He has dropped off the pace in Coleman Medal betting, but Buddy Franklin is tipped to shine during Lefty Round, priced at $3.25 with online bookmaker sportsbet to kick the most goals out of any left footed player this week.
Showing the potency of their forward line, fellow Hawthorn forward Jarryd Roughead is next in the market at $4.50 followed by Jeremy Cameron at $5.50 and Travis Cloke at $7.00.
A handicapped lefty disposals market is also available to punters, with Scott Pendlebury the market at $9.00 on scratch.
Fresh off signing a new deal, Western Bulldogs young gun Tom Liberatore is next in the market at $11 with a handicap of +1.5.
“Four of the top six hopes for the Coleman Medal are left footed, so punters are tipping there will be no shortage of goals this round!” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.
In round 20 betting, Sydney have caught the eye of punters, seeing their price to beat Collingwood firm from $1.48 to $1.42. The Pies have drifted from $2.50 to $2.85.
As per all matches in August, first goalscorer bets on any match in round 20 will be refunded if your selected player doesn’t score a goal at any stage of the game!
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Lefty round special – most goals by a left footer
$3.25 Lance Franklin
$4.50 Jarryd Roughead
$5.50 Jeremy Cameron
$7.00 Travis Cloke
$8.00 Michael Walters
$10 Lindsay Thomas
$15 Chad Wingard, James Podsiadly
$21 Harry Taylor, Cyril Rioli
$26 Kieren Jack
$51 Dan Hannebery, Daniel Rich, Stephen Hill
Lefty round special – most disposals by the lefty – handicapped
$9.00 Scott Pendlebury – scratch
$11 Tom Liberatore +1.5
$11 Dyson Heppell +3.5
$11 Bachar Houli +5.0
$11 Nick Malceski +5.5
$11 Chad Wingard +6.0
$11 Andrew Gaff +6.5
$11 Tom Scully +7.5
$11 Danyle Pearce +8.0
$11 Daniel Rich +8.5
$11 Aaron Mullett +9.0
$11 Harry Taylor +10.0
$11 Travis Cloke +15.5
$11 Lindsay Thomas +16.5
$11 Jeremy Cameron +17.5
Coleman Medal
(Prices in brackets from Friday 2 August)
$1.50 Josh Kennedy (Current tally 59) (in from $2.10)
$6.00 Jack Riewoldt (53) (in from $8.00)
$6.00 Jeremy Cameron (54) (in from $11)
$6.00 Jarryd Roughead (54) (out from $2.10)
$7.00 Travis Cloke (53) (in from $18)
$34 Lance Franklin (47) (out from $14)
Others quoted
AFL Round 20
(Prices in brackets from Monday 5 August)
$12 St Kilda (out from $10)
$1.03 Hawthorn (steady)
$1.18 Richmond (in from $1.19)
$4.85 Brisbane (out from $4.25)
$1.12 Geelong (in from $1.17)
$6.25 Port Adelaide (out from $4.50)
$1.32 Carlton (in from $1.36)
$3.40 Western Bulldogs (out from $2.95)
$1.42 Sydney (in from $1.48)
$2.85 Collingwood (out from $2.50)
$1.13 Gold Coast (in from $1.17)
$6.00 Melbourne (out from $4.55)
$1.37 Essendon (out from $1.33)
$3.10 West Coast (in from $3.30)
$2.00 Adelaide (in from $2.10)
$1.80 North Melbourne (out from $1.67)
$1.001 Fremantle (steady)
$21 GWS (steady)