Ian French

Australian rugby league footballer

Ian French

Personal information

Full name| Ian French
Born|  (1960-12-28) 28 December 1960 (age 64)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Playing information

Position| Second-row, Lock
| Club

Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
| Wynnum Manly |  |  |  |  |
1985–86  | Castleford | 20  | 11  | 0  | 0  | 44
1987–90  | North Sydney Bears | 71  | 15  | 0  | 0  | 60
| Total  | 91  | 26  | 0  | 0  | 104
Representative
Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
1985–87  | Queensland | 9  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 12

Source: [1]

As of 24 January 2019

Relatives| Brett French (brother)

Ian French (born 28 December 1960) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. French is the brother of fellow Queensland State of Origin player Brett French. While playing in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership in 1985, French won the Rothmans Medal as player of the season.

## Playing career

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### Challenge Cup Final appearances

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French played loose forward for Castleford in their 15–14 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1986 Challenge Cup Final during the 1985–86 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 3 May 1986.[2]

### Career records

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Castleford's most tries scored in a match record is 5-tries, and is jointly held by; Derek Foster against Hunslet on 10 November 1972, John Joyner against Millom on 16 September 1973, Stephen Fenton against Dewsbury on 27 January 1978, Ian French against Hunslet on 9 February 1986, and St. John Ellis against Whitehaven on 10 December 1989.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Ian French – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
2. ^ "Sat 3rd May 1986 – Challenge Cup – Neutral Ground – 82,134". thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
3. ^ "Records – All Time – Match Records". castigers.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

## External links

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* Ian French at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
* Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au
* Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

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Wynnum Manly Seagulls squad - 1984 BRL premiers

* 1\. Brian Walsh
* 2\. Terry Butler
* 3\. Brett French
* 4\. Gene Miles
* 5\. Warren Green
* 6\. Wally Lewis
* 7\. Peter Dawes

* 8\. Gary Coyne
* 9\. David Green (c)
* 10\. Tony Kajewski
* 11\. Greg Dowling
* 12\. Mal Green
* 13\. Ian French

* Coach: Des Morris

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Castleford squad – 1985–86 Challenge Cup Final winners

* 1 Gary Lord
* 2 David Plange
* 3 Tony Marchant
* 4 Gary Hyde
* 5 Jamie Sandy
* 6 John Joyner (c)
* 7 Bob Beardmore

* 8 Kevin Ward
* 9 Kevin Beardmore
* 10 Barry Johnson
* 11 Keith England
* 12 Martin Ketteridge
* 13 Ian French

* 14 Stuart Horton (substitute)
* 15 David Roockley (substitute)
* Coach: Mal Reilly

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*[FG]: Field goals
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