From our football correspondent
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Squad11 Jan 2027
31 days out for Emori Ragata after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Nasinu will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
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
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Anare 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Josaia Nailatikau is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Nasinu
Mohammed Shaheer and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Nadi have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Nasinu have made the call to Tailevu Naitasiri. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The training reports on Lauren Bali are not good
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
Market11 Jan 2027
The minutes were not coming at Nasinu, so they will be looked for at Lautoka. A loan out is not a goodbye, but it is always a question: about the player, or about the plan.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Jan 2027
39 days out for Emori Ragata after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Nasinu will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Iliesa Rakuka
20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Nasinu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Nasinu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Amani Makoe was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Nasinu
Mohammed Shaheer 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.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
A loan enquiry to Nadi: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Ba have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Market4 Jan 2027
Lautoka 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.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
Open for business: Nasinu enter the window
The registration window is open and the phone has started. Between now and the deadline this club will be linked with forty players and sign three, which is the usual ratio.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Meli Talevakarua 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.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Dec 2026
Emori Ragata breaks a bone — 46 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 46 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Iliesa Rakuka
28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Nasinu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
Emori Ragata breaks a bone — 53 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 53 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Iliesa Rakuka
35 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Nasinu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market21 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Nasinu
Kelemedi Matou 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Nasinu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Setareki Krishna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Dec 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.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Emori Ragata out for 60 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
42 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Nasinu lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market14 Dec 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Nasoni Mereke for 17 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Nasinu will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Market14 Dec 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abishek Verevou 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peni Qaraniqio 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
67 days out for Emori Ragata after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Nasinu will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Iliesa Rakuka
49 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Nasinu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad7 Dec 2026
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.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
Emori Ragata breaks a bone — 74 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 74 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Iliesa Rakuka damages knee ligaments — 56 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 56 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
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.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Emori Ragata out for 81 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
63 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Nasinu lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Nasinu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Simione Kalounaiwai was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Emori Ragata 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Iliesa Rakuka
70 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Nasinu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Waisake Navunigasau 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.
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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Lauren Bali
“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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
Emori Ragata breaks a bone — 97 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 97 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Iliesa Rakuka damages knee ligaments — 77 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 77 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.
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
A row about effort at Nasinu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Waisake Navunigasau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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.
Market9 Nov 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Napolioni Baledrokadroka is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Emori Ragata out for 105 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Iliesa Rakuka
84 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Nasinu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market2 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Nasinu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Simione Kalounaiwai was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
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Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Nasinu
Jonetani Buksh and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
112 days out for Emori Ragata after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Nasinu will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Iliesa Rakuka
92 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Nasinu lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market26 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.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
Emori Ragata breaks a bone — 119 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 119 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Waisake Navunigasau 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Nasinu
Kelemedi Matou 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.
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Uneasy
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.
Market12 Oct 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Isikeli Nakaci is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Oct 2026
8 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.
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
A row about effort at Nasinu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Setareki Krishna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Meli Talevakarua is on it.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Oct 2026
Waisake Navunigasau 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Manasa Levaci commits to Nasinu for another 1 years.
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Uneasy
Market28 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Roy Goundar, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Waisake Navunigasau 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Nasinu
Jone Naraba and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Sep 2026
37 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Lauren Bali 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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Uneasy
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
Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kelemedi Matou 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Lauren Bali knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Nasinu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Sep 2026
The clock does Lauren Bali’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 Lauren Bali can ask rise.
Market21 Sep 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Tushal Kumar may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Nasoni Mereke is not doing himself any favours
A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.
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Uneasy
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
No thanks: Epeli Verevou rejects the move
Nasinu had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Suva, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Waisake Navunigasau 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simione Kalounaiwai 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.
Squad14 Sep 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.
The dugout14 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Meli Talevakarua is on it.
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Uneasy
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 11 signed and 0 gone
That is the business done at Nasinu until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Nasinu have done the hard part with Suva, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Nasinu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Waisake Navunigasau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Sep 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Newton Tabe 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 Newton Tabe trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market7 Sep 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Anushil Prasad may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The training reports on Maikah Dau are not good
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
65 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad31 Aug 2026
56 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Market24 Aug 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Waisake Navunigasau 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Tailevu Naitasiri have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Setareki Krishna commits to Nasinu for another 3 years.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Setareki Krishna, and the manager let it.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Market24 Aug 2026
Still no signature from Lauren Bali
4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Nasinu could get for him.
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Nasinu
1‑2 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.74 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Labasa have kept their man, and Nasinu go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Waisake Navunigasau 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.
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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Emori Ragata
“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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Newton Tabe beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 12. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Every debut is a small story about the future: Meli Talevakarua, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Maikah Dau and Nasinu agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Nasinu
Jone Naraba and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Josaia Drudru is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Marlon Kumar joins the Nasinu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marlon Kumar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Setareki Krishna is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maikah Dau, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Nasinu training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ashok Kumar 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Nasinu would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
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Steady
Market3 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Waisake Navunigasau commits to Nasinu for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Nasinu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Waisake Navunigasau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Nasinu
Jone Naraba 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Nasinu, another week without a signature from Waisake Navunigasau.
Squad3 Aug 2026
8 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Nasinu has picked up the phone to Bruce Hughes
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Rajneel Singh is in the works
Nasinu have made the call to Tailevu Naitasiri. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.