The Lautoka soccer team will leave our shores tomorrow without 3 of their key players who have been dropped for the opening O-League game against Koloale FC in Honiara.

President Shalen Prasad has confirmed that defenders Samu Kautoga and Ilatia Tuilau together with Kamal Hassan will not travel with the team after they failed to turn up to camp on time on Monday.

Prasad confirmed Navua coach Gurjeet Singh will now guide the Lautoka team for the O-League and he had his first training session with the team yesterday.

This afternoon the Sugar city boys will play against the Fiji U-20 in a warm-up game before flying to Honiara tomorrow.

Lautoka’s opening O-League game on Saturday is against Koloale FC at 3pm in Honiara.


Story by: Dreu Vukailagi