Chris Thorman has rejected offers from elsewhere in the game to remain as head coach of Workington Town by signing a new three-year deal. “There has been a lot of speculation and I’ve been linked with a number of jobs,” said Thorman. “I haven’t hidden the fact that I’ve communicated with other people in Rugby League and there were some…
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Leon Pryce has been sacked as coach of League 1 side Workington Town. Pryce led the Cumbrian side to within 80 minutes of promotion to the Championship last season, losing out to Bradford and then Swinton in a rejigged play-off series – but has now been dismissed just six games into the 2019 League 1 campaign. The former Great Britain…
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Workington Town have continued their impressive recruitment drive after capturing the loan signing of Wigan Warriors forward Caine Barnes, the club have confirmed.
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Workington Town have issued a club statement setting out their frustration with the RFL a day before their crucial promotion clash against Swinton Lions, when they could turn up with as few as twelve players after being refused a dispensation to make short term signings by the governing body. It reads as follows: Last Sunday Workington Town lost against Bradford…
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Workington Town coach Leon Pryce has called on everyone associated with the club to pull together, as they prepare to end a difficult seven days with a huge League 1 clash with Doncaster this weekend. Approaching the halfway point in Pryce’s inaugural season as a coach, Town are handily placed just outside the League 1 play-off places – a position…
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Workington Town have pulled off the significant coup of iconic forward Fuifui Moimoi. The New Zealand and Tonga international has joined the club having been a free agent since leaving Toronto Wolfpack by mutual consent earlier this year. He has now linked up with Leon Pryce’s side, adding the Cumbrian club to a CV that features NRL side Parramatta Eels.…
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Workington coach Leon Pryce admits it will be a special occasion for him on Sunday as he welcomes his hometown club to Cumbria for a mouthwatering League 1 clash. Town is the latest team to try and beat the only unbeaten side remaining in the country, when they meet table-topping Bradford this weekend. Pryce admits it will be a proud…
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Bradford are the sole unbeaten team remaining in the professional game this season – and coach John Kear admits he couldn’t be more proud of that feat as the Bulls head to Cumbria on Sunday to face Workington. The Bulls will put their unbeaten start on the line against former player Leon Pryce’s Workington Town, following four wins from four…
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Workington Town have confirmed that player Scott Rooke has been discharged from hospital following the serious injury he suffered in a recent pre-season friendly. Rooke was badly injured during Town’s friendly with local rivals Whitehaven, with the game eventually being stopped for a significant period of time while Rooke was treated by medical staff. He was later taken to hospital…
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Workington Town have issued an update on the health of player Scott Rooke, after he suffered a serious injury in the club’s friendly against Whitehaven on Sunday. The Cumbrian derby was delayed for several minutes while Rooke received medical attention on the pitch during Town’s defeat to Haven. And now Town have issued the following statement: “Board members visited Scott…
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