Nathan Cleary is favourite to be Player Of The Match in Origin One with TAB but there has been a significant plunge on Blues backrower Cameron Murray to upstage the playmakers from both teams in Townsville.
Murray has tightened from $29 into $17 to be named best on field in the series opener and is holding close to 60 percent of the money in the market, including a $5,500 bet at $21.
From the top eight most popular players in the market, seven are from New South Wales with David Fifita ($26) the only Queenslander.
Cleary is priced at $5.50 ahead of Blues team-mate James Tedesco ($6.50) and Maroons maestro Cameron Munster ($7.50). Queensland dummy-half Harry Grant ($11) is now shorter than NSW rival Damien Cook ($13), while there has been interest in rookie winger Brian To’o being named Player Of The Match on debut at $41.
To’o is equal favourite with Josh Addo-Carr at $9 to be the First Try Scorer ahead of Queensland trio Valentine Holmes, Kyle Feldt and Xavier Coates at $10 but Tom Trbojevic has been the most popular with punters so far at $12.
Queensland remain $2.50 outsiders and the Blues $1.53 in Head-to-Head betting, with a Pick Your Own Line bet of $50,000 taken on New South Wales at $1.17 with an 8.5-point start.
TAB Odds
State of Origin – Game One
$2.50 Queensland (were $2.20)
$1.53 New South Wales (were $1.55)
Series
$1.53 New South Wales (were $1.57)
$2.50 Queensland (were $2.35)
Game One Margin
$7.00 Queensland by 13+ (was $6.50)
$3.80 Queensland by 1-12 (was $3.60)
$3.10 New South Wales by 13+ (was $3.20)
$2.80 New South Wales by 1-12 (was $2.90)
$19 Draw
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
$5.50 N.Cleary
$6.50 J.Tedesco
$7.50 C.Munster
$11 H.Grant
$13 D.Cook
$15 J.Luai
$17 C.Murray
A.Brimson
V.Holmes
T.Trbojevic
$26 D.Fifita
D.Gagai
I.Yeo
$34 Others quoted
1ST TRY SCORER
$9.00 J.Addo-Carr
B.To’o
$10 X.Coates
K.Feldt
V.Holmes
$12 T.Trbojevic
$13 J.Tedesco
L.Mitchell
$14 D.Gagai
A.Brimson
J.Wighton
$19 Others quoted
