Ray Tabern

Raymond "Ray" Tabern (13 October 1953) is a rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England (Under-23s and XV), and at club level for Leigh RUFC, as a hooker, i.e. number 2, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Leigh (Heritage No. 892),[2] Fulham RLFC (Heritage No. 43) and Workington Town, as a hooker, i.e. number 9.

Raymond Tabern

Personal information
Full name	Raymond Tabern
Born	(1953-10-13) 13 October 1953 St. Helens, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P <1980–<80 Leigh RUFC
Rugby league
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1979/80–86/87 Leigh 195 32 0 0 115 >1983–>84 Fulham RLFC >1987–>88 Workington Town Total 195 32 0 0 115 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1982 Great Britain +1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Background

Ray Tabern's birth was registered in St. Helens, Lancashire, England.

Playing career

International honours

Ray Tabern won a cap as an interchange/substitute while at Leigh in Great Britain's 7-8 defeat by France in the friendly at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, Venice on Saturday 31 July 1982.[1]

County Cup Final appearances

Ray Tabern played hooker and was man of the match in Leigh's 8-3 victory over Widnes in the 1981 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1981–82 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 September 1981.

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Statistics at leighrl.co.uk". leighrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

External links

• !Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)
• Statistics at espn.co.uk (RU)