Manly back to being co-favourites to win Premiership

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Punters have backed Manly into NRL Premiership favouritism following the Sea Eagles’ impressive wins over North Queensland and Souths. Manly are now $4.00 equal favourites with the Bulldogs to win the NRL Grand Final.

Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan said there’s been a steady flow of cash for the Sea Eagles.

“They were as much as $7.00 to win the competition before they beat the Cowboys so it’s a considerable move,” Sullivan said.

“We’ve taken a number of four figure bets on Manly to win the premiership in the last week.”

The Bulldogs are solid $4.00 equal favourites with Melbourne third favourite at $4.25.

Souths have eased from $4.50 out to $5.50 but the Broncos have been the biggest drifters in Premiership betting, with their odds more than tripling from $7.00 to $23.00 over the past three weeks.


NRL 2012 Grand Final Winner

Sportingbet Australia Market

Canterbury Bulldogs 4.00

Manly Sea Eagles 4.00

Melbourne Storm 4.25

South Sydney Rabbitohs 5.50

North Qld Cowboys 12.00

Wests Tigers 21.00

Brisbane Broncos 23.00

Cronulla Sharks 23.00

Canberra Raiders 51.00

Gold Coast Titans 126.00

Newcastle Knights 126.00

New Zealand Warriors 301.00

St George Dragons 301.00

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Punters have backed Manly into $3.50 outright favouritism to win the 2012 NRL grand final after the defending premiers made it four straight wins with a convincing 42-20 victory over Newcastle.

Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan says only Melbourne has been at a shorter price to win the grand final during the season.

“Melbourne was supported at $3 back in May and aside from Manly is the only other team to be as short as $3.50 since betting on the grand final began,” Sullivan said.

“Manly has been crunched in recent weeks with their price halving from $7 at the start of August to the $3.50 available now.”

“They are by far and away the punters pick at the moment.”

The Bulldogs have also firmed from $4 to $3.75 after their 1 point win over Wests Tigers while Melbourne are solid $4 third favourites. Souths has eased to $7 after being as short as $4.35 two weeks ago.

One Sportingbet punter might be questioning his decision to put $3,000 on Brisbane to win the Grand Final at $26 last Friday. The Broncos are now out to $29 after being as short as $5 back in May.


NRL Grand Final Winner

Sportingbet Australia Market

Manly Sea Eagles 3.50

Canterbury Bulldogs 3.75

Melbourne Storm 4.00

South Sydney Rabbitohs 7.00

North Qld Cowboys 12.00

Cronulla Sharks 21.00

Wests Tigers 21.00

Brisbane Broncos 29.00

Canberra Raiders 51.00

Gold Coast Titans 101.00

Newcastle Knights 151.00

St George Dragons 301.00

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The Melbourne Storm are $4.00 out to $4.25 to win the NRL grand final after their final minute, 2 point win over the sixth placed Cronulla Sharks.

Cronulla has also eased from $21.00 to $23.00 with Sportingbet Australia to win the grand final.

Manly has been the best backed of the top contenders after Round 25 and are $3.50 into $3.00 outright favourites. It matches the shortest price any team has been since markets opened as Melbourne were $3 earlier in the season during their hot streak.

"Manly has been crunched in betting in recent weeks," Sportingbet Australia CEO Michael Sullivan said.

"As much as $7 was available about them at the start of the month so their price has more than halved in a few weeks."

The Bulldogs are $3.75 out to $4.50 third favourites while South Sydney has also eased from its pre round 25 price of $7.00 to $7.50 fourth favourites.

The Cowboys are $12.00 into $9.00 and the Raiders $51.00 into $34.00.

2012 NRL Grand Final Winner

Sportingbet Australia Market

Manly Sea Eagles 3.00
Melbourne Storm 4.25
Canterbury Bulldogs 4.50
South Sydney Rabbitohs 7.50
North Qld Cowboys 9.00
Cronulla Sharks 23.00
Brisbane Broncos 34.00
Canberra Raiders 34.00
Wests Tigers 51.00