Our Rugby Union expert has three great bets for Saturday's final Autumn International.
England v Australia - Saturday 14:30, Sky Sports 2
England are hot 1-3 favourites to make it 14 wins in a row, 13 on the spin under head coach Eddie Jones including a 3-0 sweep down under, when they host Australia at Twickenham. And it is hard to argue with the Red Rose's chances of completing the calendar year unbeaten and setting a new national winning-streak record.
England are clearly a calculated, classy, confident camp without being complacent and battling for so much of last Saturday's success over Argentina with numerical disadvantages should have put them spot-on after their stroll against Fiji and South Africa's ineptitude. One waltz over Wales last month does not mean Australia are back to the level of runners-up at last year's World Cup following a Southern Hemisphere winter of discontent, which is where they need to be. France and Scotland arguably should have beaten them. Ireland did last Saturday.
However, the wounded Wallabies do look the handicap bet with a start of 10.5 points. In recent years, Australia have had no trouble fronting-up at Twickenham. Last year's World Cup pummelling was a fourth win over the Poms in seven trips to the South West London cabbage patch and only the one of three home wins was by a double-figure margin.
Michael Hooper and David Pocock will take great pride in making a nuisance of themselves at the breakdown and in no particular order of influence in England's triumph Down Under, Maro Itoje, Billy Vunipola, James Haskell, Anthony Watson and Jack Nowell are also now missing with injury, while Autumn find Elliot Daly is suspended for his early red card against the Pumas. The Wallabies will smile if such recklessness occurs again rather than get drawn into a scrap and risk their own mist coming down.
England also gave away a lot of penalties in the first half against South Africa and Australia are unlikely to be so profligate with such a foothold. The Wallabies weren't against the French, while they came storming back from a slow start in Dublin to worry Ireland.
Jonny May's emergency scrummaging technique has taken a lot of stick over the last week but his pace and running skills are certainly no joking matter, and it would be no surprise to see him make it three tries in three Tests for England this Autumn.
However, for tryscorer bets it could pay to focus on Australia, who will surely test George Ford's defensive skills with plenty of channel-running.
Awesome Full-Back Israel Folau is due a touchdown, heavyweight Centre Tevita Kuridrani keeps going over on this tour after losing his form in the Rugby Championship, while Fly-Half Bernard Foley has a knack of scooting over, not just against England.
But for huge value, have small bets on starting props Scott Sio and Sekope Kepu grabbing five-pointers (and taking triple-figure prices about the first try might not be silly). Aussie coach Michael Cheika clearly targets smaller-framed backs with his heavy brigade close to the line and it has paid dividends.
