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Bert Laing
Personal information
Full nameHenry Bircher Laing
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
PositionStand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1919–22 City Rovers (ARL) 6 2 0 22
1922–27 Devonport United 20 46 3 158
Total 0 26 48 3 180
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1919–26 Auckland 13 10 4 0 38
1922 Auckland Province 1 2 0 0 6
1919–1925 New Zealand
1921–22 Australasia
1926 North Island 1 1 0 0 3

Henry Bircher "Bert" Laing[1] is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand and Australasia. His brother, Albert, was also a New Zealand international.[2]

Playing career

Laing, a standoff from Auckland, represented New Zealand between 1919 and 1925 and was the team's captain in 1925.[1] However he never played in a Test match for New Zealand, due to the team usually playing New South Wales and Queensland during this period.

In 1921 he was the only New Zealander selected to represent Australasia during the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.[3] He scored one try and played in ten matches on tour but was not selected for any of the three Test matches.[4]

Laing played for the City Rovers from 1919 to 1922 but transferred to Devonport United during the 1922 season.

References

  1. ^ a b LAING, Henry Bircher (Bert) 1919, 1921, 1925 - Kiwi #113 Archived 23 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  2. ^ LAING, Albert 1932 - Kiwi #217 Archived 23 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  3. ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
  4. ^ New Zealand Kangaroos - Not Extinct! rl1908.com
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