Ian French

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Wednesday, 28th December, 1960
Current Age
63 years and 119 days

Biography

Brother of Brett French made 10 State of Origin appearances while playing for Wynnum-Manly in the Brisbane competition in 1985-86 and again after moving to Norths in 1987. The second rower, who was man-of-the-match in the third interstate game in 1985, also had stints with Castleford (scoring a club record 5 tries in a Challenge Cup match against Hunslet in February 1986) and Doncaster in England.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
State of Origin 9 3 -   - 12 3 6 0 33.33% List
English Championship 13 4 -   - 16 4 9 0 30.77% List
Regal Trophy 6 2 -   - 8 3 2 1 50.00% List
Challenge Cup 6 6 -   - 24 5 1 0 83.33% List
National Panasonic Cup 4 2 -   - 8 2 2 0 50.00% List
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) 71 15 -   - 60 27 41 3 38.03% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 3 - -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
UK Second Division 21 5 -   - 20 13 8 0 61.90% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
QLD 1985-87 9 3 -   - 12 3 6 0 33.33% List
Brisbane Firsts 1986 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1985-1987 10 3 0   0 12 3 7 0 30.00% List


Club Career

NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
North Sydney NSWRL 1987 22 5 -   - 20 9 13 0 40.91% List
North Sydney NSWRL 1988 21 6 -   - 24 8 11 2 38.10% List
North Sydney NSWRL 1989 8 2 -   - 8 2 5 1 25.00% List
North Sydney NSWRL 1990 20 2 -   - 8 8 12 0 40.00% List

NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
North Sydney 1987-90 71 15 -   - 60 27 41 3 38.03% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Castleford 1985/86 20 11 -   - 44 10 10 0 50.00% List
Doncaster 1990/91 26 6 -   - 24 15 10 1 57.69% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Castleford 1985 20 11 -   - 44 10 10 0 50.00% List
Doncaster 1990 26 6 -   - 24 15 10 1 57.69% List
Overall1985-1991 46 17 0   0 68 25 20 1 54.35% List

Your Say

  • Phil
    01/08/2017

    I was lucky to play with Ian at Cas, a super guy.

  • Anonymous
    11/05/2020

    Played with Ian from School Days at Iona College Brisbane before he left for Wynnum North High also fortunate to play with Ian at Wynnum Manly Juniours from 73-78 before moving into seniors , Ian was a natural and was always destined for High level , played some games against him as well with him at First Grade Level in BRL , Champion player and all round nice guy , did plenty surfing together as Teenagers with bunch of mates as well

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Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Bill Bates

Sources: NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Match Video, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1986-87, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92