Matthew Rogers (Australian rules footballer)

Matthew Rogers
Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-11-25) 25 November 1973
Original team	South Adelaide (SANFL)
Debut	Round 1, 26 March 1994, Richmond v. Footscray, at Western Oval
Height/Weight	187cm / 82kg
Playing career1
Richmond (1994–2004) 197 games, 163 goals
1 Playing statistics to end of 2006 season .
Career highlights
Richmond Best First Year Player 1994 Richmond Kevin Bartlett Medal 1999 Richmond Leading Goalkicker 2000 Interstate Games:- 2

Matthew Rogers is a former Australian rules football player who played in the AFL from 1994 to 2004 for the Richmond Football Club.

Rogers was drafted in the 1992 AFL Draft, at no. 37 pick (Richmond's fourth). He didn't play his first league game until 1994, playing mainly on the wing and half-forward line kicking 26 goals in that season. His best goal-scoring season was 2000 when he kicked 37 goals and lead the club in goalkicking, during the absence of Matthew Richardson due to injury in that year.

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

• Matthew Rogers's statistics from AFL Tables