Sizeable bets and the imminent signing of Sonny Bill Williams has the Sydney Roosters currently listed as $3.50 favourites at TAB to win the 2020 NRL premiership.
Bets of $25,000 and $20,000 at $3.75 were placed on the Roosters last Friday before they toughed out an 18-10 victory against the New Zealand Warriors at Central Coast Stadium the following afternoon.
One TAB punter was made to sweat during the clash in Gosford after plonking $150,000 at $1.04 on the Roosters, which resulted in an eventual profit of $6,000.
Parramatta remain $4.50 after their 26-16 victory over Wests Tigers at Bankwest Stadium last Thursday night.
Melbourne firmed from $5.25 to $5 after thrashing Brisbane 46-8 at Suncorp Stadium last Friday night while Penrith eased from $5.50 to $6 following their 22-14 win against Gold Coast yesterday at Cbus Super Stadium.
In other TAB notes of interest following Round 11:
- Canterbury ($1.95 before Round 11) and the Warriors ($3.25 before Round 11) are now $2.75 equal favourites for most losses in the home-and-away season
- Maika Sivo ($17 before Round 6) has tightened from $4 to $3 favourite to score the most tries in the 2020 home-and-away season
- Zac Lomax ($34 before Round 6) is the $5 second elect behind Kyle Flanagan ($1.70) to score the most points in the 2020 home-and-away season
2020 NRL Premiership
$3.50 Sydney Roosters $3.75 before Round 11
$4.50 Parramatta $4.50 before Round 11
$5 Melbourne $5.25 before Round 11
$6 Penrith $5.50 before Round 11
$10 Canberra $11 before Round 11
$12 Manly $13 before Round 11
$34 Newcastle $19 before Round 11
$41 Cronulla $67 before Round 11
Souths $26 before Round 11
$81 Wests Tigers $51 before Round 11
$101 St George Illawarra $81 before Round 11
$201+ Others Quoted
2020 NRL Most Losses
$2.75 Canterbury $1.95 before Round 11
NZ Warriors $3.25 before Round 11
$4.50 Gold Coast $4.50 before Round 11
$8 Brisbane $10 before Round 11
$17 North Queensland $15 before Round 11
$51 St George Illawarra $51 before Round 11
$151+ Others Quoted
2020 NRL Top Tryscorer
$3 Maika Sivo $4 before Round 11
$5 Sione Katoa $5 before Round 11
$7 Stephen Crichton $6 before Round 11
$9 David Nofoaluma $13 before Round 11
$11 Kyle Feldt $11 before Round 11
Brett Morris $7 before Round 11
$13 Josh Addo-Carr $17 before Round 11
$21 Suliasi Vunivalu $17 before Round 11
$34 Anthony Don $41 before Round 11
Matt Dufty $26 before Round 11
$41 Dane Gagai $41 before Round 11
$51+ Others Quoted
2020 NRL Top Pointscorer
$1.70 Kyle Flanagan $1.50 before Round 11
$5 Zac Lomax $9 before Round 11
$11 Shaun Johnson $13 before Round 11
Cameron Smith $21 before Round 11
$13 Nathan Cleary $11 before Round 11
$26 Kalyn Ponga $17 before Round 11
$34 Jarrod Croker $26 before Round 11
Adam Reynolds $26 before Round 11
$51 Kyle Feldt $34 before Round 11
Mitchell Moses $51 before Round 11
2020 NRL Round 12
$2.55 St George Illawarra
$1.53 Souths
Thursday 7:50pm AEST at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
$1.15 Wests Tigers
$5.50 NZ Warriors
Friday 6pm AEST at the SCG
$2.60 Brisbane
$1.50 Cronulla
Friday 7:55pm AEST at Suncorp Stadium
$1.05 Sydney Roosters
$10 Gold Coast
Saturday 3pm AEST at the SCG
$3.30 North Queensland
$1.33 Canberra
Saturday 5:30pm AEST at Queensland Country Bank Stadium
$2.45 Manly
$1.55 Penrith
Saturday 7:35pm AEST at Brookvale Oval
$6.25 Canterbury
$1.12 Parramatta
Sunday 2pm AEST at ANZ Stadium
$1.20 Melbourne
$4.60 Newcastle
Sunday 4:05pm AEST at Sunshine Coast Stadium