French reached the final of the 2006 New Zealand Open, losing to former world champion Tony David.
He played in the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, losing 3–1 in the first round to James Wade.
He won his preliminary match against Japan's national champion Akihiro Nagakawa and was then trounced 3–0 by Dennis Priestley in the first round.
He played the Republic of Ireland's Connie Finnan in the preliminary round, and won 4–3 with an average of 85.88, a vast improvement on his 2009 performance.
[1] French represented New Zealand with Preston Ridd in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 3–5 by Austria in the first round.