The Lautoka Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Epeli Leiroti
114 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Lautoka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ilimotama Jese pulls a muscle — 15 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Lautoka beat the market to Beniamino Lebatavatava from Nadi
Nadi will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Beniamino Lebatavatava has pre-agreed a move to Lautoka, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Lautoka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Junior Anand 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nobody at Lautoka has picked up the phone to Sitiveni Cavuilagi
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Lautoka on Dave Tuisese
- Market Lautoka buy the years ahead of Beniamino Swamy
- Market Lautoka buy the years ahead of Beniamino Waqa