Despite a surge in punter support for Manly, the bulk of money has been bet on the Sydney Roosters to win the 2013 NRL premiership with online bookmaker sportsbet.
The Roosters have eased from $1.67 out to $1.70 but remain a clear favourite over Manly, who firmed from $2.25 into $2.20 yesterday.
Key Grand Final betting information:
· One punter has bet $4,000 on Daly Cherry-Evans at $8.00 & $5,000 Sonny Bill Williams at $7.00 to win the Clive Churchill Medal. The pair have attracted 7 times the money than any other player
· Money 8 to 1 for there to be a 40/20 on Sunday, paying $3.75. No 40/20 is at $1.27
· 30 bets totalling $101 on George Rose to score the first try at $101
· Roosters’ James Maloney & Mitchell Pearce paying $1.05 and Manly’s Kieran Foran & Daly Cherry-Evans paying $10 to score the most points out of the pairings in the game
· Double the money on total match points being over 32.5 at $1.92
· $1.00 bet on the Clive Churchill medalist being from the losing team at $13
· 8 bets totaling $78 on SBW to score the game’s first try into him winning the Clive Churchill medal
“Punters are adamant that either Daly Cherry-Evans or Sonny Bill Williams will be the deciding factor in the GF and have loaded up on them to take home the Clive Churchill medal,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.
“Overall, it seems most of Australia’s punters are siding with the Chooks. $7.00 out of every $10 is going on them.”
With a tight clash expected, punters with sportsbet.com.au will have their losing head-to-head on the GF refunded if the final margin of the game is 10 points or less.
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Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
2013 NRL Grand Final winner
$1.70 Sydney Roosters (out from $1.67)
$2.20 Manly Sea Eagles (in from $2.25)
Line
$1.92 Sydney Roosters -2.5
$1.92 Manly Sea Eagles +2.5
Margin
$2.75 Sydney Roosters 1-12 (in from $2.80)
$4.00 Sydney Roosters 13+ (out from $3.85)
$3.25 Manly Sea Eagles 1-12 (steady)
$6.00 Manly Sea Eagles 13+ (steady)
$23 Draw (steady)
First try scorer
$10 Michael Jennings
$11 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Jorge Taufua, David Williams
$12 Daniel Tupou, Brett Stewart
$13 Jamie Lyon
$15 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Peta Hiku
$17 Anthony Minichello, James Maloney, Steve Matai
$19 Sonny Bill Williams
$21 Daly Cherry-Evans
Others quoted
2013 Clive Churchill Medal winner
$6.00 Sonny Bill Williams (steady)
$7.00 Daly Cherry-Evans (steady)
$8.00 James Maloney (steady)
$9.00 Kieran Foran (steady)
$12 Brett Stewart (steady)
$12 Jamie Lyon (steady)
$12 Mitchell Pearce (steady)
$13 Glenn Stewart (steady)
$15 Jake Friend (steady)
$15 Anthony Watmough (steady)
$15 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (steady)
$21 Matt Ballin (steady)
$23 Anthony Minichiello (steady)