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Billy Slater came achingly close to playing in Melbournes NRL grand final, with his surgeon almost giving him the green light.The superstar fullback was hopeful of being cleared to play in the Storms charge through the finals with his troublesome shoulder feeling good.But Storm football manager Frank Ponissi said the surgeon decided to err on the side of caution with the 33-year-old, who had a second reconstruction after round one in March.He went to see his surgeon last month because he was feeling great within himself and had started training so he decided to ask the question, Ponissi told SEN radio on Tuesday.The surgeon gave him a glowing report but stopped short of giving him the green light to play in September this year.It would have been an interesting selection dilemma for Craig (Bellamy).While Bellamy wants Slater to play on next year, it would have been very tough to shift Cameron Munster out of the No.1 jersey.Munster is set to play five-eighth next season following the departure of Blake Green to Manly, but has proved himself one of the games most best fullbacks in Slaters absence.He was one of the Storms best in their preliminary final win over Canberra, setting up their crucial second-half try.Slater can take some credit for that with Munster, playing in his first grand final, saying the veteran was happy to give him and his fellow backs advice.He said Slater was in the changeroom at halftime against Canberra, fine-tuning their play.Munster, 22, said Slater had an eye for pin-pointing the little things in our game that make a big difference.Whenever Bills got an opinion everyone listens and respects it because his call is usually the right one, Munster said.He helped us a lot on the weekend, coming in and telling us what he sees at the back.Im going to be looking for him to help me out a bit in the grand final because its going to be a big stage with a lot of emotion and hes more than happy to help out the team so Im very lucky to have him around me.Despite competing for same position, Munster said he wished Slater was in the line-up.All the boys would love him to be playing, including me, he said.Id be grateful to be playing alongside Billy in a grand final. Discount Ecco Shoes UK . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Cheap Shoes UK . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. http://www.wholesaleeccouk.com/ . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. Authentic Ecco Shoes UK . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Ecco UK Sale . - Chris Tierney snapped a tie with a power-play goal late in the third period as the London Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Erie Otters 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday. IRVING, Texas -- The Big 12 will hold its newly reinstated football championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys.The conference announced the site of its five title games from 2017-21 on Friday. AT&T Stadium was the leading candidate, considering half the conferences 10 schools are within a 4 1/2-hour drive of Arlington.San Antonio and Kansas City, Missouri, were also considered.AT&T Stadium was the site of the first College Football Playoff championship game in 2015 and annually hosts the Cotton Bowl, one of six games through which the national semifinals rotate.ddddddddddddThe Big 12 stopped playing a football championship game after the league shrunk to 10 members in 2011, but members recently decided to restore it. ' ' '