Rugby League

The National Rugby League, or NRL, is the professional rugby league competition of Australia and New Zealand. It is a fairly competitive league, with no team having won the NRL Grand Final two years in a row. It has recently been marred by controversy due to the Melbourne Storm breaching the salary cap, but nothing short of a total shift in public tastes could really reduce the popularity of the NRL in Australia.

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NRL Bets

NRL bets are mostly placed on straight up win/loss results, but there is also a lot of interest in NRL proposition bets. Aussies love to bet on who will score the first try, points at half time, and many more outcomes that are very difficult to pick. The trick to taking advantage of this is to simply look for unbalanced odds rather than playing NRL bets on your gut feeling alone.

State of Origin Bets

The State of Origin games are between Queensland and New South Wales each year, and some of the heaviest NRL betting takes place on this event. State of Origin bets are even more likely to include prop bets than regular NRL games. While both teams always play hard, there is a tendency for the teams to be unbalanced for several years at a time and this can lead to very short odds for the favoured team. Prop bets give punters another option for their State of Origin bets and they help to make the games even more exciting.

NRL Grand Final Bets

NRL Grand Final bets see huge amounts of money pass through Australian sportsbooks, as practically every sports fan in the country will bet on the event. While the popularity of the NRL Grand Final compared to the AFL Grand Final is difficult to judge, the number of NRL Grand Final bets would suggest that the NRL has little to worry about despite the rising national popularity of the AFL.

One piece of advice we have for NRL Grand Final bets is to avoid betting on the Brisbane Broncos for a straight up win if they are in the game - they are almost certainly going to be very firm favourites! We think prop bets are better for your money in this situation, as the Broncos have been tremendously successful in their NRL Grand Final appearances.

NRL Betting

For NRL betting odds, you should optimally sign up for an Australian focused betting site. However, the highly competitive nature of the league means that many foreign punters find it an interesting market, so you may also find NRL betting at a solid UK focused sportsbook like many of those in our review pages.

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