Former New Zealand Warriors coach Ivan Cleary has had his contract terminated by the Penrith Panthers.
Panthers Executive General Manager Phil Gould met with Cleary this morning and informed him the club has terminated the final year of his contract, effective immediately.
"Ivan Cleary has done a tremendous job inhis four years at the Panthers," Mr Gould said in a Penrith press release.
"He has laid the foundation for the future and we are enormously grateful for his contribution to the club.
"We wish Ivan, his wife Rebecca and his family all the very best for the future."
Cleary, who spent five years as coach of the Warriors and two as a player, had been linked with a return to the New Zealand club but those rumours were shut down by Warriors managing director Jim Doyle.
