KEVIN Walters has lashed suggestions he and Wayne Bennett have anything but a ‘supportive’ relationship and he left his role at the Broncos for any reason other than those he outlined.

Walters yesterday told Bennett and Broncos' chief executive Paul White he thought it best he stand down as assistant coach of the club immediately.

Walters was keen to stop any perception of bias when the Maroons select their team for the Origin opener next month.

But suggestions he had a falling out with coach Bennett upset him this morning, with Walters calling it 'rubbish' on Triple M radio this morning.

"It is totally wrong to say that Wayne and I have had a blow up or anything like that," he said.

"It is certainly not the case.

"We have always had a good relationship, no matter what anyone says through the paper or the media channels.

"Wayne has been nothing but supportive of me coming back into there and trying to get the Broncos going.

"I just want to throw that line and that rubbish out and get the real facts out there."

Walters said him being seen to be completely impartial when selecting the Queensland team was the absolute reason for his move.

"I just want to make sure that everything is right for that series," he said.

"I felt that in the current situation with what I was doing, some people might feel I was (not) impartial or a little bit biased towards the Broncos.

"That's not the case around selection time.

"But I just felt I needed to give the Origin my full attention."