I have mixed feelings tonight, I did feel the time had come for Royce to go, but now hes gone I do feel sorry for the guy. It wasnt his fault he was hired, sadly it has proven a mistake to give him the job, despite his average track record as a coach.
This season hasnt gone at all well, but Royce did a great job at getting us to the grand final last season. Beating Wigan twice in the play offs was great and we went so close in the grand final. Royce has always been genuine and seemed a really nice bloke. My one memory that sticks out is the look on his face as he applauded us after the grand final, he looked gutted and you could tell Saints were in his heart.
So good luck Royce, I hope you can take some good memories back with you to Australia, and thank you for all your efforts at the club.