What’s the Buzz: Billy Slater to miss Four Nations, as Storm stars sidestep league’s night ...

THE untold story of champion fullback Billy Slater’s amazing courage can finally be revealed. The Storm star has secretly played the past two months with painkilling injections for a serious shoulder injury that now requires major surgery. It will be announced on Monday that Slater is out of the Kangaroos squad for the Four Nations tournament, throwing the door open to either Parramatta’s Jarryd Hayne or South Sydney’s Greg Inglis to claim Australia’s No. 1 jersey. No one knew anything about it until Slater reluctantly knocked back an invitation to the Dally M Awards to be held next week. The tough fullback not once complained of the injury he suffered during Origin...