Good luck Justin, wishing you all the best and so many thanks for all you have done for Hull Kingston Rovers in your 6 years in charge. (All mentioned by previous posters)



You deserve to be up there in the K.R. Hall of Fame.





As for a new coach? I'm hoping and praying that Iestyn Harris stays in Wales!!

Got to hope for Brian Noble, someone with experience, for next season at least, to capitalise on Dobson and Green signing new contracts. Someone who can attract more class players to the squad.

Can't add much more really.



Thanks for everything Justin, sorry it had to come to an end. Good luck & best wishes for the future, will always be remembered as a true HKR legend.

It's both a shame and the right thing - if that makes sense. He achieved what he set out to do and it has been flippin' impressive. Now we have to have new targets and a new coach to (hopefully) achieve them.



I wish Justin Morgan every success in the future.

For what its worth i like Morgan and rate him highly as a coach.



But his time at KR has come to a natural end, maybe he should have gone earlier as some fans will now only remember him for recent events etc rather than how far he has taken the club.



I wish him all the best for his future as im sure he'll have a good one

Be good for Morgan if he got the bulldogs coaching job which he is hot favourite for

Kind words Karl, no doubt influenced by his recent coaching visit where you sang his prasies. I have met him many times, as he lives just a few doors away, and he is a genuine bloke who always has time for people. I hope he gets the Cas job so he can commute and stay local.



History will remember his stint at Rovers as very successful, considering the start and end points of the journey.

Mixed emotions



Excited abou thet future but sad that it's come to this. I suppose everything comes to an end eventually.

As everyone has said - thank you Justin and good luck - you'll be more than welcome @ CP for years to come.

I will gladly admit that the seasons 2006 - mid 2009 where the most enjoyable as a Rovers fan since the early 90s, the rugby in the promotion season was fantastic , the cup win against Warrington, the brave performance by a scratch team against Sts in the semi, and obviously the play off win were massive highlights and a breath of fresh air .



Then the great achievement of staying up , one of the best away wins ever at Wigan, the 42-6 derby , wins in France and the continued derby dominance in 08 an 09 and culminating in the 4th place finish in 09. All fantastic and "great to be a Rovers fan" moments in time without doubt.



However i say mid 09 despite the 4th place finish because i became aware JM had made some decisions about the future path of the club which i completely disagreed with and i have been a critic ever since. I think the downward silde since then confirms my fear . We are in effect behind schedule as to where we should have been. He had a "blank canvass" and good money to spend but wouldnt stray far from the nest in spending it unfortunately and his choice in only listening to the opinions of certain players (and coaching staff)and disregarding all others is not good squad management in my view. This coupled with his rigidity (which wasnt apparent in the first two seasons at least) has led to the current situation. I think JM must realise it is of his own making and no-one elses. This experience should help him become a better coach in the future and , away from his decisions on Rovers, he is a "good bloke". I think the chairman is genuinely sorrowful that it has come to this.



I think the decision is the correct one but i really thank Justin for been part of some great moments and memories . He will always have his place in Rovers history.



The problem we have now is that the new guy comes in without much of "blank canvass" without much room to work and it will take perhaps another 3 years before we see us really punching our weight.



Unless it is a complete disaster from minute one then i will have to restrain myself from jumping on the new incumbents back too early....

Well said larry

Well put Larry, what I would say is although the new man will not have a blank canvas he will be starting from a much better position than Justin did. I know we disagree about certain players (namely the 2 who signed long deals yesterday) but that aside the rest of the squad are in a position where they can be either retained or released either now or next year so it will give him some scope provided he can be found very soon (if he already hasn't).



3 years to punch our wait will be acceptable IF we can at least improve steadily in that time.

Genuinely interested, will you be able to share the gist of these decisions once he's gone?



I'll understand if you can't Bazza.







Really important this. No club ever prospers from constantly changing the coach, the new guy needs at least eighteen to twenty four months.

I have read all the posts on hear and agree with them all I would like to say thanks for all that you have done for us justin and we do not and i



we do not get kear if we do we might has well kept justin at least he is a lot better

Well said that man!... intereting use of the pleural 'incumbents'????

It's not a pleural.

obviously i put this on yesterday and it got locked, i was told he was allowed to leave with immediate if he wanted and not immediately as i stated (sorry) but if you guys think Green and Dobson and Hodgson have signed for 3 years to play under Kear your having a laugh, i think you might be very pleasently suprised as to who is coming in!!!

i agree about dobo green and hodgson they will have been told already i hope you are right about been pleasantly surprised

Give us a clue then English or Australian?

Well,he has ordered his barbie,and the corks for his hat.

He's ordered a barbie? It must be Ken.

Think the Galea, Dobbo and Green signings tell us where we are going but the HDM are well off the mark with the names they produced today, i will stay shtum if for nothing else its not signed sealed and delivered yet!! But if it comes off prepare for the top 4 regularly and challenges on all fronts as some of the names that will follow will be huge!!!!

Will all these huge names demand huge salaries or will they just come for the love of it ?

just saw the piece on look north. got some fantastic memories from the last 6 years, been a massive part in getting the club competing in the top flight again, great man, thanks and good luck. wish it could have ended with a trophy, lets get behind him and the team for the rest of the season and give him the send off he deserves.

Thing is in this silly world we live in is that some people will still have a bit of loyalty for the person that gave them a chance in the career they chose, same said people will have gained every honour in their country and earned a shed load already and as such are looking for a new challenge ( up steps our own William Mason, Hulls Fitz and Omeley), players are more likely to play for a coach than a team, I once again present Dobson, Galea and Green all of who would walk into any SL side!!!!

These guys have signed (along with Hodgeson) for the new guy knowing who was coming in!!

Wake up and smell the coffee mate....they come for one thing and one thing only MONEY/PENSION TOP UP...they may well say in the the media they came for the coach/love of the country/nice coloured kit whatever, surely you do not buy into any of that, do you?





They may earn a shed load in Australia, however they are redundant by their late 30s, they come for money and nothing else..(maybe an extended holiday/experience in England sways them as well)

You do realise that the NRL salary cap is likely to be double of what ours is?



I dont think any player with a scope of making it in the NRL is going to be coming to SL in the future as we wont be able to compete financially. But then as you say, some players are loyal and may well say "f*ck it, i'm off to England for half pay and the weather"