Source: www.foxsports.com.au

NEWCASTLE Knights today announced the signing of sacked North Queensland prop Mitchell Sargent on a three-year NRL contract.

Sargent was sacked last month for testing positive to cocaine in a Cowboys in-house drug test.

The Knights initiated the move to sign the 27-year-old Country Origin prop and have strict criteria in his contract governing ongoing counselling and stringent drug testing.

Sargent said he was happy to be given a second chance in the NRL.