The Lautoka and Rewa teams, champions of the Fiji FACT and the Battle of Giants, are well represented in the 26-member Digicel Bula Boys squad selected for next month’s FIFA International “A” Friendlies Tri-Nations Series in Fiji. Each club has six players included in the squad.
From Lautoka, defenders Antonio Tuivuna and Sterling Vasconcellos, midfielders Muni Shivam Naidu, Aporosa Yada, Sitiveni Cavuilagi, and striker Sairusi Nalaubu have been chosen. Rewa’s representatives consist of goalkeeper Isikeli Sevanaia, defenders Ivan Kumar, Patrick Joseph, Samuela Kautoga, and midfielders Tevita Waranaivalu and Setareki Hughes.
Navua has three players selected: Filipe Baravilala, Thomas Dunn, and Rahul Krishna, while both Ba and Suva have two players each. Notably absent from the squad is Merill Nand, the current top scorer of the DFPL and a forward for Suva.
Fiji is set to compete against the Solomon Islands National team on September 2 at HFC Bank Stadium in Suva at 7 PM. Following that, they will play the Hong Kong, China National team on Sunday, September 8, at Churchill Park in Lautoka.
The complete squad includes: Isikeli Sevanaia, Jerome Narayan, Akuila Mateisuva, Samuela Kautoga, Patrick Joseph, Sterling Vasconcellos, Antonio Tuivuna, Mosese Nabose, Filipe Baravilala, Ivan Kumar, Muni Shivam Naidu, Sitiveni Cavuilagi, Thomas Dunn, Mohammed Raheem, Setareki Hughes, Aporosa Yasa, Nabil Begg, James Hoyt, Tevita Waranaivalu, Dave Radrigai, Sairusi Nalaubu, Etonia Dogalau, Roy Krishna, Mohammed Aymaan, Rahul Krishna, and Melvin Mani.