12 Facts About Mark Aston

Mark Aston was born on 27 September 1967 and is the head coach of Sheffield Eagles in the Championship.

Mark Aston is an English rugby league coach, and former rugby league scrum-half who spent the majority of his playing career with Sheffield Eagles.

Mark Aston had short spells with Featherstone Rovers and Bramley, and won one cap for Great Britain in 1991.

Mark Aston retired from playing in 2004, and briefly stepped down as head coach in 2005 before resuming coaching duties in 2007.

Mark Aston is the father of the rugby league stand-off or scrum-half; Cory Aston.

On 24 October 2024 Aston was suspended from all coaching activity until 30 April 2026 following an RFL Operational Rules Tribunal hearing.

The tribunal ruled that Mark Aston broke RFL rules by playing a player during a period when the player should have been rested for failing a head injury assessment.

Mark Aston was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Mark Aston started playing rugby union at the age of eight in his home town of Castleford.

Mark Aston played one or two games but decided to switch to rugby league.

Mark Aston moved on to Stanley Rangers, in Wakefield, then after a couple of years until the age of fifteen at Oulton Raiders, where his father; Brian Aston had played as an amateur.

Mark Aston then moved to Lock Lane for one season, then started playing at Under-17 level for Castleford.