{"id":197638,"date":"2025-10-13T18:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197638\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:27:10","slug":"st-helens-legend-james-roby-leaves-club-to-pursue-new-career-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/197638\/","title":{"rendered":"St Helens legend James Roby leaves club to pursue new career path"},"content":{"rendered":"

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St Helens legend James Roby has made the decision to step down from his coaching role at the club and pursue a new career path.<\/p>\n

Roby will not cut ties with the Saints<\/a> completely with the former hooker staying on as a club ambassador, but he will not be involved in an on-field capacity for the first time since joining the club as a teenager.<\/p>\n

Roby spent his entire playing career with St Helens and won six Super League Grand Finals, four Challenge Cups and two World Club Challenges. And, after making the decision to hang up his boots at the end of the 2023 season, he took on the role of St Helens\u2019 leadership, culture and performance coach.<\/p>\n

However, after two seasons in the backroom staff, he will move into a different career away from St Helens.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel the time is right,\u201d Roby told the club after making the decision. \u201cI\u2019ve been at the club for such a long time, and I actually made this decision quite a while back and informed the club earlier in the season that I\u2019d be moving on. It\u2019s just time for me to take on a fresh challenge, test myself, and use the experience I\u2019ve been so grateful to receive at St Helens over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure I will still be around, and I\u2019ll still be coming to home games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been at the club my whole adult life and have nothing but good memories of everybody involved. I\u2019m forever thankful to the players, staff, fans \u2013 everyone who makes this club what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

On his time coaching, he said: \u201cIt\u2019s been eye-opening and very rewarding in terms of learning new things. I played for 20 years and didn\u2019t understand the sheer amount of things the staff deal with behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a rugby player\u2019s point of view, you don\u2019t always mix with those in hospitality, events, finance, retail, or marketing, whatever it may be, but all involved abide by the same values we do as players, and all care deeply about the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be forever grateful that I\u2019ve been able to be a part of the staff team. This club is the beating heart of the town, and I\u2019ll be forever grateful to have been able to represent St Helens and see how proud people are of the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saints CEO Mike Rush added: \u201cJames has been just as brilliant as part of our staff as he was as a player. It\u2019s not a goodbye, as we will continue working with James and iron out some future work, but all of us at the club would like to wish him nothing but the best for this new, different chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

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