Ian Robert Lacey (born 25 November 1984) is an Australian former professional

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footballer formerly of the

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in the

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. He also played in the forwards for the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...

in the

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competition, before his sacking on 6 October 2007.

Playing career

Lacey made his first-grade debut for the

against

Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...

in round 6, 2006, with Brisbane winning the match 24-6. The Broncos sacked Lacey following allegations that he, along with fellow forward John Te Reo, assaulted a 32-year-old man in central Brisbane on Saturday, 6 October 2007. Lacey was subsequently signed by

team

for 2008. The

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008, the ...

club gave Lacey the opportunity to resurrect his NRL career by signing him for the

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, but he never managed to make a first-grade appearance for the club. In 2012, he played for the Queensland Murri representative side in a match against the

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, which the Murris won 72-18 at Kaiser Stadium in

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. In 2013, Lacey retired from rugby league after 154 Queensland Cup and 23 NRL appearances due to an ongoing neck injury.

References

External links

Ipswich Jets profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lacey, Ian 1984 births Living people Australian Aboriginal rugby league team players Australian rugby league players Brisbane Broncos players Indigenous Australian rugby league players 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Ipswich Jets players Queensland Residents rugby league team players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league hookers Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Brisbane 21st-century Australian sportsmen