Paul Green, NRL premiership-winning coach and former player, dies aged 49

• Green represented Queensland and Australia during career
• As a coach he won a premiership with North Queensland in 2015

The NRL is in shock following the death of premiership-winning coach Paul Green, aged 49. Green is reported to have died in his Brisbane home on Thursday morning, with a post mortem examination to be conducted.

A star in his own right as a player, Green played 162 games across five different clubs as a halfback, five-eighth and hooker while also playing seven State of Origins for Queensland. Green also won the 1995 Rothmans medal as the league's best and fairest player that year.