Sargent set for 100th cap milestone

CLIODHNA SARGENT could be set to get an early Christmas present this weekend — her 100th Irish senior cap.

The 23-year-old Cork Harlequins defender could become one of the youngest players to reach the milestone — team-mate Shirley McCay, six months Sargent’s junior, hit the ton mark in April — if she plays in the remainder of Ireland’s games on their tour of Argentina.

The girls in green took on India last night — Sargent scoring her third goal in four games, and winning her 98th cap — and meet the hosts in Parana tomorrow, with the landmark set to arrive in Sunday’s classification game.