Aussie bookie backs Nix

The Australian TAB is certain the Wellington Phoenix will make the A-League playoffs. After the sixth-placed Phoenix drew 1-1 with the seventh-placed Newcastle Jets on Thursday night, the gap between the two sides sits at eight points with nine games to go. That was enough for tab.com.au to pay out all 3000 bets which backed the current top six teams to make the playoffs this year. The move meant the bookmaker was effectively saying the Phoenix are certainties to break their four-year finals drought, even with a third of the season still to play.