Unhappy ending for Billy Slater's brilliant career


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And then to the bloke carrying the second-most talked-about shoulder in the game.


We have now seen the last of Billy Slater. This was not a farewell befitting of the greatest of them all. All that now remains of Melbourne’s famed ‘big three’ – it appears his skipper won’t make good on his threat to also hang them up – is just Cameron Smith.


Anticlimax: Billy Slater on his haunches after a Roosters try.

Anticlimax: Billy Slater on his haunches after a Roosters try.


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We may never see the likes of him again. The first lady of rugby league, Joyce Churchill, has described Slater the closest thing she has seen to her late, great husband Clive. On this occasion, he would not take home the Clive Churchill medal, nor another premiership win. However, in time, he will likely join ‘The Little Master’ in Immortality.


It may have been Slater’s last game, but the majority of those at ANZ Stadium weren’t glad to see him. Every time the fullback touched the ball, he was met with a straight line of Roosters defenders and a chorus of boos. Clearly the judiciary’s decision not to rub him out for a shoulder charge was not as popular north of the border.


Debate will forever rage about whether Slater should have been allowed to take his place. Every time a player is forced to defend a similar-looking incident at Rugby League Central, the defence lawyer won’t have to look far for a precedent.


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