Nemani Nadolo explains the reason for his early Leicester Tigers exit

"I am lucky, I count my stars that I managed to get a club," Nadolo said.

"I'll be brutally honest with you, I went to Steve and told him my situation - it was my family first. 

"In a normal world you would have something lined up to go to. I didn't have a club," he added to BBC Radio Leicester.

"I had a few conversations with my wife about potentially, maybe, retiring. It wasn't until five, six months down the track, that I was fortunate enough to sign with a club in Australia.

"You can imagine, at the time we were doing really well, on our way to potentially playing in the semi-finals. It was nerve-wracking at times, I was weighing up either retirement or finding something in Australia."

He added: "It wasn't an easy call. I am leaving midway through the season.

"The biggest factor was my family. We've endured some stuff off the field. It was a move for my wife to move home, we've got some stuff we need to address back home in Australia.

"The toughest thing for me was that fact I don't have that long left here. 

"I am kind of torn, if that makes sense. Happy that my wife and my family are going home and going to be closer to my family. But Tigers have been my family here as well."