David Nofoaluma
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 1993 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre, Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013– | Wests Tigers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| As of 8 September 2013 | ||||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
David Nofoaluma (born 28 November 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays wing, centre and fullback.
Playing career
Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Nofoaluma played his junior football for the Campbelltown Collegians and Campbelltown Warriors before being signed by the Wests Tigers. He played for the Tigers' NYC team in 2011 and 2012,[1] scoring a try as a member of the 2012 Grand Final winning team.[2]
On 23 May 2012, Nofoaluma re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract.[3]
In Round 10 of the 2013 NRL season Nofoaluma made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[4] In his next game he scored a match-winning try, his first in first grade.[5] In his third appearance, he scored two tries in the first half.[6] In total, Nofoaluma scored eight tries from his fifteen appearances in 2013, and was described as, "a revelation on the flank."[7] Despite his limited appearances, he was sixth in the competition for tackle-busts throughout the season.[8] He was named by Phil Gould as one of the rookies of the year.[9]
In July 2013, Nofoaluma gained attention for a try he scored against Manly. Leaping for a Benji Marshall cross-field bomb, Nofoaluma caught the ball before being shoved by Manly winger Jorge Tafua. With most of his body in the air over the dead-in-goal line, Nofoaluma managed to place the ball down for what was described as, "arguably the most acrobatic try of the past decade."[10] It was awarded the Dally M Try of the Year.[11]
Representative career
In 2010, Nofoaluma played for the Australian Schoolboys and also New South Wales U18's team.
In 2011, Nofoaluma again played for the New South Wales U18's team.
References
- ↑ "David Nofoaluma player results, scores, news and statistics". Rleague.com. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ↑ Wayne Cousins (30 September 2013). "Wests Tigers win NYC Premiership". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "Major Signings For Wests Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ↑ "NRL team changes - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ↑ Todd Balym (25 May 2013). "David Nofoaluma's stunning try sees Tigers beat Cowboys 22-20 in thriller at Leichhardt Oval". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ Justin Davies (9 June 2013). "Tigers stun complacent Panthers". League Unlimited. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ Michael Carayannis (30 July 2013). "Leaping Tiger Nofoaluma amazed by wonder try". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "statistics". Rugby League Week (Sydney, NSW: Bauer Media Group) (12 September 2013): page 50.
- ↑ Phil Gould (22 September 2013). "Thirteen for '13: My team of the year". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ↑ Dean Ritchie (31 July 2013). "Wests Tigers winger David Nofoaluma's freak try reaches Hollywood". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ Evan Priest (8 October 2013). "Ruse winger David Nofoaluma's stunning round 20 four-pointer given Dally M Try of the Year". Macarthur Chronicle Campbelltown. Retrieved 10 October 2013.