Osea Cama

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Lautoka
2 Jan 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Osea Cama

9 Edition

The Lautoka Herald

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Zibraaz Sahib damages knee ligaments — 24 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 24 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Saula Waqa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lautoka can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

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.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Lautoka

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout

When it matters, Sairusi Nalaubu plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

No hiding place for Osea Cama

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Osea Cama, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Lautoka Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Saula Waqa has said yes to Labasa

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Lautoka have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Saula Waqa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lautoka can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

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.

Squad

5 Lautoka players away with their countries

The training ground goes quiet for a fortnight. 5 men have gone off to be somebody else’s players, and the manager is left with the ones nobody has called.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Lautoka

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad

Osea Cama signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Osea Cama commits to Lautoka for another 3 years.

In brief

3 Edition

The Lautoka Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Misaele Matai agrees terms with Nadroga

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Lautoka people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Squad

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.

Boardroom

Delon Shankar will join Lautoka for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Delon Shankar has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Lautoka have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Transfer targets

Lautoka try to borrow Michael Singh

Canterbury United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Market

The Joela Biuvanua story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Joela Biuvanua signs something — a contract at Lautoka or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market

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