I am not a betting man - just an annual punt on the Grand National - but out of curiosity, I did take a look at Wakey's odds in the build-up to yesterday's game, purely because I was so convinced that Wakey would win. Coral were offering 9/2, which seemed very generous, and I now wish I had put a tenner on it! But anyway, what I really found interesting was that they were offering odds for combinations of try scorers, which heavily featured CTW and Alfie Johnson. It seemed obvious that the bookies had got wind of the Dufty injury and Wire's team selection before they became public knowledge. I am naive in such matters, but I guess that's just how bookies roll? Knowledge is power, and all that.

We are giving 6 now.

We are now only getting 4 for this.

So before last night’s result we were out at 13/2 for Grand Final behind Wigan, HKR and Saints. Now we back at 9/2 joint second favourites with HKR and Saints out to 11/2. This will change a lot over next couple of months.

+8 Castleford v Hull -8
-10 Leigh v Wakefield +10
-10 Wire v Leeds +10
Scr Catalan v Saints Scr
+14 Giants v HKR -14

Won last night but went from 9/2 to 11/2 for Grand Final.