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Maroons search for new Origin coach suffers double setback

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 18 August 2026 at 9:11 am

Billy Slater's old pair of assistants in Matt Ballin and Ben Te'o loom as the two leading candidates to take over as Queensland coach, after Cameron Smith and Kevin Walters rule themselves out of the race.

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