The Tailevu Naitasiri Gazette
Squad8 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Tailevu Naitasiri
Abhishek Deo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Tailevu Naitasiri
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market8 Mar 2027
Roy Sauturaga steps up from the Tailevu Naitasiri academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roy Sauturaga 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Tailevu Naitasiri promote Akuila Tuinakauvadra from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Akuila Tuinakauvadra 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Rusiate Qaraniqio steps up from the Tailevu Naitasiri academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rusiate Qaraniqio 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Tailevu Naitasiri promote Filipe Tiko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Filipe Tiko 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Netani Suluka 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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Tailevu Naitasiri caught on 97 minutes
The board was up, the win was priced in, and then Ba scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.
Loan watch8 Mar 2027
Sairusi Qiolevu counts the days
“I watch every Tailevu Naitasiri game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Rewa runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- Match Merrill Nand rescues a point for Tailevu Naitasiri
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Tailevu Naitasiri