April 29, 1997: John Monie sacked

The Warriors boss demanded a $500,000 payout after being given his marching orders.

Chief executive Ian Robson and coach John Monie were both quite pro-Super League. Their board at the Warriors?

Not so much.

So it was almost inevitable that neither would see out the year.

Peter Mulholland had already been sacked by Perth but nonetheless it was early in the season for a dismissal, by Antipodean standards.

But under colourful chairman Gera…