This weekend sees the third event of the 2023-24 HSBC SVNS season take place as the best rugby sevens teams head to Perth for three days of non-stop action. With two different winners across the opening two tournaments of the season, who will come out on top this time?
Argentina has made yet another fast start as they continue to impress in the shortest format of the game. Can they continue their quest to go one step further than they did last year? Or will home side Australia win in Perth for the first time since 2018 and break their home town hoodoo? What about New Zealand, last season’s juggernaut that typically starts slow—when will they awake?
We break down all the latest betting odds from bookmaker bet365 to answer these questions and outline the best bets to makes on the HSBC SVSN Perth this weekend.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: January 25th, 4:00 A.M. (GMT)
Bookmaker bet365 sure has served up some tasty outright betting odds ahead of the season’s third tournament. Essentially, any one of five teams could win this one. Argentina has their noses ever so slightly in front at 4.33, before Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are all a dead heat on 5.00 to win. From here, the odds drop way off to Ireland at 17.00.
Odds to win pools are reflective of various pool’s strengths. Australia is coming in as a 1.50 favourite to top Pool A thanks to having no other big team in their group, while Argentina leads South Africa in Pool B by 1.61 to 2.30, and Fiji sits level with New Zealand on 2.37 to top Pool C.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: January 25th, 4:00 A.M. (GMT)
This time last year New Zealand also had a slow start to the season. The All Black Sevens failed to win either of the first two events, just as they have this season. However, in Australia they woke up, lifting the title and barely looking back as they went on a winning streak that saw them take out the series.
We say they’ll do so again in Perth this weekend. They’ve be close the past two tournaments, making the quarter-finals and semi-finals but losing tight matches. Expect them to be motivated by this and kick on for victory in Australia.
Those after a big pay day might want to look at a dark horse bet on Ireland. The men in green are paying a huge 17.00 to win in Australia but have showed some promising signs already this series. Most recently in Cape Town, they topped their pool and knocked out New Zealand en route to the quarter-finals. All it takes is another upset or two and we could be crowning a new champion in Perth this Sunday.
