in 2011 naiyaravoro was recruited to sydney rugby league club wests tigers, where he was playing behind the then incumbent, pat richards, david nofoaluma and marika koroibete for a place in the main squad. he played for the balmain tigers in the nsw cup. he scored 23 tries in 15 games for the tigers before an ankle injury ruled him out of the remainder of the season. he was selected into the fiji bati test team to play papua new guinea in november 2011,<ref name="http://www.fijitimes.com"></ref> after a good performance during the ""battle of the batis"".<ref name="http://www.fijitimes.com2"></ref> he made his test debut on the wing for fiji in their victory over the png kumuls at mount hagen.