2023 Rugby World Cup Betting Tips
In the summer of 2023, France will host the Rugby World Cup for the second time in the tournament’s history. Les Bleus will hope to draw on home advantage to best effect and bookmaker betfair go as short as 5/1 that we see the home nation lift the Webb Ellis Trophy.
However, Ladbrokes chalk up a much bigger 7/1 about a success for the French and it’s hard to see them overcoming several tough challenges along the way, with the team narrowly beaten by Wales at the quarter final stage of the 2019 World Cup.
There has been an ushering in when it comes to young French players and perhaps we will see this come to fruition in 2023, although it’s not to say that the teams at the head of the betting market will have stood still and perhaps New Zealand will be the team to beat.
The All Blacks don’t always have things their own way when it comes to World Cups despite the fact that they have pretty much traded as favourite every time the competition has come around.
At the time of writing, the Kiwis are no bigger than 15/8 with BetVictor to get the job done and it has to be admitted that New Zealand have claimed a victory in two of the previous three renewals, even if they were found out by England last time around.
While there is always plenty of fascination with the rugby playing culture that exists in this small country, there’s also plenty of pressure when it comes to the knockout stage and the cup format means a one-off defeat will send them out of the competition.
South Africa won the World Cup when it was last held on French soil, with the Springboks having now racked up three successes and they found their best rugby to win the 2019 renewal in Japan.
As for England, it looked as though they had done the hard bit when beating New Zealand at the semi-final stage of the 2019 World Cup, although they were then beaten by a brilliantly defensive South African side.
Even so, the bookies regard the Red Rose as the strongest of the Northern Hemisphere teams and you can get around 4/1 about England doubling their tally of World Cup successes. It should be noted that they have now lost in three finals, so Eddie Jones and any future replacement will have to build in that sort of resilience.
Wales are surprisingly big at 14/1 and could have come back to the boil by the time that 2023 comes around, while Australia are an astonishingly big price at 18/1 considering that the Wallabies have time to lift themselves out of the rugby doldrums and become a main challenger again.
Ireland have been the perennial underachievers although they’re a 12/1 poke to claim a first ever win in a Rugby World Cup, while the chances of Argentina have to be respected.
The Rugby World Cup is always a brilliant tournament, with the leading rugby union nations competing for the ultimate prize in the sport. In 2019, the ninth Rugby World Cup will be held in Japan and that means it’s the first time that the tournament has been hosted in Asia.
The Rugby World Cup will take place between 20 September – 2 November, with twenty teams arriving in Japan to compete in this tournament and the outright betting suggests that several nations could end up winning in the final.
There are four pools that each feature five teams. The teams in each pool play each other and the leading two teams then go through to the knockout stage which starts with the quarter finals and is then played down to the final.
New Zealand Strong Favourites to Win
New Zealand are the most iconic team in rugby union and the All Blacks are currently the 11/10 favourites with bet365 to remain world champions by winning the 2019 World Cup in Japan.
Indeed, Steve Hansen’s team are bidding for a consecutive hat-trick of World Cup titles after winning on their own patch in 2011 before repeating this trick in England in 2015 when beating Australia in the final.
It should be noted that New Zealand have practically been favourites for every World Cup since the tournament was founded and yet they have failed to oblige on five different occasions and there is sure to be some stiff opposition in Asia when it comes to this tournament.
Can England Get Things Right Under Eddie Jones?
England are trading at 9/2 to win the Rugby World Cup for the second time and they will be managed by Eddie Jones who has transformed the national team since that group exit at the 2015 World Cup.
It wasn’t a great Six Nations tournament in preparation of this World Cup, with England finishing second behind Wales after losing to the latter at Twickenham, while they also drew with Scotland which was highly unexpected.
However, they did record a win in Dublin and have to be respected considering that Jones has a large pool of players upon which to call. Ireland themselves are trading at 5/1 and they were originally the favourites to win the Six Nations, although perhaps Wales are better value.
The Welsh continue to be managed by Warren Gatland and they are 6/1 chances to win the World Cup for the first time in their history. Indeed, they finished in third place in 1987 and have since failed to match that achievement.
Can South Africa and Australia Challenge in Japan?
South Africa are available at 9/1 to win the 2019 World Cup, with the Proteas looking to claim a third triumph after previously winning in 1995 and 2007.
Rassie Erasmus’ team will feature players from some of South Africa’s best domestic sides, while the same applies to Australia who have been chalked up at 14/1 and could go deep into the tournament.
France are often unpredictable when it comes to rugby union and that explains their odds of 28/1, while Scotland are trading at 40/1. Argentina are realistically the only other team who could win and they’re 50/1, while Japan are a much bigger 250/1.