Patrick Hughes

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Tailevu Naitasiri U18
7 Mar 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Patrick Hughes

2 Edition

The Tailevu Naitasiri Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Shivneet Sami turns Navua down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Squad

Abhishek Deo 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 Tailevu Naitasiri this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Lautoka tell Tailevu Naitasiri: 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.

Market

Tailevu Naitasiri promote Patrick Hughes from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick 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.

Market

One of our own: Simione Singh joins the Tailevu Naitasiri first team

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

Market

One of our own: Napolioni Verevou joins the Tailevu Naitasiri first team

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

In brief