There’s no doubt Michael Maguire got the best of Billy Slater in this year’s Origin series, both on and off the field.
Brent Read thinks Billy learnt some harsh but valuable lessons in his first taste of defeat as a coach.
“I think Billy probably learned some lessons out of it, I think what worked last year,
it didn’t work that this year.” said Read
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“I reckon Billy’s a smart guy, I’m sure he’ll look back on this series and he’ll go there’s some things I can get better at.”
Madge in the mental game probably played him off a break and in the end he out coached him, let’s be honest he out coached him as well.”