Console Yourself: Bet Argentina Rugby Odds vs England

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25 October 2023

Console Yourself: Bet Argentina Rugby Odds vs England

England and Argentina meet in the Rugby World Cup consolation game in France on Friday afternoon.

No teams enjoy playing this game, so it’s all about mental attitude, which is why bettors could find value with Argentina at value odds.

The sportsbook has Argentina at +220 to beat England, which narrowly lost to South Africa last week.

Passion to the Fore

One thing we like about Argentina is that they play with passion, so the Rugby World Cup betting line of +7½ could be worth entertaining against England.

The Argentinians might have been hammered by the All Blacks last week, but this will be a different contest because of their mindset.

England could find it tough to recover from a heartbreaking one-point loss, and Argentina could pounce on it early.

We don’t rate coach Michael Chieka, who had a terrible record as the coach of Australia, and he’s not much better with Argentina. However, the players play with pride, and this game is all about pride.

Argentina is a +220 outsider, which is longer than we thought. We expected it to be around +150, so the Rugby betting lines for an upset are appealing.

England’s Mental Attitude

England wasn’t given much chance to beat South Africa last week by the sportsbook, but it should have won the game.

A late penalty gave South Africa the 16-15 win and a spot in the Rugby World Cup Final against New Zealand on Saturday.

How England bounces back from that tough defeat is yet to be seen, but we have fears that it won’t care about beating Argentina.

It will be on such a low, and most of the players will want to head back home. Ex-England prop David Flatman believes the right decision was made to award the Springboks with the penalty.

“And in my opinion as a, you know an ex-prop, and I could be wrong, I absolutely could be wrong. I’ve read columns from experts who’ve spoken to international props and who are better than me, and they have said it was the wrong decision,”Flatman said.

“In my opinion, it was the correct decision; Ellis Genge hits, and his knee goes down, but he gets himself back up, and if you just watch before that ball comes in.”

Rugby World Cup Betting online markets have England at -335, which is too short for our liking based on the situation.

England has a dominant 20-5-1 advantage over Argentina. However, Argentina won in 2022 at Twickenham 30-29 to snap a 10-game winning streak from England. The most recent was a 27-10 win to England during the World Cup.