St Helens caput manager Paul Rowley has stepped down from his presumption with the Super League nine with contiguous effect little than a twelvemonth into the role.
The 51-year-old joined the club earlier the 2026 season, having antecedently taken complaint astatine Salford Red Devils, ending his tenure determination aft their financially-challenged 2025 campaign.
Since joining Saints, however, the nine person struggled for signifier and, with an wounded crisis, are presently sixth successful the array and six points down leaders Leeds Rhinos.
They person besides mislaid six of their past 10 games successful each competitions with Rowley's departure announced anterior to Friday's derby against Wigan Warriors.
"The determination was an highly hard 1 for each concerned, and we afloat recognise the other challenges that Paul faced with america this peculiar season," president Eamonn McManus said.
"We arsenic a nine indispensable present look guardant and bash each wrong our powers to sphere our presumption arsenic the astir palmy nine successful the past of Super League and to reconstruct our presumption arsenic a silverware contender going forward."
Assistant manager Eamon O'Carroll volition instrumentality implicit connected an interim basis, the nine said, adding it commended Rowley for his achievements during a challenging period.
Former Ireland planetary O'Carroll played for Wigan, Hull FC and Widnes earlier going connected to manager with the Vikings aft his retirement.
Having had aggregate spells arsenic adjunct astatine Catalans Dragons, O'Carroll has besides been caput manager astatine Newcastle Thunder and Bradford Bulls.
Rowley joined a nine which had dominated home rugby league successful the bluish hemisphere astatine the crook of the decade, culminating successful 4 successive Super League Grand Final wins arsenic good arsenic a memorable World Club Challenge victory.
Former brag Paul Wellens had opted not to widen his declaration pursuing a play which saw Saints propulsion disconnected one of the top comebacks ever erstwhile they bushed Leeds Rhinos successful past season's Super League play-offs.
Rowley stepped in, having led the Red Devils for 4 seasons, the past of which came successful unenviable circumstances with the nine plunged into fiscal turmoil.
Having begun Rowley's tenure with a Challenge Cup triumph implicit Workington, Saints started their 2026 Super League run with a decision by Warrington but won 10 of their pursuing 11 matches successful each competitions.
A peculiar item nether Rowley's stewardship came successful their Easter derby comeback triumph implicit Wigan but they were well beaten by their rivals successful the Challenge Cup soon after, during which Warriors brag Matt Peet questioned Saints' identity.
Injuries aside, St Helens' spiralling signifier since that semi-final loss, including different dispiriting decision by Wigan astatine Magic Weekend and a 46-0 hammering by Toulouse earlier this month, has seen them driblet disconnected the gait astatine the apical and successful jeopardy of failing to marque the play-offs.
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