The Navua Chronicle
The dugout6 Mar 2028
Jovilisi Borisi says Navua 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Marlon Raju is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Navua is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Filipe Baravilala stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Filipe Baravilala and Navua agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Navua
Jack Landreth and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Navua
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad6 Mar 2028
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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Josaia Nawalu steps up from the Navua academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Josaia Nawalu 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Navua promote Taniela Krishna from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Taniela Krishna 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Akuila Swamy steps up from the Navua academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Akuila 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.
In brief
- Match Navua come up short against Nasinu
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Zainal Ali
- The dugout Aporosa Tuyaga answers for it