Mitchell Sargent

Mitchell Sargent

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Personal information
Nickname	Sarge
Born	(1979-07-02) 2 July 1979 Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2002–2003	Melbourne Storm	35	3	1	0	14
2004–2006	Nth. Qld. Cowboys	66	3	0	0	12
2007	Newcastle Knights	14	1	0	0	4
2008–2010	Castleford Tigers	61	8	0	0	32
	Total	176	15	1	0	62
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006	Country Origin	1	0	0	0	0
As of 17:15, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Source: NRL Stats

Mitchell Sargent (born 2 July 1979 in Canowindra, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s. A Country New South Wales representative forward, he played club football in the NRL for the Melbourne Storm, North Queensland Cowboys and Newcastle Knights and in Super League for English side, Castleford Tigers.

Sargent played from the interchange bench in the North Queensland Cowboys' first ever grand final in 2005 which was lost to the Wests Tigers.

On 24 August 2006 Sargent had his contract with the Cowboys terminated after he tested positive to cocaine from "in-house tests" conducted by the club. According to a statement from Cowboys management, Sargent admitted using the drug and waived his right to a 'B' sample [1].

National Rugby League Chief Executive David Gallop confirmed in the same report that Sargent would not face the normal mandatory two-year ban prescribed by the World Anti-Doping Agency as the positive result was from an in-house, out-of-competition test.

Although banished from the Cowboys' team, Sargent was offered a three-year contract (starting in 2007) with the Newcastle Knights, which he accepted [2]. He stated that he is "over the moon to be given this second chance".

He left the Newcastle Knights after signing a two and half year deal with the Castleford Tigers in 2008.

Sargent left Castleford at the end of 2010 and is now retired.

Career highlights

• NRL Debut: 2002 - Round 1, Storm v Canberra Raiders, Olympic Park, Melbourne
• SL Debut: 2008 - Round ??, Castleford v Huddersfield Giants

External sources

• "Cowboy sacked for cocaine" in The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 August 2006
• "NRL star tests positive to cocaine" in The Daily Telegraph, 24 August 2006