His usual position was running on the sideline, scoring hectic tries, generally using a cracking goosestep to leave defenders in his wake.

The "Noa Nadruku Trophy" is awarded to the Australia Fijian Rugby League's player of the year.

In 1993, while playing in the Rugby League World Sevens for Fiji, he was spotted by Canberra Raiders coach Tim Sheens and invited to train with the team.

Nadruku, Mullins and Laurie Daley held the Raiders together in a 1996 season decimated by injuries to Ricky Stuart and Bradley Clyde and suspensions to Kiwi props John Lomax and Quentin Pongia.

A dispute over an off-field incident in which Nadruku was charged, but later acquitted of assault, led to his sacking from the Raiders at the end of 1997.