Nasinu U20

29 Nov 2026
Sunday
Process
17 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Rasasa damages knee ligaments — 62 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 62 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.

Squad

A fracture rules Alvish Ram out for 62 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Nasinu will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

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.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Rasasa damages knee ligaments — 69 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 69 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.

Squad

A fracture rules Alvish Ram out for 69 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Nasinu will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Tushal Kumar asks to leave Nasinu

“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.

In brief

  • Squad Jone Naraba in a row with a teammate
  • Squad Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work
15 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Rasasa damages knee ligaments — 76 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 76 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.

Squad

A fracture rules Alvish Ram out for 76 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Nasinu will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Ashok Kumar puts it in writing

“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.

In brief

14 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Rasasa damages knee ligaments — 83 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 83 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.

Squad

A fracture rules Alvish Ram out for 83 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Nasinu will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Nasoni Mereke asks to leave Nasinu

“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.

In brief

13 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Rasasa damages knee ligaments — 90 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 90 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.

Squad

A fracture rules Alvish Ram out for 90 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Nasinu will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

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.

In brief

  • Squad Amani Makoe falls out with a teammate over standards
  • Market The clock does Newton Tabe’s negotiating for him
12 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Rasasa damages knee ligaments — 97 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 97 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.

Market

Tushal Kumar puts it in writing

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Nasinu

Jonetani Buksh 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.

In brief

  • Squad Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work
  • Squad 8 new faces, and Nasinu are still learning each other
11 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Rasasa damages knee ligaments — 104 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 104 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.

Market

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.

Squad

Jonetani Buksh stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonetani Buksh and Nasinu agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

10 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mohammed Rasasa damages knee ligaments — 111 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 111 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.

Market

Nasoni Mereke puts it in writing

“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.

Squad

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.

In brief

9 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

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.

Squad

Amani Makoe 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.

Squad

Nikesh Singh has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Nasinu will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

8 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kalisito Veikoka is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

  • Squad 8 new faces, and Nasinu are still learning each other
  • Squad Emori Ragata has become a man the manager trusts
7 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Ashok Kumar puts it in writing

“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.

Squad

Amani Makoe 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.

Squad

Jonetani Buksh 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Manit Lal

“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.

Squad

Taniela Rakariva has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Taniela Rakariva keeps the shirt for now, at Nasinu's convenience rather than his own.

Market

Jonetani Buksh linked with a move away

The name of Jonetani Buksh keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nasinu say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

6 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Nasoni Mereke asks to leave Nasinu

“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.

Squad

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.

Squad

Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Amani Makoe is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

5 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Kalisito Veikoka asks to leave Nasinu

“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.

Market

Nasinu turn down Navua for Kelemedi Matou

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Nasinu get their man

The chase for Tevita Ravia ended with $6.0K changing hands and Nadi out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

Jonetani Buksh 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.

Squad

Kalisito Veikoka 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.

Squad

Nikesh Singh has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Nasinu will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

4 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Manit Lal puts it in writing

“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.

Squad

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.

Squad

Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Amani Makoe is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

Navua watching Kelemedi Matou

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nasinu have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

6 new faces, and Nasinu are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Squad

Emori Ragata has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Nasinu will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

3 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The cup run ends for Nasinu

0‑0 against Tailevu Naitasiri, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad

Emori Ragata is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Emori Ragata: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Market

Ashok Kumar asks to leave Nasinu

“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.

Market

Nasinu turn down Rewa for Newton Tabe

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

Nikesh Singh shuts the door

Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

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.

Squad

Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nasoni Mereke is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings

Sanaila Waqanicakau misses from twelve yards

It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.

Squad

No hiding place for Iliesa Rakuka

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Iliesa Rakuka, and the manager let it.

In brief

2 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Nasoni Mereke asks to leave Nasinu

“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.

Squad

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.

Squad

Kalisito Veikoka 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.

Market

No place for Manasa Levaci in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Manasa Levaci has his answer from Nasinu; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market

Rewa expected to open talks for Newton Tabe

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Nasinu will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market

Nasinu and Amani Makoe are talking past each other

“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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Nasinu Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Kalisito Veikoka asks to leave Nasinu

“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.

Squad

Emori Ragata signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emori Ragata commits to Nasinu for another 2 years.

Squad

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.

Squad

Nasoni Mereke 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.

Market

No place for Sanaila Waqanicakau in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sanaila Waqanicakau has his answer from Nasinu; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market

Nasinu and Emori Ragata are talking past each other

“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.

In brief