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It’s that time of the year again – state against state, mate against mate – the Cane Toads versus the Cockroaches. And as rugby league’s biggest rivalry kicks off this month, we take a look back at the epic Origin careers of current Blues and Maroons coaches – NSW’s Brad “Freddy” Fittler and Queensland’s Billy “The Kid” Slater, in this edited extract from The Immortals of State of Origin by Liam Hauser. <a class="g1-link g1-link-more" href="https://www.maxim.com.au/archives/19929">More</a>