Malo and welcome to Season 4 Episode 48 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Saturday morning 18 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 48 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a beautiful Saturday morning 18 February 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
In Rugby – Eroni “The Hammer” Sau is replacing Vinaya Habosi in the Fijian Drua for 2023.
Meanwhile Fiji Rugby Union is partnering up with ANZ Bank to teach financial literacy skills to all FRU staff and players in an effort to help players in particular manage their hard won and relatively short-term finances during their professional playing career.
Fiji’s largest bank is also the major sponsor of the ANZ Marama Challenge which kicks off in late March, featuring Fiji’s eight top XVs provincial Womens teams playing against each other through to July.
Go girls go ANZ go!
In rugby league – the Eels recorded a dominant 36-14 victory over the Knights in Gosford to finish their NRL Pre-season Challenge on a positive note, while the Sydney Roosters 16-28 Manly Sea Eagles. Today St George Dragons PLAY Souths in Mudgee and the Broncos AND Cowboys battle it out on the Sunshine Coast.
And English Super League giants, St Helens look to win a third World Club Challenge against Penrith Panthers at 6:50pm AEDT tonight at BlueBet Stadium, Penrith.
The Dolphins have reportedly beat out a host of rival NRL Clubs including the Rabbitohs and West Tigers, who reportedly flew the teen star to Sydney from the Gold Coast, but the lure of Wayne Bennett won the race to sign 14-year-old Kingston Seve – who is “already as big as Latrell Mitchell” and considered one of the best junior prospects in the country.
In football – Barcelona and Man U shared a gripping 2-2 draw at Camp Nou on Thursday as the two European heavyweights traded blows in an intense Europa League play-off first leg with the red hot Marcus Rashford drilling home another goal to level for the visitors.
In boxing – we’re only days away now from American Tony Harrison arriving Down Under for his WBO Super Welterweight blockbuster against the undefeated new face of Australian boxing, Tim Tszyu at Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday 12 March.
Undoubtedly the biggest test of Tszyu’s career, the 32-year-old Detroit native also doubles as the only man to have beaten the division’s undisputed King, Jermell Charlo.
In Sportsbiz – Super Bowl LVII brand exposure wasn’t just on TV, where Ads went for over US$6Million a pop. They aired on YouTube as well with Melissa McCarthy’s Booking.com spot the most watched last Sunday with 100 million views, followed by John Travolta’s T-Mobile Ad at 37 million views and Snoop Dogg’s Skechersgig at 26 million.
In golf – he’s back! Tiger Woods birdied his last three holes to wrestle a two-under-par 69 from Riviera Country Club on Thursday and thrill fans cheering his return to PGA Tour action at the Genesis Invitational Golf Tournament.
The 15-time major champion hadn’t teed it up in a tour-level event since the British Open in July 2022.
Go Tiger go!
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