The Lautoka Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
The knee: Tito Kaumaitotoya out for 41 days
41 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Lautoka lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Lautoka
Sairusi Nalaubu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Lautoka agree a free transfer for Zainal Ali
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ilisoni Tuinawaivuvu falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market17 Aug 2026
The Sairusi Nalaubu story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Sairusi Nalaubu signs something — a contract at Lautoka or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market17 Aug 2026
Lautoka put Leisari Qalica up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Leisari Qalica may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- The dugout Sitiveni Tuyaga asks for a word with the manager
- Market Sailasa Ratu runs his contract down
- Market Leisari Qalica’s agent stirs the pot again
- Squad Misaele Nawalu is out on the grass again