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Five-year Sydney drought 'irrelevant' to new breed: Slater

Five-year Sydney drought 'irrelevant' to new breed: Slater

By Naveel Krishant
08/06/2022
[Image: Fox Sports]

The last time the Maroons tasted victory in Sydney, Billy Slater was playing in his 28th Origin game, Val Holmes was on debut and current assistant coach Johnathan Thurston was defying the pain of a busted shoulder to land the match-winning conversion in Game Two, 2017.

Five years without a win in Sydney may sound like a long drought but with more games being played at neutral venues, particularly during the COVID pandemic, the losing streak is only three game, and it hasn’t been keeping rookie coach Slater awake at night.

As much as he loves the history of Origin, Slater is adamant those losses in 2018, 2019 and 2020 will have no bearing on tonight’s result or the psyche of his team.

The Queensland Maroons face the NSW Blues at 10 tonight.

Source: NRL.com


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