around 4 goals.
A fresh Sydney Swans side ran rings around the Kangaroos last Friday night, and were basically unextended. The Roos were coming off a pair of hard fought wins and were at the end of the road, but still, the Swans could hardly have been more impressive. The margin could have been 100 had the Swans kept the pedal to the metal, but they started to cruise towards the end of the third before getting the word to keep the tempo up lest the slower pace cause a player to be injured. On Saturday they then watched Hawthorn fight to the end to shake off a gallant Port Adelaide.
That extra effort taken by the Hawks to get to the big dance is usually telling at this stage of the season, and this is reflected in the ML odds that give Sydney an implied 60% chance (1.68/2.48. Betfair) of winning their third flag since 2005 on Saturday. They are in better shape physically than the Hawks, who also try to win their third Flag in the same era.
This is probably the finale that most AFL fans wanted after their own team was out of contention. They have been the two dominant and most consistent teams all year, and the Buddy Franklin factor adds the theatre. Franklin is the key here. He couldn't be in better form. He just broke the record for the most number of Brownlow votes by a Coleman medallist. If Hawthorn put too much store in stopping him then Kurt Tippett will step up. The twin spearheads of Franklin and Tippett, supplied by their elite midfield should get the Bloods home fairly comfortably here. It's written in Buddy's contract.
Swans by 25+ @ 3.05. Betfair (-5% commision). Or 2.90 elsewhere.
A fresh Sydney Swans side ran rings around the Kangaroos last Friday night, and were basically unextended. The Roos were coming off a pair of hard fought wins and were at the end of the road, but still, the Swans could hardly have been more impressive. The margin could have been 100 had the Swans kept the pedal to the metal, but they started to cruise towards the end of the third before getting the word to keep the tempo up lest the slower pace cause a player to be injured. On Saturday they then watched Hawthorn fight to the end to shake off a gallant Port Adelaide.
That extra effort taken by the Hawks to get to the big dance is usually telling at this stage of the season, and this is reflected in the ML odds that give Sydney an implied 60% chance (1.68/2.48. Betfair) of winning their third flag since 2005 on Saturday. They are in better shape physically than the Hawks, who also try to win their third Flag in the same era.
This is probably the finale that most AFL fans wanted after their own team was out of contention. They have been the two dominant and most consistent teams all year, and the Buddy Franklin factor adds the theatre. Franklin is the key here. He couldn't be in better form. He just broke the record for the most number of Brownlow votes by a Coleman medallist. If Hawthorn put too much store in stopping him then Kurt Tippett will step up. The twin spearheads of Franklin and Tippett, supplied by their elite midfield should get the Bloods home fairly comfortably here. It's written in Buddy's contract.
Swans by 25+ @ 3.05. Betfair (-5% commision). Or 2.90 elsewhere.
