Bert Laing

Bert Laing

Personal information
Full name	Henry Bircher Laing
Born	New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Stand-off
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	City Rovers (ARL)
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Auckland
1919–1925	New Zealand
1921–1922	Australasia

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 teams 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]

References

1. LAING, Henry Bircher (Bert) 1919, 1921, 1925 - Kiwi #113 Archived April 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. nzleague.co.nz
2. LAING, Albert 1932 - Kiwi #217 Archived April 23, 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