Billy Slater Autobiography - Hardcover

Slater, Billy

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9780143782452: Billy Slater Autobiography

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ISBN 10: 0143782452 ISBN 13: 9780143782452

Publisher: Ebury Australia, 2017

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During a long and decorated career with the Melbourne Storm, Queensland and Australia, Billy Slater has forged a reputation as not merely one of rugby league’s great fullbacks, but as one of the best players in the game’s long history. Slater’s story is that of a young country recruit with superb natural talent who rose quickly to the top level, playing with the Storm after just one pre-season in Melbourne and starring for Queensland during just his second season in the NRL. But inside the player who has scored so many audacious tries on the game’s biggest stages is a fierce competitive drive and a relentless work ethic, one inherited from parents who worked tirelessly to provide for their two children.In his fourteen years in the NRL, Slater has been confronted by the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal, career-threatening injuries, the disappointment of lost grand finals, his early axing from the Queensland team, a game-losing mistake with the Kangaroos and accusations about his allegedly rough style of play. Slater has emerged not merely as a great of the game, but as an even more resilient character, a respected spokesman for his sport, a devoted husband and father, and in a moment of emotional vindication a member of the Storm’s defiant 2012 premiership team. Billy’s story is told with contributions from Slater’s family, as well as other rugby league legends like Cooper Cronk, Craig Bellamy, Darren Lockyer and Cameron Smith.

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Billy Slater plays for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. An Australian International and Queensland State of Origin representative fullback he has played his whole NRL career to date at Melbourne. Billy has won three grand finals, the Clive Churchill Medal and the Dally M Medal with the Storm. He lives in Melbourne with his wife Nicole and their two children

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