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Gary French

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Gary French is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s. He was a half for the Brisbane Broncos in the late 1980s and, whilst at the club, regularly understudied for both Allan Langer and Wally Lewis. He also had stints at British clubs Springfield Borough (1987–88) and Castleford (1988–90). French captained the Broncos on one occasion. He is no relation to Queensland State of Origin brothers Brett and Ian French.

While attending Beaudesert High School, French played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1981.[1]

He played for Souths in their 1985 Brisbane Rugby League premiership grand final win over Wynnum-Manly, kicking the first points of the match.

References

  1. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)