The Tailevu Naitasiri Gazette
Squad5 Mar 2029
Sikeli Tuiloma damages knee ligaments — 86 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 86 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.
Market5 Mar 2029
France Catarogo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tailevu Naitasiri can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Matthew Portelli keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tailevu Naitasiri may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Ravikash Krishna signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ravikash Krishna commits to Tailevu Naitasiri for another 3 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
A falling-out at Tailevu Naitasiri
Mosese Nabose and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
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.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Sakiusa Saqiri frozen out at Tailevu Naitasiri
This is not rotation. Sakiusa Saqiri has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Tailevu Naitasiri is pretending otherwise.
The terraces5 Mar 2029
One of their own: Usaia Tamaniqio
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market5 Mar 2029
Tailevu Naitasiri promote Sakaraia Nakaci from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sakaraia Nakaci 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.
In brief
- Market Tailevu Naitasiri promote Isikeli Kumar from within
- Market One of our own: Ilaisa Nakaci joins the Tailevu Naitasiri first team
- Boardroom Tailevu Naitasiri let a promise lapse