Australia is a nation known for its elite sporting events and competitions including AFL, athletics, basketball, cricket, NRL, Rugby Union, soccer and swimming. Watching and betting on sport is big business in Australia and the country has some of the finest sportsmen and women in the world.
Some of the most exciting and high paying wagers in Australian sport are those made on the individual sportsmen and women. In team games like AFL, NRL and Rugby popular betting options include Man of the Match, Dally M Winner and First Player to Score. These exotic bet types rely on the performance and skill of an individual sportsman and are a terrific way to get involved in the game.
The best way to bet on any major sport in Australia is through an online bookmaker. Online bookies provide the convenience of being able to place your wagers from home and offer very competitive odds and betting options. Online bookmakers have a full range of bet types open on all sporting events in Australia, including the previously mentioned exotic wagers that focus on a single sportsman.
Our sporting greats help to inspire and connect us. They give us something to look up to, aspire to be and someone to barrack for. Sporting fans across the nation embrace every opportunity they get to watch their sporting champions in action and the achievements of our top sportsmen and women are immense.
Sir Donald Bradman (1908 – 2001) will go down in the history books forever as the nation’s most loved and respected sportsperson. Don was a true cricket legend, playing first-class games for over 20 years. His batting average was phenomenal, 99.94 runs when he retired in 1948. Today cricket is still one of Australia’s most attended and supported sports. Ricky Ponting is a modern day cricket super star and a true champion sportsman, as is Michael Clarke. Betting on Test Matches, The Ashes, One Day Internationals and the Cricket World Cup are all available with online bookies. You can even bet on the next cricket sportsman to be batted out in live games!
In the AFL, one of the nation’s most fast-paced, high scoring and intense codes of football, there are many great sportsmen who have made the game what it is today. Names like Darrel Baldock (St. Kilda), Ted Whitten (Footscray), Norm Smith (Melbourne/Fitzroy) and Dick Reynolds (Essendon) are all legendary AFL sportsmen.
Head-to-head games between two sportspeople, like tennis, are also a favourite in Australia. This is where the skill of the sportsman or woman really comes into play, as there is no team to support them. Tennis betting is huge in Australia with odds open on competitions including the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and ATP Tour. Lleyton Hewitt, Pat Cash, Rod Laver and John Newcombe are just a few of the most memorable names in Australian cricket considered the best sportsmen in their field.
Many remarkable sportsmen and women have made their claim to fame in non-contact sports like athletics and swimming in Australia. Australian swimming legends include Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould, Murray Rose, Ian Thorpe and our favourite sportsman in the pool, the dual Olympic gold medal-winner Kieren Perkins. Australia’s most well-known runners include the long-distance runner and influential sportsman John Landy and standout Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman.
With so many home-grown sporting heroes in Australia, punters, spectators and other sporting enthusiasts really are treated to a fantastic range of events and betting markets. The sportsmen and women who compete in our favourite games are what make the competitions great. So get behind your country, support the sports that make the nation what it is, and why not try placing a bet on your favourite sportsman today!