Marked for Jone Naraba
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Nasinu are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marcos Lange and Nasinu agree another 1 years.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Edward Justin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market1 Feb 2027
Nadroga are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Nasinu will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market1 Feb 2027
At 38, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
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Steady
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market25 Jan 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Nasinu will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Steady
Market18 Jan 2027
Nasinu say no — this time
The offer from Nadroga for Meli Talevakarua was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad18 Jan 2027
15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Market18 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nasinu have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market18 Jan 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ashok Kumar may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market18 Jan 2027
The Nirav Kumar talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nasinu know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market11 Jan 2027
Nasoni Mereke 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Market11 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market11 Jan 2027
At 33, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
Market11 Jan 2027
The name of Savenaca Nakalevu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Ashok Kumar has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ashok Kumar keeps the shirt for now, at Nasinu's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
The phone has started ringing about Iliesa Rakuka again, and this time the name on the line is Nadroga. Nasinu are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market4 Jan 2027
Nasinu have made Jone Naraba available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lauren Bali, and the manager let it.
Market4 Jan 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Apisai Sesewa’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market4 Jan 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Jonetani Buksh leaves Nasinu the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Steady
Market28 Dec 2026
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
143% of the income goes out in wages at Nasinu
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
Tushal Kumar 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mirkamol Annamatov commits to Nasinu for another 3 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
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Steady
Market30 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nasinu, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Praise Chimechetam and Nasinu agree another 3 years.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 184% of everything Nasinu earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Jone Naraba
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market30 Nov 2026
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
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Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Jonetani Buksh
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
“I watch every Nasinu game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Nadroga runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Newton Tabe gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Market9 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nasinu, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sailose Tawake, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Market12 Oct 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nasinu, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Jonetani Buksh knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jonetani Buksh trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Market5 Oct 2026
Ashok Kumar 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 315% of everything Nasinu earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nasinu, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Newton Tabe, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market21 Sep 2026
The clock does Jonetani Buksh’s negotiating for him
3 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Nasinu could ask drops and the wages Jonetani Buksh can ask rise.
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Triumph
Match12 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Nasinu
A 2‑0 win over Tailevu Naitasiri, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market17 Aug 2026
Tushal Kumar 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.55, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jone Naraba, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A first senior shirt for Maikah Dau
Every debut is a small story about the future: Maikah Dau, 17 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market17 Aug 2026
Nasinu have made Newton Tabe available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Ashok Kumar 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 Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jonetani Buksh, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no offer on the table, and Taniela Rakariva’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Market10 Aug 2026
Manit Lal told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Manit Lal has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Nasinu.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nasinu can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emori Ragata commits to Nasinu for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jone Naraba 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 Nasinu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
24 months and counting on Jone Naraba
Still no offer on the table, and Jone Naraba’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Market3 Aug 2026
Newton Tabe told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Newton Tabe has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Nasinu.