Tour de France 2017 gets underway on Saturday 1st July and in this outright preview we look at the betting for Yelllow and Green Jersey competitions.

Oracle Rugby provides a recap of the picks made over the previous weekend’s internationals.

In Australia rugby union is fighting to stay relevant as a major sport. After the shambles we witnessed on the rugby pitch the past fortnight it would come as no surprise to me if chess, lawn bowls, bridge and under water hockey overtake Australian rugby as a major Aussie sport in terms of supporter numbers sooner rather than later.

Last week I talked about the prospects next season for the three clubs newly promoted. Based on previous years’ experience of club newly promoted to the Premier League I’m afraid I didn’t hold out too much hope for them all being success enough to even stay for a second season.

As readers of this column will know I called last weeks Springboks v France test horribly wrong. I really expected the French to give the home team a tough match and while they started quickly they were never really in the game after their opening try. I had taken France +7.5 points as my biggest bet of the weekend and was left licking my wounds and wondering where I had gone wrong?

 One of the biggest barriers to entry when it comes to sports betting is a lack of understanding as to how everything works. With the Super Rugby around the corner we will try and explain the various options at a sports bettor’s disposal starting with match betting and the handicap.