St. George Illawarra remain favourites ahead of tomorrow night’s annual Charity Shield clash against the Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium with the Dragons at $1.75 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au and South Sydney the $2.08 outsiders.

“The Dragons remain favourites but there has been a little bit of interest in the Bunnies who’ve shortened slightly since the market opened earlier in the week,” Sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said. “They’re into $2.08 from $2.12.”

Nathan Merritt, Brett Morris and Jason Nightingale share the top line of betting in the first try scorer market at $10 while a Dragons win between 1 and 12 points is the $3.00 favourite in margin betting.

sportsbet.com.au is offering 50 markets on the match, including whether or not there will be a 40/20 with ‘No’ at $1.20 and ‘Yes’ at $4.50.

Market courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
2012 Charity Shield – St. George Illawarra Dragons v South Sydney Rabbitohs
$1.75 St. George Illawarra Dragons
$2.08 South Sydney Rabbitohs

Line betting

$1.90 St. George Illawarra Dragons -2.0

$1.90 South Sydney Rabbitohs + 2.0

Margin betting
$3.00 St. George Illawarra Dragons 1-12
$3.30 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1-12

$3.85 St. George Illawarra Dragons 13+

$5.00 South Sydney Rabbitohs 13+

$26 Draw

First try scorer

$10 Nathan Merritt, Brett Morris, Jason Nightingale

$11 Matt King

$13 Andrew Everingham, Chase Stanley

$14 Shane Corrigan, Matt Cooper

40/20

$1.20 No
$4.50 Yes