The Sydney Roosters suffered their first loss in six rounds last Thursday night, but they are heavily favoured at $1.17 with TAB to bounce back against North Queensland ($5) in Townsville tomorrow night.
The Roosters have attracted 91 percent of support from TAB customers and have shortened from $1.20 to $1.17 since Monday morning with the Cowboys easing from $4.50 to $5 for the opening game of Round 9.
In a clash of premiership contenders, Melbourne ($2 to $1.90) has taken over the mantle of favouritism against Canberra ($1.80 to $1.94) at GIO Stadium on Saturday night.
In other TAB notes of interest before Round 9:
- The NZ Warriors ($2 to $1.85) are now favourites over Gold Coast ($1.80 to $2) in Friday night’s fixture at Cbus Super Stadium
- Wests Tigers have shortened from $2.85 to $2.55 to upset Souths ($1.43 to $1.52) at Bankwest Stadium on Friday night
- 86 percent of money has been placed on St George Illawarra ($2.25 to $2.10) to defeat Manly ($1.65 to $1.75) at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on Sunday night
- Newcastle ($2.35) has garnered 68 percent of interest to beat Parramatta ($1.62) at Central Coast Stadium on Sunday
- Maika Sivo ($13 before Round 8) is now the $4 favourite to score the most tries in the 2020 home-and-away season
2020 NRL Round 9
$5 North Queensland $4.50 Monday 9am
$1.17 Sydney Roosters $1.20 Monday 9am
Tomorrow 7:50pm AEST at Queensland Country Bank Stadium
$2 Gold Coast $1.80 Monday 9am
$1.85 NZ Warriors $2 Monday 9am
Friday 6pm AEST at Cbus Super Stadium
$1.52 Souths $1.43 Monday 9am; as much as $1.55 since
$2.55 Wests Tigers $2.85 Monday 9am; as short as $2.50 since
Friday 7:55pm AEST at Bankwest Stadium
$2.60 Cronulla $2.50 Monday 9am; as much as $2.80 since
$1.50 Penrith $1.53 Monday 9am; as short as $1.45 since
Saturday 3pm AEST at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
$1.60 Brisbane $1.65 Monday 9am; as short as $1.57 since
$2.40 Canterbury $2.25 Monday 9am; as much as $2.45 since
Saturday 5:30pm AEST at Suncorp Stadium
$1.94 Canberra $1.80 Monday 9am
$1.90 Melbourne $2 Monday 9am
Saturday 7:35pm AEST at GIO Stadium
$2.35 Newcastle $2.30 Monday 9am; as short as $2.25 since
$1.62 Parramatta $1.62 Monday 9am; as much as $1.65 since
Sunday 4:05pm AEST at Central Coast Stadium
$2.10 St George Illawarra $2.25 Monday 9am
$1.75 Manly $1.65 Monday 9am
Sunday 6:30pm AEST at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
2020 NRL Premiership
$3.50 Sydney Roosters $3.25 before Round 8
$4.25 Parramatta $4.50 before Round 8
$6.50 Melbourne $7.50 before Round 8
$7.50 Canberra $7 before Round 8
Penrith $8 before Round 8
$13 Manly $11 before Round 8
$17 Newcastle $21 before Round 8
$23 Souths $26 before Round 8
$51 Cronulla $67 before Round 8
$81 North Queensland $81 before Round 8
$101 Wests Tigers $67 before Round 8
$151 Brisbane $101 before Round 8
St George Illawarra $126 before Round 8
$251 NZ Warriors $301 before Round 8
$501 Canterbury $501 before Round 8
Gold Coast $201 before Round 8
2020 NRL Top Tryscorer
$4 Maika Sivo $13 before Round 8
$7 Kyle Feldt $5 before Round 8
$9 Alex Johnston $11 before Round 8
Suliasi Vunivalu $7 before Round 8
$11 Sione Katoa $9 before Round 8
David Nofoaluma $6 before Round 8
$13 Brett Morris $17 before Round 8
$17 Josh Addo-Carr $21 before Round 8
$21 Stephen Crichton $51 before Round 8
$26 Anthony Don $34 before Round 8
$34 Xavier Coates $67 before Round 8
James Tedesco $26 before Round 8
Daniel Tupou $13 before Round 8
$41 Bradman Best $26 before Round 8
Nick Cotric $51 before Round 8
Michael Jennings $51 before Round 8
$51+ Others Quoted
2020 NRL Top Pointscorer
$1.60 Kyle Flanagan $1.70 before Round 8
$9 Kalyn Ponga $7 before Round 8
$11 Adam Reynolds $21 before Round 8
$15 Nathan Cleary $17 before Round 8
$17 Kyle Feldt $6 before Round 8
Zac Lomax $21 before Round 8
$21 Mitchell Moses $15 before Round 8
$26 Jarrod Croker $26 before Round 8
Shaun Johnson $41 before Round 8
$41+ Others Quoted
