Stuart Wilkinson (rugby league)

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Stuart Wilkinson
Personal information
Full nameStuart George Wilkinson
Born (1960-02-08) 8 February 1960 (age 63)
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight14 st 0 lb (89 kg)
Playing information
Position Hooker, Stand-off
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1979–98 Barrow 100
Western Suburbs Magpies
Total1000000
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
199798 Barrow Raiders
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
200404 Wales 20020
2012 Russia 0000
2019 Serbia 20020
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.

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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.[ citation needed ]

Wilkinson was previously assistant coach with Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors but left the Super League team to join Widnes Vikings in 2008. [1] Wilkinson was also assistant coach to the Leeds Rhinos [2] 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.[ citation needed ]

Serbia

He is the head coach of the Serbia national team. [3]

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.[ citation needed ]

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References

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

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