The club have just released the following statement.

Hull Kingston Rovers can confirm that Tim Sheens has left his position as head coach with immediate effect.

The Australian spent two-and-a-half seasons at KCOM Craven Park, lifting the club from the Championship back up to the Betfred Super League in his first year, before consolidating the team’s status in the 2018 campaign.

Sheens took charge of 84 games, winning 47 matches, drawing two and losing 35.

A recent run of six defeats in seven league games during the current campaign, which leaves the club sat next to the bottom of the league, and an exit from the Coral Challenge Cup at the weekend, has prompted a change.

Further comment will be made in due course.

Feel bad for the guy, as he did a lot for us.

However, I do think we need some new hope and energy from somewhere. Sheens leaving is no guarantee of it arriving, but we can but hope... for hope.

He has my best wishes, fwiw.

Don,t take any pleasure from someone losing their job, and would thank TS for his work for the club,but it,s all about results and this season they have not been good enough. We simply cannot go down again, the consequences for the club could be disastrous.
One thing is for certain and that is we have a real job to stay up and cannot rely on other teams failing, because the chances are they wont.
This club, with a successful team and it,s fan base really could(ignore some of the idiot posters from the dark side)become a top team again. We have done it before and can do it again, I have seen it and it was great and I want it back.
The correct appointment now is crucial.
Lets just hope that whoever gets the job can get this team to have a winning mentality and put some belief back in the club.
It,s time it happened.Good luck to the new boss.

We've been critisising him for a while now, so lets not pretend this is not something a lot of us were hoping for.

Aside from waiting on a new coach to be announced, it'll mean no Lui as well (who I wasn't that bothered about anyway - Hastings on the other hand.....)

Regardless, I wonder if we'll suddenly hear that Hall and Atkin have signed...

Lee Radford for Rovers

An average concession of 30 pts per game this season,speaks volumes.

Hall and Atkin both have plenty to offer, but not to the extent of contributing massively to taking us to the next level (mid-table and average), imo. I’d be happy with either or both staying for 2020, but if we kick-on they’d have to be sidekicks rather than our gun players.

Most other SL teams seem to have an extra gear compared with us, while we rely on revving the poop out of our undersized engine for 80 minutes. It’s been that way since well before Sheens arrived.

Some significant changes are needed from top to bottom, and some are being made in fairness.

Although I think the importance of youth development is generally overstated, it is still important and the arrival of John Bastian sends a strong signal. There’s a rumour we’re getting players to move closer to Hull and I think that could be very helpful too.

Only time will tell if it was a good decision but it is a results game and 5 wins in a season is not good enough, Leeds fired the gun earlier than you but you do have to say another coach fired, it does seem to be a bit of a poison challis.

At times FC fans have been calling for Radfords head and some still do but Pearson has been adamant that he is going no-where maybe it is time for Hudge to do the same, at the end of the day he is the making the appointments. maybe he will take his time and get the right man then back him to the hilt. That must be the way forward.

ps
Just read in the wail (and it is the wail) might have new coach before Sunday, maybe not taking his time.

Whilst I'd never celebrate anyone losing their job I do think it might have been more of a mutual decision. And, as already pointed out, it was something the majority of fans were calling for! TS was probably going through the motions at this point in his coaching career. We need a young, hungry coach with new ideas. However the Morgan rumour seems to be gathering traction. I'm not sure whether you should ever go back, no matter how popular and successful the last reign was. He'll be a popular appointment with the fans, no doubt about that.

Sheens knew last month he wasn't being retained next season. Mischief making by Mr Smailes and co. Nothing out of ordinary here.

But it isn't next season, he has been sacked mid season, I honestly can't see what Snailes has done wrong, he gets some information that Sheens will be sacked, he reports it, Rovers fans start crying about Smailes, a day or two later Sheens is sacked, so he was right all along. Surely it's his job to report on sports related matters, including rumours?

I think it’s the fact he hasn’t reported on the Bowden incident

Mr Smailes only reports what he wants to report. There have been incidents involving Hull FC players where he hasn't reported it even though there was evidence yet he reported at the time an unsubstantiated rumour.

What incident?

If it's outside of the sport, then people need to be careful of what they report without evidence, lots of things happen with rugby players, most don't make the papers.