Rugby Union

Rugby In-Play Betting & Odds

Rugby union is a fierce and hard-hitting sport that takes no prisoners which often means that it is a thrilling spectacle to witness. Indeed, big hits and bone-crunching tackles are all part of an 80-minute match with the victor normally decided by the team that shows the most hunger to win. Indeed, it is never a foregone conclusion in rugby union with passion and desire often able to make up for a shortfall of playing skill.

Needless to say, this is why in-play betting for rugby union is so handy as a game can often get flipped on its head by a team that is riding the crest of a wave in terms of emotion.

Rugby Live Betting Odds

Live betting odds give you the luxury of keeping your options open as to what might transpire throughout a match. So if you’re feeling a bit tentative about a match-up that is too close to call, you can wait for it to kick off and a pattern to emerge before making your choice on who might be the eventual winner.

In-play odds give you the power to decide if a game will be a walkover and what the score will be at the end. For instance, if New Zealand scores a try against Namibia in the first minute of their game, you could head to the in-play market given how emphatically they’ve started the contest against the minnows to bet on the All Blacks scoring more than 100 points in the match at odds of 11/10.

Live Rugby Betting Markets

The main live betting markets for Rugby Union are outright winner, handicap, team, and tries and points.

In essence, each in-play market will offer you odds on a particular outcome happening within a set amount of time. The outright winner market is quite self-explanatory as you are simply asked to decide who will win the match but the catch is that, unlike fixed odds, the in-play odds can fluctuate if a game is a nip and tuck affair. For handicap in-play betting, it is up to you to predict by what handicap a team have to will win or lose whilst the game is ongoing.

The in-play team betting lets you predict how many cards, tries, and points a team will rack up over 80 minutes, whilst the tries and points live betting market will provide odds with regards to at what stage points will be scored during a game by both teams.

How to bet in-play on rugby?

If you're now ready to step into the pulsating world of live betting and want to know how to bet on rugby in-play then follow these steps and you’ll be up and away in no time. Start by logging onto the Paddy Power site and look for the in-play option on the left of the home page. Go ahead and click on it and you’ll soon be on the main page for all live betting offered by Paddy Power. From here, look for the rugby option at the top of the screen and then follow that link by tapping on it.

You have now arrived at all the in-play betting for rugby on the site so it’s now up to you to decide which market you want to bet on. Once you’ve decided, tap on the selected odds and you’ll see a drop-down box appear on the top right-hand corner of the screen. This will serve as your virtual betting slip, all that’s left for you to decide is how much you would like to bet. Once decided, to make it official, click on the green banner at the bottom of the box that says 'place bets.'