Steve Noyce has been dumped from his role of chief executive by NRL club the Sydney Roosters.
Noyce joined the club in 2008 having held the same role at the Wests Tigers but couldn’t survive a club restructure that welcomes back former club CEO Brian Canavan as the chief operating officer (COO), football.
Noyce’s departure follows that of coach Brian Smith, who was axed with a year to run on his contract with the Roosters bringing in rookie coach Trent Robinson from Super League club Catalans.
It follows a dismal season for the club on the field in which they finished 13th, missing the finals for the second consecutive year since their 2010 grand-final appearance.
“Stephen is a hard working man of great integrity and honour and his work over the past four years has set our club up to move forward in a very solid position,” chairman Nick Politis said in a statement.
Roosters’ general manager Ted Helliar becomes the commercial COO.