England v South Africa a free bet!

Spread betting prices for Saturday

This weekend's key match sees the Tri-Nations champions visit the world champions at England's HQ. Anyone considering having a punt on this one should check out Sporting Index's spread betting prices. They are running a large number of markets on this game plus a range of generous free bets for new clients.

We got the lowdown from their Senior Rugby Market Maker.

South Africa's 'Grand Slam' aspirations were halted in Dublin, so expect a much improved performance," he said.

"Despite England's thrashing of Canada last weekend its a good time to play the hosts; only 4 of Saturday's starting line-up were involved in the World Cup and the team hasn't recaptured its 2003 form.

"I'm expecting a very close game which will probably come down to penalty kicks.

"Against Canada, Charlie Hodgson converted 1 out of his first 6 attempts; he'll have to be a lot more prolific to match Boks Percy Montgomery. I anticipate some shrewd punters will be 'betting high' on the kicking distance markets for both teams.

The men to watch will be England skipper Jason Robinson who needs to ensure his rugby does the talking after refusing to speak to the press this week, and Schalk Burger.

"The Boks flanker was sent to the sin-bin in his last two internationals and is getting a reputation as a bad boy.

"Last time South Africa visited Twickenham they suffered a record 53-3 defeat. That won't happen this time and if I was having a punt I would back the Boks to edge this one at the right price."

Latest Prices:

Latest spread betting prices from Sporting Index:

Supremacy: England to beat South Africa by 2 to 5 points
Total points: (by both teams) 42 to 45

i.e. for the Supremacy market, you have a simple choice to make:

a) Will England win by MORE than 5 points?
b) Will England win by LESS than 2 points, or tie, or South Africa will win?

Spread betting is as simple as that.

England v South Africa: Head to Head

England have won all of their last 5 meetings with South Africa. They also have an average winning margin of 26 points for matches played at Twickenham:

2003: Perth - 25-6 - 31 (total points) - Eng win by 19 points
2002: Twickenham - 53-3 - 56 - Eng win by 50 points
2001: Twickenham - 29-9 - 38 - Eng win by 20 points
2000: Twickenham - 25-17 - 42 - Eng win by 8 points
2000: Bloemfontein - 22-27 - 49 - Eng win by 5 points

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Furthermore, Sporting Index are also offering all clients (old and new) the following free bet:

Bet on Supremacy or Total Points on 3 of the 4 live international rugby union matches on Saturday, November 20 and they'll give you a free bet on any Zurich Premiership match on Sunday, November 21.

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