Tinhga export and former Parramatta Eels star Bevan French has impressed at Wigan since joining the English Super League club last season, with teammate Jake Bibby describing the speedster's skills as "outrageous".
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French, 24, was named at fullback for the Warriors' 2020 season opener against Warrington at Wigan on Thursday night.
Bibby told Wigan Today: "He's quality. Just from training, I think he's probably the best fullback I've ever seen.
Some of the things he can do are outrageous.
- Jake Bibby
"Honestly, in training his stop-start, his skills, it's ridiculous. Some of the things he can do are outrageous.
"I can't wait to play alongside him and see what he has to offer. I think he's going to have a really good season."
French joined Wigan in 2019 after the Eels released him from the remainder of his contract mid-season.
Wigan Today reported that "French showed his quality after arriving as a late-season recruit from Parramatta, including a dazzling hat-trick against Catalans"
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"After a full preseason, he got a taste of the Wigan fullback role in Sunday's 22-10 friendly loss to Leeds in [Wigan veteran] Liam Farrell's testimonial," the paper reported.
Farrell said: "Bevan looks really exciting in training. We probably missed a bit of X factor at times last year, and the players who have come in - Jackson [Hastings], George [Burgess] and even Bevan now he's been here a bit - will provide that.
"Bevan's looking really sharp, and he can cause teams a lot of trouble."
