At the start of 2012, Ma'afu was close to joining NRL club, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles but nothing eventuated as Sea Eagles recruitment manager, Noel Cleal, who wanted to sign him, went to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs before anything was finalized.
Noël Coward | Noel Gallagher | Noel Fielding | Noel Edmonds | Noel Pearson | Philip Noel-Baker | Noel Pearson (Australian lawyer) | Noel Malcolm | Noel Clarke | Craig Noel | Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker | Noel Pemberton Billing | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (album) | Noel Crombie | Noel | Dream On (Noel Gallagher song) | Tessa Noël | Noel Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton | Noel McCalla | Noel King | Noël Godin | Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy | Noel Crichton-Browne | Noel Coward | Noel Counihan | The Noel Redding Band | Paul Noël Lasseran | Noel's House Party | Noel Purcell | Noel Neill |
Other Manly players selected for the 1986 tour were Noel Cleal, Des Hasler and Dale Shearer.