Jonathon Thurston Backed In To Dally M Favouritism Over Cooper Cronk

Cowboys five-eighth Jonathan Thurston is now the outright favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au at $5.00 to take out this year’s Dally M Medal.

Thurston was out to as much as $15 six weeks ago but has now moved ahead of Copper Cronk ($5.50) and Billy Slater ($7.00) in the market.

Slater remains the punters choice though and is the best backed player to Round 11. Cronulla Sharks duo Paul Gallen ($9.00) and Todd Carney ($13) are the next best supported in the market.

“It’s no surprise that Billy Slater has attracted the most interest from punters given his start to the season but Paul Gallen and Todd Carney are quickly closing that gap,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

“The interest in Greg Inglis has also spiked in the last month while the Warriors Shaun Johnson has caught the punters eye of late too.”

Inglis was an $81 chance before the season commenced and was at $67 in mid-March but has firmed sharply into $13.

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2012 Dally M Medal winner betting

$5.00 Jonathan Thurston
$5.50 Cooper Cronk
$7.00 Billy Slater
$9.00 Paul Gallen
$13 Todd Carney, Greg Inglis, Mitchell Pearce
$17 Ben Barba
$21 Daly Cherry-Evans, Peter Wallace, Matthew Bowen
$26 Benji Marshall, Shaun Johnson