Freddie French

Frederick Thomas James French was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played rugby union for the Sydenham club in Christchurch, before changing codes and travelling to England where he played rugby league for Warrington and Barrow, as a or.

Playing career

French played, and scored a goal in Barrow's 4–7 defeat by Salford in the 1938 Challenge Cup Final during the 1937–38 season at Wembley, London on Saturday 7 May 1938.

French played, and kicked two conversions in Barrow's 4–8 defeat by Warrington in the 1937 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1937–38 season at Central Park, Wigan, on Saturday 23 October 1937.

French played in Warrington's 30–9 victory over Leigh on 30 November 1935, in his only match for Warrington.