It looks like the AFL captains may have had a sneaky look on sportsbet before conducting the league’s annual captains poll, with their votes echoing the thoughts of punters as to what will happen in season 2013.
Buddy Franklin was the clear choice by the captains to win the Coleman Medal, with the market set by the online bookmaker agreeing as the Hawthorn full forward is the $3.25 favourite.
Trent Cotchin was also the captain’s pick to win the Brownlow, with the Tigers star the equal $8.00 favourite along with Gary Ablett who was the next pick by the captains. Despite not receiving a vote from the captains, last year’s winner Jobe Watson is also a $8.00 equal favourite.
Hawthorn and West Coast received seven votes each to make the grand final and are the first two in the market at $2.50 and $3.50 respectively, while Sydney were voted the most likely team to make the finals, also looking likely at $1.16.
Gold Coast gun Jaeger O’Meara dominated the captain’s voting to win the Rising Star award and he is the clear favourite at $6.00. However interestingly the punters haven’t agreed on this situation, with Adelaide’s Brad Crouch priced at $9.00 but receiving more money to win than any other player, despite not receiving one vote from the captains.
“For the most part it looks like the captains are on the same page as the punters. Either that or they had a quick look at our app on the way to casting their votes!” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
2013 Premiership winner
$4.75 Hawthorn
$5.50 West Coast
$7.50 Collingwood
$7.50 Sydney
$10 Carlton
$11 Geelong
$12 Adelaide
$14 Fremantle
$22 Essendon
$23 Richmond
$34 St Kilda
$34 North Melbourne
$67 Brisbane
$151 Port Adelaide
$251 Melbourne
$401 Western Bulldogs
$751 Gold Coast
$1001 GWS
To make the grand final
$2.50 Hawthorn
$3.50 West Coast
$3.80 Sydney
$4.50 Collingwood
$5.00 Carlton
$5.50 Geelong
$5.50 Adelaide
$6.00 Fremantle
$9.00 Essendon
$10 Richmond
$15 St Kilda
$15 North Melbourne
$28 Brisbane
$101 Port Adelaide
$126 Melbourne
$151 Western Bulldogs
$151 Gold Coast
$251 GWS
To make the top 8
$1.10 Hawthorn
$1.14 West Coast
$1.16 Sydney
$1.25 Collingwood
$1.36 Carlton
$1.40 Geelong
$1.33 Adelaide
$1.50 Fremantle
$2.10 Essendon
$1.85 Richmond
$2.75 St Kilda
$2.75 North Melbourne
$3.00 Brisbane
$9.00 Port Adelaide
$11 Melbourne
$21 Western Bulldogs
$26 Gold Coast
$61 GWS
Coleman Medal
$3.25 Lance Franklin
$5.50 Taylor Walker
$6.00 Jack Riewoldt
$6.00 Matthew Pavlich
$10 Tom Hawkins
$16 Jay Schulz
$18 Josh Kennedy, Drew Petrie, Travis Cloke
$26 Stephen Milne, Mitch Clark
$34 Eddie Betts, Jonathon Brown, Nick Riewoldt
$41 Mark Lecras
Brownlow Medal
$8.00 Gary Ablett, Trent Cotchin, Jobe Watson
$10 Patrick Dangerfield
$11 Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan
$14 Sam Mitchell
$16 Nathan Fyfe, Scott Thompson
$18 Marc Murphy
$21 Chris Judd, Josh Kennedy
$31 Joel Selwood
$34 Dayne Beams, Lance Franklin, Lenny Hayes
$41 Matthew Pavlich, Brendon Goddard
Rising Star Award
$6.00 Jeaeger O’Meara
$9.00 Brad Crouch
$10 Oliver Wines
$11 Bradley Hill
$12 Jonathon Patton, Jack Viney
$13 Lachei Whitfield
$15 Jimmy Toumpas
$21 Will Hoskin-Elliott
$26 Jake Stringer, Joe Daniher, Lachie Plowman, Sam Docherty, Billy Longer, Tom Mitchell, Nick Vlastuin, George Horlin-Smith
Round 1
(Prices in brackets from Monday 18th March)
$1.45 Adelaide (steady)
$2.75 Essendon (steady)
$1.70 West Coast (out from $1.66)
$2.15 Fremantle (in from $2.20)
$1.70 Carlton (out from $1.62)
$2.18 Richmond (in from $2.25)
$1.50 Brisbane (in from $1.55)
$2.55 Western Bulldogs (out from $2.40)
$1.06 Sydney (out from $1.05)
$9.00 GWS (in from $10)
$1.27 St Kilda (out from $1.24)
$3.75 Gold Coast (in from $4.00)
$1.80 Melbourne (out from $1.62)
$2.00 Port Adelaide (in from $2.30)
$1.50 Collingwood (in from $1.55)
$2.55 North Melbourne (out from $2.40)
$1.55 Hawthorn (out from $1.50)
$2.45 Geelong (in from $2.55)
