The Labasa Post
Squad9 Oct 2028
Iowane Matanisiga damages knee ligaments — 65 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 65 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.
Market9 Oct 2028
Jitoko Vulava asks to leave Labasa
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market9 Oct 2028
Kartik Sharma is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Labasa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Aporosa Yada in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Labasa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Ashnil Raju stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ashnil Raju and Labasa agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Ilaisa Vulimainavuso 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.
In brief
- Market Amani Jale steps up from the Labasa academy
- Market Simione Verevou steps up from the Labasa academy