Raymond James "Ray" French, MBE (born 23 December 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. Wikipedia