Billy Slater set the club's record for most ever tries and NRL record for most ever tries by a fullback.
80 Facts About Billy Slater
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Billy Slater amassed 190 NRL tries for the Melbourne Storm, which is the second most in an Australian first-grade career, behind Ken Irvine.
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Billy Slater won two premierships, the Clive Churchill Medal twice and the Dally M Medal with the Storm.
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Billy Slater was the winner of the television game show Australia's Greatest Athlete in 2009 and 2010.
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Billy Slater was born in Nambour, Queensland, Australia on 18 June 1983.
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Billy Slater began playing rugby league football for the Brothers club in Innisfail, Queensland.
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At sixteen years of age, Billy Slater left school at Innisfail State High School and decided to follow his personal passion for thoroughbred racing, working initially in Sydney for 6 months as a roustabout for the racehorse trainer Gai Waterhouse.
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In Round 1 of the 2003 NRL season, Billy Slater made his first grade NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Remondis Stadium.
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Billy Slater was the Storm's highest try scorer in the 2003 NRL season with 19 tries in their 26 matches.
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Billy Slater made his debut on the wing for Queensland in game one of the 2004 State of Origin series.
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Billy Slater retained his spot on the team for the second game of the series at Suncorp Stadium.
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In game two, just days shy of his 21st birthday, Billy Slater was named man of the match after scoring two tries.
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Billy Slater's second try is considered one of the great individual Origin tries.
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Billy Slater played 22 matches and scored 14 tries for the Storm in the 2004 NRL season.
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Billy Slater was named in the Kangaroo squad to tour Europe but injury prevented him from joining in the tour.
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Once again Billy Slater was picked for the Queensland State of Origin team, this time at his preferred position of fullback.
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Billy Slater returned for the second game in Sydney which saw the return of Andrew Johns, who spearheaded a New South Wales victory.
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Billy Slater was dumped from the Queensland side for the deciding third game in Brisbane which led to outrage from some Maroons fans.
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Billy Slater continued his brilliant form throughout 2005, topping the try scoring charts with 20 tries in 21 matches for the Storm.
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Billy Slater was suspended in Round 4 for seven matches for kicking Wests Tigers prop John Skandalis, but scored two tries in the match.
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Billy Slater played in 15 matches and scored 5 tries for the Storm in the 2006 NRL season.
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On his return from injury in Round 17, Billy Slater scored 8 tries from 9 appearances and became a vital cog in the back line of the Storm, setting up over 20 tries during the season.
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Billy Slater played in 23 matches and scored 12 tries for the Storm in the 2007 NRL season.
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Billy Slater's start to the 2008 season can be described as nothing short of sensational.
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Billy Slater's form was rewarded when he was selected at fullback for the Australian national team in the Centenary Test against New Zealand, displacing the incumbent Brett Stewart.
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Two weeks later, Billy Slater was selected to represent Queensland in the 2008 State of Origin series, this time displacing incumbent, Karmichael Hunt from fullback to five-eighth, Billy Slater had a mixed performance for Queensland throwing a few loose passes despite running over 220 metres and making a line break that nearly resulted in a try to Greg Inglis.
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Billy Slater returned for Game 2 but was dropped to the interchange bench before replacing Karmichael Hunt 30 minutes into the match at ANZ Stadium.
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In Game 3, Billy Slater started from the interchange bench with Karmichael Hunt starting at fullback.
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Billy Slater broke the line with his first touch and kick return of the game.
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Billy Slater was excellent under the high ball, thwarting many attacking kicks.
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Billy Slater was sin-binned for throwing several punches at winger, Jason Nightingale.
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Billy Slater had a two-match suspension downgraded to one match after claiming Nightingale had provoked him with several head-butts throughout the match.
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In September 2008; Billy Slater narrowly missed out on the Dally M Medal, Player of the Year, finishing 2 points behind the Sea Eagles Matt Orford.
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Billy Slater played in 24 matches and scored 14 tries for the Storm in the 2008 NRL season.
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Billy Slater capped off a brilliant year by winning the Rugby League World Golden Boot Award as the best player in the world.
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In October 2008 Billy Slater was selected in the final 24-man Australian squad but hesitated playing since he and his wife were expecting their first child.
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Billy Slater won the Man of the match twice in tournament for his performance in both games.
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About midway through the second half of the World Cup final Billy Slater, who had set up Australia's first two tries, made a grave misjudgement, Billy Slater threw a wild pass back in field after attempting to go the short side from a kick return and it was snapped up by Benji Marshall for a gift four-pointer.
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Billy Slater played in the other 2 matches in the Queensland's 2009 winning State of Origin team.
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Billy Slater's four try haul earned him man of the match honours.
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Billy Slater scored a try and was judged best on ground, earning the Clive Churchill Medal.
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Billy Slater was named the Storms highest tryscorer in the 2009 NRL season with 18 tries in 26 matches.
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Billy Slater topped off the season with selection for Australia in the 2009 Four Nations tournament in Europe.
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Billy Slater played in the first two matches against New Zealand and then England.
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Billy Slater played in 22 matches and scored 10 tries in the Storms drama filled 2010 NRL season.
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Billy Slater played in all three 2011 State of Origin matches, as fullback for the Queensland Maroons.
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Billy Slater was awarded the 2011 Dally M Medal for best and fairest player of the year in the NRL.
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Sports reporters Ray Warren said that he "didn't think Billy Slater was as good a player as he had been in the past", while Andrew Johns labelled Billy Slater as "the best fullback he has seen".
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On 3 October, Billy Slater was selected for the Australian Kangaroos, to play as fullback in the 2011 Rugby League Four Nations tournament.
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Billy Slater started the year scoring 9 tries in 5 games, including 2 tries per game in the opening 4 rounds of the season.
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Billy Slater was Queensland's fullback for Games 1 and 2 of the 2012 State of Origin series which saw the Maroons record winning streak extend to seven series.
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Billy Slater finished the 2012 NRL season with him scoring 16 tries in 21 matches for the Storm, which made him the highest fullback try scorer in the NRL with 140 tries, going past previous holder Rhys Wesser with 129.
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An established ambassador for Adidas, in 2012 Billy Slater appeared as part of a promotional campaign for their F50 adizero III boots alongside Dale Thomas of Aussie Rules and European football player David Villa.
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Billy Slater played all three games of the 2013 State of Origin series in which Queensland extended their record for consecutive series victories to eight.
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Billy Slater was the Storm's highest tryscorer in the 2013 NRL season with 18 tries in 24 matches.
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Billy Slater played in 4 matches and scored 4 tries in the tournament.
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Billy Slater finished the Storm's 2014 NRL season with him playing in 22 matches and scoring 12 tries.
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On 9 September 2014, Billy Slater was selected for the Australia Kangaroos 2014 Four Nations train on squad but withdrew due to injury.
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Billy Slater started the 2015 season, playing featuring in the first 5 rounds of the season.
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Billy Slater returned to action in round 8, producing a strong 80-minutes man-of-the-match performance against the Parramatta Eels, scoring 2 tries and producing a try-saving tackle on Semi Radradra.
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Billy Slater finished the season with him only playing in 7 matches and scoring 2 tries for the Storm.
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Billy Slater missed being part of Storm's Grand Final home-away-from-home clash to the Cronulla Sharks and Australia's successful Four Nations campaign, as well as missing the first ever Perth International Rugby League Trans-Tasman Test match.
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Billy Slater was set to return to action in the Storm's trial match clash against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at North Hobart Oval in Hobart, Tasmania.
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However, coach Craig Bellamy opted to rest him for the opening 2 rounds of the 2017 season and Billy Slater had to wait until round 3 to returning to action.
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Billy Slater was then recalled to the Queensland squad along with Johnathan Thurston for game 2, which resulted incumbent Australian Test Fullback Darius Boyd shifting to Centre and Justin O'Neill dropped from the team.
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Two days following the Grand Final victory, Billy Slater was named in the Australian Test Squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup Tournament.
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Billy Slater signed a one-year extension, committing to the Melbourne Storm for the 2018 season.
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Billy Slater started the season, sitting out of the Round 1 game due to injury.
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Billy Slater earned criticism during a home Round 6 game against the Newcastle Knights where he was accused of diving which led second-rower Lachlan Fitzgibbon to be sin-binned.
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Billy Slater announced his intentions to retire from representative football after the 2018 State of Origin series and was yet to make a decision on playing only at the club level in 2019.
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Billy Slater was set to play in the opening game of the Origin series at the MCG; however, he withdrew from the Game 1 squad due to a hamstring injury, in what would have been his last Origin match in Melbourne.
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Billy Slater returned from injury in game 2 to play his 30th Origin game, producing an outstanding performance despite Queensland losing game 2 and the series in New South Wales' home game victory at ANZ Stadium.
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On 8 August, Billy Slater announced that he would be retiring from the NRL at the end of the 2018 season.
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Billy Slater played his final game, a grand final loss to the Sydney Roosters, on 30 September 2018.
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On 10 October 2018, Billy Slater joined Australian Football League club St Kilda in a leadership role.
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Billy Slater joined the Nine Network's NRL commentary team in 2019 On 14 March 2019 Melbourne Storm Announced the renaming of the Northern Stand of AAMI Park to Slater Stand.
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On 30 August 2019, Billy Slater was chosen at Fullback in the Queensland Maroons team of the decade.
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Billy Slater was selected as the Queensland Maroons Head Coach on 24 September 2021 on a two-year deal.
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Billy Slater coached the Queensland Maroons to a shock series victory in the 2022 State of Origin series.
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Billy Slater participated in the television show Australia's Greatest Athlete and was the winner for both Season 1 and Season 2 against a diverse range of athletes such as Olympic gold medalist Steve Hooker, ironman Ky Hurst and V8 Supercar champions Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes.