The Suva Courier
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
Maleli Drudru is out at Suva
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
Tuimasi Kalounaiwai takes charge at Suva
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Ajesh Chand says Suva went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Simione Nabenu signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Simione Nabenu commits to Suva for another 4 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
A falling-out at Suva
Seb Stacey 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
Graduation day at Suva
6 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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Neerav Goundar 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 terraces5 Mar 2029
Suva supporters have found a favourite in Revans Reddy
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Revans Reddy has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market5 Mar 2029
Napolioni Begg steps up from the Suva academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Napolioni Begg 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jale Krishna joins the Suva first team
- Market One of our own: Kolinio Qaraniqio joins the Suva first team
- Market One of our own: Aporosa Hughes joins the Suva first team