The game day drama surrounding Ronaldo Mulitalo’s eligibility will see Queensland start at the longest odds in State of Origin history after hitting the $5 mark with TAB in Head-to-Head betting.
The odds equal the price that Paul Vautin’s understrength Maroons side, dubbed the ‘Neville Nobodies’, were for Games One and Two during the Super League affected series of 1995. A series they won three-nil.
The Maroons have blown out from $4.30 yesterday after Reece Walsh was ruled out with a hamstring injury and then his replacement Mulitalo was deemed ineligible this morning. They were $2.90 this time last Sunday.
The Blues hold 78 percent of the H2H market and have tightened from $1.22 yesterday into a record short $1.17 after two separate bets of $100,000 on them to win, one at $1.19 and another at $1.17.
Mulitalo’s replacement, Xavier Coates is $13 to be First Try Scorer after being rushed into the squad.
Head To Head
$5.00 Queensland (were $2.90)
$1.17 New South Wales (were $1.40)
Margin
$17 Queensland by 13+ (was $9.00)
$7.00 Queensland by 1-12 (was $4.50)
$1.68 New South Wales 13+ (was $2.40)
$3.30 New South Wales 1-12 (was $3.00)
$31 Draw (was $26)
Series
$1.04 New South Wales (was $1.07)
$11 Queensland (was $8.50)
Correct Score
$11 Queensland 2-1 (was $8.50)
$2.80 New South Wales 2-1 (was $2.50)
$1.55 New South Wales 3-0 (was $1.70)
Player Of The Match
$4.50 N.Cleary (was $5.00)
$6.50 T.Trbojevic (was $9.00)
$7.50 J.Tedesco (was $6.00)
$13 L.Mitchell (was $17)
$15 C.Munster (was $13)
D.Cook
J.Luai
$19 D.Cherry-Evans (was $13)
$21 Others quoted including P.Haas @ $34
First Try Scorer
$7.00 J.Addo-Carr
$8.00 B.To’o
$9.00 T.Trbojevic
$11 J.Tedesco
$12 L.Mitchell
$13 K.Feldt (was $12)
V.Holmes
X.Coates
$15 N.Cleary
$17 D.Gagai
$21 K.Capewell
J.Luai
T.Sims
A.Crichton
J.Wighton
L.Martin
$26+ Others quoted