Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 44 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Tuesday morning 14 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 44 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Tuesday morning 14 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
In Rugby – Mosese Tuipulotu, the younger bro of breakout Scotland and Glasgow Warriors Centre – Sione Tuipolotu – also a Centre, is earning rave reviews in Australia for his performances in pre-season games for the NSW Waratahs.
Gregor Townsend, the Scotland Head Coach, had been keeping tabs on the youngster but the 22-year-old has come out and emphatically declared for the Wallabies.
The bros qualify for Tonga, Australia and Scotland thanks to their maternal grandmother from Greenock, Jaqueline Thomson, who emigrated to Australia and married a Mr. Tuipulotu.
In rugby league – “Yeah it was great to see him do that .. he has been well coached,” Kevin Walters said with a big grin on his dial when asked about Selwyn Cobbo’s Aussie All Stars performance where he scored three tries for the win against the NZ Maori in Rotorua last weekend.
Gun Storm Centre and Papua New Guinea Kumuls superstar, Justin Olam could be sidelined for up to six weeks and miss the first three weeks of the NRL regular season, depending on the severity of his fractured arm.
Craig Bellamy’s side was hampered with injuries in 2022, with Christian Welch, Reimis Smith and George Jennings all suffering season-ending injuries.
In football – Key Premier League games this week: Today Liverpool versus Everton at Anfield and Arsenal versus Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday, and in La Liga today Espanyol versus Royal Sociedad at RCDE Stadium and Real Madrid versus Elche at Santiago Bernabeau Stadium on Thursday.
In boxing – while Alexander Volkanovski lost, earlier on the UFC284 card, Aussie fighters Jack Jenkins, Jamie Mullarkey, Josh Culibao, Justin Tafa and Jack Della Maddalena all won, with Maddalena showing why he’s considered the next big thing in UFC with another first round win over Randy Brown.
In Super Bowl – it was heartbreak for Australian-Samoan, Jordan Mailata who was only a few minutes away from glory, with the scores level at 35-all when a crucial holding penalty saw Kansas City Chiefs kick the field goal for a 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles with just eight seconds left on the clock.
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