New Zealand Rugby League boss Jim Doyle has labelled Australian officials shortsighted in their attempt to persuade Kiwi players to turn their back on their country and play State of Origin.

The topic of players choosing State of Origin over New Zealand was put under the spotlight earlier this season when James Tamou turned up his nose at a Kiwis jersey to play for Australia to ensure he could in turn play for New South Wales.

The previous year Tamou had stated how proud he was to be named in the wider New Zealand squad.

Yesterday, it emerged that New Zealand rugby league is expected to be rocked by another young forward turning his back on New Zealand to this time line up for Queensland.

Bulldogs sensation Sam Kasiano, 21, just two months ago signed a letter of intent to play for New Zealand.

However, it has been revealed Queensland coach Mal Meninga is now eyeing Kasiano to replace Dave Taylor for the State of Origin decider in Brisbane in a fortnight.

Doyle was obviously disappointed yesterday to hear of the prospect and fired a shot the way of his Australian counterparts.

He felt it was shortsighted and disrespectful to their own players by picking Kiwis over those from their region.

Tamou and, now Kasiano's, likely switch of allegiance is also a blight on the international game. But Doyle doesn't think that would have even been considered in New South Wales and Queensland's desperation to get these players locked into Australian state teams.

"To be honest I don't think [coaches] Ricky Stuart and Mel Meninga are considering that, all they're considering is just one game that they have to win," he said.

The tug of war between Australian states and New Zealand is likely to become even more prominent rather than slow down anytime soon.

"There are a lot of kids that play in the NYC [under-20 competition] or the NRL that have dual eligibility, it's just the nature of the game.

"We've got one out of the 16 teams in New Zealand, the other 15 are in Australia. So a high percentage of those [Kiwi] kids that play in the NYC or NRL for those 15 teams after three years can then automatically play for Australia or New Zealand."

Doyle said 40 per cent of the players in the NYC under-20 competition had Kiwi heritage but getting them to flow on to playing for the Kiwis was the difficult task.

NZ Rugby League has not yet received official confirmation that Kasiano had turned his back on the Kiwis jersey. Doyle expected to find out during the next week.