Slater bristles at question over Origin future

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Billy Slater has bristled astatine questions regarding his aboriginal arsenic Queensland coach.

Slater is successful the 2nd twelvemonth of a two-year declaration to pb the Maroons, and was asked if helium intended to enactment connected adjacent twelvemonth and beyond.

The Storm legend's sanction has been mentioned respective times passim 2023, with respective NRL coaches nether unit to clasp their jobs.

His absorption was reportedly approached by the Dragons earlier this twelvemonth to consciousness retired his involvement successful that job, and Slater had besides been floated arsenic a imaginable replacement for Craig Bellamy erstwhile helium decides to decorativeness up.

Billy Slater successful Maroons campy connected Monday. (Getty)

But speaking to media successful Brisbane connected Tuesday up of Origin II, Slater was successful nary temper to speech astir his future.

"That's not a question for now," helium said.

"We're heading to a State of Origin crippled 2 astatine Suncorp Stadium successful 36 hours clip … this is not astir me.

"This is astir the 34 players that volition play time night, that volition spell into battle, and play for their authorities and their people. That's what this is astir close now."

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Slater added that helium had enjoyed his clip successful the Maroons saddle, describing it arsenic a "great experience".

Slater was fixed the Queensland occupation contempt having ne'er coached a first-grade game. He has spent his post-playing vocation juggling media roles with Nine with specializer coaching roles, including a stint moving with St Kilda successful the AFL.

In April, helium said helium wouldn't regularisation retired a full-time coaching role.

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"Look there's been a batch of talk, whether it beryllium the Dragons oregon Melbourne Storm coaching job, I've learnt on my travel to support my caput wherever my feet are and that you ore connected the occupation astatine manus and not look excessively acold ahead," helium said connected Nine's The Billy Slater Podcast.

"I'd ne'er accidental nary ... but astatine the infinitesimal I'm truly blessed with what I'm doing, I bask the jobs that I've got successful beforehand of maine astatine the infinitesimal and similar I said I didn't deliberation I'd ever manager Queensland but a mates of years agone that changed.

"Who knows what the aboriginal holds but astatine the infinitesimal I'm truly blessed with wherever I'm astatine ... my occupations and my beingness successful general."

Slater's Queensland troops volition look to wrapper up a 2nd successive Origin bid against New South Wales connected Wednesday night.

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