Carlton co-captain Patrick Cripps crunched into Brownlow Medal favouritism after Round 1

Carlton co-captain Patrick Cripps has been crunched into Brownlow Medal favouritism after collecting 32 disposals in the club’s Round 1 loss to Richmond.

Patrick Cripps is equal Brownlow Medal favourite after a starring role in Round 1. Picture: Michael Klein.

Carlton co-captain Patrick Cripps has been crunched into Brownlow Medal favouritism after collecting 32 disposals in the club’s Round 1 loss to Richmond.

Cripps, who finished equal fourth last year with 20 votes behind Tom Mitchell, Steele Sidebottom and Angus Brayshaw, has firmed from $9 to $6 for the Brownlow Medal with TAB.

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The 24-year-old also had six tackles as the Blues went down by 33 points against the Tigers.

Cripps is equal favourite with Fremantle skipper Nathan Fyfe and Richmond’s Dustin Martin.

Geelong star Patrick Dangerfield ($7) is the only other player at single-figure odds, while GWS midfielder Josh Kelly is $13 as he prepares to return from injury.

Patrick Cripps is equal Brownlow Medal favourite after a starring role in Round 1. Picture: Michael Klein

Western Bulldogs Marcus Bontempelli was the big mover after his best on ground performance against Sydney, firming to $23 after a $2000 bet at $26.

Meanwhile, Richmond remains equal premiership favourite despite losing star defender Alex Rance to a season-ending knee injury.

The Tigers share top billing with Collingwood at $6.50, while GWS Giants were the big mover, tightening from $21 to $9 after their 72-point thumping of Essendon.

The Giants are on the fifth line of flag betting, behind Richmond, Collingwood, reigning premier West Coast ($7) and Melbourne ($7.50).

The Tigers ($1.80) will start slight favourites against the Magpies ($2) on Thursday, while Essendon ($1.15) is favoured to bounce back against St Kilda ($5.50), Geelong ($1.60) is tipped to hand Melbourne ($2.35) consecutive losses and Hawthorn ($1.42) is expected to make it 2-0 when it takes on the Western Bulldogs ($2.85).