David Nofoaluma has given the Wests Tigers and coach Benji Marshall a social media sledge following a messy divorce from the club earlier this year. The 31-year-old winger’s swipe at his old club was there for all to see when he referenced the club’s three consecutive wooden spoon seasons in a photo shared to Instagram. Watch every game of the 2024 Pacific Championships with expert analysis LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo.
New to Kayo? Start your free trial today > Nofoaluma’s post came after a another tough season with Marshall failing to pull the team up from the bottom spot on the NRL ladder. The speedster famously fell out with Marshall and club officials before reportedly accepting a $300,000 payout for the final two seasons of his contract before eventually signing with the Salford Devils on a 12-month deal. Nofoaluma showed little sympathy for his now-former club when he shared a photo on his Instagram stories which showed him wearing three NRL premiership rings with a caption: “3 wooden spoons”.
Mystery remains over where the veteran sourced the premiership rings. Nofoaluma never won a premiership ring in his 198-game NRL career. The post was widely mocked on the official NRL group on Reddit, which has 280,000 members, with one fan labelling it the “saddest thing I’ve ever seen”.
Nofoaluma played just two games with Salford before returning to Australia. He scored two tries for the for the Glebe Dirty Reds in their 19-6 defeat of the Wentwo.
