Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 05 Episode 41 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a cloudy, warm and bright Sunday morning 14 May 2023.
Talofa, Ma’lele’i, Bula and welcome to Season 05 Episode 41 of Breakfast Bites, the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS PODCAST, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news on a cloudy, warm and bright Sunday morning 14 May 2023.
Coming to you from paradise, on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
In rugby union
Toulouse 7s results overnight in the Women’s comp: Australia 17-7 Ireland, Fijiana 17-22 USA, France 28-10 Great Britain and New Zealand 29-7 Japan. Tonight at 7pm in the 5th place semi-finals Ireland vs Fijiana and Great Britain vs Japan followed by Australia vs USA and France vs New Zealand in the Cup semis.
Toulouse 7s Mens results overnight: Australia 26-7 Samoa, New Zealand 14-12 Uruguay, Argentina 50-0 Great Britain, South Africa 24-7 USA, France 24-19 Fiji, Samoa 17-10 Kenya, Spain 42-14 USA, Fiji 28-5 Germany, Argentina 21-12 South Africa.
So the 5th place semifinals in Toulouse tonight Samoa vs Spain and Fiji vs Uruguay.
Super Rugby Pacific
Last night: The Crusaders and the Blues smashed each other to smithereens in Christchurch last night in a right royal battle for . . . All Blacks spots, with Beauden, Richie Rich and Leicester Fai’inga’anuku looking good, Scott Barrett and Dalton Papali’i outstanding, but Ioane bros – Reiko and Akira, plus Hoskings Sotutu not so good.
In rugby league
The Rabbitohs are on top of the NRL ladder for the first time in four years following a gritty 20-0 win against a determined pride of Tigers yesterday afternoon.
South Sydney have now won six in a row and produced some scintillating football in 2023, but this clash was largely a dull game until the Bunnies pulled away late in front of 21,013 fans at Accor Stadium.
“Nothing went our way. Nothing went our way,” Parramatta Head Coach, Brad Arthur blowing up in the post-match media conference at the refereeing after the Eel’s 18-26 loss to the Raiders.
Meanwhile in Townsville the Cowboys clobbered Saint George 22-42 yesterday; spoiling Ben Hunt’s 300th NRL game, although he was one of the Dragon’s best, with three try assists.
In football
Southampton’s 11-year stay in the English Premier League is over, after they were relegated yesterday by their 24th loss of a forgettable season, 2-0 to Fulham in front of their most famous fan, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at St. Mary’s stadium.
At the other end of the league, Man U has almost done enough to secure a return to the Champions League, rebounding from back-to-back losses with a 2-0 win over Wolves.
United move level on points with third-placed Newcastle who had a draw against Leeds, both teams are four points ahead of fifth-placed Liverpool in the race for a top-four finish – all with three games left.
In the NBA
LeBron James delivered a sensational 30-points, to go with nine rebounds and nine assists as the Los Angeles Lakers ran Steph Curry and his Golden State Warriors out of the NBA playoffs in dominant style yesterday, beating the Warriors 122-101 to advance to the NBA Western Conference finals against Nikola Jokic and the top-seeded Denver Nuggets for a place in the NBA Finals.
“It’s going to be a great series,” James told broadcaster ESPN. “They’ve been the number one seed in the West all season long. We give them a lot of respect.”
Meanwhile in the big apple, ESPN basketball guru, Stephen A. Smith, a renowned New York Knicks supporter, has absolutely savaged Knicks stars Julius Randle and RJ Barrett after the Knicks were knocked out of the NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Final series, losing 92-96 to the Miami Heat in Game 6.
In boxing
UFC Middleweight Champion, Kiwi-Nigerian Israel Adesanya, is trending online again as reports emerge that his ex-girlfriend is demanding half of his net worth. Adesanya and the woman, reportedly Charlotte Powdrell were never married but dated for a very long time.
BOOM that’s a knockout punch right there – in New Zealand she’s going to take Israel to the synagogue – I mean the cleaners – same thing right???
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