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Stuart Wilkinson (rugby league)

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Stuart Wilkinson
Personal information
Full nameStuart George Wilkinson
Born (1960-02-08) 8 February 1960 (age 64)
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight14 st 0 lb (89 kg)
Playing information
PositionHooker, 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

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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

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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

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

France

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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]

References

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  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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