[176][177][178][179] Playing Fullback in the World Cup Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium, Slater featured in Australia's 60 win over England, playing an important role and producing another fine performance in the green-and-gold jersey. [160][161][162] Two days following the Grand Final victory, Slater was named in the Australian Test Squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup Tournament. The champion fullback, a key member of the Maroons' most successful. The Maroons suffered their worst ever defeat in Game One (50-6 in . The QRL has named Billy Slater as the Maroons coach for the 2022 Origin series. After retiring from the NRL in 2018, Billy moved to a farm with his wife of 12 years, Nicole, and their two children, daughter Tyla, 12, and son Jake, 10, a year later. Billy Slater and his wife, mother of two - Nicole Slater, will take members of the app through custom workouts that are delivered daily via the app. 'Every morning the kids get up and feed the horses before they do homeschooling,' he toldStellar On Friday. "And he'll stick with the Melbourne Storm, teaching the young fellas.". born: 18 June 1983 in Nambour Queensland: physical attributes: Height: 178cm Weight: 89kg: sport: He has also represented Australia. When he gets a spare minute from rugby league, he likes to head down the coast for a surf. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Slater played in the first two matches against New Zealand and then England. Following the game, he received the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player on the field. A one-club man who debuted in 2003, Slater formed part of Melbourne's iconic 'big three' alongside Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk. With Greg Inglis already sidelined and ruled out of the season with a season-ending knee injury, Slater was expected to return to the Queensland Squad for the 2017 State of Origin series. As of 2018, Billy Slater net worth 2018 is under review and will be updated soon. [149][150] Slater remained in the team for game 3 and he produced another outstanding performance in the decider, combining with Storm teammates Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Cameron Munster in QLD's NRL one-club spine combination; to guide QLD to a series win in the 226 victory over NSW at Suncorp Stadium. He had a great height of 5 ft and 9 inches or 176 cm and a weight of 14st 0lb or 89kgs which was perfect for the sport. In Round 21 against the Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium, Slater also became the 8th player in history of the League to score 150 tries, Slater scoring 2 tries in the Storms 684 win. (And his parents Ron and Judy still live here in NQ.) He had a brother Charlie Mitchell born in about 1956. document.write(" CITE THIS PAGE: "+ author + ", "" + document.title + "." Topend Sports Website, "+ published + ", "+ url + ", Accessed " + md.getDate()+" " + months[md.getMonth()] + " " + md.getFullYear()); (AAP Image: Daniel Pockett) Make snippets of Billy talking to create audio highlights to share with your friends or embed in related blog posts. [98][99][100][101] With speculations surrounding his playing future following that shoulder reconstruction,[102][103] his Melbourne Storm Fullback role was filled again by Cameron Munster. 23:40 AEDT 30 Sep 2021. [2] The following week Slater was named Melbourne's Player of the Year making it the second consecutive year he won the award. 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Associated With He was joined by Brett Morris on Australia's national rugby team in 2009. [17] Slater was dumped from the Queensland side for the deciding third game in Brisbane which led to outrage from some Maroons fans. [54] Despite Melbourne being stripped of their 2007 and 2009 premierships due to the discovery of a salary cap breach, Slater was allowed to keep his Clive Churchill Medal. Subscribe https://bit.ly/2lvA. 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Producing yet another outstanding performance, Slater led Queensland to an 1812 victory at Suncorp Stadium, thus avoiding a potential 30 series whitewash by New South Wales. Billy Slater was born to guardians Ron Slater and Judy Slater in Australia. Billy Slater's enormous talent has allowed him to achieve almost every conceivable goal achievable in his chosen field - two premierships, five State of Origin series wins, three club best and fairest awards, 14 Test caps, and the coveted Golden Boot Award as the Rugby League Player of the Year. "I'm very grateful to the gods or to the universe or whatever . He added: 'When you love someone, it feels right. We always look forward to watching his games every week. [104], During his time on the sideline, his Fullback positions was filled by Darius Boyd for both Australia (during the International Trans-Tasman ANZAC Test match, which was played at Newcastle's Hunter Stadium) and Queensland (for the State of Origin Series). They were married in Cairns in November 2009[197] and have two children, a daughter, Tyla Rose and a son, Jake. 1 talking about this. They bonded over riding horses and show jumping, but were nothing more than friends for almost a decade. . THE brother of the late James Ackerman, Andrew, has taken to Facebook to issue a powerful warning urging the NRL to ban Storm fullback Billy Slater from the grand final. Posted Thu 23 Sep 2021 at 10:04pm, updated Fri 24 Sep 2021 at 1:46am. Billy's parents left him in a children's home, where the staff physically abused him. RELATED: The unusual way Chandler Powell made the 'first move' with Bindi Irwin. No two workouts are ever the same. [128] This was also his first game playing at Suncorp Stadium, since round 20 of the 2014 Season which was against the Brisbane Broncos;[129] despite missing Game 3 (the decider) of the 2015 State of Origin series and last year's Game 2 of the 2016 State of Origin series. This prolonged experience underpins . [74] Slater was the Storm's highest tryscorer in the 2013 NRL season with 18 tries in 24 matches. They have a daughter Tyla Rose. [42] In 2008 he also received the Rugby League International Federation's International Player of the Year award.[43]. Slater is the son of Ron Slater and Judy Slater. See What is a sport? He's a bushie, a country kid and he's never let any of this go to his head. "He's going to love look back on his career with his family in years to come.". After Slater's second suspension, Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy decided to give Slater some warm up matches for his comeback into first grade with both North Sydney Bears (Melbourne's feeder club in the NSWRL Premier League) and Norths Devils (Melbourne's feeder club in the Queensland Cup). (Instagram) Billy popped the question when Nicole was "heavily pregnant" with their first child, 12-year-old daughter Tyler. 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