We're getting what we deserve, admits Aston

Mark Aston has been brutally honest in his assessment of Sheffield Eagles' start to their Championship campaign.
Sheffield Eagles' head coach Mark Aston.Sheffield Eagles' head coach Mark Aston.
Sheffield Eagles' head coach Mark Aston.

After turning full-time over the winter, big things were expected of the Eagles, but they are in the bottom half of the table with just four wins from 11 outings.

They were thrashed 56-24 at home by London Broncos last week and head coach Aston refused to pull any punches.

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“The reality is we’re getting what we deserve,” said Aston. “We need to be a little bit more disciplined.

“We’ve spoken about it and worked really, really hard this week on our attitude and mentality because we were guilty of making mistakes and giving away penalties.

“The challenge for us is to be honest and disciplined and if we do that we can start the journey of turning things around. We’ve just got to keep the belief and keep the confidence, which is a challenge when you keep getting beat.

“We’re not dead and buried we just need to find a way to get ourselves back into the mind set and once we’re back in the mind set I’m sure we’ll have a very successful second half of the season.”

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Tonight they welcome Dewsbury Rams, who sit just below the Eagles in the Championship, and after losing themselves last time out, 23-14 at Halifax, coach Glenn Morrison is taking nothing for granted.

Sheffield away is always a tough ask and with the injury crisis we’ve got, we’re not taking anything for granted. Hopefully we’ll get a squad on paper that’s right to play and give it our best shot.”

Warrington turned on the style against injury-hit Wigan to pull two points clear of them at the top of the First Utility Super League with a 40-10 win.