John Wilson joins the WRLA board having worked for 13 years in the game of Rugby League across Participation and Development areas after a successful playing professional RL career at the Parramatta Eels, Wests Tigers and Catalan Dragons. John is the current general manager of Participation and Programs at the NRL and has previously spent time in Regional and State management roles as well as establishing the NRL Pacific program internationally.

Over the last 20 years he has Led and developed teams in high pressure environments both on the sporting field and the business world, across both environments he was required to compete, contribute and make critical decisions that delivered outcomes for teams or organisations with aligned goals, strong cultures, clear vison and beliefs.