Scotland to beat England?

To bet on rugby and win, involves scrapping beyond the surface of the usual media chatter and water-cooler banter. This weekend the England rugby team travel to Murrayfield to play a Scotland team who should have beaten Wales away from home and who presumably would not have lost to Italy away if they had.

extrabet`s online betting price on an England win currently trades at ½ with Scotland 13/8 for the game. What many punters may not appreciate is that 2 years ago a woeful Scottish side beat an England side at Murrayfield who were able to beat France in Paris. They also beat England 2 years before that and nothing so far this campaign suggests England can arrest this slide north of the board.

The spread betting rugby prices favour England as well and England trade at 3-6 points Supremacy favourites over Scotland. Also you have to consider that many of the coaches that the now Scotland manager, Andy Robinson had under him when coaching England, are still in situ giving Scotland yet more of an advantage. Add this all into the mix and the fact that all the pressure is on Martin Johnson and England to perform you have a compelling case for Scotland to spring a surprise.

Chris Shillington talks from extrabet`s rugby betting desk Â… "The boys have mainly seen punters get with England once again this week but the real sharp traders are playing the other way"

RUGBY BETS

• Scotland 13/8
• England ½ Scotland (+4.5)
• Handicap 5/6

RUGBY SPREAD BETS

• England/Scotland Supremacy 3-6
• Total Match Points 35-38
• Total Match Tries 2.8-3.3