We are saddened to announce that former Wales Wheelchair assistant coach and Torfaen Tigers head coach Lyndon Price has died today aged 65.
Lyndon was a great servant to Wheelchair Rugby League in Wales, working as assistant coach for the Wales international side from 2018-21. He was the first head coach of Hereford Harriers Wheelchair Rugby League Club in 2014 and then launched the Torfaen Tigers Wheelchair side in 2020, coaching them until 2024 which is when he had to step down for health reasons.
Confined to a wheelchair for a lot of his life, his injury came from playing rugby, from which he developed a cross compression of spinal cord T7-12 and moto neuron deficiency.
His coaching journey began in running rugby league in Sheffield when he was part of the team for the Hillsborough Hawks u18 side, as both of his sons played for the club, and his daughter cooked the post-match meals. He became a Wheelchair RL coach after being inspired by three coaches in the INVICTUS teams, Paul Jenkins, Mike Spence and Scott Wallace, after being part of the 2014 squad.
Lyndon also played “Wheelchair Rugby” for Wales, coaching at the Dragons in this version of the sport from 2016-23, and was a keen Wheelchair Basketball player with the Celts side in Cardiff, where he played alongside his sons.
Outisde of sport, Lyndon worked as a music lecturer at Coleg Gwent’s Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone Campus after serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales in the band as a brass and bass guitar player as well as a PA specialist.
Lyndon’s two sons Dafydd Price and Geraint Price were coached by him at Hereford Harriers and elsewhere, both of them winning Wales Wheelchair RL caps whilst at Hereford.
Stephen Jones, head of Wheelchair Rugby League in Wales, said: “It was my privelage and honour to work with such a great person. There wasn’t much that Lyndon didn’t know about the game. He was always ready to step in with good words here and some feedback there. A true gentleman of sport in all its versions. You will be missed my friend and you’ll always be in our thoughts.”
Everyone at WRL sends their sincere condolences to his wife Mary, and to all of their family.
RIP Lyndon Price 23/02/1960-01/12/2025
