Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Chimpy
- Born
- Friday, 5th December, 1947
- Current Age
- 78 years and 116 days
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.
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| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 126 | 55 | - | - | 165 | 51 | 69 | 6 | 40.48% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 22 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Endeavour Cup | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 150 | 57 | - | - | 171 | 60 | 84 | 7 | 40.00% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Southern Division | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1969 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1970 | 18 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 27.78% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1971 | 22 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 18.18% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1972 | 20 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1973 | 23 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 52.17% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | NSWRFL 1974 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1975 | 11 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1976 | 16 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 56.25% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1969-72, 1975-76 | 99 | 44 | - | - | 132 | 37 | 57 | 5 | 37.37% | List | ||||
| Canterbury | 1973-74 | 27 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 51.85% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1969-1976 | 126 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 51 | 69 | 6 | 40.48% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, Wests Archives, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
30 Jun 2011 6:15pm
This is my dad. I am so excited to have found this information on him. I am totally blown away.
20 Jun 2015 9:04pm
Don Rodgers was my cousin and his nick name was Buck Rodgers. I would go with my parents to watch him play at Lidcombe Oval at the age of 13 years old.
15 Mar 2016 1:16am
In the early 1980s, Don captained the NSW Fire Brigades rugby league side.
5 Oct 2017 6:08am
I remember him Lisa. I was a Lidcombe boy and started following the Magpies as a kid about 1970. Don was my favourite player then.
12 May 2020 5:09pm
I had the pleasure of playing with Don in 1981. He was our 5/8th. We won the comp Western Districts business houses first grade experience was invaluable. We also had John Bifida in that side. Don was a great bloke to be around. We were all sad to hear he had passed away at only 50. Don is on the Enfield Daily RLFC.
23 Oct 2020 10:17pm
Some pretty good stats to come across of my Dad that I hadn’t seen before.
22 Dec 2020 9:23am
I went to school at Blaxcell street public Sth Granvillr. Don was in my class in primary and was always rugby mad . He worked as a butcher next door to where I worked in a grocery . He rode a motor bike to work . When I was 27 in 1975. I joined the Fire Brigade and he joined in 1976 and was stationed at HQ . I often saw and spoke to him at change of shift . He past away sudenly in 1998 He was always great to talk to and a realy nice bloke , a great loss .
19 May 2021 8:41am
Don was the centre of a conversation I had with old concord united players. Don was remembered as the toughest shy bloke you would ever want to meet. He and I chatted frequently at the butchers shop in Granville and at the fire station in Burwood. Don and I would get on the grog after training Tuesday and Thursday night after training at rubies he loved his motorbike
Don displayed a talent very rarely seem as a junior with concord united. Sport is not the only criteria when we remember our mates he was one of natures gentleman we his old mates at concord united we remember him as a good bloke.
12 May 2022 2:41pm
Don coached us at Holman in the Juniors for a couple of years. A real good bloke.
7 Dec 2025 8:02pm
Back in the late 60's, early 70's, Don Rogers would frequent my Pop/Uncle Jim, "Brown's Butcher Shop" in Queen St, Concord West. He'd call in after training with good mates, and fellow Western Suburbs Magpies players, Kevin Brown (my cousin) and Tom Raudonikis. I was only 6-8 years old at the time, but I recall, calling my cousins rugby league teammates, "Uncle Don" and "Uncle Tom" (RIP) like it was yesterday!
7 Dec 2025 8:12pm
Back in the late 60's, early 70's, Don Rogers would frequent my Pop/Uncle Jim, "Brown's Butcher Shop" in Queen St, Concord West. He'd call in after training with good mates, and fellow Western Suburbs Magpies players, Kevin Brown (my cousin) and Tom Raudonikis. I was only 6-8 years old at the time, but I recall, calling my cousins rugby league teammates, "Uncle Don" and "Uncle Tom" (RIP) like it was yesterday!
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