THE start of the 2021 NRL season is two weeks away and the traditional Charity Shield takes place at Glen Willow Oval in Mudgee on Saturday night with Souths $1.30 favourites at TAB against St George Illawarra ($3.50).
Since betting opened on Tuesday, the Rabbitohs have been immensely popular and shortened from their original price of $1.36 to $1.30.
As a result of the Rabbitohs’ betting popularity, the Dragons have drifted from $3.20 to $3.50.
Bets of $7000 at $1.36, $7000 at $1.33 and $8000 at $1.32 have been placed on Souths in the 48 hours of available betting to secure this year’s Charity Shield.
With 22 percent of support from TAB customers, the Rabbitohs ($6) are the best-backed team to win the 2021 NRL premiership.
At the other end of the spectrum, only North Queensland (least) and Cronulla (second-least) have received less backing than St George Illawarra ($51) to win this season’s NRL title.
TAB ODDS
2021 Charity Shield
Head To Head
$3.50 St George lllawarra opened $3.20 on Tuesday
$1.30 Souths opened $1.36 on Tuesday
Saturday 6:30pm AEDT at Glen Willow Oval in Mudgee
Normal Time Margin
$2.25 Souths to won by 13+
$2.90 Souths to win by 1-12
$4.50 St George Illawarra to win by 1-12
$9 St George Illawarra to win by 13+
$23 Draw
2021 NRL Premiership
$5 Penrith $4.50 after 2020 Grand Final
$6 Souths $6 after 2020 Grand Final; as much as $6.50 since
$6.50 Melbourne $7.50 after 2020 Grand Final
Sydney Roosters $6 after 2020 Grand Final; as short as $5.25 since
$11 Canberra $10 after 2020 Grand Final; as much as $12 since
$15 Gold Coast $19 after 2020 Grand Final
Parramatta $13 after 2020 Grand Final
$21 Manly $15 after 2020 Grand Final
$23 Newcastle $17 after 2020 Grand Final
$26 North Queensland $21 after 2020 Grand Final
NZ Warriors $23 after 2020 Grand Final; as short as $21 since
$29 Cronulla $23 after 2020 Grand Final
$41 Canterbury $67 after 2020 Grand Final
Wests Tigers $29 after 2020 Grand Final
$51 Brisbane $51 after 2020 Grand Final
St George Illawarra $41 after 2020 Grand Final
