Wayne Sing (born 8 January 1968) is an Australian 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 professionally who played in the 1980s and 1990s. Primarily a er, he played for the

Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995–96) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in t ...

Eastern Suburbs Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen New S ...

North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL). Sinc ...

and

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

Playing career

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junior, Sing represented the

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under-19 side in 1987, before being signed by the

. In Round 19 of the

1988 NSWRL season The 1988 NSWRL season was the 81st season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and saw the first expansion of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership outside the borders of New South Wales, and another expansion outside of Syd ...

, Sing made his first grade debut in Balmain's 16–22 loss to the

Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies (legal name: Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Ltd) are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly r ...

. He did not feature again in first grade for the Tigers until 1991, when he played 13 games. In 1992, he moved to the

but struggled for game time, playing just 14 games over three seasons. In 1995, he joined the newly established

, playing in their inaugural game against the

Sydney Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

. Sing played his first full season of first grade for the Cowboys in 1995, playing 20 games. At the end of the season, he won the club's Player of the Year and Players' Player awards. In 1996, he played 15 games for the club before departing at the end of the season. In 1997, Sing played for

in the

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Achievements and accolades

Individual

Player of the Year: 1995 *

Players' Player: 1995

Statistics

NSWRL/ARL

Super League

Post-playing career

Following his retirement, Sing returned to Dubbo, coaching the

Dubbo CYMS The Dubbo CYMS are an Australian rugby league football team based in Dubbo, New South Wales a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia and play in the Group 11 Rugby League. The team was founded in 1947 before joining the group ...

under-18 side.

Personal life

Sing's father, Noel, was also a professional rugby league player, playing for the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith ...

between 1971 and 1973.Yeo, Sing stay true to family tradition
''Daily Liberal'', 2 May 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sing, Wayne 1968 births Living people Australian rugby league players Indigenous Australian rugby league players Balmain Tigers players Sydney Roosters players North Queensland Cowboys players Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Australian expatriate rugby league players Expatriate rugby league players in France Australian expatriate sportspeople in France