After drifting out to as much as $3.00, the Cronulla Sharks have firmed into $1.10 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to make the NRL top eight.
The Wests Tigers ($2.75 into $1.67) and Canberra Raiders ($17 into $5.00) also tightened in betting to make the finals, while the Titans ($3.25), Knights ($5.00), Warriors ($11) and Dragons ($19) all went in the wrong direction.
“Behind the Titans, the Sharks are now the best backed side to make the finals,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.
“There was solid money for the Sharks when they were priced at $2.90 before the season started, but it all went quiet until they smashed the Warriors away from home at the weekend.”
The Bulldogs remain premiership favourites at $4.00, ahead of the Rabbitohs ($4.50) and Storm ($5.50 into $4.50), while Manly have been the biggest movers, firming from $7.50 into $5.00.
In wooden spoon betting, the Eels firmed into $1.30 from $1.67 after last night’s loss, while the Panthers are priced at $3.00.
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
(prices in brackets from 31 July)
To finish in NRL top 8
$1.01 Manly Sea Eagles (in from $1.04)
$1.04 North Queensland Cowboys (out from $1.03)
$1.10 Cronulla Sharks (in from $2.10)
$1.12 Brisbane Broncos (out from $1.08)
$1.67 Wests Tigers (in from $2.75)
$3.25 Gold Coast Titans (out from $2.30)
$5.00 Newcastle Knights (out from $2.75)
$5.00 Canberra Raiders (in from $17)
$11 New Zealand Warriors (out from $2.75)
$19 St. George Illawarra Dragons (out from $5.50)
$51 Sydney Roosters (steady)
2012 NRL Grand Final winner
$4.00 Canterbury Bulldogs (steady)
$4.50 South Sydney Rabbitohs (steady)
$4.50 Melbourne Storm (in from $5.50)
$5.00 Manly Sea Eagles (in from $7.50)
$15 North Queensland Cowboys (out from $9.00)
$19 Brisbane Broncos (out from $9.00)
$21 Cronulla Sharks (in from $23)
$26 Wests Tigers (in from $34)
$41 Gold Coast Titans (out from $26)
$67 New Zealand Warriors (out from $34)
$67 Newcastle Knights (out from $41)
$67 Canberra Raiders (in from $151)
$101 St. George Illawarra Dragons (out from $41)
$331 Sydney Roosters (in from $1001)
2012 NRL wooden spoon
$1.35 Parramatta Eels (in from $1.67)
$3.00 Penrith Panthers (in from $3.05)
$51 Sydney Roosters (out from $5.50)
