Billy Slater – Page 3

Relieved Slater can now concentrate on grand final after not guilty verdict

26 September, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

A relieved Billy Slater says it’s now time to concentrate on the NRL grand final after escaping suspension for a shoulder charge last weekend in Melbourne’s win over Cronulla. “Now it’s important for me to

The good, the bad and the ugly: Why grand final week is playing right into Cam Smith’s hands

25 September, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis On the road to the NRL grand final, somewhere between Melbourne and Sydney, three weary gunslingers peer into each other’s souls: the good, the bad and the ugly. Many have travelled

Stars who have missed the grand final due to suspension

25 September, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY STAFF WRITERS Billy Slater will find out tonight if he has played his last ever game of rugby league with his place in the grand final to be decided by the judiciary. But Slater

Billy Slater’s dark history as the Melbourne Storm’s last line of defense

24 September, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY A.J NASH Retiring Melbourne Storm legend Billy Slater has the Australian sports community split down the middle as to whether he should be suspended for the 2018 grand final ending his illustrious career in

Minichiello doesn’t think Slater should be suspended for Feki shoulder charge

24 September, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Sydney Roosters legend Anthony Minichiello thinks his old fullback rival and Melbourne custodian Billy Slater shouldn’t be suspended for his shoulder charge last Friday night at AAMI Park. Slater could have played his last ever

It will be almost impossible for Cronk to play: Fittler

24 September, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Sydney Roosters star Cooper Cronk has a torn rotator cuff and is in serious doubt of missing Sunday’s grand final against his former club Melbourne. And Roosters premiership-winner Brad Fittler, now coach of New South

Chaos and flair: The story of an Innisfail kid who made a decision that changed everything

19 September, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Here is something you may not know about Australia’s greatest ever fullback. If Billy Slater did not leave high school as a 15-year-old, we probably would not be celebrating his illustrious

Melbourne on course to win back-to-back titles says premiership-winner

28 August, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Premiership-winning five-eigth Ben Ikin believes the Melbourne Storm could be the first team since his former club – Brisbane – went back-to-back in 1997 and 1998. Speaking to SEN 1116, Ikin said Storm’s consistency

Emotional Slater confirms 2018 will be his final season of first grade rugby league

8 August, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Melbourne Storm’s iconic fullback Billy Slater has made his retirement official at a press conference alongside the only club coach he has ever played under in Craig Bellamy. After 313 NRL

Tributes already coming in ahead of Billy Slater’s retirement announcement

8 August, 2018 The81stMinute 0 Comments 1 category

Tributes on social media are already starting to come through prior to Billy Slater’s 1pm press conference where the Melbourne Storm, Queensland and Kangaroos legend will announce his retirement. Billy Slater. One of the greatest,

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