Mitchell Sargent

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Mitchell Sargent
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Sargent
Date of birth 2 July 1979 (1979-07-02) (age 28)
Place of birth Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia
Height 187 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 197 kg (16 st 11 lbs)
Nickname(s) Sarge
Club information
Position(s) Prop/Second Row
Current club Castleford Tigers
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2002–2003
2004–2006
2007 - 2008
2008 -		 Melbourne Storm
North Queensland Cowboys
Newcastle Knights
Castleford Tigers		 35 (14)
66 (12)
14 (4)
Representative teams**
2006 Country Origin 1

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 10:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 10:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC).

Mitchell Sargent (born 2 July 1979 in Canowindra, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys.

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 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 will leave the Newcastle Knights after signing a two and half year deal with the Castleford Tigers.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Sargent signs for Tigers. Sportinglife (2008-06-05). Retrieved on 2008-06-05.

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