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{{Short description|British Lions & England international rugby union player}}
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'''Derek Prior "Budge" Rogers''' [[order of the British Empire|OBE]], born in [[Bedford]] on 20 June 1939 and educated at [[Bedford School]], is a former [[rugby union]] player who captained [[Bedford Blues|Bedford]] and played at international level for both {{Nrut|England}} and the [[British and Irish Lions|British Lions]].

His club [[Bedford Blues|Bedford]] recovered after the Second World War and continued to play all the leading teams and had a great spell in the mid-1960s. There were three Bedford players regularly in the England team with [[David Perry (rugby player)|David Perry]] and Rogers captaining their country. In the 1969–1970 season Bedford won the Sunday Telegraph English-Welsh Rugby Table. The Blues finest hour was probably in 1975 when Bedford, captained by Budge Rogers, beat [[Rosslyn Park F.C.|Rosslyn Park]] in the final of the Knock Out Cup (now [[EDF Energy Cup]]) at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] 28–12. There was a gate of nearly 18,000 which at the time was a record attendance.

He later played for the [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians]]. He managed the England under 23s to Canada 1977. The [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]] organised an England tour to the Far East and England, led by Budge Rogers, played two tests in Japan and two tests in Colombo. In the mid-1980s he was chairman of the England selectors. In 2000 he was managing the England team. In 2001 he was the RFU President. In 2000 he was elected to the board of Trustees of the [[Lord's Taverners]].

He was also the holder of the England record of 34 caps, subsequently beaten, British Lion and Barbarian many times over, captain of England on seven occasions and the first English player to be honoured by the Queen for his services to football.

He owned a [[Jowett Jupiter]] HKY 770 from 1960 to 1964.

== External links ==
*[http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=22715&includeref=dynamic Statistics], at ''Scrum.com''

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{{s-ttl|title=English National Rugby Union Captain|years=1969}}
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