12-11-2023 Breakfast Bites FIJI & PACIFIC SPORTS NEWS Podcast S07E42 #TeivovoSports #TeivovoDigital

Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 42 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Sunday morning 12 November 2023.Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent. Happy birthday Harry!In rugby league: Watch out Australia - the New Zealand Warriors’ favourite son is back.Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is one of two recruits returning to New Zealand, with Chanel Harris-Tavita coming back after a year away from the sport.The former Dally M Medallist is set to slot in to the centres, with Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad remaining in the No.1 jersey.His arrival will see one of Adam Pompey and Rocco Berry drop out of the team, despite both players performing solidly in 2023.Andrew Webster had the New Zealand Warriors humming last season and the inclusion of a player of Tuivasa-Sheck’s quality can only boost morale across the Tasman.If New Zealand weren’t already dangerous enough, Webster’s warriors could prove to be lethal in the 2024 NRL season.In football: Australian football superstar, Sam Kerr and US National Women’s Team rep, Kristie Mewis are both sporting rocks on their wedding fingers!The celebrity gossip world is trying to confirm the long-speculated engagement of the footballing power couple, since an Instagram post of American Mewis sporting a large rock on her left ring finger back in September, sent tongues wagging!In combat sports: Today’s UFC295 is set to be an absolute cracker – with the latest rising Aussie making his second appearance in the competition the - 10-1 Flyweight Stephen Erceg, taking on Alessandro Costa, who stepped up to the plate after American Matt Schnell withdrew.In other fights, Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1) and Alex Pereira (8-2) battle for the UFC Light Heavyweight title and Sergei Pavlovich (18-1) faces Tom Aspinall (13-3) for the interim heavyweight title in the co-main event.In SportsBiz: Mattress Mack’s US$7.9Million bets on the Astros to win the MLB World Series fell by the wayside after another offensive onslaught by the Texas Rangers ultimately eliminated Houston with an 11-4 win.Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale - the furniture tycoon has become the centre of attention during this decade-long string of Astros’ successes, continuously betting on Houston to win the World Series seemingly every year as part of a promotion for his Gallery Furniture business in Houston.If the Astros do win the World Series, Mack uses the money as promotional funds by giving his loyal customers free product.Last year, Mack won a scintillating US$75M when the Astros beat the Phillies in the World Series.Mack has had many big-time losses in his sports betting career, including US$9.9M in bad bets on the 2022 Super Bowl and US$2.6M on the Kentucky Derby last year.And finally in rugby union: Fiji and New Zealand will contest the Men's Oceania title later today, while Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and the Solomon Islands chase a Paris 2024 Olympic Games Men’s place.In the women's Olympic qualifiers, Papua New Guinea and Fiji are the favourites after topping their pools, but they'll face Tonga and Samoa respectively in today's Oceania 7s semi-finals.Reigning Olympic Men's champions Fiji flexed their muscles with a 47-5 win over Niue and a 12-5 win over New Zealand yesterday.In other key Oceania 7s Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers yesterday:Samoa 50-0 Solomon Islands MenCook Islands 17-10 Tuvalu MenPapua New Guinea 24-21 Tonga MenFiji 38-5 Tonga WomenPapua New Guinea 36-7 Samoa WomenSamoa 36-0 Tuvalu MenTonga 59-7 Nauru MenFiji 50-0 Cook Islands WomenTonga 32-0 American Samoa WomenPapua New Guinea 45-0 Solomon Islands WomenSamoa 50-0 Nauru WomenCan you imagine the amount of kava flowing in Brisbane this weekend?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