Manly the favourite at 1.75 with Melbourne at 2.10
Melbourne have won both clashes this season, comfortably 26-4 at Olympic park in April and 16-10 in a close and bruising encounter at Brookvale. No doubt these are the 2 best teams this year and if not for the Cameron Smith suspension the odds would be 1.90 apiece.
They say you have to lose a Grand Final before you win one and no doubt Manly would be better placed this week having the experience of last year under their belt. I think Manly will win but the best bets for me are:
1. the half dozen bet on sporting bet at $3.00 for a 6 point margin either way
2. total penalties under 9.5 at 1.95 on centrebet, forget that these two teams are amongst the worst penalised, Grand Finals and Origin games never produce a lot of penalties and this game should follow
be interested to see what everyone else is betting on