Pro D2 Rugby Round 1 Betting Picks 2026
A new season of Pro D2 Rugby begins on Thursday as the second tier in French rugby take the pitch. Clubs will be competing for the chance at promotion to the Top 14 league next season. The bottom teams will be hoping to stay out of getting regulated down to the Nationale. These Pro D2 Rugby Round 1 Betting Picks 2026 will get you set for an exciting opening weekend of rugby union play.
This week, we will take advantage of a couple of mispriced lines and the books havenโt had a chance to truly evaluate any of the teams this season. Each of these dogs has an advantage the books have missed and you will profit from exploiting.
Pro D2 Rugby Round 1 Betting Picks 2026
Stade Nicois (Nissa) Over Biarritz Olympique (+325 via Hard Rock)
Biarritz Olympique ended its 25/26 campaign ranked 10th in the league accumulating 56 points on the season. BO tallied 12 victories versus 17 losses and one draw in their 30 total matches last year. To make matters worse, they went out losing six of their final ten matches.
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โ Nissa Rugby (@nissarugby) August 26, 2026
Stade Nicois (or Nissa Rugby as they are known now) is coming back to the Pro D2 after a successful season in the Championnat Fรฉdรฉral Nationale last year. After suffering relegation in the 24/25 season, Nissa finished second overall with a 19-7 record in the Nationale thereby earning its promotion back up to the Pro D2 league. They will be playing with house money here as well having successfully fought a potential relegation before this season even began due to financial issues.
These teams last squared off in the 24/25 season. Stade Nicois left with a 42-41 win that day. Hopefully Nissa can ride the high of its reinstatement to the league and get the job done as well.
Colomiers Over Angouleme (+110 via Hard Rock)
Not sure what the books are looking at here pricing Colomiers as the underdog in this match. Colomiers finished second in the regular season rankings last year and earned a spot in the playoffs. The club won 21 matches with only 9 losses on the season. Its defense carried the load allowing the fewest points (522) all year.
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— Colomiers Rugby (@ColomiersRugby) August 16, 2026
Meanwhile, Angouleme landed in 9th place at the end of last season. Soyaux Angoulรชme XV Charente amassed 13 wins and 17 losses last year, dropping six of its last ten matches, including three of its last five.
Colomiers should not be considered underdogs here, especially taking into consideration the last two meetings between these clubs. Each of them ended in a Colomiers win. The last of which was a 42-0 dismantling back in January.
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