Football Betting

2018 Toyota AFL Premiership The Australian Football League season starts in less than two months, and AFL fans are getting excited. The 2017 season was absolutely thrilling as only AFL can be, so 2018 is going to be another ripper. AFL matches to watch in 2018 Thursday March 22 Richmond v Carlton (Opening Tuesday April 24 Melbourne v Richmond Wednesday April 25 Collingwood v Essendon Saturday June 2 Essendon v Richmond Monday June 11 Melbourne v Collingwood And while we wait in anticipation for the 2018 AFL season to start and to place our bets, why not try out a… Read more >

Australian Rules football, also known as Australian football or Aussie Rules, is contact sport played between two teams of 18 players each on an oval-shaped field and was first played in May 1859 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The game’s origins can be traced back to football matches played in Melbourne in 1858 which were first inspired by English public school football games. The Melbourne Football Club, seeking to develop a game more suited to adults and Australian conditions, published the first laws of Aussie Rules football in May 1859. There are currently over 1,404,000 registered players and the sport has… Read more >

Nonchalantly laying a bet before the ball’s first bounce is not going to do you good over the long term: if you want to start making steady money betting on AFL, you will need to have a strategy in place. I recommend that you narrow your focus, and try to start specialising in one or two niche betting options within the game. This article outlines my favourite three. 1. Live Betting on the AFL Betting live on AFL games has been rather underserved up until quite recently, and this largely as a result of online restrictions, with people not wanting… Read more >

AFL and Rugby, Australia’s Two Greatest Passions Most people around the world know and follow the sport of rugby. There is a world cup, and it is a developing sport in many countries, including those which do not have a history of playing it. AFL, however, is almost endemic to Australia. The two sports are very similar, although there are some very important differences. The Shape Of the Pitch At first glance, the most obvious difference is the shape of the pitch. Rugby is played on a rectangle 100 meters by 70 meters. AFL is played on an oval which… Read more >

Placing a bet on the AFL is growing in popularity in New Zealand thanks to the advent of online betting. There are a number of sites which offer a number of different wagers of the AFL league ranging from simple to the more complex. Each wager should be looked at carefully before any punters place money of them, as some wagers are more appropriate for more experienced bettors while some are suited to new comers. Simple AFL Wagers As with every sport the simplest wager which one can place is a win bet. This is a plain bet on who… Read more >