Bulldogs & Sea Eagles NRL Betting Favourites To Finish Top Of Ladder

Des Hasler’s Bulldogs and Geoff Toovey’s Manly are joint favourites to be the best finishing New South Wales based side in 2012 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au but Shane Flanagan’s Cronulla are now circling.

The Dogs and Sea Eagles head the betting at $3.75 but the Sharks are into second at $7.50 alongside the Newcastle Knights and ahead of cross-town rivals St. George Illawarra ($9.00).

The Rabbitohs and Roosters are currently priced at $11 while the Wests Tigers are out to $21. The Panthers and Eels are the rank outsiders at $81 each.

“There is a long way to go in the season and the Bulldogs and Manly deserve to be favourites at this point but the Sharks are now a huge threat,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

“The Sharks will have a wry smile on their face about this market especially given their ahead of their so called ‘big brother’ in the Dragons.”

The battle of the non-NSW teams looks to be over already with the undefeated Storm currently at $1.50. The Broncos are their biggest threat at $3.25 while the Cowboys ($13) and Raiders ($21) are next in the market.

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Best finishing NSW based NRL team in 2012

$3.75 Manly Sea Eagles, Canterbury Bulldogs
$7.50 Cronulla Sharks, Newcastle Knights
$9.00 St. George Illawarra Dragons
$11 South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters
$21 Wests Tigers
$81 Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers

Best finishing non-NSW based NRL team in 2012

$1.50 Melbourne Storm
$3.25 Brisbane Broncos
$13 North Queensland Cowboys
$21 Canberra Raiders
$26 New Zealand Warriors
$251 Gold Coast Titans