The Labasa Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Labasa turn down Suva for Aporosa Yada
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lautoka tell Labasa: Atunaisa Naucukidi 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Akeimi Ralulu 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 Labasa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Labasa promote Isikeli Hughes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Isikeli Hughes 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Aporosa Krishna steps up from the Labasa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aporosa Krishna has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Anare Nawalu joins the Labasa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Anare Nawalu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Netani Suluka
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sailimone Ravonokula still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Labasa would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Jitoko Vulava knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jitoko Vulava trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Sitiveni Rakai are not good
- The dugout Samuel Navoce keeps his manager's vote