Mitchell Sargent
Personal information
Full name	Mitchell Sargent
Nickname	Sarge
Born	2 July 1979 (1979-07-02) (age 30)
	Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	197 kg (31 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2002–03	Melbourne Storm	35	3	1	0	14
2004–06	North Queensland	66	3	0	0	12
2007–08	Newcastle Knights	14	1	0	0	4
2008–	Castleford Tigers	31	3	0	0	12
	Total	146	10	1	0	42
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 professional rugby league player for the Castleford Tigers in England.

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 left the Newcastle Knights after signing a two and half year deal with the Castleford Tigers in 2008.^[1]

[edit] Career highlights

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

[edit] References

[edit] External Sources

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

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