England To Spring Back Against Springboks

The Summer Internationals continue this weekend with Rugby Union Fans in for a treat as six internationals are scheduled for this Saturday (June 16th). While Rugby League fans get a double header of action as England face the Exiles and Wales meet France.

England are 9/2 (Sporting Bet) to defeat South Africa in Johannesburg in the second test of the three test series (4pm GMT). The first test was claimed by South Africa 22-17 and they are 1/4 (general) to go 2-0 up in the series. Stuart Lancaster can be proud of the way his men battled last time out and they held South Africa to within five points, if you think they can do the same game again then take them on the handicap. bet365 are offering evens both teams on the handicap, giving England a 10 point start . A repeat of the Draw HT-South Africa FT result from game 1 is 22/1 (sportingbet/Stan James). If you think South Africa will have too much class this time then South Africa HT-FT result can be taken at 8/15 (Skybet/paddy Power/ladbrokes). Bryan Habana is 10/1(Skybet) to grab the first try while Englishman Chris Ashton is 14/1 (sportingbet).

Elsewhere on Saturday Wales are in Australia (11.05 GMT) and will look to bounce back from an opening test defeat going down 27-19. History is not on the side of Wales though as they have not defeated the Wallabies in Australia in 43 years and another Australia victory is priced at 1/2 (paddy Power). Wales though can be heartened by the way they ended the second half in the first test and are 9/4 (Sportingbet) to make history. This looks a decent price bearing in mind Scotland have already won here recently and Wales are a much stronger side than the Scottish. Alex Cuthbert grabbed a try in the first test and is 14/1 (Sportingbet) to grab the opener in the second test, while Digby Ioane is the leading Australian priced up 10/1 (general).

World Champions New Zealand destroyed Ireland 42-10 in the opening test and are Evens with bet365 to cover the 24 point margin on the handicap. The shock Irish win in the second test (8:35am GMT) is priced at 20/1 (Sportingbet). Ireland need to keep a close eye on 21 year-old winger Julian Savea who netted a hat-trick on his debut and is 7/1 (Skybet/sportingbet/BetVictor) to grab the opener.

Scotland, buoyed by a victory against the Wallabies in Australia, take on Fiji (3am GMT) and will be expected to see them off with little trouble. Also Argentina take on France (10pm GMT) and Canada meet Italy (3am).

Rugby League fans will be able to watch (3pm) as England take on The Exiles (foreigners playing in the Super League) in the first of a two game series (second game Wednesday July 4.) The Exiles are the 10/11 (BetVictor/Coral) favourites for the opening game. England though could be worth a punt at 11/8 (Stan James) to avenge their defeat last time out. The star last year Rangi Chase now plays for England (Chase by the way is 18/1 first tryscorer-ladbrokes) and the Exiles are also suffering from injuries with Brett Finch and Brett Hodgson missing the game.

The other game of the weekend sales Wales take on France. Be sure to scrum down on all the value.

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