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Maroons enforcer Shane Webcke took Paul Green under his wing before his illustrious coaching career began in the Queensland Cup, helping him put his Wynnum Seagull players through the ringer at his brutal bush farm camp.
Green coached the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in 2011 and 2012, leading the side to their first and second titles in back-to-back years.
Queensland Police were called to Green's family home in Wynnum, in Brisbane's east, just after 10am on Thursday after he was found unresponsive in his garage by his wife, Amy.
His death aged 49 sent shockwaves through Australian sport.
Green later agreed that Webcke - who was once his Brisbane Broncos teammate - gave him a great start in his coaching career by running the training sessions to help him out.
Webcke (L) and Green (R) pass over a railway sleeper as they reenact the Wynnum Seagulls training camp 12 years ago
Webcke hosted the first-grade squad at his Leyburn property, 200km west of Brisbane in late 2010.
'Twelve years ago I took my little mate (Green) and his Wynnum side for a camp on this property, and proceeded to flog them,' Webcke told "7News .
'Some of the activities were, well... ill-advised.'
