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- Ray_French abstract "Raymond James French MBE (born 1939) is a 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.".
- Ray_French wikiPageExternalLink player_records?search=French&submit=Go&c=GB.
- Ray_French wikiPageExternalLink summary.html.
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- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1961_Five_Nations_Championship.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1961_Lancashire_Cup.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1961–62_Northern_Rugby_Football_League_season.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1963_Lancashire_Cup.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1963–64_Northern_Rugby_Football_League_season.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1964_Lancashire_Cup.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1964–65_Northern_Rugby_Football_League_season.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1965_BBC2_Floodlit_Trophy.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink 1965–66_Northern_Rugby_Football_League_season.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Alex_Murphy_(rugby_league).
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink BBC.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink BBC2_Floodlit_Trophy.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink BBC_Radio_Merseyside.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Brian_Ashton_(rugby_union).
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Castleford_Tigers.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:1939_births.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:BBC_sports_presenters_and_reporters.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_sports_broadcasters.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dual-code_rugby_internationals.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:England_international_rugby_union_players.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_rugby_league_commentators.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_rugby_league_players.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_rugby_union_players.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_schoolteachers.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team_players.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rugby_league_second-rows.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rugby_union_locks.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sportspeople_from_St_Helens,_Merseyside.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:St_Helens_RLFC_players.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Category:Widnes_Vikings_players.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Central_Park_(Wigan).
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Challenge_Cup.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Colloquialism.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Cowley_International_College.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink England_national_rugby_union_team.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Headingley.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Humberside.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Knowsley_Road.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Leigh_Centurions.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Les_Boyd.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink List_of_dual-code_rugby_internationals.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink M62_motorway.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Martin_Offiah.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Rugby_league.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Rugby_league_county_cups.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Rugby_union.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink St_Helens,_Merseyside.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink St_Helens_RFC.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Station_Road,_Swinton.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Stonyhurst_College.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Swinton_Lions.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Teacher.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Vince_Karalius.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Widnes_Vikings.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLink Wigan.
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLinkText "R. J. French".
- Ray_French wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ray French".
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- Ray_French subject Category:1939_births.
- Ray_French subject Category:BBC_sports_presenters_and_reporters.
- Ray_French subject Category:British_sports_broadcasters.
- Ray_French subject Category:Dual-code_rugby_internationals.
- Ray_French subject Category:England_international_rugby_union_players.
- Ray_French subject Category:English_rugby_league_commentators.
- Ray_French subject Category:English_rugby_league_players.
- Ray_French subject Category:English_rugby_union_players.
- Ray_French subject Category:English_schoolteachers.
- Ray_French subject Category:Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team_players.
- Ray_French subject Category:Living_people.
- Ray_French subject Category:Members_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Ray_French subject Category:Rugby_league_second-rows.
- Ray_French subject Category:Rugby_union_locks.
- Ray_French subject Category:Sportspeople_from_St_Helens,_Merseyside.
- Ray_French subject Category:St_Helens_RLFC_players.
- Ray_French subject Category:Widnes_Vikings_players.
- Ray_French hypernym Union.
- Ray_French type Broadcaster.
- Ray_French type List.
- Ray_French type OfficeHolder.
- Ray_French type Organisation.
- Ray_French type Broadcaster.
- Ray_French type Commentator.
- Ray_French type Educator.
- Ray_French type List.
- Ray_French type Redirect.