Rugby League provides its bettors to place bets at an international level. The following guide explains the details that you need to know about the bets placed in a rugby league. Along with that you will also know more about the bookmakers and a small overview of the major competitions of the Rugby League.

Best Betting Markets in Rugby League

To know more about the best betting markets for Rugby League read the following guide.

The general type of a Rugby League bet is the Match Odds or the Match Coupon which is a straight bet that is placed on the winning team only. This is straight bet but it is provided as a three way bet. Under the three ways bet the odds are equal for each team’s probability of winning as well as odds on draw are also equal. There is also the Futures Rugby League Betting in which the bettor can place a bet on any team which he thinks can win the entire season.

There are also the Prop bets of Rugby League as in Rugby Union and here the bettor can place a bet on any factor except the result of a game. For instance the bettor can place the bet on that player that he thinks will gain a try in the game. If the player does score a try then the bet will be won else the bettor will lose the bet.

Rugby League Competitions Betting

Let us take a closer look at the betting strategies followed in the Rugby League events mainly the Australia’s National Rugby League i.e. the NRL and the UK Super League.

Australian National Rugby League

NRL betting is done hugely in Australia even though the local football i.e. the Australian Rules gives it a tough competition. With the recent controversies surrounding the NRL betting there was a possibility of the popularity to be lessened but it didn’t happen so. The most recent controversy was the stripping of their premierships for the years 2007 and 2009 by the Melbourne Storm for the salary manipulation. Also the retirement of Brisbane Broncos experienced stars caused a lot of loss to them. Still all this chaos has not harmed the popularity of the NRL betting.

UK Super League

The UK Super League comprises of a total of four teams namely the St Helens, Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors and the Bradford Bulls. These teams are the usual favorites of the bettors and amongst these teams the Leeds are the most dominant in the betting arena. The bets placed in the UK Super League have long odds that should be kept in mind for placing bets on the team of Leeds.