Catalans Dragons can confirm Sporting Director Neil McIlroy will leave the club at the end of the 2023 season.

Arrived at the club in October, he will return to Rugby Union, having joined Top 14 club Montpellier.

“It was a very difficult decision to take, even after 12 months at the Club. I have so much respect for this group of players, the Staff, the Admin people, the supporters and now the game of Rugby league. Sometimes in life a professional opportunity comes along and you have to grab it, but I didn’t think it would arrive as quickly when Montpellier contacted me. I will naturally leave in October with a sense of unfinished work and uncompleted projects, but like everybody at the Club, I am completely focussed on the common objective for the 14^th October.”

The club would like to wish him all the best for the future.