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2798219Billy Slater Autobiographyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/billy-slater-autobiography-9780143782469/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3057183/8b72aebe-5a10-4fea-9d3a-18cfff056ab0.jpg?v=638384821653070000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3054949/8b72aebe-5a10-4fea-9d3a-18cfff056ab0.jpg?v=638384818744230000460561MXNPenguin Random House AustraliaInStock/Ebooks/<p>During a long and decorated career with the Melbourne Storm, Queensland and Australia, Billy Slater has forged a reputation as not merely one of rugby leagues great full-backs, but as one of the best players in the games long history.</p><p>Slaters story is that of a young country recruit with superb natural talent who rose quickly to the top level playing with the Storm after just one pre-season in Melbourne and starring for Queensland during just his second season in the NRL.</p><p>But inside the player who has scored so many audacious tries on the games biggest stages is a fierce competitive drive and a relentless work ethic. One inherited from parents who worked multiple jobs to provide for their two children.</p><p>From the northern Queensland town of Innisfail, Slater enjoyed the quintessential Queensland upbringing. His father was a local rugby league coach, one grandfather worked in the cane fields and another was a miner and a country and western singer.</p><p>For a time horses rather than football were Slaters passion. He gave up rugby league for 18 months and worked as a track rider and stable hand for renowned trainer Gai Waterhouse in Sydney.</p><p>But it was on the football field rather than the racetrack that Slater was always destined to make his name. Never the biggest or the strongest player as a junior, he worked harder than most to become an integral part of the Melbourne Storm and Queensland dynasties and an automatic selection in the national team.</p><p>During his decorated career Slater has been confronted by the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal, career-threatening injuries, the disappointment of lost grand finals, his early axing from the Queensland team, a game-losing mistake with the Kangaroos and accusations about his allegedly rough style of play.</p><p>Slater has emerged not merely as a great of the game, but as an even more resilient character, a respected spokesman for his sport, a devoted husband and father and, in a moment of emotional vindication a member of the Storms defiant 2012 premiership team.</p>...2734187Billy Slater Autobiography460561https://www.gandhi.com.mx/billy-slater-autobiography-9780143782469/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3057183/8b72aebe-5a10-4fea-9d3a-18cfff056ab0.jpg?v=638384821653070000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3054949/8b72aebe-5a10-4fea-9d3a-18cfff056ab0.jpg?v=638384818744230000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20179780143782469_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9780143782469_<p>During a long and decorated career with the Melbourne Storm, Queensland and Australia, Billy Slater has forged a reputation as not merely one of rugby leagues great full-backs, but as one of the best players in the games long history.</p><p>Slaters story is that of a young country recruit with superb natural talent who rose quickly to the top level playing with the Storm after just one pre-season in Melbourne and starring for Queensland during just his second season in the NRL.</p><p>But inside the player who has scored so many audacious tries on the games biggest stages is a fierce competitive drive and a relentless work ethic. One inherited from parents who worked multiple jobs to provide for their two children.</p><p>From the northern Queensland town of Innisfail, Slater enjoyed the quintessential Queensland upbringing. His father was a local rugby league coach, one grandfather worked in the cane fields and another was a miner and a country and western singer.</p><p>For a time horses rather than football were Slaters passion. He gave up rugby league for 18 months and worked as a track rider and stable hand for renowned trainer Gai Waterhouse in Sydney.</p><p>But it was on the football field rather than the racetrack that Slater was always destined to make his name. Never the biggest or the strongest player as a junior, he worked harder than most to become an integral part of the Melbourne Storm and Queensland dynasties and an automatic selection in the national team.</p><p>During his decorated career Slater has been confronted by the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal, career-threatening injuries, the disappointment of lost grand finals, his early axing from the Queensland team, a game-losing mistake with the Kangaroos and accusations about his allegedly rough style of play.</p><p>Slater has emerged not merely as a great of the game, but as an even more resilient character, a respected spokesman for his sport, a devoted husband and father and, in a moment of emotional vindication a member of the Storms defiant 2012 premiership team.</p>(*_*)9780143782469_<p>During a long and decorated career with the Melbourne Storm, Queensland and Australia, Billy Slater has forged a reputation as not merely one of rugby leagues great full-backs, but as one of the best players in the games long history.</p><p>Slaters story is that of a young country recruit with superb natural talent who rose quickly to the top level playing with the Storm after just one pre-season in Melbourne and starring for Queensland during just his second season in the NRL.</p><p>But inside the player who has scored so many audacious tries on the games biggest stages is a fierce competitive drive and a relentless work ethic. One inherited from parents who worked multiple jobs to provide for their two children.</p><p>From the northern Queensland town of Innisfail, Slater enjoyed the quintessential Queensland upbringing. His father was a local rugby league coach, one grandfather worked in the cane fields and another was a miner and a country and western singer.</p><p>For a time horses rather than football were Slaters passion. He gave up rugby league for 18 months and worked as a track rider and stable hand for renowned trainer Gai Waterhouse in Sydney.</p><p>But it was on the football field rather than the racetrack that Slater was always destined to make his name. Never the biggest or the strongest player as a junior, he worked harder than most to become an integral part of the Melbourne Storm and Queensland dynasties and an automatic selection in the national team.</p><p>During his decorated career Slater has been confronted by the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal, career-threatening injuries, the disappointment of lost grand finals, his early axing from the Queensland team, a game-losing mistake with the Kangaroos and accusations about his allegedly rough style of play.</p><p>Slater has emerged not merely as a great of the game, but as an even more resilient character, a respected spokesman for his sport, a devoted husband and father and, in a moment of emotional vindication a member of the Storms defiant 2012 premiership team.</p>...9780143782469_Penguin Random House Australialibro_electonico_650196d8-d7dd-3046-b87a-b472baf301e5_9780143782469;9780143782469_9780143782469Billy SlaterInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhouseau-epub-84dcf5f2-739d-40d1-90b5-271e063c4cf2.epub2017-08-28T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Random House Australia