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Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
28 November 1993 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Wing, Centre, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Nofoaluma (born 28 November 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer of Samoan Descent who currently plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. A Samoa international, Prime Minister's XIII and New South Wales City representative, he plays at wing, centre and fullback.
Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Nofoaluma is of Samoan descent. Nofoaluma played his junior football for the Campbelltown Warriors and Campbelltown Collegians before being signed by the Wests Tigers. In 2010, he 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. He played for the Tigers' NYC team in 2011 and 2012, scoring a try as a member of the 2012 Grand Final winning team. On 23 May 2012, Nofoaluma re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract.
In Round 10, Nofoaluma made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the South Sydney Rabbitohs on the wing in the 54-10 loss at ANZ Stadium. The next week against the North Queensland Cowboys at Leichhardt Oval, Nofoaluma scored a match-winning try, winning the game for the Tigers 22-20. In his third appearance in Round 13 against the Penrith Panthers, Nofoaluma scored two tries in the first half in the 20-18 win.