The Navua Chronicle
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
Navua run out of patience with Aporosa Tuyaga
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Aporosa Tuyaga clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
Setareki Begg steps up at Navua for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Vinal Prasad signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vinal Prasad commits to Navua for another 3 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Words exchanged at Navua
Vinal Prasad 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.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Navua
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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Ali Mekawir 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.
Market5 Mar 2029
Navua promote Beniamino Kumar from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Beniamino Kumar 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.
Market5 Mar 2029
One of our own: Sitiveni Kumar joins the Navua first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sitiveni Kumar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Mar 2029
Navua promote Epeli Goundar from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Epeli Goundar 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 One of our own: Dave Bari joins the Navua first team
- The dugout Jack Landreth gets it from the manager
- Boardroom Navua pay $3.1K to end Aporosa Tuyaga's contract