Matt Diskin

Matt Diskin (born 27 January 1982) an English professional rugby league coach was the head coach of Oldham in the Championship, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 2000s and 2010s.

Diskin is a product of amateur rugby league club Dewsbury Moor ARLFC and growing up he attended St. John Fisher High School in Dewsbury, as did Francis Cummins and Ryan Sheridan.

He played for the Leeds at Hooker and scored a try in their 2004 Super League Grand Final victory against Bradford, and was man of the match.

[8] Diskin played for Leeds in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final at Hooker in their loss against Hull FC.

[9] He played for Leeds from the interchange bench in their 2005 Super League Grand Final loss against Bradford.

He played in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final defeat by Warrington at Wembley Stadium.

Diskin scored tries against Warrington (1 try), Hull Kingston Rovers (1 try), Doncaster (2 tries), Leeds (1 try) and Huddersfield (1 try).

Diskin missed the pre-season friendlies against Hull FC and Dewsbury due to injury.

Diskin featured in Round 5 (Catalans Dragons) to the quarter-final (Warrington) in the Challenge Cup.

Diskin was put in temporary charge of the Bradford outfit on 16 June 2014 as a player coach.

It was the day following the sacking of head coach Francis Cummins, and assistant Lee St Hilaire.

[26] On 29 June 2021, Oldham sacked him after 9 defeats in the last 10 games with assistant-coach Brendan Sheridan taking over training.