Melbourne Storm's star fullback Billy Slater is reportedly set to play out his final season in the NRL and retire at the end of the year.
Speculation about the 35-year-old's NRL future comes after he announced his retirement from representative rugby league at the end of this year's State of Origin series.
Channel Nine and the Herald Sun have reported that Slater will make an announcement later today about calling time on his football career.
Slater made his debut for the Storm in 2004 and has been renowned as one of the best fullbacks in the game.
He has played 313 NRL games for Melbourne and has scored 187 tries, the second highest scorer in the history of the competition.
Slater has won two NRL premierships and won a Dally M Medal and two Clive Churchill Medal.
He has represented the Queensland Maroons 31 times in Origin with 30 Test caps for the Kangaroos, also winning two World Cups for Australia in 2013 and 2018.
The elusive fullback came close to retiring in 2016 after a serious shoulder injury, but underwent surgery and rehab to come back and win a title for Melbourne last year.
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