Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 07 Episode 02 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Monday morning 02 October 2023.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 07 Episode 02 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Monday morning 02 October 2023.
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
And at the Rugby World Cup 2023
At the RWC2023 this morning: Australia scored five tries to secure a bonus point win over Portugal 14-34. The Aussies have now played all their pool games for two wins with +1 points differential and 11 points in total. Fiji has +7 dif for 10 points and so must beat Portugal next to make the quarter finals.
The Max points Wales can achieve is 19 points with a bonus point win over Georgia next Sunday. If Georgia beat Wales (without any bonus points in the game) then Fiji can top the Pool if they beat Portugal with a bonus point.
Tonga against South Africa at the moment 42-18.
In Rugby League
Trailing 8-24 after 58 minutes, the Penrith Panthers pulled off the biggest comeback in NRL grand final history to beat the Brisbane Broncos 24-26 at ACCOR Stadium in Sydney last night, and become the first team in 40 years to win three straight NRL Premierships.
Clive Churchill Medal winner Nathan Cleary booted a crucial 40-20 and then helped set up the first of two tries, before scoring the match-winner himself in the 77th minute in one of the greatest Grand Finals ever.
“It doesn’t feel real, it feels like a dream,” Cleary said.
In SportsBiz
NBC golf analyst, Paul Azinger says the Ryder Cup is 10 times bigger than what it was when he played in the event: “In 1991 the President of NBC was wondering why the Ryder Cup was even on his TV.”
NBC Sports now pays US$440Million over 15 years for US media rights to the event.
In Combat sports
Jermell Charlo got pummeled early by a trademark Canelo Alvarez body shot and ran like a scared rabbit for the rest of their 12 round Super Middleweight fight in Las Vegas yesterday, with Canelo winning an easy unanimous points decision.
My Tongan girlfriend would have put up a better scrap than that with her sasa broom!
And in Football
As expected, Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami has doubled their 2024 season ticket prices, with the cheapest season ticket going from US$485 to US$884 for a seat behind the goal for 17 MLS home games at US$52 per game.
Seats closer to the half-way line with access to a food and drink ‘club’ area, have risen from US$3600 to US$7650.
The cheapest season ticket to watch European and EPL Champions Manchester City is US$469 with the most expensive costing US$1256.
At Barcelona, the lowest price for a season pass is US$380 with the most costly at US$920.
And that’s a wrap!
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