 In 1995, he backed up his solid debut season by winning the ARL's prestigious Rothmans Medal award as best and fairest player.Following Cronulla's defection to Super League, Green was selected for Australia as a reserve in the 1997 ANZAC Test before representing Queensland as a replacement in three Super League Tri-series matches.At the end of the season, he was chosen as halfback in the return Test against New Zealand in September but an injury kept him out of Australia's tour of Great Britain.