David Nofoaluma #164

They took a calculated risk with him, and he made the decision to play on knowing he had the off-season to get surgery and rehabilitate. No real issue as far as long-term risks given the fact he hadn't re-injured himself after the initial prognosis. I bumped into him on his birthday last week. He was walking from Concord to Burwood station, catching the train back home after a day @ work. Shows you just what type of guy he is. I'd really like to see him stay healthy - and maybe get a rep call up this season - anything is possible for David.
 
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They took a calculated risk with him, and he made the decision to play on knowing he had the off-season to get surgery and rehabilitate. **No real issue as far as long-term risks given the fact he hadn't re-injured himself after the initial prognosis.** I bumped into him on his birthday last week. He was walking from Concord to Burwood station, catching the train back home after a day @ work. Shows you just what type of guy he is. I'd really like to see him stay healthy - and maybe get a rep call up this season - anything is possible for David.
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Mate he could've re-injured himself at any time, during any game. He's playing rugby league, a full contact sport, not bloody table tennis!
 
I’m not sure about calculated risk!
By round 16 we were pretty much no chance, why wouldnt he have stepped aside then??
That’s a 3rd of the season to RISK for absolutely no reward…...sounds like we need to be a little more diligent on the injury front.
 
It wasn't about having a chance of making the 8 anymore, Balmanian. Who knows what his motivation was at the time (maybe not getting the wooden spoon)? - the point is, is that it was his choice - it was his decision, irrespective of what the medical team advised him at the time.
And don't think for a minute that he hadn't had specialist consultations either. The guy put the team on his shoulders and literally ran with it at the back end of the season.

He's had surgery, is healthy, is running around 3 months out from the start of the season, AND is catching the South Western train back home after 1st grade footy training ON his birthday…

You all better start bowing down and saluting this man!
 
I see where you’re coming from Dan Blanco.

Just an opinion I had based upon a few other players who have stayed on the pitch in the past and ended up with long term injury’s when possibly preventable.
He is a machine and has genuine tiger passion, passion which I hope rubs of on a few more team mates over the summer.
I’m not religious nor do belong to any defence force…so excuse me if I do not bow or salute big noff, But I will scream my lungs when he hits the gas in open pastures next year.
Glad to hear he’s fit and ready to go. Cheers for the update👍
 
Respect bro - agree on some of the points you've raised, certainly drives home the point on what type of player he is on and off the pitch.

He's someone your teammates want to play for and the fans will always get behind because his heart is in the right place. He's had a lot of trials and tribulations in life (family issues/homelessness) it's hard not to back guys like that when you see them come out the other end of it determined as ever and still hungry for more.

I'm not an army man & wouldn't say I'm 'religious' either but I pray to the God's that he stays fit and we make a run for the 8 for everyone's sake.
 
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Respect bro - agree on some of the points you've raised, certainly drives home the point on what type of player he is on and off the pitch.

He's someone your teammates want to play for and the fans will always get behind because his heart is in the right place. He's had a lot of trials and tribulations in life (family issues/homelessness) it's hard not to back guys like that when you see them come out the other end of it determined as ever and still hungry for more.

I'm not an army man & wouldn't say I'm 'religious' either but I pray to the God's that he stays fit and we make a run for the 8 for everyone's sake.
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Wow!
I didn’t know that at all about him(his personal life).
Goes to show there more than just footy players, yeah I hope the top 8 isn’t far away either mate.
 
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Respect bro - agree on some of the points you've raised, certainly drives home the point on what type of player he is on and off the pitch.

He's someone your teammates want to play for and the fans will always get behind because his heart is in the right place. He's had a lot of trials and tribulations in life (family issues/homelessness) it's hard not to back guys like that when you see them come out the other end of it determined as ever and still hungry for more.

I'm not an army man & wouldn't say I'm 'religious' either but I pray to the God's that he stays fit and we make a run for the 8 for everyone's sake.

Wow!
I didn’t know that at all about him(his personal life).
Goes to show there more than just footy players, yeah I hope the top 8 isn’t far away either mate.
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TIGERS star David Nofoaluma reveals the story of when he was just 17 he’d hit rock bottom.

With nowhere to go and nothing more than the clothes on his back, the flyer went from feeling worthless to an NRL star within two years.

Wests Tigers winger David Nofoaluma has opened up about his life and how he went from rock bottom to making his NRL debut within 24 months.

Prior to making his NRL debut, Nofoaluma was homeless.

Having never met his father and grown up with his grandparents’, the winger had split with his girlfriend who he was living with and got on a bus with nothing more than some change in his pocket and the clothes on his back.

That’s when he remembered an offer from a family friend.

“I was on a bus and I remember (family friends) saying ‘whenever you have it tough, we’re here anytime you need us’ and I was on the bus and the bus happened to go past their place,” Nofoaluma told the Locker Room podcast.

“When the trains aren’t working you have to take a bus. I got on the bus and it went past their place and I still remember the day.

“I got off the bus and knocked on the door and (my family friends) were happy to see me.

“From then I lived with them. I had nothing on me. I was probably at rock-bottom. I was at the bottom and there was nothing going on in my mind. (I thought) I’m worth nothing.

“I was probably 17 years old.

“I left school earlier. I’d just finished High School.”

Fast forward two years and Nofoaluma made his debut.

The flyer debuted back in 2013 after Matt Utai failed a fitness test. He was in his last year of NYC and finished the year in the top grade.

Now he has over 50 NRL games to his name but he’s stayed humble.

“It’s always something I keep in mind,” he said of his journey. “That’s why I’m pretty rapped to be where I am.”
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https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2018/06/07/chemist-warehouse-injury-report-round-14/

Wests Tigers can provide the following Chemist Warehouse Injury Report ahead of the club's Round 14 away game against the Cronulla Sharks.

After leaving the field with injury last week, Wests Tigers can confirm winger David Nofoaluma has suffered a calf injury and is expected to be available for selection after the representative round leading in to the club's Round 16 home game against the Gold Coast Titans at Leichhardt Oval.

No other players are on the injury list this week.

**David Nofoaluma (calf) — Round 16**
 
Wests Tigers training methods are producing results I think it almost impossible that a club at this time of the seson only has one player unavailable due to injury well done.
 
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