05-10-2023 Breakfast Bites - the FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S07E04 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital #TeivovoRugby

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 04 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Thursday morning 05 October 2023.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With one round of the Rugby World Cup 2023 pool games left to play, only two teams - Wales and England - have already qualified for the quarter-finals.Six places in the last eight are still to play for and below we outline how teams can qualify: Pool A Both quarter-final spots are to be decided but most likely to be France and New Zealand.Pool B Tonga and Romania cannot qualify for the quarter-finals. Both quarter-final places are still to be decided between Ireland, South Africa and Scotland.Pool C Wales has already qualified for the quarter-finals. The other place will be secured by either Australia or Fiji:Wales need one point against Georgia to guarantee top spot in Pool C.Fiji needs one point against Portugal to confirm second place on the head-to-head rule having already beaten Australia. If Fiji gets no points from the match, Australia will qualify for the quarter-finals as runners-up.· Georgia and Portugal cannot qualify for the quarter-finalsPool D England has qualified for the quarter-finals. The other quarter-final spot will be decided between Argentina, Japan and Samoa:The winner of Japan v Argentina will qualify for quarter-finals as runner-up.Samoa must beat England by 29 points and get a try-bonus point to qualify.In Rugby League: Jarome Luai believes there’s even more success to come from the Panthers. With the traditional lei around his neck and now a third premiership ring on his fingers, Luai said he believes his side is the greatest team of the NRL era but sent a scary warning shot to the rest of the competition that this is only the beginning.Speaking to their fans the next day, Coach Ivan Cleary, credited his team and thanked the fans for their support: “We want to be a source of community pride. I just can’t believe how many smiling, happy faces I saw last night at the ground,” Cleary said.“You guys are very lucky to have this team, these guys are awesome. I feel very fortunate to be able to lead these guys. The community of Penrith and all our Penrith crew, that’s what got us home.”Would the result have been the same if that Grand Final had been played at Suncorp?In Football: UEFA Champions League games today: Manchester United hosted Galatasaray in fact they lost to them, Bayern Munich beat Copenhag, Lens vs Arsenal, Napoli host Real Madrid, PSV vs Sevilla, Inter vs Benfica and also this morning, Leipzig are at home to defending Champions Manchester City.In SportsBiz: Colorado suffered a second straight loss to a Pac-12 opponent, falling 48-41 to USC on Saturday — but five games into the Coach Prime era, the football program has already achieved monumental financial success:· Ticket revenue for football games is up US$14Million from last season, after the Buffaloes sold out all tickets for the entire season for their 53,000-seat Folsom Field Stadium for the first time ever. · Single-game ticket revenue is up threefold this season and get-in prices for several of Colorado’s games have reached hundreds of dollars.In Combat sports: ‘The Problem Child’ feels confident that he can one day dethrone Canelo Alvarez. Youtuber and fake boxer Jake Paul posted on X, that he would defeat Canelo Alvarez in a fight. Along with that, he even attached a poster for the hypothetical bout.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