The majority of TAB punters are celebrating after Lachie Neale was awarded the 2020 Brownlow Medal with a 10-vote win.
Neale was $13 before the home-and-away season started, became the $4 outright favourite after Round 4 and started tonight’s count at $1.25, which makes him the third shortest-priced favourite to win a Brownlow Medal since Gary Davies kept records in 1998.
Dustin Martin ($1.05 in 2017) and Patrick Dangerfield ($1.16 in 2016) are the only players to have been a hotter favourite than Neale before the commencement of the Brownlow Medal counts in the year they took ‘Charlie’ home.
Half of the money placed with TAB on the 2020 Brownlow Medal winner was on Lachie Neale including bets of $33,100 at $1.25 yesterday, $20,000 at $1.25 minutes before this evening’s count began and $10,000 at $1.60 on August 11.
One TAB punter pocketed $26,011 from a $100 multi placed on August 13 after they selected the correct result of four horse races between August 13 to 15 with the fifth and final leg requiring Neale to win the 2020 Brownlow Medal.
TAB has already opened betting on the 2021 Brownlow Medal and Lachie Neale is the $6 favourite to win consecutive Brownlows.
TAB ODDS
2021 Brownlow Medal
$6 Lachie Neale
$7 Patrick Cripps
$8 Nat Fyfe
$9 Dustin Martin
$11 Marcus Bontempelli
Patrick Dangerfield
$13 Christian Petracca
$17 Travis Boak
$21 Tom Mitchell
Jack Steele
$26 Jack Macrae
Zach Merrett
$34 Tim Kelly
Matt Rowell
$41 Andrew Gaff
Clayton Oliver
Scott Pendlebury
Adam Treloar
$51 Taylor Adams
Max Gawn
Zak Jones
Josh Kelly
Andrew McGrath
Dylan Shiel
$67+ Others Quoted
TAB BETS OF NOTE ON LACHIE NEALE TO WIN THE 2020 BROWNLOW MEDAL
$33,100 @ $1.25 to collect $41,375 {October 17}
$20,000 @ $1.25 to collect $25,000 [Today}
$10,000 @ $1.60 to collect $16,000 {August 11}
$6000 @ $1.25 to collect $7,500 {September 10}
$5250 @ $1.25 to collect $6,562.50 {Today}
$1250 @ $5 to collect $6,250 {June 30}
$4000 @ $1.25 to collect $5,000 {Today} ** five separate bets **
$1600 @ $2.75 to collect $4,400 {July 8}
$3200 @ $1.25 to collect $4,000 {October 17}
$500 @ $8 to collect $4,000 {June 20}
$14,780 @ $2.03 [collect $30,003.40] on Brisbane Lions v Collingwood (AFL Round 15 – Brisbane Lions won by 8 points) | Lachie Neale {September 4}
$100 @ $265.42 [collect $26,011] on Startrade (won Northam Race 1 on August 13) | Jet Propulsion (won Newcastle Race 5 on August 13) | Highclass Harry to place (won Geelong Race 8 on August 14) | Ourkhani (won Morphettville Race 4 on August 15) | Lachie Neale {August 13}
$9000 @ $2.05 [collect $18,450] on West Coast +34.5 v St Kilda (AFL Round 17 – West Coast won by 15 points) | Port Adelaide v Essendon (AFL Round 17 – Port Adelaide won by 50 points) | Collingwood v Gold Coast (AFL Round 17 – Collingwood won by 22 points) | Lachie Neale {September 10}
$9000 @ $2.02 [collect $18,180] on West Coast v North Melbourne (AFL Round 18 – West Coast won by 15 points) | Richmond v Adelaide (AFL Round 18 – Richmond won by 44 points) | Brisbane Lions v Carlton (AFL Round 18 – Brisbane Lions won by 17 points) | Lachie Neale {September 15}
$10,000 @ $1.74 [collect $17,400] on Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast (AFL Round 16 – Brisbane Lions won by 45 points) | Lachie Neale {September 9}
TAB SHORTEST-PRICED BROWNLOW MEDAL FAVOURITES AT START OF COUNT
$1.05 Dustin Martin in 2017 Martin won
$1.16 Patrick Dangerfield in 2016 Dangerfield won
$1.25 Lachie Neale in 2020 Neale won
$1.45 Tom Mitchell in 2018 Mitchell won
$1.50 Shane Crawford in 1999 Crawford won
$1.65 Gary Ablett in 2013 Ablett won
$2 Nat Fyfe in 2015 Fyfe won
$2 Dane Swan in 2010 Chris Judd won ($15)
$2.10 Chris Judd in 2011 Dane Swan won ($7)
$2.10 Ben Cousins in 2005 Cousins won
TAB BROWNLOW MEDAL HISTORY
Year Favourite Winner
1998 Wayne Carey ($2.50) Robert Harvey ($2.85)
1999 Shane Crawford ($1.50) Crawford
2000 Anthony Koutoufides ($2.75) Shane Woewodin ($13)
2001 Andrew McLeod ($2.35) Jason Akermanis ($15)
2002 Luke Darcy ($3.25) Simon Black ($10)
2003 Nathan Buckley ($3) Buckley/Adam Goodes ($8.50)/Mark Ricciuto ($8.50)
2004 Warren Tredrea ($3) Chris Judd ($4.50)
2005 Ben Cousins ($2.10) Cousins
2006 Adam Goodes ($2.70) Goodes
2007 Gary Ablett ($2.30) Jimmy Bartel ($10)
2008 Gary Ablett ($3) Adam Cooney ($13)
2009 Gary Ablett ($3) Ablett
2010 Dane Swan ($2) Chris Judd ($15)
2011 Chris Judd ($2.10) Dane Swan ($7)
2012 Jobe Watson ($4.50) Watson [Trent Cotchin ($6)/Sam Mitchell ($7])
2013 Gary Ablett ($1.65) Ablett
2014 Joel Selwood ($2.50) Matt Priddis ($41)
2015 Nat Fyfe ($2) Fyfe
2016 Patrick Dangerfield ($1.16) Dangerfield
2017 Dustin Martin ($1.05) Martin
2018 Tom Mitchell ($1.45) Mitchell
2019 Patrick Dangerfield ($2.40) Nat Fyfe ($7)
2020 Lachie Neale ($1.25) Neale
