{"id":429149,"date":"2026-02-16T19:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/429149\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:47:07","slug":"super-league-st-helens-chief-executive-mike-rush-steps-down-from-role-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/429149\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League: St Helens chief executive Mike Rush steps down from role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">St Helens have announced that long-serving chief executive Mike Rush has stepped down after 13 years in the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rush has been involved with the Super League club in a number of positions over the last 27 years including as head of youth, head of performance, assistant coach and general manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During his tenure as chief executive, Saints won five Grand Finals including four in a row between 2019-22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rush <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saintsrlfc.com\/2026\/02\/16\/club-statement-st-helens-r-f-c-ceo-mike-rush-steps-down\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement, external<\/a> that it had been the hardest decision he has had to make.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The club has been such a huge part of my life for nearly three decades, but I believe now is the right time to step aside,&#8221; he said. &#8220;After 27 years, I am both emotionally and physically exhausted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Club chairman Eamonn McManus will step into the role in a temporary capacity while they recruit a replacement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Saints also made significant changes during the close season, appointing former ex-Salford Red Devils coach Paul Rowley to the dugout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They kicked off the new Super League season last Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-league\/match\/EVP5074690\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with a 24-14 defeat <\/a>at the hands of Warrington Wolves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Helens have announced that long-serving chief executive Mike Rush has stepped down after 13 years in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-429149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}