Stuart Wilkinson (rugby league)
Stuart George Wilkinson from Ulverston is an English professional rugby league football coach and former player from Barrow in Cumbria.
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| Full name | Stuart George Wilkinson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1960 Manchester, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 0 lb (89 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Stand-off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 2 February 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching Career
He is currently the 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.[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.
France
From 2008 to 2009 he worked for the French National side as an elite coach mentor with great success helping France improve at all age levels with the juniors beating Australia for the first time. His reputation grew internationally, his innovating work implementing sports science and coaching helped gain the current position working for the European Federation, on behalf of the Rugby Football League, offering international teams from Serbia, Russia, Malta, Czech Republic and Germany advice on how to prepare their elite athletes for the 2012 World Cup.
Great Britain Academy 1998-2002 England Academy 2004 & 2006 England School Boys 2003 Wales National Team for European Nations 2005 England Rugby League, Federation Shield winners 2006 France Rugby League Elite Coach Mentor 2010-2011 Rugby Football League National Player Develop Manager Head Coach Russian Rugby League 2012
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