The 2018 season is in the books and there were plenty of long shots that hit, with the exception of the Final 8 market not 1 favourite saluted last season (from those listed below).
Here is how it all went down..
2018 H&A Season Win Line Results
PREMIERSHIP
There was no bigger surprise than this market, the Eagles were not favoured by many during the pre-season and were $51 to win the Premiership prior to Round 1. Eventual runner-up Collingwood were $34 to win the Premiership also prior to Round 1, the Magpies were $1.68 favourites to win the Grand Final against the Eagles.
Both West Coast & Collingwood were an exchange trading dream last season but there were also some nightmares in the Premiership Market, Adelaide were $6.50 prior to Round 1 to win the Premiership and were done by mid-season. Sydney were also a miss in 2018 and struggled at home for most of the year.
Richmond were very popular once the season started after opening at $7.00 prior to Round 1, the Tigers were $2.25 at the end of the H&A season & $1.85 prior to their Preliminary Final loss to Collingwood.
ROUND 1 PREMIERSHIP ODDS
SYDNEY 5.5
ADELAIDE 6.5
RICHMOND 7
GWS GIANTS 8
GEELONG 9
PORT ADELAIDE 9
MELBOURNE 12
ESSENDON 15
WESTERN BULLDOGS 21
HAWTHORN 26
COLLINGWOOD 34
ST KILDA 41
FREMANTLE 51
WEST COAST 51
CARLTON 151
BRISBANE 251
GOLD COAST 251
NTH MELBOURNE 251
FINAL 8
There were some big misses in Final 8 betting last season, Adelaide, Essendon & Port Adelaide were all better than even money & all missed out playing Finals with the Crows starting at $1.12 to see September action.. Ouch!
West Coast, Collingwood & Hawthorn played Finals and started the 2018 season at healthy odds.
ROUND 1 FINAL 8 ODDS
SYDNEYÂ 1.08
ADELAIDE 1.12
GEELONG 1.28
RICHMOND 1.28
GWS GIANTS 1.3
PORT ADELAIDE 1.38
MELBOURNE 1.62
ESSENDON 1.77
WESTERN BULLDOGS 2
COLLINGWOOD 2.35
HAWTHORN 2.35
ST KILDA 2.65
WEST COAST 3
FREMANTLE 3.3
CARLTON 8
BRISBANE 11
GOLD COAST 11
NTH MELBOURNE 11
LEAST WINS
Carlton were $5.00 to finish the 2018 H&A season with the least amount of wins, the Blues won just 2 games (R8 vs Essendon & R19 vs Gold Coast).
ROUND 1 LEAST WINS
GOLD COAST 3
BRISBANE 4.25
NTH MELBOURNE 4.25
CARLTON 5
FREMANTLE 17
ST KILDA 21
WEST COAST 21
COLLINGWOOD 34
HAWTHORN 34
WESTERN BULLDOGS 41
ESSENDON 51
MELBOURNE 81
GWS GIANTS 126
PORT ADELAIDE 126
GEELONG 151
RICHMOND 151
ADELAIDE 251
SYDNEY 301
BROWNLOW MEDAL
Tom Mitchell was equal 5th favourite to win the Brownlow Medal prior to Round 1 of the 2018 H&A season, a 54 Disposal game against the Magpies in the season opener halved his odds. Mitchell was in the Top 2-3 favourites for the first half of the season, he jumped to outright favouritism in Round 12 and never looked back.
ROUND 1 BROWNLOW MEDAL ODDS
Dustin Martin 4
Patrick Dangerfield 6.5
Nat Fyfe 7
Marcus Bontempelli 11
Josh Kelly 15
Tom Mitchell 15
Rory Sloane 19
Josh Kennedy (SYD) 21
Joel Selwood 21
Dayne Beams 23
Patrick Cripps 26
COLEMAN MEDAL
Jack Riewoldt was equal 10th favourite to win the Coleman Medal in 2018, he was $29 prior to Round 1 & a remarkable $21 prior to Round 21 with 3 games remaining. Riewoldt (65 Goals) kicked 17 Goals from his final 3 games of the H&A season to win by 4 Goals over Ben Brown.
ROUND 1 COLEMAN MEDAL ODDS
Lance Franklin 3.25
Josh Kennedy (WCE) Â 4.5
Joe Daniher 5
Ben Brown 13
Jeremy Cameron 14
Tom Lynch (GC)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 15
Jesse Hogan 23
Charlie Dixon 26
Tom Hawkins 26
Jack Riewoldt 29
Jonathon Patton 29
Eddie Betts 29
RISING STAR AWARD
Jaidyn Stephenson was 12th favourite to win the Rising Star Award, he played in all 22 games for the Magpies averaging 12.3 Disposals. Stephenson kicked 34 Goals in his debut (H&A) season including 5 Goals against the Crows in Round 4, he won the award with 52 votes (2nd Tom Doedee 42 votes & 3rd Alex Witherden 32 votes).
ROUND 1 RISING STAR AWARD ODDS
Jack Graham 5.5
Alex Witherden 7.5
Paddy Dow 8.5
Luke Davies-Uniacke 11
Cameron Rayner 12
Sean Darcy 12
Andrew Brayshaw 14
Oliver Florent 14
Shai Bolton 17
Jack Higgins 17
Conor Glass 17
Jaidyn Stephenson 19
Adam Cerra 21
Nick Coffield 21
Sam Murray 21
(Odds via Bet Easy)
