Gordon Sargent (rugby union)

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Gordon Sargent
Full nameGordon Alan Frank Sargent
Born(1949-10-18)18 October 1949
Gloucester, England
Died25 June 2013(2013-06-25) (aged 63)
Rugby union career
Position Prop
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1981 England 1 (0)

Gordon Alan Frank Sargent (18 October 1949 - 25 June 2013) was an English rugby union international. [1]

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Sargent grew up in the town of Lydney near Gloucester and attended Lydney Secondary School. [2]

A prop, Sargent spent nine seasons at his hometown club Lydney RFC, before crossing to Gloucester in 1976. He featured in two John Player Cup title wins at Gloucester and was a Gloucestershire county captain. [3] His only England cap was earned off the bench against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in the 1981 Five Nations, after an injury to Phil Blakeway. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Reward rugby clubs for making England stars". The Daily Telegraph . 3 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Bonner, George. "Sargent, Gordon". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
  3. ↑ "Tributes paid to Gordon Sargent". Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Review. 25 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "England so enterprising..." Birmingham Evening Mail . 9 March 1981.
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