Voniani Smith

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25 Edition

The Navua Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad18 Jan 2027

The knee: Monit Chand out for 148 days

148 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Navua lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market18 Jan 2027

Mohammed Ledua has said yes to Nadroga

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Navua have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Navua

Jovilisi Borisi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

Navua ask about Abdul Sahil

A loan enquiry to Ba: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

Navua ask about Abishek Baledrokadroka

A loan enquiry to Nadroga: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

Filipe Baravilala has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Navua will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
24 Edition

The Navua Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad11 Jan 2027

Monit Chand damages knee ligaments — 155 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 155 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Penisoni Tirau due for a Navua medical

Everything agreed with Ba, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Navua

Jovilisi Borisi 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.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Ba tell Navua: Mosese Naba is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market11 Jan 2027

One of our own: Laisenia Nailatikau joins the Navua first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Laisenia Nailatikau is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Navua try to borrow Panapasa Tawakece

Nadi have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

The dugout11 Jan 2027

Jovilisi Borisi gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jovilisi Borisi is on it.

The dugout11 Jan 2027

The manager makes an example of Voniani Smith

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market11 Jan 2027

The Mohammed Ledua conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Nadroga will make the call about Mohammed Ledua this week. Navua have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

In brief

17 Edition

The Navua Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad23 Nov 2026

Jared Rongosulia damages knee ligaments — 25 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Navua

Jovilisi Borisi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Misaele Tuisese signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Misaele Tuisese and Navua agree another 3 years.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Filipe Baravilala has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Navua will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Voniani Smith 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.

Market23 Nov 2026

Still no signature from Zainal Ali

1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Navua could get for him.

In brief