Ray Tabern

Ray Tabern

Personal information
Born	(1953-10-13) 13 October 1953 (age 71) St Helens, Merseyside, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Leigh RUFC Fylde RFC Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P Lancashire
Rugby league
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1979–87 Leigh 195 32 0 0 115 1984 Fulham RLFC 7 1 0 0 4 1987–89 Workington Town Total 202 33 0 0 119 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1982 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

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 for Lancashire and England under-23's, and at club level for Leigh RUFC and Fylde RFC as a hooker, and representative level rugby league for Great Britain, and at club level for Leigh,^[3] Fulham RLFC and Workington Town, as a hooker.

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

Tabern played rugby union for Leigh RUFC before moving to Fylde RFC, where he was selected to play for Lancashire.^[4] He was also selected for the England under-23 team's tour to Canada in 1977.^[5]

Tabern switched to rugby league in November 1979, signing for Leigh.^[6] He played hooker and was man of the match in Leigh's 8-3 victory over Widnes in the 1981 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1981–82 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 September 1981.^{[citation needed]}

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 Pier Luigi Penzo, Venice on Saturday 31 July 1982.^[1]

In March 1984, Tabern was signed on loan by Fulham RLFC until the end of the season.^[7]

Ray Tabern's father, Walt Tabern, played rugby league for Leigh.

• Statistics at espn.co.uk (RU)