From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad16 Aug 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 37 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
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Squad16 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Isikeli Sevanaia 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 targets16 Aug 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nadi have kept their man, and Rewa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Asivorosi Rabo, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
A loan move for Rusiate Nabenia is in the works
Rewa have made the call to Nadroga. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets16 Aug 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Josaia Sela gets picked when it counts
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 Josaia Sela is on it.
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Upbeat
Squad9 Aug 2027
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match9 Aug 2027
The view from the top for Rewa
36 points, and the rest of the division looking up. Every side that finishes first spends the season pretending it is not thinking about it, and this one has started pretending.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Rewa
Isikeli Sevanaia 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 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nickel Qaraniqio commits to Rewa for another 3 years.
Market9 Aug 2027
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Akuila Kaumaitotoya 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Ratu Lal steps up from the Rewa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ratu Lal 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.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Leon Kofana has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rewa 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Rewa, another week without a signature from Raj Pillay.
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Upbeat
Squad2 Aug 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad2 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
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Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Setareki Hughes has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Neemish Prasad and Rewa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
When it matters, Raj Pillay plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Neemish Prasad, and the manager let it.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rewa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market2 Aug 2027
The Leon Kofana talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Rewa know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Squad26 Jul 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 58 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market26 Jul 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Epeli Valevou
“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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dave Krishna commits to Rewa for another 3 years.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
The numbers do not look good at Rewa
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
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 Tevita Waranaivalu is on it.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Jonetani Buksh 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Gabriele Matanisiga signs something — a contract at Rewa or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Upbeat
Squad19 Jul 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 65 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Dave Jale
20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Rewa lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
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Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Rewa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. James Pillay 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 dugout19 Jul 2027
Josaia Sela gets picked when it counts
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 Josaia Sela is on it.
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Upbeat
Squad12 Jul 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 72 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The knee: Dave Jale out for 27 days
27 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Rewa lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match12 Jul 2027
Nobody above Rewa
First, on 36 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.
Squad12 Jul 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Epeli Prasad joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Epeli Prasad is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Dave Krishna joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dave Krishna is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Dave Jale joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dave Jale is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Tuimasi Ravai joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tuimasi Ravai is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad5 Jul 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match5 Jul 2027
The season ends: position 1 for Rewa
The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 36 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.
Market5 Jul 2027
Ratu Matai 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 Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Rewa have done the hard part with Nadroga, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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 targets5 Jul 2027
Rewa asked and Nadi said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match3 Jul 2027
A bad afternoon for Rewa against Navua
1‑2 to Navua, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Match3 Jul 2027
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 4 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Rewa have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
In brief
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict
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Player ratings
Nobody could get near Asivorosi Rabo
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Boardroom
Intake day at the Rewa academy
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Squad28 Jun 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings28 Jun 2027
A brace, and Josaia Sela takes the afternoon — 8.91
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Josaia Sela provided it, and the 8.91 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings28 Jun 2027
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match26 Jun 2027
Rewa make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Rewa have 4 straight wins of it.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Match26 Jun 2027
Rewa find a way past Suva
Suva made Rewa work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Looking ahead28 Jun 2027
The big one: Navua come into view
Two sides from the top of the table, one afternoon, and a month of talk decided in ninety minutes. Rewa will not use the word title this week and will not stop thinking it.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
“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.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Roy Baledrokadroka could afford to be generous.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Squad21 Jun 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match16 Jun 2027
Rewa march on in the cup
Tailevu Naitasiri are out and Rewa go through, 4‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match19 Jun 2027
Rewa make home a hard place to visit
12 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Market21 Jun 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.
The dugout21 Jun 2027
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Squad21 Jun 2027
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Saula Waqa
13 goals and a season average of 7.25 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Match19 Jun 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Leon Kofana. 2‑1 against Nadroga, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad14 Jun 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match12 Jun 2027
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Match14 Jun 2027
Nobody above Rewa
First, on 30 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.
Player ratings14 Jun 2027
A brace, and Saula Waqa takes the afternoon — 9.17
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Saula Waqa provided it, and the 9.17 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market14 Jun 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.
Player ratings14 Jun 2027
Up for the corner, and Raj Pillay delivers — 7.81
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Raj Pillay scored, was marked 7.81, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Match12 Jun 2027
Nobody wins at Rewa
11 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad14 Jun 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces14 Jun 2027
Rewa supporters have found a favourite in Asivorosi Rabo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Asivorosi Rabo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
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Upbeat
Squad7 Jun 2027
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings7 Jun 2027
Successful dribbles: 28. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market7 Jun 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.
Match5 Jun 2027
Nadi end the Rewa run at 9
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 9 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Saula Waqa makes the wrong kind of headline
Dealt with internally, which is the phrase a club uses when it would rather nobody asked twice. He will be fined, he will apologise, and he will play on Saturday.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leon Kofana commits to Rewa for another 4 years.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
Rewa asked and Nadi said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match5 Jun 2027
Nadi take the points off Rewa
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
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The dugout
No hiding place for Isikeli Sevanaia
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Looking ahead
The big one: Labasa come into view
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad31 May 2027
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match29 May 2027
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings31 May 2027
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.75, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match29 May 2027
Nobody wants to play Rewa right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Match29 May 2027
Rewa make home a hard place to visit
10 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad31 May 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Player ratings31 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The terraces31 May 2027
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 14-year-old it feels ownership of. Nickel Qaraniqio has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Looking ahead31 May 2027
Top-of-the-table clash for Rewa
Nadi next, and the two sides the division is watching meet each other. Whoever wins will be told nothing is decided in the same breath as being congratulated.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad24 May 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 121 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings24 May 2027
A brace, and Saula Waqa takes the afternoon — 9.02
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Saula Waqa provided it, and the 9.02 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market24 May 2027
“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 Rewa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 May 2027
8 unbeaten for Rewa
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Rewa did not have in the autumn.
Squad24 May 2027
A falling-out at Rewa
Setareki Hughes and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match22 May 2027
The run at home goes on for Rewa
9 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Match22 May 2027
Rewa get the job done against Ba
A 3‑1 win over Ba, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces24 May 2027
He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Josaia Sela was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.21. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad17 May 2027
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match17 May 2027
Nobody above Rewa
First, on 21 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match15 May 2027
Whatever happens, Rewa do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad17 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces17 May 2027
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match15 May 2027
Tailevu Naitasiri made Rewa work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings17 May 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout17 May 2027
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Roy Baledrokadroka could afford to be generous.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad10 May 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 33 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout10 May 2027
“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.
Market10 May 2027
“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 Rewa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 May 2027
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Match8 May 2027
Still nobody has beaten Rewa
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match8 May 2027
Rewa make home a hard place to visit
8 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
The dugout10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Neemish Prasad
“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 dugout10 May 2027
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Squad10 May 2027
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad3 May 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings3 May 2027
Two goals and a mark of 9.58 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings3 May 2027
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.32, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match1 May 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Josaia Sela. 5‑3 against Navua, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Match1 May 2027
8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Rewa and Navua in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad3 May 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Player ratings3 May 2027
Ninety minutes of Saula Waqa at his very best
Marked 9.18. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Rewa.
Match1 May 2027
Rewa leaking at the back
4 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Squad3 May 2027
Tuimasi Verevou 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.
In brief
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Looking ahead
Top-of-the-table clash for Rewa
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Match
The half-term report on Rewa
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The dugout
No hiding place for Epeli Valevou
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market26 Apr 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
No sign of nerves from Nickel Qaraniqio at 14 — 7.91
The hardest thing about being 14 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Nickel Qaraniqio did not need any: 7.91, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad26 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
Marked 8.24 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match24 Apr 2027
Level with 96 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Rewa had all but put away. Suva will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match24 Apr 2027
Rewa and Suva take a point apiece
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Boardroom26 Apr 2027
Belts tighten at Rewa
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
In brief
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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Looking ahead
Rewa take on the side everybody is chasing
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The dugout
When it matters, Josaia Sela plays
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad19 Apr 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 54 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match19 Apr 2027
Rewa refuse to drop out of the race
Position 2, 13 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Saula Waqa takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Saula Waqa was on a different afternoon to everybody else
9.61. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Match17 Apr 2027
Three points for Rewa, 3‑2 the final word against Nadroga in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Match17 Apr 2027
Nadroga blown away early
There is a particular helplessness in conceding 2 times before the twentieth minute. Nadroga tried to reorganise, Rewa did not allow it, and the result was written long before it was confirmed.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tuimasi Verevou, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Apr 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 61 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Misaele Singh joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Misaele Singh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Neemish Prasad, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Marked 8.32 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Marked 8.09 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Delon Shankar and Rewa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match10 Apr 2027
Level with 95 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Rewa had all but put away. Labasa will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad5 Apr 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Match3 Apr 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Setareki Hughes. 1‑0 against Nadi, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Marked 8.03 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Roy Baledrokadroka, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
“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.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Somebody else is better right now than Setareki Waqa
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad29 Mar 2027
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market29 Mar 2027
Jitoko Vulava 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 Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match27 Mar 2027
Nasinu take the points off Rewa
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Ninety minutes of Merrill Nand at his very best
Marked 8.07. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Rewa.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Roy Baledrokadroka after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Boardroom29 Mar 2027
Belts tighten at Rewa
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Neemish Prasad
“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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Squad22 Mar 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
A brace, and Saula Waqa takes the afternoon — 8.70
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Saula Waqa provided it, and the 8.70 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rewa may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match20 Mar 2027
Three points for Rewa, 2‑1 the final word against Ba in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces22 Mar 2027
At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
“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.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Roy Baledrokadroka on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
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 Tevita Waranaivalu is on it.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Squad15 Mar 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match13 Mar 2027
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Rewa scored in the 90th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Market15 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
The terraces15 Mar 2027
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 14-year-old it feels ownership of. Nickel Qaraniqio has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match13 Mar 2027
A 1‑0 win over Tailevu Naitasiri, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Marked 7.36 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Rewa had the best player on the pitch.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Roy Baledrokadroka, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
In brief
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Squad
A row about effort at Rewa
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The dugout
Josaia Sela has become a man the manager trusts
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The dugout
A promise honoured for Ratu Matai
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Rewa come up short against Lautoka
Lautoka left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.98 on the card, and the Rewa support went home talking about one name.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Rewa are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
No investment in the facilities at Rewa
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
Squad8 Mar 2027
James Pillay 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.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mervin Chand, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market1 Mar 2027
“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 Rewa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Peniame Drova has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Boardroom1 Mar 2027
Rewa counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Rewa now.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Keni Cagi 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.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
Asivorosi Rabo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rewa 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.
Looking ahead1 Mar 2027
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Lautoka in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market1 Mar 2027
The name of Setareki Hughes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rewa say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“I will play as long as the body lets me and stop the day it does not.” He is 36, with 101 appearances behind him, and the club has to plan for a decision that is not yet made.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad22 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Viliame Tiko and Rewa agree another 3 years.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Nobody at Rewa 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.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Peniame Drova 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 Peniame Drova trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Viliame Tiko 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.
Market22 Feb 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Isikeli Sevanaia’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad15 Feb 2027
19 days out for Epeli Valevou after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jonetani Buksh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
When it matters, Josaia Sela plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Peniame Drova 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 Peniame Drova trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad8 Feb 2027
26 days out for Epeli Valevou after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market8 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Viliame Tiko joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Viliame Tiko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peni Prasad 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Too much change too quickly at Rewa
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Leon Kofana has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rewa 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad1 Feb 2027
33 days out for Epeli Valevou after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market1 Feb 2027
“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 Rewa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Rewa close the window on a squad of their own making
2 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad1 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Raj Pillay and Rewa agree another 3 years.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Rewa counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Rewa now.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Asivorosi Rabo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rewa 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
The name of Setareki Hughes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rewa say nothing, which says plenty.
Market1 Feb 2027
Nobody at Rewa has picked up the phone to Jonetani Buksh
11 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad25 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Epeli Valevou out for 40 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market25 Jan 2027
“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 Rewa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market25 Jan 2027
Rewa say no — this time
The offer from Labasa for Nickel Qaraniqio 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad25 Jan 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Nobody at Rewa 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
James Pillay 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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Ratu Matai 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Isikeli Sevanaia’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad18 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Epeli Valevou out for 48 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Keni Cagi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Josaia Sela gets picked when it counts
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 Josaia Sela is on it.
Squad18 Jan 2027
No place for Jonetani Buksh in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Rewa are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market18 Jan 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Gabriele Matanisiga signs something — a contract at Rewa or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad11 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Epeli Valevou out for 55 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market11 Jan 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The formation has left Saula Waqa behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Rewa will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Market11 Jan 2027
He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Leon Kofana gets picked when it counts
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 Leon Kofana is on it.
Market11 Jan 2027
Rewa have made Peniame Drova available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad4 Jan 2027
62 days out for Epeli Valevou after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market4 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tuimasi Verevou was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market4 Jan 2027
A stepping stone, not a home, for Raj Pillay
He is doing his job and he is not settling. Rewa were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Jitoko Vulava has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
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 Asivorosi Rabo is on it.
Market4 Jan 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Merrill Nand has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Rewa.
Market4 Jan 2027
The name of Setareki Hughes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rewa say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
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Boardroom
Open for business: Rewa enter the window
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The dugout
Peniame Drova has been promised minutes
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The dugout
The manager plants his flag on Delon Shankar
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad28 Dec 2026
69 days out for Epeli Valevou after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market28 Dec 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 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sakaraia Qaraniqio and Rewa agree another 3 years.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Nobody at Rewa 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jolame Domonikibau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad21 Dec 2026
76 days out for Epeli Valevou after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Tuimasi Verevou
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Jolame Domonikibau 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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Josaia Sela has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rewa 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.
Market21 Dec 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Gabriele Matanisiga signs something — a contract at Rewa or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad14 Dec 2026
84 days out for Epeli Valevou after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
56 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sakaraia Qaraniqio is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Dec 2026
One of our own: Peni Goundar joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peni Goundar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad14 Dec 2026
James Pillay 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad7 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Epeli Valevou out for 91 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad7 Dec 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 Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Delon Shankar and Rewa agree another 3 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jolame Domonikibau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout7 Dec 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 Asivorosi Rabo is on it.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Ratu Matai 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad30 Nov 2026
Epeli Valevou breaks a bone — 98 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 98 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market30 Nov 2026
Jitoko Vulava 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 Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout30 Nov 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 Tevita Waranaivalu is on it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Jolame Domonikibau 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.
Market30 Nov 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Isikeli Sevanaia’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad23 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Epeli Valevou out for 105 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market23 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rewa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
James Pillay 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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Josaia Sela gets picked when it counts
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 Josaia Sela is on it.
Market23 Nov 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Gabriele Matanisiga signs something — a contract at Rewa or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Boardroom16 Nov 2026
Rewa lift the trophy
The season a town measures the next twenty against. The trophy comes home with the squad, and the route through the streets was agreed days ago.
Squad16 Nov 2026
112 days out for Epeli Valevou after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rewa will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match11 Nov 2026
Cup progress for Rewa
A 4‑3 win over Lautoka, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match11 Nov 2026
Cruel end for Lautoka as Rewa pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Rewa scored in the 97th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Marked 9.48 at 14, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The match ball belongs to Nickel Qaraniqio, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad16 Nov 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market16 Nov 2026
Ratu Matai 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 Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
Match11 Nov 2026
Rewa cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
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Upbeat
Squad9 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Epeli Valevou out for 119 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad9 Nov 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 Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market9 Nov 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Laisenia Tuyaga 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
One of our own: Samuela Lal joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuela Lal is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Rewa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jolame Domonikibau 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 dugout9 Nov 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad2 Nov 2026
Epeli Valevou breaks a bone — 126 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 126 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market2 Nov 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout2 Nov 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 Tevita Waranaivalu is on it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market2 Nov 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Isikeli Sevanaia’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad26 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Epeli Valevou out for 134 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Rewa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market26 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rewa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuela Swamy and Rewa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jolame Domonikibau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout26 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 Asivorosi Rabo is on it.
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Upbeat
Squad19 Oct 2026
Epeli Valevou breaks a bone — 141 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 141 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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 dugout19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Asivorosi Rabo, and the manager let it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Jolame Domonikibau 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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Josaia Sela gets picked when it counts
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 Josaia Sela is on it.
Market19 Oct 2026
The name of Gabriele Matanisiga keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rewa say nothing, which says plenty.
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Upbeat
Squad12 Oct 2026
17 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Rewa lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
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 Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuela 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Malakai Tiko joins the Rewa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Malakai Tiko 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
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Pillay 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 Madhwan Goundar is on it.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad5 Oct 2026
24 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Rewa lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market5 Oct 2026
Jitoko Vulava 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 Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tuimasi Verevou commits to Rewa for another 3 years.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Tuimasi Verevou
“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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
87% of the income goes out in wages at Rewa
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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tuimasi Verevou damages knee ligaments — 32 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 32 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.
Market28 Sep 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rewa is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at Rewa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jolame Domonikibau 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 dugout28 Sep 2026
Asivorosi Rabo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rewa 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.
Market28 Sep 2026
The Josaia Sela story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Josaia Sela signs something — a contract at Rewa or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tuimasi Verevou damages knee ligaments — 39 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 39 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Boardroom21 Sep 2026
Navua will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Zainal Ali has pre-agreed a move to Rewa, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Rewa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. James Pillay 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
When it matters, Josaia Sela plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market21 Sep 2026
The name of Gabriele Matanisiga keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rewa say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market14 Sep 2026
The deal that would have taken Uzayr Buksh to Labasa has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Rewa with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
$67.0K was the most the club would pay and Lautoka were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Ba will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Malakai Rere has pre-agreed a move to Rewa, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Market14 Sep 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ratu Matai 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.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Rewa ran out of time with Ba. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nickel Qaraniqio and Rewa agree another 3 years.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jolame Domonikibau 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.
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 Madhwan Goundar is on it.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market7 Sep 2026
$27.0K — a new record at Rewa
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Rewa close the window on a squad of their own making
14 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market7 Sep 2026
Rewa say no — this time
The offer from Nadi for Nickel Qaraniqio 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Rewa spend $27.0K on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $27.0K for Jitoko Vulava, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Beniamino Lebatavatava has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Rewa have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The clock did what Nadi would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match26 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Rewa
A 2‑0 win over Ba, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market31 Aug 2026
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Rewa have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market31 Aug 2026
Uzayr Buksh 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 Rewa can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Delon Shankar
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Delon Shankar will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Rewa the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Delon Shankar has agreed terms with Ba for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
An offer of $67.0K for Saula Waqa
Rewa have gone to Lautoka with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.46 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match19 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Rewa
A 3‑1 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?
Market24 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
An offer of $61.0K for Saula Waqa
Rewa have gone to Lautoka with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Setareki Waqa commits to Rewa for another 3 years.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑1, Roy Baledrokadroka could afford to be generous.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Rewa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jolame Domonikibau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near James Hoyt
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Chances created: 9. Somebody has to open a door before anybody can walk through it, and he spent the afternoon opening doors.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad17 Aug 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 Rewa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Lautoka wanted more than $63.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Transfer targets17 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Rewa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jolame Domonikibau 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Rewa have let the market know Samuela Nabenia can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Setareki Waqa 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 Rewa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market17 Aug 2026
5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Rewa money.
Market17 Aug 2026
“He is at an age where he has to be playing at the top level. We will listen to anybody.” The representative of Samuela Nabenia is not being subtle.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$63.0K on the table at Lautoka. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu 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 targets10 Aug 2026
Rewa offered $14.0K; Nadi said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tuimasi Verevou 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dave Tuyaga 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Setareki Hughes commits to Rewa for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Rewa
Tevita Waranaivalu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no offer on the table, and Setareki Hughes’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
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 Rewa, another week without a signature from Peniame Drova.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Rewa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jolame Domonikibau 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Samuela Nabenia has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Rewa.