Punters are split on whether Hawthorn will finally break Geelong’s 11-game winning streak over them, with money virtually even with online bookmaker sportsbet for Saturday nights big game.
Hawthorn will enter the match as $1.72 favourites, with Geelong outsiders at $2.10.
“The Hawks look likely but they have started favourites the last few times the teams have met and we all know how that turned out! So punters really can’t split them at the moment,” said sportbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.
In what will be music to the ears of those long suffering Richmond fans, they are now short odds of $1.06 to finally make the finals.
Despite their lapse in form, Collingwood remain likely to make the finals at $1.33, with Port Adelaide $2.10 to hang in the eight. Carlton look the most likely of any team outside the eight to make finals at $2.40, with West Coast still in the hunt at $2.75.
Hawthorn remain $3.00 to win the flag followed by Geelong ($4.25) and Sydney $4.75)
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
AFL Round 15
$1.80 Carlton
$1.93 Collingwood
$4.25 GWS
$1.19 Western Bulldogs
$2.65 North Melbourne
$1.43 Richmond
$1.48 Brisbane Lions
$2.50 Gold Coast
$2.10 Adelaide
$1.66 West Coast
$2.10 Geelong
$1.72 Hawthorn
$11 Melbourne
$1.02 Sydney
$1.04 Fremantle
$9.00 St Kilda
$1.25 Essendon
$3.60 Port Adelaide
To make the top 8
$1.01 Essendon
$1.06 Richmond
$1.33 Collingwood
$2.10 Port Adelaide
$2.40 Carlton
$2.75 West Coast
$4.50 Adelaide
$11 North Melbourne
$41 Gold Coast Suns
$51 Brisbane Lions
2013 AFL Premiership winner
$3.00 Hawthorn
$4.25 Geelong
$4.75 Sydney
$8.50 Fremantle
$12 Essendon
$14 Richmond
$17 Collingwood
$34 Carlton
$51 West Coast
$67 Port Adelaide
$151 North Melbourne
$151 Adelaide
$1001 Gold Coast
$1001 Brisbane
Brownlow Medal
$2.00 Gary Ablett
$6.50 Jobe Watson
$8.00 Patrick Dangerfield
$12 Daniel Hannebery
$16 Dane Swan
$21 Michael Barlow
$21 Sam Mitchell
$21 Brett Deledio
$26 Luke Hodge
$26 Scott Pendlebury
$34 Ryan Griffen
$34 Matthew Priddis
Others quoted
Coleman Medal
$3.50 Jack Riewoldt
$4.00 Lance Franklin
$4.50 Josh Kennedy
$5.00 Jarryd Roughead
$9.00 Travis Cloke
$16 Tom Hawkins
$21 Linday Thomas
$21 Nick Riewoldt
$34 Jeremy Cameron
Others quoted