Career
Primarily a midcourt player, Langman is the vice-captain of the New Zealand national netball team – the Silver Ferns, and also plays for the New South Wales Swifts in the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship. While still a student at Hillcrest High School in Hamilton, Langman was selected for the New Zealand U21 team In 2003 she made her elite netball debut with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the National Bank Cup, and later that year was selected for the Silver Ferns.
The following year she made the Silver Ferns team to contest the 2007 Netball World Championships in Auckland, but almost had to withdraw with a foot injury.
Langman recovered in time for the Championships, in which the Silver Ferns came in second behind Australia. With the start of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship, Langman remained with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, who finished runners-up in 2008.
She was named vice-captain of the Silver Ferns that year, and was elevated to acting co-captain following an injury to Julie Seymour. Although normally a wing defender, Langman became increasingly shifted into different areas of the midcourt to cover gaps left by injured players or personnel changes.
She was also named captain of the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic for the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship season, and continued in the role in 2011.The Magic took out the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group championship in 2012 beating the Melbourne Vixens.
Laura played a very important part in the Magic as captain and playing the centre position with flair. She captained the Ferns several times in 2012, due to Casey Williams being injured, she also captained the 2012 New Zealand Fast5 team, where she led them to a gold medal against England. Remarkably, she has never missed a game for the silver ferns since her debut, which is surely a record in international netball.
On 19 August 2015, the New South Wales Swifts announced their acquisition of Langman for the 2016 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship.
