Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Tuesday, 18th August, 1964
- Current Age
- 60 years and 187 days
- Place Of Birth
- Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- World Cup
- 1989/1992
- The Ashes
- 1990
- State of Origin
- 1990
- NSWRL Premiership (NRL)
- 1988
- Rothmans Medal
- 1989
Biography
Newcastle junior, the Knights' first Test player, started his career with the Bulldogs before returning ‘home’ in 1989. That year the hardy prop was named joint-winner of the Rothmans Medal for best and fairest (with Gavin Miller). In 1990 Sargent made his Origin debut as a reserve in the third match of the series before being selected on the Kangaroo Tour. He made his Test debut in the third and deciding Test against Great Britain (as a reserve) before sitting on the bench in the two-Test series against France. After 1991, which was marred by injury, Sargent bounced back to be one of the game's most consistent forwards. Following Newcastle's semi-final appearance in 1992, Sargent forced his way back into the Australian team and played in the final of the World Cup at Wembley in October. During the Super League war in 1995 the veteran Knights player aligned himself with the rebel movement and secured a place in administration with the rival Hunter Mariners club. Retiring as a player in 1995, Sargent joined the NRL Judiciary in 1999-00 and was Newcastle team manager when the Knights won the premiership in 2001.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 145 | 18 | - | - | 72 | 76 | 65 | 4 | 52.41% | List | ||||
Midweek Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL Finals | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
City vs Country | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | - | 16 | 9 | 1 | - | 38 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
The Ashes | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Test Series | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Newcastle Knights | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1990, 1992 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1990, 1992 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
NSW Country | 1989, 1992, 1994 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
NSW | 1990 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSW City Firsts | 1990, 1993 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1989-1994 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1986 Winfield Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1987 Winfield Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Canterbury | NSWRL 1988 Winfield Cup | 13 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | ||||
Newcastle | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 21 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.62% | List | ||||
Newcastle | NSWRL 1990 Winfield Cup | 18 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 55.56% | List | ||||
Newcastle | NSWRL 1991 Winfield Cup | 16 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 25.00% | List | ||||
Newcastle | NSWRL 1992 Winfield Cup | 24 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 54.17% | List | ||||
Newcastle | NSWRL 1993 Winfield Cup | 14 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Newcastle | NSWRL 1994 Winfield Cup | 19 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 42.11% | List | ||||
Newcastle | ARL 1995 Winfield Cup | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Canterbury | 1986-88 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | ||||
Newcastle | 1989-95 | 126 | 18 | - | - | 72 | 64 | 58 | 4 | 50.79% | List | ||||
Overall | 1986-1995 | 145 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 76 | 65 | 4 | 52.41% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Steven Russo, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
Your Say
03/07/2014
What a collosus for The Knights. To see Sargeant steamroll the defence & chase when the opposition had the ball was inspiring.
Wonderful Sargeant was our first international forward.
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