Gary Wilkinson (rugby league)

Last updated

Gary Wilkinson
Personal information
Full nameGary Wilkinson
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
2000–02 Hull Kingston Rovers
2006–06 Sheffield Eagles
2007 Doncaster RLFC
Total0000
As of 14 March 2021

Gary Wilkinson is an English rugby league coach who was head coach of the Sheffield Eagles and subsequently in temporary charge of Doncaster.

Wilkinson had a career as a player in the amateur leagues in Hull before moving into coaching where he proved he could develop young players and produce winning teams. After a successful spell as Hull Kingston Rovers's Academy boss he took over the first team in 2002, winning the Northern Rail Cup and reaching the quarter-finals of the promotion play-offs. He fell victim to changing fortunes in the Hull Kingston Rovers' boardroom and moved on to Hull F.C. as under-21s coach and had a brief spell on the backroom staff at Doncaster. In 2004 he was appointed coach of the successful GB Students' squad. In 2006 he was head coach of the Sheffield Eagles.

Wilkinson was a part-time coach at the Eagles, on weekdays he runs a pest control business in Hull. When he was appointed at the start of the 2006 season he immediately helped the Eagles by bringing in players from the Hull area and from the student game. The team took time to gel but eventually finished second in National League Two after an eleven-game unbeaten run, qualifying for the play-offs. They then beat Crusaders and Swinton to gain promotion to National League One. He resigned as the Eagles' head coach on 15 October 2006, citing personal reasons.

In April 2007 Wilkinson made a dramatic return to rugby league coaching when he took temporary charge of Doncaster following the suspension of their coach Keiran Dempsey and his assistant. His first game in charge was against the Sheffield Eagles at the Don Valley Stadium and Wilkinson's team recorded a victory by 24 points to 20. In May 2007 Doncaster entered into a CVA to avoid potential liquidation and Wilkinson was told not to continue as coach.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hull Kingston Rovers</span> English professional rugby league club

Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challenge Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hull F.C.</span> English professional rugby league club

Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were known as Hull Sharks from 1996–99.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leigh Leopards</span> English professional rugby league football club

The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whitehaven R.L.F.C.</span> English professional rugby league club

Whitehaven 2010 R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club playing in Whitehaven in west Cumbria. They play in Betfred Championship after winning Betfred League 1 in 2019. Their stadium is called the Recreation Ground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Featherstone Rovers</span> English professional rugby league club

Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "small town teams" which were common in rugby league in the early 20th century. The club has produced many junior players who have gone on to play for Super League clubs. Their local rivals are Castleford and Wakefield Trinity, and in the Championship, Halifax.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Sheens</span> Australian professional rugby league coach (born 1950)

Timothy Sheens is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. Head Coach of the Australia national team between 2009 and 2015, he has also been the head coach of National Rugby League (NRL) clubs, the Penrith Panthers, the Canberra Raiders, the North Queensland Cowboys and the Wests Tigers. As a player, Sheens was a prop forward with Sydney's Penrith club in the 1970s and 1980s before he retired and became their coach. Sheens returned to the Wests Tigers in 2021 as the Head of Football Operations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darren Moore</span> English footballer and manager (born 1974)

Darren Mark Moore is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current manager of Sheffield Wednesday.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doncaster R.L.F.C.</span> English rugby league club

Doncaster Rugby League Football Club (RLFC) is a professional rugby league football club, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire. They play in the third tier League 1.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheffield Eagles</span> English professional rugby league club

The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club that play in the Betfred Championship. The club play their home games at the Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) on the former site of Don Valley Stadium, their former ground. The original club was formed in 1984 and formerly competed in the Super League. The new, current club was formed in 2000 following a merger of the old club with Huddersfield Giants. The old club's biggest achievement was winning the Challenge Cup in 1998. Sheffield were the inaugural winners of the 1895 Cup, after they beat Widnes at Wembley Stadium on 24 August 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Kear</span> English professional rugby league coach & former rugby league player

John Kear is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Widnes Vikings in the Betfred Championship and the Wales national rugby league team. He also works as a pundit for BBC Sport and is a former professional rugby league footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rob Jones (footballer, born 1979)</span> English footballer and manager

Robert William Jones is an English football coach and former professional footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Thorman</span> English RL coach and former England international rugby league footballer

Christopher Thorman is an English rugby league coach is head coach of Newcastle Thunder and a former player. An England international goal-kicking stand-off, he previously played in the Engage Super League for Hull F.C., Huddersfield Giants, London Broncos and the Sheffield Eagles, as well as in the National Rugby League for the Parramatta Eels. Following the sacking of Rick Stone as coach of the Huddersfield Giants, he was announced as interim head coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eco-Power Stadium</span> Multi-purpose stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

The Eco-Power Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Doncaster, England, with a capacity of 15,231. It cost approximately £20 million to construct, as part of the wider Lakeside Sports Complex that it resides within which in total cost approximately £32 million, and is used by Doncaster Rovers, Doncaster Rugby League Club and Doncaster Rovers Belles Ladies Football Club.

The 2006 National Leagues are the second, third and fourth divisions of rugby league in the UK.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glyn Hodges</span> Welsh footballer and manager

| manageryears5 = 2022 | managerclubs5 = Bradford City Glyn Peter Hodges is a Welsh football coach and former professional player who is assistant manager at Bradford City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Cockayne</span> English rugby league footballer

Ben Cockayne is an English rugby league footballer who plays for Doncaster R.L.F.C. in the RFL League 1. He is most remembered for his two spells with Hull Kingston Rovers, with whom he won two promotions to the Super League, in 2006 and 2017, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Diskin</span> English RL coach and former GB & England international rugby league footballer

Matt Diskin an English professional rugby league coach was the head coach of Oldham in the Betfred Championship, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 2000s and 2010s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny Ward (rugby league)</span> Former GB international rugby league footballer and coach

Danny Ward is an English professional rugby league coach who was most recently the head coach of the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam O'Brien</span> English professional rugby league footballer

Adam O'Brien is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred Super League.

Rugby League in Yorkshire refers to the sport of rugby league in relation to its participation and history within Yorkshire, England. The traditional county is the largest in the United Kingdom and as thus has many rugby clubs, professional and amateur.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.