Samuela Swamy

Central Defender - Rewa
18 Jul 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Samuela Swamy

13 Edition

The Rewa Herald

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A fracture rules Epeli Valevou out for 134 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Delon Shankar is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rewa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Words exchanged at Rewa

Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Samuela Swamy stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuela Swamy and Rewa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A row about effort at Rewa

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jolame Domonikibau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Asivorosi Rabo gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Asivorosi Rabo is on it.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The Rewa Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Epeli Valevou breaks a bone — 141 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 141 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at Rewa

Tevita Waranaivalu 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Asivorosi Rabo

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

Squad

Jolame Domonikibau 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.

The dugout

Josaia Sela gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Josaia Sela is on it.

Market

Gabriele Matanisiga linked with a move away

The name of Gabriele Matanisiga keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rewa say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

11 Edition

The Rewa Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

The knee: Tuimasi Verevou out for 17 days

17 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Rewa lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad

Tevita Waranaivalu 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 Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Samuela Swamy steps up from the Rewa academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuela Swamy 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.

Market

One of our own: Malakai Tiko joins the Rewa first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Malakai Tiko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad

A row about effort at Rewa

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Madhwan Goundar gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Madhwan Goundar is on it.

In brief