The 2007 Rugby World Cup betting bonanza will reach £50m according to leading sources and that figure could be on the low side should England outperform their current odds of over 30/1.
You can get prices on a repeat England win for Brian Ashton’s side of 33-1 from Bet Direct and Ladbrokes. England’s recent form is not good having lost 14 out of the last 22 games.

Ladbrokes jave taken big bets on the favourite New Zealand who have reported to have taken a £90,000 bet at 4-9 on New Zealand and a huge £150,000 punt at 5-1 on South Africa, and Hill’s has been forced to cut France from 9-1 to 6-1 after £10,000 was gambled on Les Blues over the bank holiday weekend alone.

New Zealand do look the team but they have messed up many times in the past when well fancied and there best price of 4-7, is offered by Bet365 and Paddy Power. So although they are the most likely winners the All Blacks are by no means the best bet, especially if nerves and weight of expectation from back home end up as a factor.

South Africa are second favourites and you can get some nice each way value with Betfred a standout 13-2. France are available at 8-1 with Bet Direct and are another good each-way bet as france always does well on home soil.

In some of the other markets the All Blacks players heads the list of top tournament try-scorer. New Zealand have supplied the winner and the runner-up in this market in the past three World Cups. Joe Rokocoko and Sitiveni Sivivatu are 5-1 and 6-1 (both generally available) respectively. Boyle Sports offers 2-1 either of them being top.

Source: Guardian