Ratu Halstead

Goalkeeper - Nadi
15 Nov 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Ratu Halstead

12 Edition

The Nadi Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Nilkash Prasad in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nadi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Aidan Malakai Singh

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aidan Malakai Singh, and the manager let it.

Squad

The manager comes out for Ratu Halstead

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ratu Halstead has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

Back issues
8 Edition

The Nadi Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Nadi

Christopher Kumar was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Ratu Halstead keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Ratu Halstead plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

Squad

Clivert Sam is out on the grass again

He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Nadi will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.

3 Edition

The Nadi Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The cup run ends for Nadi

0‑0 against Nadroga, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad

Ratu Halstead decides it from twelve yards

1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Squad

Tempers go at Nadi

Eneriko Matau was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Eneriko Matau runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Siotame Kubu misses from twelve yards

It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.

Squad

Siotame Kubu gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Aron Naicker

Every debut is a small story about the future: Aron Naicker, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

Market

The Pauliasi Tulivou story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Pauliasi Tulivou signs something — a contract at Nadi or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market

Apisai Sesewa runs his contract down

5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Nadi money.

In brief