Slater on track for early NRL return

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  Melbourne Storm fullback Billy Slater - Source: Getty

Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy says the early signs are good that Billy Slater will be fit to play in round one of the NRL in March.
The star fullback and international player of the year suffered a broken collarbone during Australia's successful Four Nations campaign last month in England.
Slater and Storm's other key playmakers, Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk, are set to resume training on January 9.
The bulk of the squad will return from their Christmas break on January 2.
"He (Slater) has gone to Cairns for Christmas. He came in a couple of times before that," Bellamy said on Tuesday.
"He said the shoulder was feeling pretty good, the collar bone.
"They're reasonably happy with the way it's coming on, but it was a bad break so it will take a little time to get better again.