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

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

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 ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), 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 ...

in 2006-07.

References

1975 births Living people 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 {{Fiji-rugbyleague-bio-stub