The man who headed Wanganui's Heartland Championship rugby side to its second-worst national provinicial season since 1985 has resigned.
In a press release the Wanganui Rugby Football Union said Steelform Wanganui coach Karl Hoskin brought a written letter of resignation with him to a special meeting of seven members ofthe board last night.
The inquisition into what went wrong in the 2013 Pink Batts Heartland campaign was far spread as no less than nine senior players, four team management personnel and all three coaches - Hoskin and his deputies Darrell Hoskin and Danny Rolls - had been interviewed.
Regarding whether Hoskin jumped before he was pushed, union CEO Dale Cobb would not comment if the letter was handed over at the beginning of the meeting or at the end.
"We have accepted that resignation. That safeguards his coaching future.
"We accept that 2013 wasn't a successful year in terms of the performances. We've learnt a lot ourselves and we're not afraid to accept some of that responsibility," Cobb said.
"Clearly [we need] to bring that faith back into the rugby community and the community in general."
Hoskin said this morning he had nothing to add to the union's press release and did not wish to comment further on his departure, with a year still to go on his two-year contract.
Previously he had stated he was keen to stay in the role so long as the board continued to back him, however a successor may have already been approached.
