He may no longer be favourite for the Brownlow Medal, but Jobe Watson looks set for a best on ground performance during the Essendon v Richmond Dreamtime at the G match, priced at $5.50 with online bookmaker sportsbet to win the Yiooken Award.
Tigers gun midfielder Trent Cotchin is seen as Richmond’s best hope for the award at $6.00 followed closely by teammate Brett Deledio at $6.50. Brendon Goddard and Dustin Martin are also well and truly in the running at $9.00, with Dyson Heppell, Jack Riewoldt and David Zaharakis all next in the market at $12.
In match betting, money has been fairly even for both teams, however the Tigers have firmed from $2.20 to $2.05. Essendon remain favourites however are out from $1.60 to $1.77.
“This looms as the most interesting match of the round and already punters are split down the middle. Essendon are favourites for now, but the prices could be much closer by the time the ball is bounced,” said sport
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Yiooken Award
$5.50 Jobe Watson
$6.00 Trent Cotchin
$6.50 Brett Deledio
$9.00 Brendon Goddard, Dustin Martin
$12 Dyson Heppell, Jack Riewoldt, David Zaharakis
$14 Brent Stanton
$17 Michael Hurley
$21 Paddy Ryder
$23 Brandon Ellis, Nick Vlastuin
$26 Courtenay Dempsey, Stuart Crameri, Jason Winderlich, Tom Bellchambers
$31 Shane Edwards
$34 Tyrone Vickery, Aaron Edwards, Ivan Maric, Michael Hibberd, Nathan Foley
$41 David Myers, Scott Gumbleton, Jack Carlisle, Bachar Houli, Joe Daniher, Jake King, Shaun Grigg
$51 Nathan Lovett-Murray, Ben Howlett, Jake Melksham, Luke McGuane, Heath Hocking
$67 Leroy Jetta, Chris Newman, Steven Morris, Nick Kommer, Ricky Pettard, Daniel Jackson, Troy CHAPLIN, Robin Nahas
$81 Jackson Merrett, Alex Rance, Travis Colyer, Kyle Hardingham, Matt White
$101 Ben Griffiths, Mark Baguley, Elliott Kavanagh, Cale Hooker, Dustin Fletcher, Tayte Pears
$126 Dylan Grimes, David Astbury, Orren Stephenson, Matt Dea
$151 Jake Batchelor
AFL Round 9
(Prices in brackets from Monday 20 May)
$1.62 Collingwood (steady)
$2.30 Sydney (out from $2.20)
$5.50 Port Adelaide (in from $6.50)
$1.15 Geelong (out from $1.09)
$16 GWS (steady)
$1.01 West Coast (steady)
$1.22 St Kilda (in from $1.33)
$4.30 Western Bulldogs (out from $3.10)
$2.75 Brisbane (out from $2.70)
$1.45 Carlton (out from $1.42)
$2.05 Richmond (in from $2.20)
$1.77 Essendon (out from $1.60)
$1.01 Hawthorn (in from $1.02)
$16 Gold Coast (out from $12)
$1.48 North Melbourne (out from $1.37)
$2.65 Adelaide (in from $2.90)
$1.01 Fremantle (steady)
$16 Melbourne (out from $12)