Are Great Britain In For Aussie Backlash?
William Hill have priced up Saturday mornings Tri Nations clash between Australia and Great Britain and the Handicap suggests that Team GB could be in for a pasting with William Hill awarding GB with a 18 point head start.
Australia are the 1/10 favourites in the outright and are 2/9 to win the tournament.
"There are few things more dangerous than an Australia side with wounded pride and we fully expect them to come out of the blocks with all systems firing this time round," said William Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams.
Outright: 1/10 Australia, 11/2 Great Britain, 25/1 Draw
William Hill Handicap Betting: 10/11 Australia, 10/11 Great Britain (+18), 16/1 Draw
William Hill First Try Scorer GB: 14/1 G Raynor, 14/1 D Mcguire, 18/1 L Pryce, 18/1 K Senior, 20/1 R Horne, 20/1 M Gleeson, 20/1 L Gilmour, 25/1 T Newton, 25/1 P Wellens, 25/1 J Wilkin, 25/1 J Roby, 33/1 S O' Loughlin, 33/1 G Hock, 33/1 G Ellis, 40/1 A Morley, 50/1 S Fielden, 50/1 J Peacock.
William Hill First Try Scorer Australia: 9/1 G Inglis, 10/1 M Gasnier, 12/1 J Hodges, 12/1 D Lockyer, 14/1 J Thurston, 14/1 B Tate, 16/1 S Berrigan, 16/1 K Hunt, 18/1 C Smith, 20/1 N Hindmarsh, 20/1 L O' Donnell, 20/1 A Tupou, 20/1 A Ryan, 40/1 P Civoniceva, 40/1 M O'meley, 40/1 B Kite, 40/1 A Kaufusi.
William Hill Tri-Nations Outright: 2/9 Australia, 10/3 New Zealand, 16/1 GB