The Lautoka Herald
Market1 Feb 2027
Ilisoni Tuinawaivuvu puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Lautoka, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Lautoka
Sairusi Nalaubu 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Lautoka count the cost of losing Taniela Singh
26 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Words at Lautoka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ilisoni Tuinawaivuvu 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A promise honoured for Saula Waqa
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Lautoka told Saula Waqa something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
The numbers do not look good at Lautoka
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Sunny Deol's contract
- Market Window shut, Saula Waqa still here