Super League - Grand Final - Result

St Helens 26-4 Hull FC









Pryce scored a vital try for Saints before the interval

St Helens: (10) 26
Tries: Melli, Pryce, Talau, Gardner, Cunningham.Goals: Lyon (3)

Hull: (4) 4 Tries: Domic

Under 42.50pts @ 1.80 (WINNING BET 2pts staked/+17pts)

Super League - Grand Final - St Helens vs Hull FC

St Helens vs Hull FC

Despite the value of backing anytime tryscorers at paddypower (Yeaman @ 3.40), my only pre-match bet is on under 42.50pts. Never really been a player of the total points markets, but after nailing 2 from 2 recently, im feeling a tad more confident in this area.

As you know the Grand Final is the most crucial RL game in the domestic calendar over in the UK. Teams/players obviously want to win at this level, but they equally dont want to make mistakes and hand the advantage over to their opponents, this often leads to tight, defensive games that climax with a nail biting finish.

Team dont need to score tries at every opportunity, they will happily take the 2pts if offered.

Six out of eight previous Grand Finals have been low scoring affairs (scoring under 42.5pts), the two games that registered a score over that amount, did by a whisker.

Previous Grand Final results
1998: Wigan 10-4 Leeds
1999: St Helens 8-6 Bradford
2000: St Helens 29-16 Wigan
2001: Bradford 37-6 Wigan
2002: St Helens 19-18 Bradford
2003: Bradford 25-12 Wigan
2004: Leeds 16-8 Bradford
2005: Bradford 15-6 Leeds

Recommendation: Under 42.50pts @ 1.80 sportingodds (2pts)

Good luck and enjoy!

Super League - Playoff eliminator - Result

Super League - Playoff eliminator - Result


Friday, 6 October 2006

Hull FC 19 v 12 Bradford Bulls (WINNING BET 2pts staked/+15pts)

Super League - Playoff eliminator - Hull FC vs Bradford Bulls

Hull FC vs Bradford Bulls

It's hard to the handicap to be honest, although if I had to pick, I would side with Bradford +6pts. However the 6pts is at blue square and we all know how sharpe their rugby trader has been recently.

So what do I fancy? Again, not a market I normally venture into, but it has to be under 44.5pts at Ladbrokes (1.83). The playoff eliminators are often tight encounters and with heavy rain forcasted tonight, you really have to favour a low scoring affair.

Neither side have the speed in attack to break from deep, unlike Leeds & Saints, which would suggest battle in the forwards tonight.

Sorry for the short write-up!

Hull: Briscoe, Carvell, Chester, Cooke, Dowes, Domic, G Horne, R Horne, McMenemy, King, Radford, Raynor, Swain, Tony, Washbrook, Wheeldon, Whiting, Yeaman. ¨

Bradford: Withers, Bai, B Harris, Hape, Vainikolo, I Harris, Deacon, Vagana, Henderson, Meyers, McKenna, Newton, Langley, Pryce, Ferres, Cook, Burgess, St Hilaire.

Recommendation: Under 44.5pts @ Ladbrokes (2pts)
Prediction - Hull 18 vs Bradford 20
(Scale 1-5pts)

Good Luck