Betfair, the world’s leading betting exchange, has announced that the Rugby Football Union has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (‘MoU’) with Betfair to monitor rugby betting, with the aim of ensuring the continued integrity of the sport. It is the seventeenth such agreement that Betfair has signed with sports regulatory bodies around the world.

As the leading betting exchange, Betfair is uniquely placed to monitor the rugby-betting market and to assist the regulatory bodies in cases of suspicious betting patterns. Betfair tracks all activity on its site and can provide detailed punter-information when required.

Betfair has witnessed a surge in the popularity of betting on rugby, reflecting general interest in the game at a time when attention turns to the Six Nations.