New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nQueensland head coach Slater took exception to being called a \u201cgrub\u201d by former prop Woods, who has now doubled down on his comments.<\/p>\n
He also shrugged off the potential issue of being blacklisted by Slater ahead of Origin, saying Slater can \u201chave a cry if he wants to\u201d.<\/p>\n
Asked how he would respond if Slater was brought into the studio, Woods told the Triple M Breakfast show: \u201cI\u2019d go, \u2018How good\u2019s this? Three grubs in a row\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, he wouldn\u2019t bother me one single bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t bother me one single bit. If he wants to have a cry, he can have a cry up north. I couldn\u2019t care less.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Woods has sought to reignite the feud, it is doubtful Slater will be drawn into a slagging match once again.<\/p>\n
Last year he attempted to put the issue to bed but was forced to apologise for a comment he made about the late Maroons coach Paul Green.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you hold a position in the media or in our game, I feel that\u2019s a privilege. And with that privilege comes a responsibility,\u201d Slater said in June in response to the \u201cgrub comment\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sit in that position most weeks and you amplify your voice to millions of people. You\u2019re not talking to your mates in the pub.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you degrade someone personally in a derogatory manner, you probably don\u2019t deserve one of those privileged positions that we\u2019re all in.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know what people are going through. And although I might be able to handle it, the next person mightn\u2019t be. Maybe our last coach (Green) didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Slater later apologised, admitting he \u201cwrongly made the link between Paul Green\u2019s death and the stress and pressures of coaching, which wasn\u2019t accurate, nor was it appropriate\u201d.<\/p>\n
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