03-11-2023 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S07E33 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 33 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Friday morning 03 November 2023.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent. In rugby league: BOOM NZ Warriors superstar Addin Fonua-Blake has dropped a bombshell and asked the Club for an immediate release to return to Sydney on compassionate grounds.Fonua-Blake is one of the best forwards in the NRL and was named prop in the 2023 Dally M Team of the Year alongside Payne Haas.And after winning seven of their opening 12 games in their debut season this year, the Dolphins won just twice after Round 13, with Origin forward Tom Gilbert's season-ending shoulder injury a turning point.Having blooded nine players at NRL level last season and acquired frontline stars, Herbie Farnworth, Tom Flegler and Jake Averillo for 2024, the Dolphins will have more depth for season two if injuries and suspensions strike. In SportsBiz: After spending US$700Million toward the US$1.2Billion Globe Life Field that opened in 2020, the Texas Rangers dished out US$561M in late 2021 to buy star infielders Corey Seager and Marcus Semien, plus another US$185M for pitcher Jacob deGrom this past offseason and again in this summer’s trade-deadline with two more pitchers.And it’s all paid off thankfully – previously just one of six current Major League Baseball franchises to never win a title, the Rangers closed out a five-game World Series win yesterday, dispatching the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 and completing an unprecedented 11-game postseason winning streak on the road.In the NBA: LeBron James created history yet again in the Lakers overtime win over the Clippers.King James is showing no signs of slowing down; leading the Lakers to an epic 130-125 comeback win yesterday.In doing so, he became the first player in NBA history to score at least 35 points in a game in his 21st season.In combat sports: Japanese megastar Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue, undefeated through 25 fights and currently the WBO and WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion – having already unified the division beneath him, will look to unify his second division against Filipino Marlon Tapales – who holds the IBF and WBA straps — on Boxing Day 26 December 2023 in Tokyo.Enter undefeated Aussie, Sam Goodman, ranked No. 1 for both the WBO and IBF Super Bantamweight titles.In rugby union: Rugby Australia has locked in a three-member panel to conduct an external review into what went wrong for the Wallabies in 2023, including their humiliating exit from the Rugby World Cup in the group stage under Eddie Jones.Former Wallabies skipper Andrew Slack, 34-Test veteran Justin Harrison and industry expert, Darlene Harrison form the panel that will also include a Pasifika adviser to support the process.A Pasifika advisor? He’ll be like, “Bro, I think Eddie drank too much Kava in France.”And that’s a wrap!For TeivovoSports.com I’m Culden Kamea – please hit the like and subscribe buttons below if you want to receive more Pasifika sports highlights on Breakfast Bites.Mahalo, Kakite and tank you all too mas for all your love and support.#TEIVOVORugby #TEIVOVODigital #TeivovoRugby #TeivovoDigital #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #Raka #team #rugbytraining #sports #FRU #Fiji #womensrugby #rugbygirls #wrugby #ladiesrugby #womeninsport #woman #rugby #rugby7s #FijiRugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #fitness #weightlifting #training #team #rugbytraining #sports #rakavi #DevelopmentFiji