Trophy named in honour of Rogers
By Margie McDonald
February 28, 2006
THE Sharks and Manly will play for the Steve Rogers Trophy when the two clubs meet in the NRL premiership each season.
Sharks chief executive Greg Pierce, who took over from Rogers after his death at age 51 last month, said the Sharks would always play the Manly game in the 1970s jersey made famous by Rogers as the dashing No.3 in the centres.
"It was either going to be St George-Illawarra or Manly as the logical choices for this trophy and, frankly, Manly jumped at the chance," Pierce said yesterday.
"They were very receptive to the idea and Steve had a lot of friends at Manly like Bozo (Bob Fulton), Max Krilich and Paul McCabe because they played with him in the Kangaroos (Australia)."
The Steve Rogers Trophy will be played for twice this year, in round three on March 25 at Brookvale Oval and round 15 at Toyota Park.
Rogers played a total of 232 first grade games for Cronulla, St George and English club Widnes in the 1970s and 1980s.
He played 17 times for New South Wales pre-State of Origin, and four Origin matches, including the first in 1980. He played 51 times for Australia, including 21 Tests, and toured three times with the Kangaroos.
