Steve Rogers
Year inducted: 2018
True Blue number: 674
Origin number: 10
Born: November 20, 1954, Sutherland, NSW
Clubs: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St George Dragons
Position: Centre
Premiership career: (1973-85) 231 games, 90 tries, 543 goals, 10 field goals (Cronulla-Sutherland 1973-82, 1985, 202g, 82t, 501g, 5fg; St George 1983-84 29g, 8t, 42g, 5fg)
First Grade debut: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs Parramatta Eels at Endeavour Field, Cronulla on 18 February, 1973
Representative honours: Australia 24 Tests (1975-83); NSW 15 Interstate matches (1973, 1975-81)
Other honours: NRL Hall of Fame 2008, NSW Team of the Century 2008, Rothmans Medal 1975, Dally M Medal 1981
Supremely gifted, Steve Rogers had a devastating mix of speed, balance, craftiness as well as one of the best tackling techniques of his or any era. A consistently outstanding player at all levels of the game he was cruelly fated to never win a premiership, but his efforts on the international stage provided ample compensation. Rogers contribution to the successful Kangaroo tours of 1978 and 1982 underlined his quality and showed why many consider him to be the most complete player of all time.
New South Wales Rugby League respects and honours the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on.
