN** 43
Over 44.5 Total Points, Murray Over 89.5 Rush & Receiving Yards, Murray & Donnell Anytime TD @ 10/1 – 0.5 a point **LOSE**
Considering they were interest bets I’ll take the 1.5 point profit
NFL
New York Giants @ Philladelphia Eagles
* Rueben Randle under 53.5 rec yards @ 10/11
**WON**
I’ve spent a lot of time looking into this game to find some sort of value and hopefully it pays off with this one
Trying not to go too much in to detail but he has not practiced all week and he seems to be worse off with his injury than OBJ . I have seen Eli ignore Randle plenty of times this year so with him not being fully fit is that going to change? I don’t think so and he has only gone over this total once all year. The emergence of Dwayne Harris gives this a boost too as he will be more involved leading to Randle being on the sidelines for longer. I could go on all night as to why this will go under so In short this bet is mainly due to his injury status , from what I’m reading his only bit of practice this week was light jogging and for an average player who’s not fully fit 53.5 yards maybe too much to ask for.
Colts spread is still coming in at 4.5 now , surely im not missing something? just seems to be too good to be true
Top picking from Picksix and Jordan yet again, great stuff lads cheers
Tuned into way few games of Coric v Donskoy and the Russian was on absolute fire. Finished that talented youngster off with some flawless tennis and can go all the way if he keeps hitting that level. In title favourite Cilic’s half of the draw but that’s better than being in the other half where the likes of Kohlachreiber and RBA both reside. Not sure what the odds are on him to win the whole thing but 20/1 plus and I’ll be taking that
Just out of curiosity does anyone know if Demarco Murray o52.5 rushing yards came in last night?
NHL
Sharks (money line) @ 2.2 (2pt) *lost*
Stepan @ 4.5 (0.5pt) *lost*
Lindberg @ 5.0 (0.5pt) *lost*
Main bet
21 bets
Staked 21.5
Return +24.01
ATS
21 bets
Staked 9.5
Return +11.84
Total
Staked 31
Return 35.85
Yes John Smith it came in easy he had more than twice that many
Thanks juan.
NHL
Canadiens (60mins) @ 2.2 (1pt)
Islanders (60mins) @ 2.25 (1pt)
Anytime scorer
Pacioretty (Canadiens) @ 2.5 (0.5pt)
Plekanec (Canadiens) @ 3.5 (0.5pt)
Tarvares (Islanders) @ 2.5 (0.5pt)
John, he went for 109yds mate.
John he did mate, after about 10 carries backwards he started going forwards. Ended up with 123 total scrimmage yards.
Dazz
I like the islanders over 6.5 today
It will be a goal galore I hope ?
Tampa
And
Washington r the other two I like
And
Go Jays go
Backing to win match and win a set (tired of falling just short on big priced underdogs)
Bellucci v Monfils @ 9/4 and 4/5
Krajinovic v dimitrov @ 4/1 and 6/4
Haas v tsonga @ 6/1 and 2/1
Mathieu d fognini @ 6/4
Monfils hasn’t played since withdrawing in U.S. Open first round and though a v good
Indoor player can be pushed by Bellucci who has been good on the surface himself in the recent past.
Dimitrov is struggling generally as anyone who follows tennis or reads my posts on here with any regularity will know. Krajinovic may find it hard to get over the line but could well take him at least to three sets for the second time this year.
Haas is probably a bad horse to back but I’ve gone for it anyway. Looks like a straightforward 2-0 Taonga on paper And may well play out this way, but coming off a long week and with jet lag possible from the China to Europe travel Jo could be vulnerable
Taking mathieu for straight win as he is a good indoor player and its Fogs worst surface.
Ado I do like Washington but not sure on the Lightening.
Nice win for the Blue Jays, might be a bit harder for them tonight though.
First match falls short of the 9/4 outright but still a 4/5 winner as Bellucci took a set.
Jordan , Chief, thanks guys.
Dazzler and other NHL fans…keep an eye on Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian KHL. So far this season they’ve played 24 winning 16 outright and 2 in OT. It seems that they always tend to score at least 3 when playing at home up until now. Their next game is against Dynamo Moscow who they beat in overtime at home earlier in the season. Looks like they could be a good money maker! Over 2.5 home goals was 6/5 (I think) on Ladbrokes before tonight game. Unfortunately I noticed this just before betting was suspended so I wasn’t able to get on it…they won 3-1. Definitely a team to keep an eye on!
Cheers Merv, I’ll keep an eye out for them
Merv ice hockey is a sport I always liked but never been able to watch. Its just a pity there is a lot less fighting in the nhl now compared to years gone by.
Cooldude, I’m not a fan myself but if you can get on the right teams at the right time, there’s money to be made, especially given the frequency of matches. Finding those right teams at the right time is the very difficult part though!
Those Royals are relentless
Adding darcis to win a set v gasquet @ 9/4
Arkansas on the handicap look worthy of a small punt. Line has come all the way in from -9 to -6.5 . Don’t know a lot about them besides the fact that they have always been one of them better than average, but not good enough to crack the big boys programme. Did well against Bama about 2 weeks back, will give it small go me thinks.
Oh wait, its Arkansas State, haha, maybe not then!
Week 7 looks the toughest week so far in the NFL in my opinion so will keep stakes reasonable and add write ups towards the end of the week.
Arizona Cardinals -3.5 – Tuesday Morning – 12:30AM
Carolina Panthers +3.5 – Monday Morning – 12:30AM
0.98/1 @ 365 – 5.12 points
Cardinals -6
Panthers ML
Chargers ML
Patriots ML
Colts ML
Falcons ML
9.42/1 @ 365 – 1 point
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NFL Totals Through Week 6
Bets 46
Points Staked 120.73
Points Returned 160.85
Profit/Loss +40.12