Slater's cryptic response to Maroons contract question

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With the Maroons preparing for a imaginable cleanable sweep, Queensland manager Billy Slater has hinted that helium whitethorn not instrumentality arsenic caput manager successful 2024.

Slater revealed that helium volition marque a determination connected his aboriginal arsenic caput manager for the Maroons aft the State of Origin bid ends, saying determination is nary clip framework for his decision.

The Queensland large has successfully led the Maroons to 2 State of Origin bid wins since his coaching debut past year, with the Maroons securing the 2023 bid rubric successful their 32-6 win implicit the Blues successful Game II.

"We'll interest astir this twelvemonth archetypal past each that volition instrumentality attraction of itself," said Slater.

Billy Slater isn't prepared to corroborate his Maroons instrumentality for adjacent twelvemonth and beyond contempt his occurrence (Getty)

"I'm conscionable going to absorption connected what I've got astatine manus and the occupation that I person got astatine manus and that's preparing for the adjacent six days for an Origin game.

"I'm truly enjoying this. I truly am, this is large but you know, it takes up a just spot of time.

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"I've got a batch connected truthful I'll beryllium down with Ben Ikin, the close radical and my family. It takes up a just spot of time, adjacent earlier the Origin series."

Slater past confirmed that his statements did not connote his reply was a no.

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"I didn't spot myself lasting present being the Queensland manager a fewer years agone either truthful you ne'er cognize what's astir the corner," Slater said.

"Right present I'm blessed with what I'm doing and wherever I americium successful my life."

Slater has been urged by Maroons stars Cameron Munster and Reuben Cotter to enactment astatine the helm for Queensland, and believes the "side has a agleam aboriginal up of them" with oregon without his guidance.

"I didn't cognize helium was disconnected contract, they'd evidently beryllium offering him the location astatine the moment," Munster said.

"He has been monolithic and has instilled truthful overmuch content successful this team. He gives america each simple jobs and elemental roles and everyone goes retired and conscionable does it. That is our standard.

Slater has revitalised Queensland's State of Origin set-up, winning 2 consecutive bid since taking implicit arsenic manager (NRL)

"When you person idiosyncratic similar that who wants to bash their champion for the squad it conscionable makes you privation to beryllium large for him. It conscionable filters down from the apical to the bottommost and that is wherefore this squad has been truthful good."

Cotter labelled Slater arsenic 1 "of the top coaches" helium has ever played under, saying Slater's committedness and interaction connected the squad has been "enormous."

"He is truly large connected re-earning our jersey each crippled … That competitory benignant of footy, the effort connected effort stuff, helium is large connected those one-percenters and winning the tiny moments," helium said.

Queensland volition instrumentality connected New South Wales for the last clip adjacent week, arsenic Origin III kicks disconnected Wednesday, July 12.

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