Giddy up: Cowboys will cope with whatever's thrown their way - Green

Paul Green won't knock back a player's request to not relocate to NSW but indicated there was an overall commitment from his squad to doing anything possible to get the NRL back on May 28.

The Cowboys will be among one of the teams most affected if the NRL requests non-NSW clubs move into the state in a bid to avoid travel across borders on a weekly basis.

While acknowledging to a degree that travelling teams may be disadvantaged if a shortened competition took place, the damage the coronavirus pandemic had created across the world had given Green much greater perspective.

"It's a big commitment to relocate the whole club – players and staff," Green said on Thursday.

"But if you look at everything going on at the moment, life's not fair. There's a number of different industries where this situation has absolutely wreaked havoc.

"There's been some tough lessons learned over the last few weeks. Everyone realises now how and why we get paid, and that's to get back on the paddock and play football.

"Everyone's trying to do their best to get that up and running again within doing it safely and following the guidelines from the government.

"I think the fact we can get ourselves back on the playing field is everyone's priority at the moment.

"Will it all be fair if teams have to relocate? Probably not, but it is what it is. If we want to get the footy back on board we need to deal with it and get on with it."

Addressing the media in Townsville alongside Cowboys CEO Jeff Reibel on Thursday, he said NRL coaches were continuing to discuss ways in which teams could be given fair treatment across the game.

This includes a comment made by Panthers coach Ivan Cleary last week that clubs should wait for the Warriors to be able to train as a team before other clubs also hit the paddock on May 4.

"The discussions amongst the coaches yesterday, everyone was committed to having the same amount of players and the same amount of staff," Green said.

"I think everyone is doing their best efforts to try and make it fair and equitable as possible. But the reality is there will be some teams that have to make a sacrifice over others."

Green was prepared for the scenario of a player indicating he was not prepared to leave family behind to make a long-term commitment to a move interstate.

"Given what the whole country is doing it would be completely understandable if someone was to say they can't do that," Green said.

"The general consensus was [though] they're all supportive of it, they want to get the games back on like everyone else."