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He was the first ever forward to win the NSW Rugby Leagues best and fairest player award, the [[Rothmans Medal]], in 1980.<ref>{{cite journal|author =Adams, Tony |title = Legend Q&A|journal = [[Rugby League Week]]|issue =8 July 2009|pages = pgs 30–31|publisher = PBLMedia |location = Sydney, NSW |accessdate =27 September 2009}}</ref>
===Club career===
A Newtown junior, by 1979 he had progressed to first grade. Bugden was a reserve for the Newtown Jets side that lost the [[1981 NSWRFL season|1981 Grand Final]] against the [[Parramatta Eels]]. The next year, 1982, Geoff Bugden changed clubs and returned to the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] playing for Parramatta in their [[New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1982#Grand Final|Grand Final]] win over [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]].
A serious injury to his chest in 1983 forced Bugden to announce his premature retirement from the game but two years later, he was back for Parramatta only to break his arm. In 1986 Bugden was on the field once more and was part of the Eels' [[New South Wales Rugby League season 1986#Grand Final|1986 Grand Final]] win over the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]], in which he played against his brother [[Mark Bugden|Mark]]<ref>{{cite news
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