Aseri Laing (born 6 May 1975), is a Fijian former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played in the 1990s. He played for the

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from 1993–94 and 1996–98 and then the

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in 1999.

Early life

Born in Mt Albert, New Zealand to Fijian parents, Laing played his junior rugby league with Campbelltown City Kangaroos.

Playing career

Joining

, playing in under age and reserve grade competitions, before making his first grade debut in 1994. Laing had a year off from rugby league in 1995, resuming his career with Wests in 1996. In the

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, he made a career-high 20 appearances in first grade. Leaving Wests after the 1998 season, he joined

, making a further five first grade appearances, scoring one try. Laing later represented

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

in 2006–07.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laing, Aseri 1975 births Living people Burleigh Bears players Fiji national rugby league team players Fijian expatriates in Australia Fijian people of British descent Fijian people of I-Taukei Fijian descent Fijian rugby league players Melbourne Storm players Rugby league players from Auckland Rugby league wingers Western Suburbs Magpies players