Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Sludge
- Born
- Saturday, 20th November, 1954
- Died
- Tuesday, 3rd January, 2006 (Aged 51 years and 44 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
- Rothmans Medal
- 1975
- Dally M Captain Of The Year
- 1981
- Dally M Lock Of The Year
- 1981
- Dally M Player Of The Year
- 1981
- National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
- 2008
- NSWRL Hall Of Fame
- 2018
Known Family Links
- Son
- Mat Rogers
Biography
Additional Notes
Father of Mat Rogers.
Rogers holds the standing record for the most points ever scored for the Cronulla club
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.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Craven Mild Cup | 16 | 4 | 10 | - | 32 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 56.25% | List | ||||
NRL | 228 | 90 | 544 | 10 | 1376 | 126 | 93 | 9 | 55.26% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 15 | 7 | 6 | - | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 93.33% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 15 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 70 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 7 | 10 | 48 | - | 127 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 8 | 6 | 5 | - | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 35 | 21 | 12 | - | 87 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 91.43% | List | |||
World Cup | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 20 | 9 | 4 | - | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 90.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 9 | 4 | 4 | - | 40 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
English Championship | 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 | 1975, 1978-79, 1981-83 | 26 | 12 | 4 | - | 45 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 88.46% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1975 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Firsts | 1973, 1975-81 | 16 | 7 | 7 | - | 35 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 93.75% | List | |||
NSW City Seconds | 1975 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1975-79, 1981-83 | 8 | 6 | 5 | - | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | |||
NSW | 1980-82 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1973-1983 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 64 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 82.76% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1973 | 22 | 7 | 49 | - | 119 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 77.27% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1974 | 12 | 2 | 23 | - | 52 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.67% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1975 | 20 | 8 | 66 | - | 156 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 45.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1976 | 17 | 8 | 25 | - | 74 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47.06% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1977 | 17 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 146 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1978 | 23 | 10 | 49 | 1 | 129 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 65.22% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1979 | 20 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 86 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1980 | 19 | 6 | 47 | - | 112 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 36.84% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1981 | 23 | 14 | 76 | - | 194 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 56.52% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1982 | 25 | 9 | 79 | 2 | 187 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 52.00% | List | |||
St George | NSWRFL 1983 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 90 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
St George | NSWRL 1984 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1985 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Cronulla | 1973-82, 1985 | 200 | 82 | 502 | 5 | 1255 | 111 | 81 | 8 | 55.50% | List | |||
St George | 1983-84 | 28 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 121 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 53.57% | List | |||
Overall | 1973-1985 | 228 | 90 | 544 | 10 | 1,376 | 126 | 93 | 9 | 55.26% | List | |||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Widnes | 1985/86 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Widnes | 1985 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
Newspapers, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1986-87
Your Say
10/06/2011
Man...this guy was the best
30/08/2013
An absolute legend as a player and a captain. Rogers was an exciting runner of the ball, a highly competent goal kicker, and the best player Cronulla has ever had. His brilliant play helped lead Cronulla to two Grand Finals. This is something that even ET never achieved.
15/07/2014
The prince of centres simply the best
24/09/2015
Watching league since 1975,no one better ,all class,great sportmanship,he just glided around the defence.
04/03/2017
absolutely loved the sharks team of late 70s/early 80s.
greg pierce, the Sorenson brothers, the mullanes, rick bourke, steve Edmunds, hansard, haddock etc.
best of all was this guy.
along with Cronin the best centre of the era.
13/11/2017
for awards and accolades you could add:
1981 tooth cup player of the series
07/03/2018
Prince of Centres Sharks legend.
X factor brilliance in attack. Superb defence. Future Immortal
01/01/2019
he had everything he is the greatest player I have seen.
27/07/2020
Steve Rogers was my idol growing up and truly deserves the name Prince of centres.
14/08/2020
I used to drink with Changa Langlands at the Glenroy Hotel in Alexandria (where many former players used to gather) in the early 2000s and I asked him one day who he thought was the best centre since Reg Gasnier. He replied "Steve Rogers"
A huge endorsement from an immortal of rugby league!
22/10/2020
I just wondering why Steve Rogers has never been nominated for the NRL immortals list. I would of thought he deserved to be up there.
12/11/2020
Still the greatest Australian centre since Gasnier. Had a brilliant Dally M winning season at lock in 1981, made something happen every time he got the ball. Then starred on the 1982 Kangaroos tour in reality playing at five-eighth off of Sterling with Kenny running of him at centre. So excelled at the highest levels in three different positions, not many can do that.
15/08/2021
Rogers also led Cronulla to their amco cup win in 1979 which was the only top-level title the Sharks held until their grand final win in 2016.
In the 1981 tooth cup Cronulla again reached the final (losing to souths) and Rogers was named player of the series.
12/03/2023
He was without doubt my favourite player growing up...a few other things under "Awards and Accolades" that could be mentioned...1981 Leading Pointscorer in the Premiership...1981 Mid-Week Cup Player of the Series...he also holds the record for most points scored in a single game in the history of the Mid-Week cup, scoring 33 points against Central Queensland in the 1977 Amco Cup.
31/12/2023
As much recognition he got, it was never enough. He was the most gifted rugby league player I ever watched. Great attacking centre, rock solid in defence, great kicking game. Great leader. How he was never chosen as an immortal of the game is a disgrace.
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