The club were victorious in the Yorkshire Cup Final but were defeated in the John Player Trophy and Challenge Cup Finals which consequently saw the end of Hull Kingston Rovers' domination of English rugby league. Millward left the club after its relegation to Division Two. By 2009 Hull Kingston Rovers had revived its fortunes, riding high in 4th place in the Super League, and regularly fills the new Craven Park, and the Roger Millward Stand. In 1991 Roger, took the coaching job at Halifax, but was only there 17 months before resigning. Roger Millward's marriage to Carol A. (née Bailey) was registered during third ¼ 1968 in Barkston Ash district, they had children; Kay Millward (birth registered during fourth ¼ in Barkston Ash district), and they lived in Kippax, near Leeds. Millward was most recently employed as a Premises Manager by Royds Specialist Language College, near Rothwell Sports Centre. Despite removing all ties from rugby league after leaving Hull Kingston Rovers he attended rugby league matches, mainly those involving his home town club Castleford. Roger Millward was son of William Millward, and Ivy Lockwood (marriage registered during first ¼ 1939 in Pontefract district), was the younger brother of Roy Millward (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1939 in Pontefract district), and was the cousin of the rugby league footballer, and coach, Brian Lockwood. In 2007 Millward had an operation to remove a cancerous growth in the jaw. Following his death Hull Kingston Rovers retired the number 6 from the team jersey. A jersey bearing the number was presented to his family at the game against Widnes on 15 May 2016. Millward made 406 appearances for Hull Kingston Rovers in total, with 207 tries, over 600 goals and a grand total of 1,825 points making him the third highest points scorer in Hull Kingston Rovers' history. Millward holds the club's record of 207 tries (which beat the previous record set in the 1920s by Gilbert Austin by nearly 50 tries) and has also scored a total of eleven hat tricks for Hull Kingston Rovers, with one for Castleford and two for Great Britain as well as kicking more than ten goals per match. In 2016, it was announced that Hull's Garrison Road would be renamed Roger Millward Way, and a renaming ceremony was held in January 2018. The Open Rugby inaugural World XIII was revealed in June 1978, it was; Graham Eadie, John Atkinson, Steve Rogers, Jean-Marc Bourret, Green Vigo, Roger Millward, Steve Nash, Jim Mills, Keith Elwell, Steve Pitchford, Terry Randall, George Nicholls and Greg Pierce.