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Why you should drop the last leg of your multi bet
Wussup Sports fams, it's been an action-packed weekend of surprises, debuts, and Multi killers.
by CamSchuster I 25th February 2026
Speaking of multi killers, I had 2 going last weekend, one for anytime try scorer and the other to win (both Super Rugby Pacific). Here they were:
Anytime Try Scorers (paying $16.53):
Fehi Fineanganofo
Max Jorgensen
Caleb Tangitau
Carlos Tizzano
Will Jordan
To Win (paying $2.59):
Hurricanes (vs Moana Pasifika)
Waratahs (vs Drua)
Chiefs (vs Highlanders)
Blues (vs Force)
Crusaders (vs Brumbies)
I also saw a meme showing a soccer dude kicking 6 balls one at a time, aiming to hit the top rail of a goal in front of him with a caption that read “Always drop the last leg of your multi,” and of course, the soccer dude misses the rail with the last shot. The dreaded losing your multi at the last leg ones. If you look at my picks above, you will see the dread. Crusaders vs Brumbies in Christchurch? No brainer, right? The Brumbies last won down there back in 2000. Back then, their coach Stephen Larkham was wearing Declan Meredith’s jersey. Will Jordan for anytime try scorer. No Brainer, right? The man is prolific, scoring 43 tries in 50 All Black tests, plus 9 for the Crusaders last season, and one try off the bench last week. Surely. Not!
The Brumbies' 50-24 win at Apollo Projects breaks a 26-year losing streak in Christchurch; half the Brumbies squad weren't even born when that happened last. Larkham must be proud of his men’s 50-piece effort against the defending champs. The Brumbies applied early pressure sniffing the Crusaders tryline for the first 9 minutes of the match, but the Crusaders' defense said otherwise and foiled the Brumbies attack, turning a potential deficit into 7 points when David Havili powered his way to score the first points of the match. 10 minutes later, the Brumbies would return fire as Andy Muirhead carved up the midfield to cross over for a try. The first half seemed like an arm wrestle with both teams trading shots. Halftime score: Brumbies 19, Crusaders 14.
The second half began with both teams struggling to settle until the Brumbies break the boredom in the 53rd minute with a try off a Declan Meredith chip kick that finds broken play, and capitalised by NZ-born center Kadin Pritchard, who dots down below the sticks. 24-14. Reece Lightning strikes in the corner 24-19, then Brumbies Number Eight Charlie Cale and Australian rising star, answer when he scores. 31-19. Buildups from last week Leicster Fainga’anuku scored a try in the 68th minute to push for a comeback 24-31. At this point, I’m thinking 11 minutes to go is a lot of time for this Crusaders outfit to pull a win out of their ass, and time for Jordan to score a try. Hold the Phone! No and Nope. The Brumbies pull 3 unanswered tries out of their ass instead to close the game out 50-24 and Will Jordan gets medical attention for a tweaked ankle. Brumbies Historical win, Crusaders Embarrassed.
The Crusaders' defeat summed up a weekend of embarrassing losses to elite sports teams trying to kickstart their seasons. In Australia’s A-League, the Wellington Phoenix faced the Black Knights Auckland FC at the cake tin and were smoked 5 points to nil. This cricket score by Soccer standards was one of three low moments for the Wellington club. The first was a brain explosion by Phoenix’s goalkeeper, Josh Oluwayemi, who scored an own goal. It started when AFC Midfielder Jake Girdwood-Reich from his own half, boots the ball high to clear traffic, the ball drops towards the outside of the Phoenix box where Oluwayemi is waiting and decides to header but the ball bounces behind him into the goal, it was all slow motion. A minty’s moment for sure. The second is the final score itself, 5-0. And the third, because bad news comes in threes, is Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano announcing his resignation at the press conference after the match. Ouch.
With the Rugby World Cup just around the corner, the Northern Hemisphere rugby sides need to establish winning ways in the Six Nations and Southern Hemisphere tests. Until the last couple of weeks the red rose of English rugby were blossoming with a 13-1 record in 2025 which included a 33-19 win against the All Blacks (their only loss was to Ireland during the 2025 Six Nations) so, England come into this years Six Nations strong winning their opener against Wales 48-7 but losing to Scotland convincingly a week later 31-20 and then embarrassed by Ireland getting smoked 42-21. A bump in the road turned into a sinkhole that England fell into, leaving coach Steve Borthwick to figure out how to get out. England were horrible defensively, conceding 5 tries and turning the ball over 14 times. Discipline was awful, with yellow cards to rising star Henry Pollock and Freddie Steward. Execution was worse than Stormtroopers at a blaster range, with a few botched set pieces and George Ford having a shocker, missing a couple of easy penalty kicks to touch. It took 40 minutes for England to get on the board - halftime score 21-7. In the end, Ireland has a record win margin. Jamison Gibson-Park was the standout for Ireland; the man was everywhere, like road cones in Auckland City, scoring a try and keeping the Irish phases moving with his quick service. Ex-Chiefs wing James Lowe cheered his Kiwi teammate on the sidelines after an injury forced him out. In a way, England’s predicament mirrors that of the Crusaders, two teams I hate with a passion, who have back-to-back losses, the last a blowout, but two teams who can get things back on track after small tweaks are made to do so. I won’t shed a tear for England or Crusaders, in fact, I’m quite loving it.
As for the Brisbane Broncos, they saved embarrassment by running up a little respect on the scoreboard at the World Cup Challenge. Earlier in the week, the NRL champion Brisbane Broncos faced English Super League champions Hull KR and lost 30-24. Don't let the final score fool you, though; all 58 minutes of the match belonged to Hull before the Broncs decided to mount a comeback. When that decision happened, the score was 30-4 with 19 minutes to go on the clock. Broncs ran out of time, and Hull KR ran the Broncs out of town.
Sports betting lesson of the week: the house always wins, don't be greedy, and relax on the multis. Sometimes that last leg could be a killer. That’s sports, though; it’s the unpredictability that draws us in and makes things exciting. The weekend had some embarrassing losses to some top-level teams. For England and Crusaders, I hope that trend continues, but for Super it is the start of the season, and nobody wins a competition 2 matches in. England faces Italy this weekend, and so would like to wipe the slate clean for that one. The NRL season begins this Sunday in Las Vegas, which means more multis and a lot more unpredictability. Fun fun.