Slater's answer if Storm ask him to replace Bellamy

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Melbourne fable Billy Slater has each but ruled himself retired of taking the Storm coaching reins from Craig Bellamy - astatine slightest for now.

Bellamy, 63, past twelvemonth signed a caller five-year declaration with the Victorian club, but the woody doesn't stipulate helium has to enactment arsenic caput manager for the entirety.

In fact, the nine is allowing the seasoned supercoach to perpetrate to the occupation connected a season-by-season basis, and erstwhile helium decides to measurement down from coaching helium tin presume a antithetic relation for the Storm.

Bellamy is coaching the NRL squad this twelvemonth but there's nary warrant beyond 2023, meaning Melbourne whitethorn request a caller caput manager arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent season.

Slater - who played each of his 319 NRL games successful the purple portion - would beryllium an perfect campaigner to measurement into those shoes.

He entered the caput coaching satellite past twelvemonth for Queensland, and steered the Maroons to a celebrated State of Origin bid triumph connected debut.

He besides continues to enactment part-time with the Storm nether Bellamy, successful conjunction with his duties for Nine.

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"I'd emotion for him to travel beryllium our caput coach, but I don't cognize if it truly appeals to him," Storm guardant Christian Welch told 100% Footy of Slater past week.

Slater, 39, was asked the question straight connected Wide World of Sports' The Billy Slater Podcast.

"I truly bask my beingness astatine the moment. Like Christian said, I've got a bully equilibrium to it," Slater said.

"The Melbourne Storm mean a batch to me. I've spent fractional my beingness astatine that club, and I'm inactive determination present arsenic a part-time coach, inactive contributing to the club.

"At the infinitesimal it's a nary (I won't instrumentality implicit from Bellamy). I don't spot myself arsenic an NRL coach.

"I emotion doing my enactment for Channel Nine. Obviously the State of Origin worldly has travel up implicit the past 12 months, truthful that's different situation for me.

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"(That is) astir apt a commencement to my caput coaching vocation - wherever that goes I'm not excessively sure."

With Slater fundamentally withdrawing his sanction from contention, galore bully judges person Jason Ryles arsenic a starring contender to regenerate Bellamy astatine the Storm.

Ryles was an adjunct manager nether the Melbourne mastermind betwixt 2016 and 2021, and besides worked with England's rugby squad earlier joining the Roosters arsenic an assistant.

His three-year declaration with the Chooks is owed to expire astatine the extremity of adjacent year.

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