After retirement, Aynsley was a referee from 1953 to 1960. He then served as a selector for the West Coast, South Island and New Zealand age group sides. Aynsley also sat on the
West Coast Rugby League Board of Control for 18 years and worked as a groundsman at
Wingham Park into his seventies. He was named a Life Member of the West Coast Rugby League in 1978 and a Life Member of the New Zealand Rugby League in 1989. Aynsley died in
Greymouth on 12 October 2012. ==References==