{"id":159184,"date":"2025-06-05T03:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159184\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T03:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T03:30:12","slug":"keighley-cougars-accept-offer-to-facilitate-jack-miller-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159184\/","title":{"rendered":"Keighley Cougars accept offer to facilitate Jack Miller exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Cougars head coach Alan Kilshaw said: \u201cIt\u2019s sad to lose Jack and I know his affinity with the club is strong.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cHe\u2019s remained extremely professional throughout my time with him and I thank him for the work and determination since I\u2019ve been here.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWith Jack\u2019s contract drawing to a close at the end of the 2025 season, it makes sense for him to consider his options for 2026.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Regular goal-kicker Miller leaves Cougars having amassed 977 points during his seven years at the club, making him their second highest scorer of all-time behind Keith Dixon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Jack Miller dots the ball down against York in this year's Betfred Challenge Cup for one of his 52 tries in Cougars colours.\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Jack Miller dots the ball down against York in this year&#8217;s Betfred Challenge Cup for one of his 52 tries in Cougars colours. (Image: JT Sports Media)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Commenting on his own departure, Miller said: \u201cI want to thank the club for the great years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThere have been some ups and downs but overall, more good than bad.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cA big massive thanks to the fans for sticking with me and the team throughout my time in Keighley.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cKiller has come in and wants to take the team in a different direction and I fully respect that.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI feel the time is right for me to move on and this allows the club to move on too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI\u2019ve nothing but great memories, once again, thank you and I will see you all soon.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Cougars\u2019 board of directors said in a statement: \u201cJack will go down as a Keighley legend and none of us will ever forget that 2022 unbeaten season where he won (League 1)\u00a0Player of the Year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIt\u2019s been a tough start to 2025 and Jack has remained positive and professional with the club keeping on-field success as his number one priority.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cJack has given us memories to last a lifetime and for that, we thank you and wish you all the best in your next move.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cougars head coach Alan Kilshaw said: \u201cIt\u2019s sad to lose Jack and I know his affinity with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-159184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114628645580135970","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}