The Tailevu Naitasiri Gazette
Market8 Mar 2027
Rajneel Singh 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 The request is on a desk at Tailevu Naitasiri, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Tailevu Naitasiri
Sikeli Tuiloma 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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Tailevu Naitasiri
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Alipate Begg joins the Tailevu Naitasiri first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alipate Begg is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Tailevu Naitasiri promote Laisenia Naranayanan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Laisenia Naranayanan 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
Roy Bari steps up from the Tailevu Naitasiri academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roy Bari 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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Tailevu Naitasiri come up short against Ba
Ba left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
No investment in the facilities at Tailevu Naitasiri
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A first senior shirt for Alipate Begg
Every debut is a small story about the future: Alipate Begg, 17 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
In brief
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Asaeli Tunidau
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Sakiusa Saqiri
- Squad Questions about France Catarogo on the training pitch