Cowboys' Green set for Maroons gig

Premiership-winning North Queensland coach Paul Green is in line to become the first coach in half a decade to preside over state and club should he accept an apparent offer to coach the Maroons.

Green is understood to be in talks with the Queensland Rugby League to replace newly-appointed Australian Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga in next year's series.

Long-time assistant Kevin Walters was deemed the frontrunner to succeed Meninga, while Michael Hagan ruled himself out of the running on Tuesday.