“I AM LEAVING “David Nofoaluma have just announced his departure of leaving the team today due to…..

The winger played in the Red Devils’ 22–12 Super League loss to Wigan last Thursday, making his first appearance since August.

 

In that period, he was flown 10,000 miles from Australia following a call from Salford assistant Krisnan Inu, and he was released from his contract with NRL side Wests Tigers, for whom he is the team’s record try scorer.

 

His life in England is going well, and now that he has experienced action once more, he wants more and is willing to remain longer.

 

“I’ve definitely left everything behind, but for me, it’s just doing what’s best for myself,” stated Nofoaluma. I’ll stay if it means remaining here for a long time. I’ll return if it’s headingback.

But I’m enjoying myself here and if you ask me now, I’m lucky to be here but I can’t decide what will happen in the future.

 

“I feel like I made the right decision. What I did in Australia, I’m happy with a lot of my achievements but I

just felt like I needed a change.

These included an hour-long bed-time routine, tapping his toes on the floor before putting his socks on and tieing his bootlaces in an intricate manner.

 

All of them affected his life as he constantly worried about what would happen to his family and friends if he did not perform them.

 

Slade said: “It would add stress and worry. Throughout my childhood I would have to do certain things to feel safe and to have peace of mind that nothing bad was going to happen to my friends and loved ones.

 

“The light switch on the wall I would have to click on and off in the right way.

If I didn’t, I would have to do it a certain amount of times. Getting changed I had to tap my toes on the floor, left foot first — I had a certain order of getting changed.

 

“I had a bed-time routine which took an hour. I would think if I didn’t do it, something bad would happen to myself, my family, my friends, they would hurt themselves or die or get ill.

 

“It got worse over the years and I’d have to keep doing more and more things.”

 

He finally got help from a psychologist after opening up to his Exeter Chiefs team-mates and now concedes his OCD was “ridiculous”.