Raiders assistant Justin Morgan is understood to be heading to Auckland within the next week to interview for the Warriors head coaching role.

The Canberra Times reported today that the Warriors originally contacted Morgan by phone but now Canberra's season is complete, he has been invited to Auckland for a face-to-face interview.

Morgan and Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah did not want to comment when contacted yesterday by the Fairfax paper.

The Raiders assistant has similarities to sacked coach Brian McLennan's predecessor Ivan Cleary at Mt Smart Stadium.

Cleary and Morgan both played at the Warriors during their 2002 campaign, when the club made its first ever Grand Final, against the Roosters.

Morgan then went on to coach Super League side Hull Kingston Rovers from 2005 to 2011, before taking a two-year contract with the Raiders to be the assistant to head coach David Furner.