His club 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 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 in the final of the Knock Out Cup (now EDF Energy Cup) at Twickenham 28–12.
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.