Sam Mitchell’s brilliant form has been tipped to reach its peak during the grand final, with the midfielder priced as the $6.50 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet to win the Norm Smith Medal.

Fellow ball magnet Josh Kennedy is next in the market at $7.50 with Buddy Franklin priced at $8.00 while Cyril Rioli and Luke Hodge have value at $11.

Despite not being the favourite, Adam Goodes has easily been the best backed by punters and is also priced at $11.

“Both teams have some absolute guns and while Mitchell is favourite, punters know that Goodes can produce on the big stage and that has certainly been where the money has been going,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

In grand final betting, the Hawks have firmed from $1.50 to $1.47 while Sydney have drifted from $2.60 to $2.70.

Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Norm Smith Medal
$6.50 Sam Mitchell
$7.50 Josh Kennedy
$8.00 Lance Franklin
$11 Adam Goodes, Cyril Rioli, Luke Hodge
$13 Brad Sewell, Ryan O’Keefe
$15 Jordan Lewis, Kieran Jack
$17 Shaun Burgoyne
$21 Lewis Jetta
$23 Jarrad McVeigh
$26 Jarryd Roughead
$31 Shane Mumford
$34 Dan Hannebery, Jude Bolton, Sam Reid
$41 Clinton Young, David Hale, Grant Birchall, Josh Gibson, Lewis Roberts-Thompson, Luke Breust, Matt Suckling, Rhyce Shaw
$51 Ben McGlynn, Brent Guerra, Issac Smith, Jack Gunston, Liam Shiels, Luke Parker, Ted Richards
$67 Craig Bird, Nick Malceski, Nick Smith
$81 Marty Mattner, Mitch Morton, Paul Puopolo, Xavier Ellis
$101 Heath Grundy, Shane Savage
$126 Alex Johnson, Max Bailey, Ryan Schoenmakers
$151 Ben Statton, Mike Pyke, Stephen Gilham, Thomas Murphy, Tony Armstrong,

AFL Grand Final – Hawthorn Hawks versus Sydney Swans
(prices in brackets from Saturday 22nd September)
$1.47 Hawthorn Hawks (in from $1.50)
$2.70 Sydney Swans (out from $2.60)

Line
$1.91 Hawthorn Hawks -13.5
$1.91 Sydney Swans +13.5