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Malo and welcome to Season 2 Episode 30 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this balmy 23 degrees Celcius on Saturday morning 30 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby 7s at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England  In Day One Commonwealth Games rugby 7s: All the BIG guns won – Black Ferns 60-0 Sri Lanka and 45-7 Canada and the All Blacks 7s 63-5 Sri Lanka and AB7s 19-17 Samoa. Fiji Women 41-0 South Africa and Fiji 33-12 Scotland, Australia Women 50-0 Scotland and 38-0 South Africa. Day 1 Comm Games rugby 7s: All the BIG guns won Fiji Men 52-0 Zambia and Fiji 19-12 Canada, Samoa 34-0 England and 47-19 Sri Lanka, Australia 62-0 Jamaica and Australia 12-12 Uganda, Blitzboks 46-0 Malaysia and Blitzboks 36-5 Tonga, Scotland 50-12 Malaysia, Wales 38-5 Zambia. In the NRL – Maika Sivo scored a double for the Eels 34-10 Panthers on the back of masterclasses from Reed Mahoney, Mitchell Moses and Dylan Brown, but Nathan Cleary’s 18th minute send-off for a dangerous lifting tackle stole the headlines, with the Eels scoring six tries to two in a key win The Storm snapped their four-game losing streak with a 24-12 win over the NZ Warriors. It was a tight tussle at Mt Smart Stadium in the first hour of the clash before the Storm finally clicked into gear with crucial tries to Jahrome Hughes and Nick Meaney in the second half. Our world famous NRL Rd 20 Tips: the Rabbitohs to soup the Sharks, the Broncos to stir fry the Tigers and the Cowboys to sweet and sour the Dragons. And in boxing – this rather bizarre quote – "I want to say thank you to everyone who turned up today and don't forget to vote for me in 2030 as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Sultan's is now officially open to everybody," and with that the Gypsy King Tyson Fury opened his new restaurant, the Sultan of Lancaster Experience. What a nut! In football – the England Lionesses are creating history playing against Germany in the final of the EURO 2022 at Wembley early Monday morning Pacific time and what are their fans doing – what else? SHOPPING. Brits are expected to spend one Billion pounds around the final, mainly on food and drinks deliveries home and betting, according to the latest research. You want proof – retailers all over the Kingdom have run out of the England Women’s football shirts. Official England kit-maker NIKE and a host of high street retailers have sold out of all but extra-small women’s shirts, which are priced at £75 each. Go Girls Go. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your love and support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo and welcome to Season 2 Episode 29 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful Friday morning 29 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Commonwealth Games 7s rugby starts at 9pm tonight: Women Australia v South Africa, Fiji v Scotland, England v Sri Lanka, New Zealand v Canada and Men Australia v Jamaica, Kenya v Uganda, NZ v Sri Lanka, England v Samoa, South Africa v Malaysia, Scotland v Tonga, Canada v Wales and Fiji v Zambia. Commonwealth Games rugby 7s kicks off tomorrow morning from 5.30am: Women Fiji v South Africa, Australia v Scotland, New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Canada v England and Men Kenya v Jamaica, Australia v Uganda, England v Sri Lanka, New Zealand v Samoa, Scotland v Malaysia, South Africa v Tonga, Wales v Zambia and Fiji v Canada. In the NRL – Papua New Guinea Kumul James Segeyaro made his NRL return off the bench for Manly last night but they were beaten by the Roosters 20-10. The 31-year-old Hooker has played over 150 NRL games since his debut in 2011 and he could represent PNG at this year’s Rugby League World Cup. Wayne Bennett has been dealt another blow, with Sam Burgess rejecting an offer to join the Dolphins as an Assistant Coach. A report in The Sydney Morning Herald claims Burgess will instead link up with South Sydney as an assistant to Jason Demetriou in 2023. In football - German superstar and Captain Alexandra Popp scored twice to propel her team past France 2-1 and into the finals of the Womens EURO 2022 at Wembley Stadium this weekend against the England Lionesses in the Battle of Britain, and what a clash that will be. Place your bets ladies. In boxing - The undercard for USYK v JOSHUA II in Jeddah on 20 August features Ramla Ali v Crystal Garcia Nova; the first female boxers to fight in an international event in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Go Girls Go. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.co Malo and welcome to Season 2 Episode 28 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful Wednesday morning 28 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. OUCH the man many Kiwis believe should be coaching the All Blacks, Crusaders Head Coach Scott Robertson has just said in an interview that if not New Zealand, he would be open to coaching another national team like Fiji at the 2027 Rugby World Cup. Well OK he didn't exactly MENTION "Fiji", but Robertson was up here in Fiji a couple of weeks ago watching rugby and I thought it would be a good example of a country that he could coach! Our world famous NRL Rd 20 Tips: the NZ Warriors to chop suey the Storm, Friday at Mt Smart, the Eels to deep fry the Panthers at CommBank Stadium, the Rabbitohs to soup the Sharks, the Broncos to stir fry the Tigers at Suncorp and the Cowboys to sweet and sour the Dragons. WOW England Lionesses were brilliant against Sweden setting up and scoring four amazing goals to qualify for the EURO 2022 Women's Final 4 nil in a truly dominant win against FIFA's highest ranked Womens team. Now for Germany to Carlsberg France and set up the Battle of Britain. Fiji will play Papua New Guinea in the Oceania Womens Finals after the semi-finals in Suva last night where Papua New Guinea dispatched Samoa 3 nil and Fiji accounted for the Solomon Islands 1-3. Go Girls Go. For TeivovoSports.com – I'm Culden Kamea, Malo, vina'a and thank you! Please hit the "subscribe" button below if you'd like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo  and welcome to Season 2 Episode 27 of Breakfast Bites by  TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful  Wednesday morning 27 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian  in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. So  who’s going to win the BIG games in the NRL Round 20: NZ Warriors v  Storm on Friday at Mt Smart followed by the Eels v Panthers at CommBank,  Sharks v Rabbitohs, Broncos v Tigers at Suncorp and the Dragons v  Cowboys. In  football - Sweden, second in the FIFA world rankings behind the USA,  have beaten England Women 15 times out of 26 games the sides have  played, with England only winning three. Our world famous tip for the EURO 2022 Womens Championship semi-final; England to Strongbow Sweden in front of their 1,500 Swedish fans expected for the match at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane stadium this morning. And how about this shocker from an Aussie sports icon - “You wanna die? You wanna die? Do you want to die?” Legendary AFL player and now retired multimedia broadcaster, Rex Hunt can be heard saying in an ugly, violent road rage incident yesterday morning in a quiet Melbourne suburb. Stunned witnesses watched as Hunt armed himself with a gardening tool from the boot of his utility and threatened another male driver who appeared to throw a punch at him as a driver in another  car behind the incident, filming on a dashboard camera, called for the  pair to leave. Settle down Rex! For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please  hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika  sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your  support! #BreakfastBites  #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby  #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo and welcome to Season 2 Episode 26 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this overcast Tuesday morning 26 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. More than 185 rugby players are suing World Rugby and the national rugby unions of England and Wales for negligence and failing to protect players from permanent injury, claiming that playing rugby caused brain damage.Their action which started in a Court in London yesterday has global ramifications for the game. BREAKING NEWS: Seven Manly players – looks like they are all Pacific Islanders, have stood down from their game against the Sydney Roosters on religious grounds, over Manly's decision to become the first NRL Club to wear a LGBTQ jersey.Apparently the Manly Marketing team DID NOT consult their players about wearing the jersey! Meanwhile Manly legend Ian Roberts, who publicly came out as gay during his playing days in the 1990s, had been an advocate of the club wearing the one-off jersey, and has urged the NRL to do more to encourage inclusivity in the game. Roberts said he would comment further later in the week, but said last night: "It hasn't totally shocked me like it's shocking everyone else. As an older gay man, I'm used to this. I expected there would be some sort of religious pushback." In cricket - Sam Northeast scored 410 not out for Glamorgan v Leicestershire in a four-day match in division two of the English County Championship on Saturday. It is just the 11th individual score of 400-plus in the history of first-class cricket and is the highest score of the 21st century. West Indian legend Brian Lara holds the record with a score of 501 against Durham in 1994. Meanwhile in the under-siege All Blacks camp – Head Coach Ian Fuzzy Foster has announced in a statement that after "robust and in-depth conversations" he has sacked his Assistants John Plumtree and Brad Mooar and the Crusaders forwards coach, Jason Ryan will join the All Blacks Coaching team. Sorry but this is all a bit like re-arranging the deck chairs AFTER the Titanic has hit the iceberg! Fuzzy Foster says he has a feel for his players etc but I must confess every time I see him talking on TV he reminds me of Chauncey Gardner – now there's one for you trivia nuts! Check out Peter Sellers as Chauncey Gardner in the 1979 film "Being There" and that's who Fuzzy Foster reminds me of.  For TeivovoSports.com – I'm Culden Kamea, Malo, vina'a and thank you! Please hit the "subscribe" button below if you'd like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Malo and welcome to Season 2 Episode 25 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this slightly wet Monday morning 25 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In rugby union - Eddie Jones’ contract with England wraps up in November next year. So Rugby Australia has reached out to gauge his interest as Director of Rugby or Wallabies Coach, having sacked him in 2005. Apparently fast Eddie wants to Coach an NRL Club. Guess who? In football – Les Bleues advance to the EURO Women's semi-final for the first time ever, after beating the Netherlands one nil, thanks to an extra-time penalty. Ze blue-eyed blonde German girls lie in wait for their semifinal ambush. In NFL and boxing - Jim Irsay loves the NFL Colts team that he owns, and is also passionate about Muhammad Ali. Now he owns a piece of The Greatest’s boxing memorabilia; the WBC title belt Ali won in the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” v George Foreman in Zaire, which Irsay bought at auction for US$6Million yesterday. In basketball and golf - NBA Legend Charles Barkley says that he would be willing to join the Saudi-backed tour as a broadcaster, so he will play in the Pro-Am portion of the LIV event next week at Trump National in New Jersey. Barkley hosts TNT’s iconic “Inside the NBA” show under contract with Turner for three more years at US$30Million. In an interview yesterday, Barkley said he believes there is “selective outrage” in critics going after LIV Golf as every major pro golfer has previously accepted so called “blood money” – also known as “appearance fees” - to play in Saudi Arabia and China or wherever! I wonder what cousin Tony thinks about all this? For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji 25-07-2022 Breakfast Bites Podcast S02E25 #TeivovoSport #TeivovoDigital #TeivovoRugby #FijiRugby #PacificRugby #BreakfastBites

Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 24 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this bright and sunny Sunday morning 24 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Starting with a bit of history yesterday, when American beauty, Sydney McLaughlin absolutely smashed her own 400M Hurdles world record at the World Athletics Championships final in Eugene, Oregon. She chopped nearly a full second off her previous mark of 51.41, set at last year's Tokyo Olympics with a new mark of 50.68. The Netherlands' Femke Bol claimed silver in 52.27 and the USA's Dalilah Muhammad won bronze in 53.13 - the second and third fastest Women's 400M Hurdles of all-time, but Mclaughlin completely outclassed them, finishing the race more than 20M ahead. "This is utterly staggering," NBC Sports' commentator Tim Layden said. "Take a moment to savour this. We're watching a once in a generation athlete performing at the peak of her power." In rugby - Ikale Tahi Captain Sonatane Takalua scored a hat-trick to lead Tonga to the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, Pool B alongside Ireland, Scotland, South Africa and Romania. RWC2023 is Tonga's eighth consecutive RWC after a dominant 44-22 win against Hong Kong in the Asia/Pacific play-off at the Sunshine Coast Stadium last night. And it's always better late than never! Sweden left it until the 92nd minute last night for veteran Linda Sembrant's goal to overcome Belgium's resistance 1-0, setting up a semi-final date with England. The winner of France v Netherlands tonight will play Germany in the other EURO2022 semi.In golf - rumours are strengthening that world number two and recent winner of the British Open, Cameron Smith is joining the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf League. Depending on who you listen to, Smith has been offered as much as US$100Million - four times his total career earnings to join Greg Norman. Did I tell you about my cousin Tony? Finally, is this every boxer's dream fight or what? IBF World Flyweight Champion Sunny Edwards handed a beating to internet troll, Fab Tanga who spent £110 on a train ticket to travel 200 miles from London to Sheffield yesterday before posting a photo of himself outside Edwards' gym challenging the fighter. "I'm on the way right now, don't go anywhere you little f***ing helmet," an angry Edwards said in a video posted from his car on his way to the gym. For TeivovoSports.com – I'm Culden Kamea, Malo, vina'a and thank you! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji   Please hit the "subscribe" button below if you'd like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support!   #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 23 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this warm Saturday morning 23 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We start with the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham rugby 7s day one on 29 July: Women Australia v South Africa, Fiji v Scotland, England v Sri Lanka, New Zealand v Canada and Men Australia v Jamaica, Kenya v Uganda, NZ v Sri Lanka, England v Samoa, South Africa v Malaysia, Scotland v Tonga, Canada v Wales and Fiji v Zambia. In football - Eight times EURO Womens Champions Germany beat Austria 2 nil to move into the EURO Women’s Semifinals alongside England after Lina Magull's clinical 25th minute strike and an opportunistic finish by Alexandra Popp in the last play of the day at Brentford Stadium in London. The Austrian girls, in bright Tongan red, were so unlucky, hitting the woodwork three times. Speaking on Tongan red – the Tongan Tala national netball team created history finishing as the numero uno netball nation in Oceania winning the championship undefeated after belting the Cook Islands 44-69 last night. The Fijian Pearls came in second after pipping Samoa 43-45 and so both Tonga and Fiji qualify from Oceania for the Netball World Cup 2023 in South Africa. Meanwhile in rugby in New Zealand NOTHING’s CHANGED. That’s right, absolutely nothing. In typical NZRFU fashion, they have thumbed their nose up at their fans after the Ireland test Series disaster retaining Ian Fozzy Foster as the All Blacks Coach and Sam Cane is still the Captain for the upcoming Rugby Championship. Foster’s 36-man squad named yesterday includes the same old, same old with at least half a dozen “has beens” along for a free ride in - Dane Coles, Nepo Laulala, Angus Ta’avao and Ofa Tu’ungafasi pretty much all the same blocks of wood – no skills and too slow. Brodie Retallick after 95 Tests he is burnt out and no longer the force he once was. Also badly beaten by the younger more skillful Irish locks. Sorry but Sam Cane is NOT an All Black and certainly should not be Captain. Again after 80 Tests he is done. My All Blacks Match Day 23: 1 George Bower 2 Samisoni Taukeiaho 3 Ethan de Groot 4 Samuel Whitelock 5 Scott Barrett 6 Dalton Papalii 7 Shannon Frizell 8 Ardie Savea 9 Folau Fakatava 10 Richie Mo’unga 11 Caleb Clarke 12 David Havili 13 Rieko Ioane 14 Sevu Reece and 15 Will Jordan. Reserves Codie Taylor Aidan Ross Tupou Vaa’i Akira Ioane Finlay Christie Beauden Barrett and Jordie Barrett. In the NRL - Queensland and Newcastle star, Kalyn Ponga has had a horror run of head injuries lately. The Knights skipper was concussed in the game against the Roosters. He left the field and did not return after failing his third Head Injury Assessment out of five HIAs this season. And finally in boxing - Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, the only boxer to win world titles in 8 weight divisions, says the only reason that he is fighting again in December against Korean YouTuber DK Yoo in an exhibition fight, is to raise money for one of his charities which donates homes to the poor. Go Manny Go! For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 22 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on this beautiful Friday morning 22 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The RWC7s in South Africa starting 9 September sees on Day 1: Fiji against the winner of Wales versus Korea and Fijiana playing Japan. The All Blacks 7s playing the winner of Scotland versus Jamaica and the Black Ferns playing Colombia. Australia Men playing the winner of Hong Kong versus Uruguay and Australian Women versus Madagascar – what a massacre! Also on Day One - Samoa Men play Uganda and Tonga Men play Kenya. In Australian rugby league - Billy and Fred have resigned as Kangaroos selectors leaving the NSWRL and QRL to nominate Laurie Daley and Darren Lockyer as selectors again, with Head Coach Mal Meninga, who does not have a formal vote – while big boss man Peter V’landys has the decisive vote. In football - England is drowning in beer today – NOT because PM Boris Johnson resigned, OK well that too, but mainly how the Lionesses came from behind to beat Spain last night to reach the semi-finals of the Women's EURO 2022 thanks to Ella Toone equalising in the 84th minute followed by Georgia Stanway's stunning extra-time strike in the 96th minute for the 2-1 win. In netball – the Tongan Tala led by sharp-shooting sisters Beyonce and Uneeq Palavi, plus star Centre and Captain Hulita Veve have led their team through a clean sweep of the Oceania Netball World Cup Qualifiers currently on in Suva beating Samoa 69-52, hosts Fiji 29-59 and Papua New Guinea 28-89 last night, with one more game against the Cook Islands to go. In the Athletics World Championships currently on in Eugene Oregan USA, we’ve seen one Pasifika competitor in the Womens 100M heats – the young lass from Northern Marianas Islands came in last in a PB of 12.89 secs. Maybe I should take up sprinting again! For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 21 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights on this beautiful Wednesday morning 21 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. World Rugby accepts the decision taken jointly by the RFU, Scottish Rugby and the WRU for Great Britain 7s to compete in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series men and women, beginning in 2023. The decision aligns with their Olympic participation status and qualification pathway. In rugby league - Highly respected Bronco, David Mead has called time on his rugby league career effective immediately, after playing 171 NRL games for the Broncos and Titans and scoring 75 tries since making his debut in 2009. Mead also played 15 Tests for Papua New Guinea scoring 10 tries, as well as 58 Super League games for Catalans Dragons scoring 29 tries. Mead said: “I’d like to say a big thank you to the Broncos, Titans, Catalans, NRL and Super league for giving me the opportunity to live out my dream since 2009. “Thank you to my family who have been with me since day one. A special mention to my wife - you have been a big reason why I was able to play as long as I did. “I look forward to experiencing the next chapter of our life together.” In football - our world famous EURO 2022 Women’s quarter-finals tips: England to Gin & Tonic Spain at Brighton & Hove, Germany to Budweiser Austria at Brentford, Sweden to Kettle Vodka Belgium at Wigan & Leigh and France to Champagne the Netherlands at Rotherham. Hasta la vista Boris! For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 20 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights on this beautiful Wednesday morning 20 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s a bad sign I know – but now with the worst winning record of any All Blacks Head Coach in the professional era at 67 percent, Ian Foster’s position at the helm of the All Blacks is under fire. Last Sunday morning’s usually warm and friendly media Latte-thingy and hot muffins with Fozzy was cancelled by NZRFU without Foster being told. With only 7 games remaining in the NRL regular season, FOX Sports Top 8 for 2022 are - 1 Panthers, 2 Cowboys, 3 Sharks, 4 Broncos, 5 Eels, 6 Storm, 7 Rabbitohs and the 8 Roosters. Can the Manly Sea Eagles, the Canberra Raiders or Saint George Dragons force their way into the finals? In US Major League Baseball - superstar outfielder, Juan Soto has rejected a ground-breaking contract offer by the Washington Nationals (formerly the Redskins) of US$440Million over 15 years - the second highest contract of all time in major US sports leagues - the MLB, NBA and NFL, except for Quarterback, Patrick Mahomes’ US$450M deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. How do you say no to 440Mil let alone 40Mil – hell I’d say yes to 4Mil – show me the money baby! In boxing - Top trainer Teddy Atlas has ripped into Anthony Joshua, saying that “Joshua accepts losing a little too freely, like he did against the Mexucan Michellin Man – Andy Ruiz in the their first fight. He’s like a guy who’s made too much money. Sometimes I just feel that it’s not important enough to him anymore,” Atlas said. As Tiger Woods tearfully bid farewell to the crowd at Saint Andrews last weekend, Australia’s Cameron Smith stepped up to collect US$2.5Million in prize money for winning his first major title – the British Open. Did I tell you about how much cash my cousin Tony Finau won? On a serious note – I’m sorry people of Papua New Guinea, but as a country you don’t deserve and cannot expect to be awarded an NRL expansion team licence when all the whole world sees on our television news are violent mobs chasing off Police and security guards to illegally grab and burn votes in national election ballot boxes. I hate to say that, but it’s true. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea II, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 19 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights on this bright and sunny Tuesday morning 19 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The final 24 Men’s teams in RWC 7s 2022 with hosts South Africa include Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Samoa and Tonga from Oceania - the powerhouse of world 7s. The final 16 Women’s teams include usual suspects South Africa, Australia, France, New Zealand, Fiji, USA, Canada, England, Ireland and Spain PLUS Poland, Madagascar, Japan, China, Brazil and Colombia – all the best girls! Well the #NRL Coaches Merry-Go-Round is certainly in full swing with the Parramatta Eels caught off guard by news that Brad Arthur was being shopped to a rival NRL Club. England’s 21-17 win over the Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday night was the last time any rugby Test will be played at the famous #cricket ground. Wondering why – for starters 31 year old Daniel King was arrested on Saturday night after climbing up the side of the electronic scoreboard onto the roof of the Bill O’Reilly Stand and being a typically drunk Aussie, then proceeded to pee on everyone below! King has been banned for life from Wallabies test matches and will face two charges in Court on 25 July. In #golf - Cameron Smith, just the third Australian this century to win a Men’s Major is also the first Aussie to lift the Claret Jug at Saint Andrews since Greg Norman in 1993. And guess what, mullet-head Smith is jumping ship to join the LIV Saudi Gold Tour headed by Norman. Have I told you about my cousin Tony Finau??? For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! 19-07-2022-Breakfast Bites-S02E19-#TeivovoSport #TeivovoDigital #TeivovoRugby #BreakfastBites #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 18 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights on this slightly overcast Monday morning 18 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. CONGRATULATIONS Team Fijiana for beating Samoa to win the Womens Oceania Rugby Championship in Auckland yesterday, with a fantastic try after the fulltime siren had sounded for a nail-biting 31-24 victory! Tonga 108-7 Papua New Guinea. Go girls go! The Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is next. In other key results. Chile turned the tables on the USA 29-31 to qualify for RWC 2023 in France and Argentina pipped Scotland 31-34. The Irish Test Series win against the vanquished All Blacks has really cut deep in New Zealand with widespread media and public calls for the All Blacks Coaching team led by Ian Foster to be sacked and also for Sam Cane replaced by Ardie Savea as Captain. With his coaching career on the line, Head Coach Eddie Jones guided England to a tight 21-17 win at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday night, but was furious when a drunk Aussie fan – beer in hand called him a traitor!  Fast Eddie had to be restrained by security guards as he challenged the much bigger man to a fight on the playing field. So you’ve heard of the Pasifika Way right – all that Political bull our Pasifika Politicians make at all the cocktail parties they attend – well new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is catching on real fast. At the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji last week he reportedly told Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, James Marape of his Labour government’s support for an NRL franchise based in PNG in 2025 when PNG celebrates 50 years of independence from Australia. Apparently Albanese also told other Pasifika leaders they have his support for a combined NRL expansion team in the Pacific from Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Fiji. In #football – Spain left it late to beat Denmark 1-0 to set up a quarter-final against England, while Germany eased to their third win in the EURO 2022 Women’s Championship. In #boxing - undefeated KO King, Ryan Garcia knocked out former WBA Super-Featherweight Champion Javier Fortuna in the sixth round of their Lightweight fight in Los Angeles, California yesterday, fulfilling his promise to his 9 million followers on Instagram. Finally today - in miraculous scenes on golf’s most hallowed grounds, Australian Cameron Smith hunted down Rory McIlroy after one of the greatest final rounds in #golf history to win The Open Championship at Saint Andrews, firing a bogey-free, new record eight-under 64, which included five-consecutive birdies at the turn and another on 18 to seal the win. My cousin Tony Finau finished tied in 28th place winning a tidy US$90,917 in prizemoney. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 17 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights on this wet Sunday morning 17 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. All the rugby results: Australia A 39-22 Tonga, Fiji 20-23 Samoa, Ireland 32-22 All Blacks, Australia 17-21 England, South Africa 30-14 Wales and Georgia 23-14 Portugal. Still to play today Argentina to soursop Scotland, France to jujitsu Japan, USA to choochoo Chile. So Manu Samoa has won the 2022 Pacific Nations Cup, Ireland swept its three Test Series against the All Blacks and now sit top of the World Rugby rankings. The only positive that could come out of the mess the All Blacks find themselves in now, is for Ian Foster to be sacked and Sam Cane replaced by Ardie Savea as Captain. In the NRL - Maika Sivo and Waqa Blake scored for the Eels but the BREAKING NEWS in that game is that Mitchell Moses was the subject of death threats made to his family, having to be escorted to and from Commbank Stadium by NSW Police on Friday night where the Parramatta Eels held off a fast-finishing NZWarriors for a 28-18 win and keep in touch with the top four. In football - England piled on the goals again on Friday as they cruised past Northern Ireland five nil, making it 14 goals across their three Group A games, while Austria beat Norway to join the Lionesses in the EURO Women’s 2022 quarter-finals. With Barcelona struggling to raise the US$50Million transfer fee Bayern Munich is demanding upfront for their super-striker Robert Lewandowski, Chelsea has made an audacious late move to try and hijack the Polish national Striker. In golf - My cousin Tony Finau is in 56th place on -2, while Irishman Shane Lowry sent the crowd wild not once, but twice after holing out back-to-back eagles during the third round of The British Open at Saint Andrews in Scotland, chasing down Rory McIlroy who leads at 15-under after three rounds. It is the 150th anniversary of the famous golf tournament – and to think our forefathers in the Pacific were also chasing each other around with clubs 150 years ago weren’t they? For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji

Bula and welcome to Season 2 Episode 16 of Breakfast Bites by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights on this beautiful Saturday morning 16 July 2022 - coming to you from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We start with my world famous rugby Tips for today: Australia A to topsy Tonga, the Flying Fijians to moomoo Manu Samoa, Ireland to avocado the All Blacks, Australia to egg England, South Africa to woowoo Wales, Argentina to soursop Scotland, France to jujitsu Japan, USA to choochoo Chile and Georgia to poopoo Portugal. Actually the winner of USA v Chile today will qualify for the Rugby World Cup in France 2023 Pool A with England, Argentina, Japan and Samoa. USA hold a 22-21 lead going into this deciding game at home in the US. Remember how the Toronto Wolfpack burst onto the Super League scene in England in 2017? The Canadian Club sensationally contracted Sonny Bill Williams for a million pounds for one season – then COVID19 hit. The Wolfpack are barely surviving back in Canada today without a sponsor. As it stands in EURO Women’s 2022: England, France and Germany have reached the quarter-finals:  Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland can all reach the quarter-finals, but for Finland and Northern Ireland it’s all over baby blue. The NFL just reported record revenue of US$11.1Billion from media rights, sponsorships and royalties for the 2021 season, so US$345Million was paid out to each of their 32 Clubs. Meanwhile the NBA topped US$10B in revenue for the 2021-2022 season just finished for the first time ever. For TeivovoSports.com – I’m Culden Kamea, Malo, vina’a and thank you! Please hit the “subscribe” button below if you’d like to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites, and thank you too mas for your support! #BreakfastBites #TEIVOVOsports #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji Breakfast Bites by TEIVOVO Sports – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports highlights every morning - coming to you from Fiji on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Join host Culden Kamea daily for a 5 minutes update on post-match round-ups, analysis and interviews with current Pacific Island stars and past sporting legends. 16-07-2022 Breakfast Bites S02E16 #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #TeivovoSport