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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2714345, member: 8536"] Paul Green has been offered the job. PAUL Green has been offered the Maroons job as hot favourite Kevin Walters was on Wednesday a shock scratching to succeed Mal Meninga in the Queensland hot seat. The Courier-Mail can reveal Green is in talks with the Queensland Rugby League and is their No. 1 target after his success in leading the Cowboys to their first premiership in 20 years last season. But Green’s ascension to the Maroons could hinge on the Cowboys board, which is reluctant for the 43-year-old to juggle club and Origin roles as the club chases back-to-back titles in 2016. Walters was widely touted as the frontrunner to replace Meninga, who last week quit Queensland to coach Australia after a record-breaking 10-year reign with the Maroons. But Walters has been left shattered after learning he is not the man to succeed Meninga. It is understood QRL chairman Peter Betros phoned Green late last week to sound out the Cowboys premiership-winning mentor on his interest in the Queensland job. Green is keen to coach the Maroons but is also mindful of the pressure of juggling dual roles. Ideally, the Cowboys would prefer Green focus his energies solely on winning back-to-back titles but will not formally block his desire to preside over the Maroons. The Cowboys have previously experienced the toll of Origin duties on the club, with their former coach, the late Graham Murray, having led NSW in 2006-07. Green has informed North Queensland of the QRL’s interest and is currently weighing up whether to formally accept the role. The Green development is a crushing blow for Walters, who was regarded as the natural successor to Meninga given his experience as his assistant. The QRL believes Walters is not ready for the role and views Green as the superior candidate after breaking the Cowboys’ 20-year title drought. Queensland boss Rob Moore was tight-lipped on Wednesday but says there is no rule stopping a club coach leading the Maroons. “There’s a process we are going through and it’s not appropriate to make any comment during the process,” he said. “There’s no rule that a club coach can’t do the Origin job. The only one that exists is around the Origin and Test jobs after what happened all those years ago with the Australian team.” [URL]http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/state-of-origin/cowboys-coach-paul-green-has-been-offered-maroons-coaching-job/news-story/846b84ab619ea781c46a1b6f35777a8a[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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