Boks a good bet to beat Aussies

Imanaged to get away with extended family this past weekend and enjoyed three of my favourite Bs – beer, bush and betting. Fortunately, I was successful on the betting side of things and it leaves me nicely placed heading into one of the most exciting weekends of the year.

We have the resumption of the Rugby Championship where South Africa are 8.5 favourites to beat Australia in Port Elizabeth.

Those who have followed my column over the years will know that I bet with the head and not the heart but this week I am steaming into the Boks as I think Australia are very much there for the taking and that South Africa can build on their brilliant victory over New Zealand two weeks back.

The betting highlight for me will be the Ryder Cup, which gets going in France tomorrow.

As I write this article the US are 17/20 favourites to win with Europe 13/10 and the tie quoted at 12/1.

There have been a couple of lopsided contests in recent years but I think we are in for a very tight tussle this time around.

The US have the better ranked players in their team but Europe have more proven match play exponents and I find myself leaning towards another home victory.

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