Billy Slater
Billy Slater knows what makes Reece Walsh tick ... and how much he should share with Melbourne
Billy Slater handed Reece Walsh his Queensland Origin debut, and says he is only too happy to share some “professional intel” with the Storm.
- Christian Nicolussi
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- NRL 2025
Readers versus Roy Masters: Your best teams from 2000 to 2025
Are you a better selector than the Western Suburbs coach of the century and the man voted best St George coach
- Opinion
- NRL 2025
Why Nathan Cleary didn’t make the best NRL team since 2000
The Western Suburbs coach of the century and former Dragons coach selects his best squad of the quarter-century. Do you agree?
- Roy Masters
- Opinion
- NRL 2025
Cam Munster had just lost his father. Somehow, he found the strength to crack a joke
Queensland icon Wally Lewis visited Maroons training to pay his respects, and was soon on the end of a gag from the Queensland No.6. It was the moment that said it all about the Maroons skipper.
- Danny Weidler
What Slater told Munster during their full-time Origin embrace
The emotional exchange between the Queensland coach and captain, who played just three days after the death of his father, is destined to become an iconic Origin image.
- Christian Nicolussi
- Analysis
- State of Origin
I was there for Daley’s first strategy meeting. Slater was already stalking the Blues
The Queensland coach proved a rugby league revolutionary, making a string of bold selection calls that paid off spectacularly. Laurie Daley stood still … and perished.
- Roy Masters
- Analysis
- NRL 2025
Even Flanno’s backers are deserting him as pressure mounts over handling of son Kyle
Fox Sports have been longtime cheerleaders for the Dragons coach. But as he continues to ignore Lachlan Ilias’s claims for a recall, the tone of their coverage has shifted.
- Danny Weidler
- Opinion
- State of Origin
‘I’m proper sorry’: Spencer breaks silence on apology to Mam
Spencer Leniu has emerged as rugby league’s most unlikely peacemaker - and his apology to Ezra Mam over the Las Vegas racism incident showed his class.
- Danny Weidler
- Opinion
- The Fitz Files
Billy Slater has a point on pre-game Origin sledging
The Maroons Origin coach rightly apologised for referencing the late Paul Green this week but he definitely has a point about sledging through the media.
- Peter FitzSimons
‘It hurt me personally’: Munster inspired by attacks against Queensland coach Slater
Queensland skipper Cameron Munster admitted the attacks against his coach triggered a reaction from him and his teammates on the field in Perth on Wednesday night.
- Michael Chammas