North Sydney Bears & Eastern Suburbs Roosters
After the unforgettable Foley Shield final, Sydney talent scouts pencilled his name down and in 1983, Laurie was playing in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for the North Sydney Bears.
After two seasons with the North Sydney Bears, the halfback moved to the Eastern Suburbs club where he stayed until 1989, in his 5 years at the Roosters Spina played in 98 matches and scored 19 tries. In 1987 many judges thought Spina would wear the Maroon for Queensland in the State of Origin series after playing in the 'Queensland Country' team against the 'Queensland City ' in a much-publicised match at Lang Park when he played alongside Sam Backo, another Ingham product, but a young Ipswich player, Allan Langer took his chance.
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