Ian French (born 28 December 1960) is an Australian former

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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

Challenge Cup Final appearances

French played for

Castleford Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the t ...

in their 15–14 victory over

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in the 1986 Challenge Cup Final during the 1985–86 season at

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on Saturday 3 May 1986.

Career records

Castleford's most tries scored in a match record is 5-tries, and is jointly held by; Derek Foster against

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on 10 November 1972, John Joyner against

Millom Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon in southernmost Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, about north of Barrow-in-Furness ( by road) and ...

on 16 September 1973, Stephen Fenton against

Dewsbury Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, ...

on 27 January 1978, Ian French against

on 9 February 1986, and St. John Ellis against

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on 10 December 1989.

References

External links

Ian French at thecastlefordtigers.co.ukQueensland Representatives at qrl.com.au
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