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Ray Fench MBE


Price Range : £0-£1000
Rugby League Speaker, Rugby Union Speaker
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Former rugby union and rugby league dual-code international player who achieved the rare honour of representing his country (England) at international level in both codes of the game. French won his four caps for the England national rugby union team in 1961 as a lock forward, playing in all four matches of the 1961 Five Nations Championship. After switching to rugby league as a Second-row, French enjoyed a spell at his home town club, St Helens, but also enjoyed a successful spell at Widnes which he remembers fondly.
After training as a school teacher, he taught at Cowley School in St Helens, Lancashire, where his local counterparts included Brian Ashton who taught at Stonyhurst College.
As well as continuing to coach rugby, French became a well known commentator on rugby league on both television and radio. He commentated for the BBC on every Challenge Cup final between 1982 and 2008. He is well known for his range of colloquialisms. French is regularly heard on the Rugby League show Try Time each Thursday on BBC Radio Merseyside giving his views on the state of the game in his forthright way.
In 2010 French received the Mike Gregory Spirit of Rugby League Award to mark his contribution to the game.
Also President of the St Helens Past Players’ Association, French was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to rugby league.Button_3

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