Punters thought that Argentina would get
within 25 points of South Africa last Saturday, and when the Pumas led 6-0
early on, those punters would have been on good terms with themselves.
That feeling didn't last for long however as the Springboks moved into
overdrive to win 63-9. Most of the money for Argentina came from England,
with the biggest of those bets being 3000 pounds.
The Springboks were impressive in their
Tri-Nations games before last week, and get a chance to all but seal the
title if they can brush aside New Zealand on Saturday. South Africa have
lost Bakkie Botha and Jaque Fourie, but into the side come Danie Rossouw
and Frans Steyn, and while both have also had recent injury problems, the
side still looks capable. Lasseters opened New Zealand as 2.00 slight
outsiders, and there were no bites at all, so South Africa will definitely
go into this game as favourites. They are currently 2.40 to win the
Tri-Nations, with New Zealand at 2.75 and Australia remain the outsiders
at 3.00.
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