David Nofoaluma

Winger

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Height:: 182 cm

Weight:: 94 kg

Age:: 26

Date of Birth:: 28 November 1993

Birthplace:: Newcastle, NSW

Nickname:: Nofa

Debut Club:: Wests Tigers
Opposition:: South Sydney Rabbitohs

Date:: 17 May 2013
Round:: 10

Previous Club:: -

Junior Club:: Campbelltown Collegians / Campbelltown Warriors

Biography:

A local junior of Wests Tigers, David Nofoaluma played Australian Schoolboys and NSW U/18’s in 2011 before stepping up to the club’s Holden Cup team, where he starred and helped the side record a maiden Premiership win in the junior competition.

He made his NRL debut as a teenager midway through the 2013 season, and quickly found his feet in the top flight. Nofoaluma scored the match-winning try in his second game, before crossing for the Dally M Try of the Year against Manly at his local Campbelltown Sports Stadium.

Nofoaluma was on the cusp of making his international debut for Samoa when selected in the squad for the side’s Pacific Test against in 2014, but would be forced to withdraw due to injury.

A regular for Wests Tigers, Nofoaluma would battle knee injuries throughout the following few years but continued to make an impact when on the field — making his representative debut for the Prime Minister’s XIII in 2015, scoring two tries in the 40-12 win over Papua New Guinea.

Missing just one game of the 2016 season, Nofoaluma ended the season as the team’s leading try-scorer with 14 and led the NRL in tackle breaks with 134 in easily the winger’s best season of his career so far. He would finally be rewarded with his debut for Samoa in the end-of-year Test against Fiji, playing out of position at fullback in the historic Test match in Apai, Samoa.

The Campbelltown kid would go one better in 2017 as he played in every game for Wests Tigers — leading the team in metres gained, tackle breaks, offloads and linebreaks. He was named in the Rugby League Players Association Dream Team, capping off a superb season that also saw him re-sign with the club on a four-year deal.

Nofoaluma reached 100 games for Wests Tigers in 2018 and became the club’s all-time top try-scorer at Campbelltown Sports Stadium in the process. In 2019, Nofoaluma became the club's all-time leading try-scoring winger (surpassing Pat Richards) and moved to fifth all-time with eight tries from his 14 games during the year.

Nofoaluma is signed through at Wests Tigers until the end of the 2021 season.

Appearances: 119
Tries: 57

Appearances: 14

Scoring

Tries: 8

Attack

Try Assists: 0
Line Breaks: 6
Tackle Breaks: 97

Passing

Receipts: 344

Defence

Tackles Made: 101
Missed Tackles: 23
Tackle Efficiency

Running Metres

Average Running Metres: 155.1
Total Running Metres: 2170

Fantasy

Total Points: 678
Average Points: 48.4

2019 Season - By Round
Summary														Passing		Defence		Running Metres
Round	Opponent		Score	Position	Minutes Played	Tries	Goals	Points	Kicking Metres	Try Assists	Linebreaks	Tackle Breaks	Post Contact Metres	Offloads	Receipts	Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Total Running Metres	Hit Up Running Metres	Kick Return Metres
11	Rabbitohs	Lost	32 - 16	Winger	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	81	3	33	4	-	210	13	33
13	Raiders	Lost	0 - 28	Winger	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	32	-	28	7	-	148	-	10
14	Cowboys	Won	26 - 27	Winger	85	1	-	4	-	-	1	6	44	2	21	4	2	152	-	25
15	Rabbitohs	Won	14 - 9	Winger	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	18	4	-	116	8	31
16	Roosters	Lost	16 - 24	Winger	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	60	2	32	8	1	164	-	11
17	Eels	Lost	18 - 30	Winger	80	2	-	8	30	-	2	9	32	3	25	6	2	147	-	9
18	Raiders	Lost	20 - 12	Winger	80	1	-	4	-	-	1	6	51	-	24	8	-	154	-	-
19	Knights	Won	26 - 28	Winger	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	27	-	19	14	2	124	11	14
20	Cowboys	Won	28 - 4	Winger	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	59	-	24	9	2	138	14	35
21	Bulldogs	Lost	18 - 16	Winger	80	-	-	-	35	-	-	10	32	2	24	4	5	104	-	2
22	Sea Eagles	Lost	32 - 12	Winger	80	1	-	4	-	-	1	4	46	3	24	12	5	168	21	27
23	Knights	Won	46 - 4	Winger	80	3	-	12	12	-	1	10	97	1	25	6	1	214	-	21
24	Dragons	Won	14 - 42	Winger	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	56	5	24	6	-	174	-	-
25	Sharks	Lost	8 - 25	Winger	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	35	2	23	9	3	151	11	-

Career By Season

	Year	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	Tries	Goals	Points	Kicking Metres	Kicking Metres Average	Goal Conversion Rate	Forced Drop Outs	Try Assists	Linebreaks	Receipts	Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Tackle Efficiency	Total Running Metres	Average Running Metres	Kick Return Metres	Total Points	Average Points
Wests Tigers	2013	15	5	10	-	33%	8	-	32	46	3.05	-	-	-	10	255	86	31	65.97%	1,736	115.77	270	182	12.0
Wests Tigers	2014	15	8	7	-	53%	7	-	28	11	0.74	-	-	-	9	249	73	22	77.33%	1,898	126.59	360	409	27.0
Wests Tigers	2015	10	4	6	-	40%	6	-	24	7	0.73	-	-	1	7	190	96	20	78.23%	1,575	157.53	77	413	41.0
Wests Tigers	2016	23	11	12	-	48%	14	-	56	78	3.40	-	2	1	16	475	174	42	73.20%	3,033	131.89	533	1,042	45.0
Wests Tigers	2017	24	7	17	-	29%	8	-	32	129	5.36	-	1	2	15	571	146	42	73.91%	4,151	172.99	670	1,078	44.0
Wests Tigers	2018	18	9	9	-	50%	6	-	24	31	1.73	-	-	-	7	393	89	27	68.27%	2,724	151.34	352	672	37.0
Wests Tigers	2019	14	6	8	-	43%	8	-	32	77	5.47	-	-	-	6	344	101	23	80.91%	2,170	155.06	222	678	48.4

Career Overall
Summary									Scoring				Kicking					Attack			Passing		Defence				Running Metres				Fantasy
		Year Start	Year End	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %		Tries	Goals	Points		Kicking Metres	Kicking Metres Average	Goal Conversion Rate	Forced Drop Outs		Try Assists	Linebreaks		Receipts		Tackles Made	Missed Tackles	Tackle Efficiency		Total Running Metres	Average Running Metres	Kick Return Metres		Total Points	Average Points
	Wests Tigers	2013	2019	119	50	69	-	-		57	-	228		379	3.18	-	3		4	70		2,469		763	207	73.52%		17,076	143.00	2,485		4,702	39.5