Rogers' shock NRL return
By Dean Ritchie
September 13, 2006
AUSTRALIA champion Mat Rogers will today sensationally announce plans to quit rugby union and return to rugby league with the Gold Coast Titans.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal Rogers, 30, will join coach John Cartwright's side after his Australian Rugby Union contract expires at the end of next season.
Rogers will play the 2007 Rugby World Cup before moving back to rugby league and the region where he grew up.
Gold Coast, the NRL's 16th and newest franchise, has organised a press conference at 9.30am today at Conrad Jupiter's Casino to announce the signing of the dual international.
It is understood Rogers will sign a two-year deal, worth about $600,000.
Rogers, the son of late rugby league legend Steve Rogers, moved from rugby league to rugby union in 2002.
He was rated among the finest rugby league backs of the modern era before shocking the game and signing with rugby union.
His return is a huge boost for the NRL and a major coup for the fledging Titans.
He will join a backline that includes Scott Prince, Preston Campbell, Brian Carney and Steve Turner.
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