Mark Sargent
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | 18 August 1964 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | |||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1986–88 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989–95 | Newcastle Knights | 126 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Total | 145 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1989–94 | Country Origin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | New South Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990–92 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Source: NRL Stats & RLP | ||||||
Mark Sargent is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he played in the NSWRL premiership for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Newcastle Knights, winning the Rothmans Medal in 1989 while playing for Newcastle.
Playing career
In 1989, Sargent won the Rothman's Medal for 'best and fairest' player of the year, along with Gavin Miller from the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
Sargent was selected to represent New South Wales, playing from the bench in Game III of the 1990 State of Origin series.[1] At the end of the 1990 NSWRL season, he went on the 1990 Kangaroo tour, becoming the Knights' first international representative. Between then and 1992 Sargent played for Australia on four occasions, against Great Britain, France and Papua New Guinea. He made his test debut for Australia as a substitute in the third and deciding Ashes test against Great Britain at Elland Road in Leeds on the 1990 Kangaroo tour. The game was won by the Kangaroos 14-0.
Mark Sargent played in the front row in Australia's victorious 1992 World Cup Final team which defeated Great Britain 10-6 in front of the international rugby league record attendance of 73,631 at London's Wembley Stadium. The match was also Sargent's last game for Australia.[2]
Sargent, a strong running and skillful 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) Prop forward, retired from playing at the end of the 1995 ARL season. He played 145 games (19 for Canterbury, 126 for Newcastle) and scored 18 tries in his career (all for the Knights). He represented New South Wales on one occasion in State of Origin, and also represented Country Origin on three occasions between 1989 and 1994. He was also captain of the Knights in 1995 along with fellow front rower Paul Harragon.
Post-playing career
During the Super League war Sargent was the Corporate services manager of the Hunter Mariners who played in the Super League competition.[3]
Sargent was a member of the NRL Judiciary in 1999 and 2000, and was the team manager at the Knights when they won the 2001 NRL Grand Final 30-24 over Parramatta. Sargent resigned from the position in 2005 after publicly voicing his concerns over the future of the Newcastle club.[4][5]
Mark Sargent now works for himself and along with his wife, owns a Video rental Store in the Newcastle suburb of Belmont. He no longer is involved in the NRL, 'I only go to Old Boys matches, to catch up with mates.' Sargent said in an interview last year.
Footnotes
- ↑ "State Of Origin - Game 3, 1990". Rugby League Tables. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ↑ "Mark Sargent". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ↑ Hunter Mariners 1908.com
- ↑ "Sargent re joins Knights as football manager" (fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 2000-11-27. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ↑ "Sargent quits after going public on future of the Knights" (fee required). AAP Sports News (Australia). 2005-06-07. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
References
- Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
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