Saturday - Air NZ Cup Rd 2
Canterbury to cover -25.5 over Northland - (-110) (1.5 units)
This match on face value looks a little too easy, in any case I will still bite. Canterbury are the most dominant provincial side in the world, and even without their host of All Blacks demolished of most impressive second division side in recent history on the road last week 45-0 all done with a very inexperienced backline. This week they get back 4 players who either currently or previously have played for NZ in Hamilton, Mauger, Thorne and Somerville.
Northland have been the perennial easy beats of the previous NPC competition and although have shown some promising pre season form are in for another long season as seen last week with an uninspiring 15 point loss to Southland. To compund matters they are without their fly-half Howell for today's match (think of him as the team's quarterback for all you Americans reading lol) and hooker Dow.
The only thing holding back me back in unloading on this play is the bit of bad weather in the area last I checked.
This one kicks off in just a tick over 2 hours
good luck
lol that's pretty much the only reason why lot of Americans have a bet on these types of sports, as you said to get some very late action.
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