Chris Budgen playing rugby for the British Army Rugby team at Twickenham in April 2016. A Kiwi-born former British rugby player could be extradited back to New Zealand to face a historical rape allegation in Rotorua. The British Home Office told Stuff that Chris Budgen appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on December 2 where he consented to his extradition to New Zealand. According to The Mirror, Budgen has agreed to face trial over the alleged rape in Rotorua in 1991, when he was 18. EXETER CHIEFS Chris Budgen on playing for Exeter Chiefs in 2013. A spokesperson for the British Home Office said a Judge sent the case to the Home Secretary to decide whether to order extradition.