Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 64 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Monday morning 06 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 64 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful sunny and bright Monday morning 06 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
In rugby – Fijiana has just beaten Britain 19-28 and will play for 5th place.
Fiji Men is playing USA in a 5th place semifinal at 8.30am this morning, after being knocked out of the Vancouver 7s Cup quarter finals by Argentina again 19-14.
Samoa smashed Uruguay 7-38 earlier this morning and will play Kenya for 9th place in the HSBC Vancouver 7s after they beat Spain 14-24 just now. Go Samoa Go.
In Super Rugby Super Round in Melbourne yesterday: the Blues 20 -25 Brumbies and the Queensland Reds absolutely annihilated the Force 20-71.
In rugby league – the Dolphins pulled off one of the biggest upsets in NRL history, stunning premiership favourites, the Sydney Roosters in their inaugural match.
Wayne Bennett’s side dominated in defence and outmuscled the Roosters for a gritty 28-18 win in front of 32,177 fans at Suncorp Stadium.
Not many people gave the Dolphins a hope of upsetting the Roosters, except Wayne Bennett: “Yeah not too bad,” the Master Coach said of the result in his understated way, “I’m proud of everything they did,” Bennett said. “It was special for a lot of reasons today,” he added.
Man of the Match, Felise Kaufusi changed the game with some brutal defence in the first half. “I think that was the turning point in the game personally,” Wayne Bennett said. “He made a couple of crucial hits there where they lost the ball and I didn’t think they recovered from it actually.”
In football – the Gunners showed they can cope with the pressure of the title race with a comeback win that keeps them five points ahead of Man City. After conceding the second fastest goal in EPL history, Reiss Nelson’s stoppage-time strike gave them a thrilling 3-2 win over Bournemouth.
In Sportsbiz – as its competitors, like Amazon, dive headfirst into live sports, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos shared a rare glimpse into the enigmatic streamer’s thought process as it pertains to sports. “We’ve not seen a profit path to renting big sports,” he said. “We’re not anti-sports … We’re just pro-profit.”
In boxing – Jon Jones had not stepped into the ring for three years and was making the step-up in weight in UFC285 against one of the division’s fiercest finishers, but Jones flipped the script on Ciryl Gane, scoring a submission victory within two minutes to become undisputed Heavyweight Champion and re-establish his standing as the greatest of all time.
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