Stuart Wilkinson (rugby league)

Former Wales RL coach & English former rugby league footballer

Stuart Wilkinson

Personal information

Full name

Stuart George Wilkinson

Born

(1960-02-08) 8 February 1960 (age 64)
Manchester, Lancashire, England

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Weight

14 st 0 lb (89 kg)

Playing information

Position

Hooker, Stand-off

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1979–98	Barrow	100
	Western Suburbs Magpies
	Total	100	0	0	0	0

Coaching information

Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1997–98	Barrow Raiders
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2004–04	Wales	2	0	0	2	0
2012	Russia	0	0	0	0
2019	Serbia	2	0	0	2	0

As of 17 February 2021

Stuart George Wilkinson from Ulverston is an English professional rugby league football coach and former player from Barrow in Cumbria.

Coaching career

He is the former Elite Coach Mentor for the French Rugby League and assistant coach for Widnes Vikings of the Co-operative Championship.

Wilkinson was previously assistant coach with Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors but left the Super League team to join Widnes Vikings in 2008. Wilkinson was also assistant coach to the Leeds Rhinos side that won the World Club Championship in 2005.

International

He is also a double junior world champion as a Great Britain Academy Coach, beating Australia, New Zealand and France many times between 1998 and 2007. A full England Coach, British Lion assistant for the 2006 3 nations and Head Coach of the Wales National Team 2004.

Serbia

He is the head coach of the Serbia national team.

France

From 2008 to 2009 he worked for the French National side as an elite coach mentor helping France improve with the juniors beating Australia.

References

"Liverpool Echo: Latest Liverpool and Merseyside news, sports and what's on".
"Wilkinson quits Leeds for Wigan".
"Stuart Wilkinson New Coach Of Serbia". Balkanrl.com. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/castleford-tigers/castleford-tigers-add-to-coaching-staff-1-6936187

Coaching positions

Barrow Raiders coaches

Hector Halsall (194?-??)
Cec Thompson (1960-62)
Jim Challinor (1963–67)
Frank Foster (1973–83)
Tommy Dawes (1983–85)
Tommy Bishop (1985)
Ivor Kelland (1985–87)
Dennis Jackson (1987)
Rod Reddy (1987–89)
Dennis Jackson (1989–90)
Steve Norton (1990–91)
Paul Kavanagh (1991–92)
Geoff Worrall (1992–93)
Dennis Ramsdale (1993–94)
Peter Roe (1994–96)
Steve Hogan (1996)
Gary Schubert (1996–97)
Stuart Wilkinson (1997–98)
Paul Charlton (1998–2001)
Cameron Bell (2002–03)
Peter Roe (2004–05)
Paul Crarey (2006–07)
Dave Clark (2008)
Steve Deakin (2009)
Dave Clark (2009)
Steve McCormack (2010)
Garry Schofield (2011)
Nigel Wright (2011)
Dave Clark (2011)
Darren Holt (2011–13)
Anthony Murray (2013–14)
Bobbie Goulding (2014)
Paul Crarey (2014–)

v t e Wales national rugby league team coaches
Les Pearce (1975) David Watkins (1976-77) Bill Francis & John Mantle (1978) Kel Coslett (1978-81) David Watkins (1982-85) Clive Griffiths (1991-00) Neil Kelly (2001-03) Stuart Wilkinson (2004) Martin Hall (2005-07) John Dixon (2008) Iestyn Harris (2009-13) John Kear (2014-present)

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