WELSH Rugby League is in mourning for Lyndon Price, who died on Monday, December 1 at the age of 65.
Price, who was the head coach of Torfaen Tigers’ Wheelchair team, had previously been an assistant coach with the Wales Wheelchair team, from 2018 to 2021.
Ian Golden, the Wales RL press officer, said: “Lyndon was a great servant to Wheelchair Rugby League in Wales and, before being involved with our international side, was the first head coach of Hereford Harriers’ Wheelchair team.
“He launched the Torfaen Tigers Wheelchair side in 2020 and coached them until 2024, when he had to step down for health reasons.”
Golden continued: “Confined to a wheelchair for much of his life, Lyndon’s injury came from playing rugby.
“His coaching journey began in running Rugby League in Sheffield when he was part of the off-field team for Hillsborough Hawks Under 18s, as both of his sons played for the club while his daughter cooked the post-match meals.
“He became a Wheelchair RL coach through being inspired by three coaches in the INVICTUS teams, Paul Jenkins, Mike Spence and Scott Wallace, after being part of the 2014 squad.
“Everyone at WRL sends their sincere condolences to his wife Mary, and to all of their family.”
Golden revealed that Price 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.
He 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 being a PA specialist.
Lyndon’s two sons, Dafydd Price and Geraint Price, were coached by him at Hereford Harriers and elsewhere, and both won Wales Wheelchair RL caps while at Hereford.
Stephen Jones, the head of Wheelchair Rugby League in Wales, said: “It was my privilege 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 and was a true gentleman of sport in all its versions.”
He added: “You will be missed my friend and you’ll always be in our thoughts.”
Funeral details have yet to be confirmed.
