Talofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 87 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on a bright and sunny Wednesday morning 29 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
BREAKFAST BITESTalofa, Ma’lelei’i, Bula and welcome to Season 4 Episode 87 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika Peoples sports on another bright and sunny Wednesday morning 29 March 2023, coming to you from paradise on the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
In rugby union – the new-look Fijiana Drua side, led by new Head Coach, Inoke Male played and won their first ever game at home, beating the Brumbies 7-12 in Nadi last weekend. Team Fijiana will play against the Melbourne Rebels in Suva this weekend before relocating to Australia for the rest of this year’s Super W competition. In rugby league – NRL Round 5 games on Saturday: Manly-Knights 3pm in Mudgee, St George Dragons vs The Dolphins 5.30pm at WIN Stadium, the Broncos vs Wests Tigers 7.35pm at Suncorp, and on Sunday Sharks vs NZ Warriors 4.05pm at PointsBet Stadium and the Bulldogs vs the Cowboys 6.15pm at Accor Stadium. In football – Lionel Messi’s contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires at the end of the season. Remaining in Paris seems the likeliest option for him since Messi can extend his contract by a year. However, get this – all 29 Major League Soccer Club owners have reportedly discussed chipping in for his US$1.1Million a week wages to get Messi to the US. In SportsBiz – a pair of golf balls used in iconic Masters wins, by Tiger Woods in his first major win in 1997, and by Jack Nicklaus in 1986 are up for auction. So how much will these pair of balls go for? In boxing – “I will retire if I lose. If people want me to retire I will retire. I’m not going to fight if people don’t want me too,” so says former world heavyweight champ, Anthony Joshua if he loses this Saturday night against Jermaine Franklin at the O2 Arena in London. Joshua has not won a fight since 2020 and a third consecutive loss would be the final nail in the coffin.
Yay fingers crossed!
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Meanwhile back at HQ, the NRL has admitted a rare Referee’s error in the Manly-Souths game on Saturday after the Sea Eagles were denied a try by Referee Chris Sutton for a forward pass. However, on replay there was no forward pass.
So on Monday NRL Head of Football Graham Annesley said the Ref was wrong.
In rugby union – former Fiji 7s player, Fiji Bati and NRL star, Jarryd Hayne has been described as a man who “would never force himself in a sexual way upon a woman” as his 11-day NSW District Court trial comes to an end before the jury retire to deliberate.
More than a dozen family and friends sat in the public gallery yesterday morning in support of Mr Hayne who has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault without consent.
In the NBA – the Chicago Bulls spoiled superstar LeBron James’s return from a 13-game injury absence on Sunday, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 108-118 to tighten their hold on the final Eastern Conference spot.
As the push to the post-season heads into its final two weeks, the Cleveland Cavaliers clinched their first playoff berth since 2018 with a 108-91 win over the Houston Rockets.
In boxing – the MMA world is in uproar after video emerged from a flyweight fight on Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas showing Edgar Chairez’s triangle choke on opponent, Gianni Vazquez four rounds into the fight.
Somehow the Referee, Frank Collazo failed to spot Vazquez had passed out, despite his body going limp and his eyes closing.
In football – as football fans were still coming to terms with the shock sacking of Bayern Munich Head Coach, Julian Nagelsmann – despite only being a point off the top of the Bundesliga and still in the Champions League quarter-finals, Top 4 English Premier League Club, Tottenham sacked their outspoken Italian Coach Antonio Conte.
In possibly the understatement of the year, Tottenham Captain Harry Kane said there’s ‘a lot going on’ at Tottenham.
Brilliant mate!
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