Sacked Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor has broken his silence to defend himself against an attack by Balmain legend Paul Sironen, who publicly celebrated the dumping of Taylor.

Sironen delivered a withering send-off to Taylor on Monday night, saying "karma's a bitch" and telling the coach not to "let the door hit you out on the way out" - still fuming that he and his son Curtis had been punted from the club.

Sironen blamed the NRL coach, but Taylor has defended himself by insisting the decision to send the club legend packing from his role with the club's under-20s team was not his.

"I want to respond to some of Paul Sironen's published allegations about me," Taylor said. "I never sacked Paul Sironen and I never communicated his sacking to him. I also never made any decisions about NYC staffing at that time.