Mark Sargent
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| Full name | Mark Sargent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Sargent (born 18 August 1964) is an Australian former professional
Playing career
A Newcastle junior, Mark Sargent signed with Canterbury-Bankstown and made his first grade debut for the Bulldogs on 13 April 1986 against the North Sydney Bears at the Belmore Sports Ground.[3] Sargent would play 19 games for the Bulldogs until the end of the 1988 NSWRL season and was unlucky to miss a place in their premiership winning team that year.
In 1989, Sargent signed for the Newcastle Knights who had been admitted to the competition in 1988. That year he co-won the Rothman's Medal for 'best and fairest' player of the year along with Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks second rower Gavin Miller.
Sargent was selected to represent
An injury riddled
At the end of the 1992 season, Sargent, Harragon and fullback Brad Godden were the Knights players selected to Australia's victorious World Cup final squad for a 4-game mini-tour of England (the Australian's played three lead up games against English club sides). Sargent was the only one of the trio selected for the final played in front of the then international rugby league record attendance of 73,631 at Wembley Stadium. The match, won by Australia 10-6 thanks to a late Steve Renouf try, was Sargent's last game for Australia and the only one of his 5 tests that he would be in the starting team.[5]
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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.[6]
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.[7][8]
In 2015 he completed his PhD in public policy at the University of Newcastle.[9]
Footnotes
- ^ "Mark Sargent – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "BULLDOGS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB – OFFICIAL WEBSITE". thebulldogs.com.au.
- ^ 1986 Canterbury-Bankstown vs North Sydney at Rugby League Project
- ^ "State Of Origin – Game 3, 1990". Rugby League Tables. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
- ^ "Mark Sargent". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
- ^ Hunter Mariners 1908.com
- ^ "Sargent re joins Knights as football manager". AAP Sports News (Australia). 27 November 2000. Archived from the original (fee required) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
- ^ "Sargent quits after going public on future of the Knights". AAP Sports News (Australia). 7 June 2005. Archived from the original (fee required) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
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References
- Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.