8Alex Laing
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AlexLaing

Forward
Weight78KG
  • Date of Birth25 / 10 / 1865
  • Died07 / 11 / 1931
  • Lions Tours1888
  • Lions Origins SchoolsRoyal HS Edinburgh
  • Lions Origins ClubsSouth of Scotland, Roxburgh County, Hawick
Alex Laing was selected for the first British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1888.

The Hawick-born forward left his hometown with brothers Bob and Willie Burnet by night train, cheered on by a large crowd ahead of the five-month tour.

Laing played 26 times while on Tour but did not score any tries.