{"id":30039,"date":"2021-02-03T04:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T05:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=30039"},"modified":"2021-02-03T08:02:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:02:45","slug":"maroons-appoint-bennett-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=30039","title":{"rendered":"Maroons appoint Bennett replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former North Queensland Cowboys coach Paul Green will be formally announced as the new coach of the Queensland Maroons tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Green, who won a premiership with the Cowboys in 2015, will take over from Wayne Bennett who led the Maroons last November to a shock 2-1 series win<\/a> over New South Wales.<\/p>\n

Green will be appointed by Queensland Rugby League on a one-year deal, with an option in his favour for 2022 according to the Courier Mail.<\/em><\/p>\n

The premiership-winning coach had been without a job after he was shown the door by the Cowboys last June<\/a>. The Cowboys, who haven't featured in finals footy since 2017, were 12th on the NRL ladder with three wins and seven losses at the time Green left the club.<\/p>\n

From 167 NRL games with the Cowboys between 2014-2020, Green finished with a 52.1% win percentage (87 wins, 80 losses).<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/p>\n

Despite reports suggesting former Maroons fullback Billy Slater was a frontrunner<\/a> for the job, the NRL great reportedly wasn't interviewed for the role.<\/p>\n

It's understood a quartet, which included Bennett, Mal Meninga, Craig Bellamy and Cameron Smith, had all privately pushed Slater's case for the role to QRL president Bruce Hatcher.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveRic1\/status\/1356816743750987778<\/a><\/p>\n

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