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From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Nadroga
Sakeo Taganeca and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Nadroga training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bhavneet Singh is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Akuila Mocenica asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Market14 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market14 Sep 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Watisoni Bainimoli will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Nadroga the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ba have kept their man, and Nadroga go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Nadroga training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sakeo Taganeca is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market14 Sep 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ratu Qaraniqio has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market14 Sep 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simione Tiko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nadroga, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Romit Narayan and Nadroga agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Nadroga asked and Rewa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Nadroga
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sakeo Taganeca was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nadroga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Nadroga, another week without a signature from Sakeo Taganeca.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Romit Narayan's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Raj Pillay is in the works
Nadroga have made the call to Ba. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Market3 Aug 2026
Waisea Tale is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Nadroga has been clear about where Waisea Tale stands, which is more than many ever get.