Bevan French
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| French playing for the Eels in 2015. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 4 January 1996 Tingha, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2016– | Parramatta Eels | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Bevan French (born 4 January 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He plays at fullback and wing.
Background
Born in Tingha, New South Wales, French is of Indigenous Australian descent and played his junior rugby league for the Tingha Tigers. French is the nephew of former Australian international and St George Illawarra Dragons winger Nathan Blacklock.[2]
Playing career
Early career
At the age of 15, French began playing for Tingha's first-grade team at fullback, playing against men twice his age.[3]
Early in 2013, French was pursued by 6 NRL clubs; Parramatta, Melbourne, Newcastle, the Gold Coast, Penrith and St. George Illawarra. He eventually signed for the Parramatta Eels, stating that he chose the club because he "just had a feeling". In 2015 and 2016, he played for the Eels' NYC team.[4] In 2015, he began the season at five-eighth, before moving back to fullback for the remainder of the year, finishing the season with 16 tries in 22 games.[5] On 11 July 2015, he re-signed with the Eels on a 3-year contract to the end of the 2018 season.[6]
2016
In February, French participated in Eels' 2016 NRL Auckland Nines tournament win, scoring 8 tries in the tournament, the record for most tries in a Nines tournament.[7] He was also named in the team of the tournament.[8] In round 12 of the 2016 NRL season, French made his NRL debut against the Newcastle Knights, scoring a try on debut.[9][10] In round 15, against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, French scored his first double in the Eels 30-12 win at ANZ Stadium.[11] In round 17, against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, French scored his first hatrick of tries in the Eels 34-24 loss at Shark Park.[12]
References
- ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Bevan French - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
- ↑ Chris Barrett. "Parramatta Eels young gun Bevan French in line for NRL debut against Newcastle". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ "Huge wrap on Parramatta Eels' 17-year-old Bevan French, who six NRL clubs were chasing".
- ↑ NRL. "Team List: Eels NYC v Storm - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ "F". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ ParraEels.com.au (11 July 2015). "Eels re-sign seven players".
- ↑ Michael Carayannis (2016-02-07). "Auckland Nines: Parramatta Eels beat New Zealand Warriors to claim title". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ "Auckland Nines Team of the Tournament". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ "Foran injured as Eels hold off Knights". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ Barrett, Chris (29 May 2016). "Parramatta Eels young gun Bevan French in line for NRL debut against Newcastle".
- ↑ "Brave Eels keep finals hope alive".
- ↑ Pengilly, Adam (3 July 2016). "Parramatta Eels' Bevan French matched only by Israel Folau as home visit sparks try-scoring spree".