Weekly Articles "Road to Riches" by Rich 'Tighty' Prew
The Road to Riches weekend of 30th-31st March
Coming up this weekend
- Football, Premier League fixtures include Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
- Racing, the start of the new flat season at Doncaster. Over the jumps at Stratford and Uttoxeter. All weather racing at Kempton and Southwell.
- Cricket, the 2019 IPL continues, and the start of the English County Championship next Friday
- Golf, WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay in Austin and the Hero Indian Open on the European Tour
- Tennis, ATP Miami
Aintree Grand National Festival (4th-6th April)
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European Rugby Champions Cup Quarter-Final
Saturday 12.45pm Edinburgh v Munster (Channel 4)
Edinburgh won Pool 5 with five wins out of six ahead of French sides Montpellier and Toulon to earn the fourth seed in the Quarter finals. Both Edinburgh and Glasgow made the quarter finals, a sign of the growing strength of Scottish franchise rugby. Edinburgh probably won the weakest pool though, with Toulon not the force they were and Montpellier lost three games in the pool.
Edinburgh warmed up for this game with an impressive 24-11 Pro 14 victory over Leinster last weekend. They provide the majority of the national side pack, and Barclay and Watson, both injured for much of the season are fit to give them a back row that is likely to be a real nuisance alongside the very powerful Bill Mata.
Munster reached the semi finals last season and qualified for the quarter finals this season by winning a tough pool including Exeter and Castres with four wins, a draw and a single loss. That record was only good for the fifth seed hence they are the group winner with the away quarter final. Crucially here they have Peter O’Mahoney and CJ Stander to counter the Edinburgh back row threat and in 23 year old Joey Carberry at fly half they have a burgeoning talent and the top point scorer in the competition this season.
Munster are a tough experienced outfit in knockout rugby and are 4/7 favourites outright to win this tie and -5 on the handicap at 10/11. I do feel they are likely to win in what could be a close contest and the 6/4 Betfred offers about a Munster 1-12 point win in the winning margin market is the favoured bet.
10 points Munster to win by 1-12 points 7/4 Betfair Sportsbook, 13/8 PaddyPower, 6/4 Betfred, Ladbrokes/Coral
Racing to the Top
This weekend the column’s ante-post European Rugby Champions Cup Club Racing 92 host Toulouse in the quarter finals of the competition.
Racing won their group to finish as second seeds for the quarter finals, and therefore a home tie against one of the three group runners up, with a path to the final that would probably involve beating defending champions Leinster (again at home) were they to beat Toulouse this weekend, which is a tough fixture as Toulouse are hugely on the way back up, top of the French Top 14 and playing with huge confidence.
Whether or not Racing succeed this season, the building blocks are now in place for them to succeed the likes of Saracens, Toulon and Leinster as the powerhouse and perennial favourites of these European competitions.
One of the final off the field staging points on this transition was the move to a new stadium at La Defense in Paris. The previous stadium hosted the 1924 Olympics and was a hindrance in terms of facilities and attracting players, whilst it didn’t provide the passionate atmosphere seen to good effect at Toulon, Clermont and Montpellier. The new stadium has a capacity of 40,000, the largest indoor arena in Europe, and it is like playing rugby in a rock venue with dark stands, strobe lighting and big screens. The artificial turf is short and suits the desired quick, expansive playing style.
Racing are a terrific offloading side, and the recruitment of the brilliant Finn Russell at fly half has taken that to the next stage. Russell replaced Dan Carter, who was a name to help to build the brand towards the end of his career but the Scotland fly half could be more valuable to Racing.
Recruitment is now key. Racing no longer need to chase the older big names. Having also built a state-of-the-art training facility to go with their space-age stadium, they should be in a position to attract players in their prime, not just those looking for a final payday.
Like a lot of French teams, built to withstand the rigours of the Top 14 where every week is a battle, Racing had a massive pack of forwards which lumbered from set piece to set piece and delivered ball to individual (often imported) talents in the backs. That style has evolved with the forwards now looking to off-load and this is developing through their home grown players. This has developed a team that isn’t too consistent domestically (sixth in the top 14) but is more attuned to winning European matches.
Racing are great to watch, are only going to get better and are a team to be “onside” with in betting markets in seasons to come until such time as they overtake the likes of Saracens and Leinster at the head of markets as competitions start.
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The Road to Riches Weekend of 23rd-24th March
Coming up this weekend
- Football, European Championship Qualifying starts, England v the Czech Republic on Friday night
- Racing, Over the jumps on Saturday at Bangor, Kelso and Newbury. All weather racing at Kempton and Lingfield
- Cricket, the start of the 2019 IPL on Saturday
- Golf, On the USPGA the Valspar Championship at TPC Sawgrass and the Maybank Championship in Malaysia on the European Tour
- Tennis, ATP Miami
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County Championship Division Two 2019
In common with recent years this remains a good market for ante-post betting this year. Ten sides are in the division with as many of six of them unlikely to win. They don’t spend up to salary cap limits and don’t have the finances (from membership numbers to sponsorships) of those at top of Division two of whom play on test grounds (Lancashire and Middlesex, notably, this season)
The attractiveness of the betting market next year reduces substantially when it moves to an eight team competition in a re-organisation of domestic cricket
There is a big difference in standard and resources between Division one and most Division Two sides and in 2018 one of the “big hitters” Lancashire were relegated putting another perennial Division one side in the division.
The shape of the betting market for 2019 is as follows:
Lancashire 9/4
Middlesex 3/1
Sussex 9/2
Worcs 8/1
20/1 bar the top 4
Last season’s division two finished as follows:
Warwickshire 242 points
Kent 221
Sussex 186
Middlesex 179
No other side achieved more than five wins and all were more than 20 points behind the top four sides. Each side plays 14 matches, so only plays five of the nine other teams twice
Again this year it is a two tier division and again this is exacerbated by some of the best young players in the division being poached by Division one clubs including Aneurin Donald (from Glamorgan), Ben Duckett (from Northants) and Joe Clarke (from Worcs).
Each way odds this time again are 1/5 1,2,3
Lancashire and Middlesex are obviously warm favourites, Lancashire in particular should win the division, but they are not the betting prospect that Sussex are with a talented young squad under the excellent coach Jason Gillespie, albeit one that might be without Jofra Archer for the World Cup period. This is a squad that should compete for the title and would be very disappointed if they were outside the top three ( for the each way return ). Sussex only play Lancashire once and of the sides they play twice, three are Durham, Northants and Gloucestershire so the fixtures have fallen relatively kindly.
10 points each way Sussex at 9/2 (1/5 1,2,3) Bet365, Betfair Sportsbook/PaddyPower
Hundred Up
There is a lot of scepticism about the new English domestic cricket competition The Hundred. In a recent survey only 12% of county members supported the new competition, the PR has been ineffective and its far from certain that the new audience to whom the competition is aimed will be enthused by it.
As its latest stage of progress the ECB has unveiled the main playing conditions for the new 100-ball format.
While the eight grounds for the tournament were confirmed 12 months ago, and a player draft has been scheduled for the autumn, there is no further detail yet on news of the teams or whether they will incorporate cities or regions. The event will take place during a five-week period in the summer of 2020.
The format will be 100 balls per side, with a change of ends after every 10 deliveries. Bowlers will deliver either five or 10 consecutive balls but are restricted to a maximum of 20 per match, while each fielding side gets a strategic timeout of up to two and a half minutes.
A 25-ball powerplay will start each side's innings, where only two fielders will be allowed outside the initial 30-yard circle.
Many of these innovations were piloted across six days last September at Loughborough and Trent Bridge.
The Hundred is an attempt to reach into fans who otherwise have not been engaged by the game for reasons of accessibility, perception or cost. It will bring the sport back from behind the Sky paywall, too. Whether that can succeed while abandoning the core of existing fans remains a moot point.
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The Road to Riches Weekend of 16th-17th March
Coming up this weekend
- Football, the FA Cup Quarter Finals. Premier League fixtures include Everton v Chelsea
- Racing, Over the jumps on Saturday at Fontwell, Kempton, Newcastle and Uttoxeter including the Midlands Grand National. All weather racing at Wolverhampton
- Rugby Union, the final weekend of the Six Nations
- Formula One, the Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2019 season
- Golf, On the USPGA the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass and the Kenya Open on the European Tour
- Tennis, ATP Indian Wells
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2019 IPL Ante-Post Preview
The IPL begins its twelfth season next Saturday and runs until 12th May. Chennai Super Kings are the defending champions.
Best odds for the tournament at the time of writing are as follows
Sunrisers Hyderabad 9/2
Chennai Super Kings 11/2
RCB 6/1
Mumbai Indians 6/1
KKR 6/1
Rajastan Royals 6/1
Delhi Capitals 8/1
Kings XI Punjab 10/1
The group stage results in 2018 showed how evenly matched many of the sides in the competition were. CSK topped the league table with 9 wins, the bottom side had 5. Each side has potential match-winners and all sides tend to be competitive and consistency is difficult to come by.
I wouldn’t argue that Sunrisers are the favourites, they were finalists last season with Rashid Khan, a leg spinning match winner across a number of global T20 competitions, back again this year but at 9/2 their prospects are now well discounted. CSK is a powerful squad and a team that has never missed reaching the play-offs. RCB once more looks batting heavy and KKR are always competitive especially with their slower bowlers at home.
At the prices I think there is value outside the few favourites.
Kings XI Punjab haven’t made the play-offs since 2014. They started the 2018 competition brilliantly and were on course for a top four finish, but fell away after the first month losing five matches in a row. They eventually finished seventh in the competition. Why might it be different this year?
The main reason I am interested is not the presence of Chris Gayle and KL Rahul (third highest scoring batsman in the tournament last year) and the South African hitter David Miller but the options in the bowling line up and its typically bowling depth and options that are crucial in making a difference in these long competitions.
AJ Tye the Australian was top wicket taker in the competition last season with 24 wickets and he is back for 2019. Alongside Tye, options include Ashwin, Sam Curran, Mohammed Shami and Hardus Viljoen amongst the established players. As well Afghan teenager Mujeeb Ur Rahman developed fast in the last IPL. An off-spinner, he took 14 wickets in 11 matches at an average of 20.64 and an economy rate of under 7.
There is also a broader Investment in youth. Varun Chakravarthy was bought in the auction. He is a leg-spinner who showed potential in the Tamil Nadu Premier League where he picked up nine wickets at 20.88 and an economy rate of just 4.70. Also, in the 50-over domestic tournament in India he picked up 22 wickets at 16.68 finishing as the tournament's second highest wicket-taker. He is meant to have seven variations and will be an unknown quantity in the IPL for many opponents.
They have also invested heavily on Prabhsimran Singh, about to turn 19 this year, largely due to good performances with the India Under-19s/India Emerging team. Finally the young West Indian batsman Nicholas Pooran was recruited. He scored 379 runs in 11 matches at an average of 47 in the recent BPL and scored three half-centuries in the competition.
This doesn’t look like a team that should be outsider of 8 teams and 10-1. There is more depth than last season, and reasonable chance of making play-offs and therefore giving us a run in a wide open competition at a price.
10 points Kings XI Punjab to win the 2019 IPL 10-1 Betfred and SkyBet.
Rule the World
Recently World Rugby proposed a new annual 12 team World League. Under the original plans which were widely criticised Fiji, Samoa and Tonga would have been excluded from top level international rugby for 12 years from 2020. So would Georgia (ranked 12th in the world), Romania, Canada with no promotion or relegation.
Details released were as follows:
Six Nations: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales
Rugby Championship: Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,Japan and USA
July: Three Tests against three of the six teams from the opposite hemisphere
November: Three Tests against the remaining three sides from the opposite hemisphere, plus a semi final and final hosted in Europe.
The impact on the Pacific nations would be profound. Ever since professionalism was introduced to the sport, Pacific Island players have faced the lure of bigger contracts from European and Super Rugby clubs if they give up international eligibility. With no games to be played against the likes of New Zealand, England and Ireland under the plans those decisions have become even easier. The money in England and France will become too good to turn down, leading to the end of their respective international sides.
This is all before addressing the concerns voiced by leading Test players about the added impact having to play up to five Tests in November.
In an age where player welfare is often cited as important, Jonny Sexton's comments in particular are apposite
"To suggest that players can play five incredibly high-level test matches in consecutive weeks in November, is out of touch and shows little understanding of the physical strain this brings.”
Meanwhile All Black captain Kieran Read said
“Fans want to see meaningful games; they don’t want to see fatigued players playing a reduced quality of rugby as part of a money-driven, weakened competition that doesn’t work for the players and clubs.
“With new technologies, new broadcast deals and new money coming into the sport, this is a crucial moment for rugby and one that many players are generally excited about. However, we have to make sure that the integrity of the game and welfare of the players is protected.”
Writing ahead of Thursday’s (yesterday as you read) meeting in Dublin there were already signs of back-tracking on these issues, such as removing the semi-finals from the competition. If this occurred the maximum number of games a team would play in the autumn block would be four - with a maximum total of 12 over the course of the year.
The Tier One countries have a clear question to resolve. Are you going to look after yourselves or are you going to look after the wider game?
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The Road to Riches Weekend of 9th-10th March
Coming up this weekend
- Football, the Premier League fixtures include Arsenal v Manchester United
- Racing, Over the jumps on Saturday at Ayr, Hereford and Sandown. All weather racing at Kempton and Wolverhampton
- Rugby Union, the fourth weekend of the Six Nations
- Cricket, the final match in the T20 Series between the West Indies and England in St Kitts.
- Golf, On the USPGA the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill and the Qatar Masters on the European Tour
- Tennis, ATP Indian Wells
Next week: The Cheltenham Festival (Tuesday 12th – 15th March 2019)
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West Indies v England 2nd T20 International, St Kitts
** Note starts Friday 8pm GMT **
The West Indies have impressed during England's tour of the Caribbean - winning the Test series 2-1 and drawing the 50-over series 2-2 - but their display in the first T20 of three at the same venue as this game on Tuesday was their worst performance in the field of the tour so far.
Bairstow hit 68 and England won by four wickets chasing down 160 comfortably. England went off 6/5, despite being the higher ranked T20 team, with some recency bias at play and also with England resting the IPL bound Moeen, Stokes and Buttler. For this second match England are into 10/11 in the outright market.
England’s bowling line up for the first game did well. The absence of Stokes and Moeen, and the decision to also rest fast bowler Mark Wood, meant fringe players Curran, Jordan and David Willey played more significant roles with the ball complementing Rashid and Plunkett.
Rashid tends to bowl the middle overs of the innings and these days is an experienced practitioner in all international one day formats and is routinely installed as favourite in the Top England bowler market.
Here prices are:
Rashid 3/1
Wood 100/30
Jordan 7/2
Curran 7/2
Plunkett 4/1
Willey 4/1
Willey tends to require swing conditions to be effective and Plunkett is as his best in bouncy conditions and presumably his place is vulnerable to the return of Mark Wood, who has only played 4 T20Is since 2015 but should at 90mph+ be an effective strike bowler in the format. Jordan is a third seamer who didn’t bowl his full complement of overs in the first game as England used six bowlers.
That leaves Tom Curran who took 4-36 in the first match. He bowls at either end of the innings and has an effective armoury of variants. In the 2018-19 BBL he was a top five wicket taker despite missing knockout stage to join this tour and in 8 T20Is so far has a strike rate of a wicket every 15 balls, the lowest of any bowler in the current England squad.
8 points Tom Curran Top England bowler second ODI at 7/2 with William Hill, Sportingbet and Ladbrokes/Coral
Change
With the ECB’s new “The Hundred” competition set to begin in 2020, other English competitions are due for a shake up too. For example Division One of the County Championship is set to expand to ten teams in the same season. Three sides would be promoted from Division Two at the end of next season and just one would be relegated.
Proposals to move from two divisions to three conferences and eliminate promotion and relegation were rejected as more than half of the 18 first-class counties were opposed to the change. They believe that two divisions promote better, more exciting cricket and that their members like the drama of promotion and relegation.
The number of matches will nevertheless remain at 14 per team. This means that in Division One counties will not play every other team home and away. One proposal to accommodate this is the use of a seeding system, although the details are to be decided.
The board has also approved recommendations that the 50-over one-day competition be played at the same time as the ECB’s new eight-team Hundred-ball competition, over five weeks in July and August. The new Hundred competition will include around 96 of the best white-ball players in the country not available for their counties so the 50-over tournament will become more of a development competition with opportunities for younger second-team players.
The changes will also mean that the T20 Blast is played alongside the County Championship, mostly on Thursday and Friday nights rather than in two three-week blocks as at present. The Blast group stages are likely to take place during May and June, with the finals day still in September after the completion of The Hundred.
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The Road to Riches Weekend of 2nd=3rd March
Coming up this weekend
- Football, the Premier League fixtures include Tottenham v Arsenal and Everton v Liverpool
- Racing, Over the jumps on Saturday at Doncaster, Kelso and Newbury. All weather racing at Chelmsford and Lingfield
- Cricket, the fifth match in the ODI Series between the West Indies and England in St Lucia.
- Golf, On the USPGA the Honda Classic at PGA National and the Oman Open on the European Tour
- Tennis, ATP Opens in Dubai, Acapulco and Sao Paulo
The Cheltenham Festival (Tuesday 12th – 15th March 2019)
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Cricket: West Indies v England 5th ODI, St Lucia, Saturday
The final game in the series takes place in St Lucia on Saturday. England lead the series 2-1 after a remarkable 4th ODI in Grenada on Wednesday
Jos Buttler smashed a brilliant century as England edged a thrilling fourth one-day international against West Indies in Grenada despite Chris Gayle's brilliant 162.The hosts almost chased down England's 418-6 - Buttler hitting 150 off just 77 balls - but the tourists held their nerve for a 29-run win as leg-spinner Adil Rashid took four wickets in the 48th over.It was a record-breaking match, testament to how playing conditions and regulations are now so batting friendly in the format
- 46 sixes were hit in the match, the most in an ODI.
- England hit a record 24 sixes in their innings.
- 807 runs were scored in the match; the third-highest aggregate total in ODI history.
- Buttler scored the most sixes in an ODI innings for England with 12.
- England passed 400 in ODIs for only the fourth time, all from 2015 onwards and for the first time away from England
This also sets up as a high scoring game, on a small ground.
In the West Indies top batsman market its no surprise to see Chris Gayle as favourite. At the start of his last year in international cricket, in this series he has hit 135,50 and 162 on perfect pitches. He’s listed at 5/2. No one would be surprised to see him go off again and hit another score. However at the age of 39 he trudged off very wearily after his 162 on Wednesday. He’s already a passenger in the field, and doesn’t run singles well when batting. I think we can oppose him for value but with who?
Shimron Hetmyer scored a hundred in the second ODI and now has 4 ODI hundreds. No other West Indies batsman has more than one century before Hetmyer’s age, 22
He averages 42 in 24 ODIs with 886 runs. He has an adaptable game, he can accumulate where the situation demands and has the power and inventiveness of the best modern young batsmen
He has been batting this ODI series at 5, though on occasions in his young career at 4 wheich is probably where he will end up. He scored 106 and 94 in India in successive ODIs last autumn and in this series has 130 runs at a trike rate of 126
In the betting Hetmyer is behind Hope/Lewis/Campbell two of whom will play at 2 and 3 and Hetmyer is available at 6-1 down to 11-2 With Campbell inconsistent, Hope has two scores over 50 this year in all formats as does Darren Bravo likely to be batting at 4. I would have Hetmyer in the 4/1 bracket where you find the other top five batsman apart from Gayle
10 points Shimron Hetmyer Top West Indies Batsman 5th ODI 6-1 Betfair Sportsbook/Paddy Power, 11/2 William Hill and SkyBet
Innovation
Mid way through the Six Nations, we are near the start of a big Rugby year with the World Cup in Japan coming in September
One of the interesting aspects of the current tournament is that for the first time in a number of years there have been signs of innovation in attack. New Zealand aside, where the player’s individual skills have enabled them to rise above the often mediocrity elsewhere, the attacking game has struggled to break down “rugby league” style defences that were ushered into the game near the start of the professional era. That style of defence sees the defending side rush in a single line, a tackle is made, the ball is recycled and the play continues to the next phase or major collision. At least in rugby league you are limited to six tackles before losing possession.
In this Six Nations England, with a number of players skilled in the kicking game, have shown the evolution of an attacking style to exploit space behind the rush defence notably from different phases (kicking from first phase being comparatively simple to nullify, its expected) and places on the field to provide variety. If the platform is solid, its difficult to counter as the attacking side, knowing what to expect, can be a beat ahead of the defending side with cross kicks and grubbers rather than the traditional approach of hoisting a ball high into the air and creating a 50-50 contest for the ball fifteen yards further down the field. England’s issue, when the kicking game was countered in Cardiff was that there was no plan B. What might some future Plan B’s be?
The current thoughts come down to two areas. Firstly sides defend incredibly well close to breakdowns in the narrow channels. Defending teams position specialists there. The space is out wide, away from the big bodied defenders and we are seeing pockets of more expansive play to spread the field across the game. 16 of the 32 tries scored in the first two rounds of the Six Nations this year were scored by wingers. Secondly there are the beginnings of innovative thinking in terms of the use of individual players. Eddie Jones has talked about utilising Jack Nowell as a flanker and giving him a roving role, essentially allowing him to appear in unexpected areas of the field and the team to field three wingers. In the Southern Hemisphere some teams have lined up in line outs with backs receiving the throw (helped by the rules allowing lifting) and then unleashing big forwards on the backs once the ball has been secured.
How fast these innovations develop and what will be seen at the World Cup remains to be seen but this Six Nations has just seen a glimpse of what is to come, to which defences will have to adapt. Perhaps then the thought that if you were watching a match in black and white and not knowing which teams were which the current attacking styles of South Africa, Australia and most of the Northern Hemisphere are incredibly similar and you’d struggle to differentiate then, all facing established defensive settings.
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