{"id":367752,"date":"2024-02-14T19:15:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=367752"},"modified":"2024-02-14T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T21:03:05","slug":"axed-star-whacks-tigers-after-brutal-benji-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=367752","title":{"rendered":"Axed star whacks Tigers after brutal Benji act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exiled winger David Nofoaluma<\/a> has opened up about his messy exit from the Wests Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nofoaluma spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> after it was revealed he will continue his rugby league career in England with Salford.<\/p>\n

\ufeffHe scored 100 tries – the most in Tigers history – across 192 NRL games for the joint venture side, but was brutally told by new coach Benji Marshall his time at the club was done.<\/p>\n

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Nofoaluma accepted a $300,000 payout to leave Concord, but only after he says negative stories about him were leaked to media to tarnish his reputation.<\/p>\n

"It hurts me personally," Nofoaluma told the Herald.<\/p>\n

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"A lot of times, people don't realise we're humans before athletes.<\/p>\n

"Instead of dealing with it on a personal level \u2026 there's no need to go to the press [to leak negative stories]. I don't think it's a nice thing to do.<\/p>\n

"It shows what type of club you are. I don't have to deal with that any more, which is a good thing.<\/p>\n

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"These days, rugby league is a business. If I was to give advice to any young athlete, don't take loyalty [as an expectation]."<\/p>\n

The Tigers have previously been admonished by current and former players, as well as coaching staff, for leaking information to media.<\/p>\n

Nofoaluma's only other NRL games came for Melbourne when he was loaned to the Storm for a short period in 2022.<\/p>\n

He says "it wasn't the same" once he returned to the Tigers the following year.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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