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Ashton Golding

Ashton Golding, English rugby league player

Born
September 4, 1996
Age in 2026
30
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1996

About Ashton Golding

Ashton Golding (born 4 September 1996) is a Jamaica international rugby league footballer who plays as a utility for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. Golding began his career with the Leeds Rhinos, where he had progressed through the academy. He spent six years in the Super League with Leeds, during which time he also played for Featherstone Rovers in the Championship on loan. Golding joined the Huddersfield Giants in 2020, where he would go on to make over 100 appearances and feature in the 2022 Challenge Cup final. His stay also included a short loan spell at Bradford Bulls in the Championship. He signed for the Castleford Tigers in 2026. Described as a utility player, Golding has played in several positions during his career, most recently being utilised primarily as a loose forward or hooker. He has also operated as a fullback, winger or second-row, as well as deputising at stand-off and centre. In March 2015, Golding made his first Super League start against Warrington with first-choice fullback Zak Hardaker dropped. He signed a new five-year contract in May having established himself as the Rhinos' first-choice fullback, though by the end of the season he had been displaced by Jack Walker and missed out on Grand Final selection.

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The world when Ashton Golding was born

Ashton Golding was born in 1996. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1996

  • #1 song"Macarena" – Los Del Rio
  • Top movieThe English Patient
  • Top TV showER
  • Best-selling bookThe Runaway Jury – John Grisham

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMichael Jordan leads Bulls to 72-10 record and 4th NBA title
  • Top headlineCentennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
  • Technology milestoneDolly the sheep — first mammal cloned from an adult cell
  • Defining fadMacarena dance craze
  • Notable inventionPalm Pilot
  • World population5.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBill Clinton
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
  • U.S. population265.2M

1996 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ashton Golding's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19962026
Gas$1.23$3.45/gal
Average home$115,800$435,000
Average income$44,006$67,500
Minimum wage$4.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$4.42$11.95
Postage stamp$0.32$0.73
Population265.2M341 million

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