Bula, Ma’lelei, Talofa and Welcome to Season 07 Episode 20 of Breakfast Bites, by TeivovoSports.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on a bright and sunny Saturday morning 21 October 2023.

Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian in the middle of the Blue Continent - the Pacific Ocean.

In rugby union: England, the beaten Rugby World Cup finalists of last year, made a statement on their return to New Zealand with a 42-7 victory over Australia in rugby’s newest world series, WXV.

The world’s No 1 ranked women’s national rugby team blew the Australian Wallaroos off the park in front of a minuscule crowd at Sky Stadium in Wellington last night.

The All Blacks are playing Los Pumas in their RWC2023 semi-final as we file this podcast.

In rugby league: Ahead of playing on New Zealand soil for the first time in four years, Toa Samoa see no reason why their support at Eden Park today cannot match that of Mate Ma’a Tonga in recent years.

Their game headlines a triple-header at Eden Park, with a match between the New Zealand and Tonga ‘A’ sides and a Test between the Kiwi Ferns and Mate Ma’a Tonga women kicking off week two of the Pacific Championships.

In other Pacific Championship Tests this weekend: We tip the Fiji Bati to cococoo the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea women to papadoo the Cook Islands women

In SportsBiz: New York City’s plans for its first-ever soccer-specific stadium is another step closer to becoming a reality.

The US$780Million proposal — which will seat 25,000 fans — passed a key approval and is set to open in 2027.

For the first time ever, Nike is selling gym equipment — and the Swoosh will have everything from barbells to squat racks.

Finally, Amazon is averaging 13.6 million viewers through its first five “Thursday Night Football” streams — nearing linear broadcast numbers.

And FOX Chairman Lachlan Murdoch is still betting on broadcast TV?

In Combat sports: “12Kg in 11 days … too easy, let’s go,” Alexander Volkanovski is all set for one of the biggest fights in Australian sports history against UFC Lightweight King Islam Makhachev, this Sunday in UFC294 in Abu Dhabi, after shedding a staggering 12kg in 11 days.

Now to pile it all back on in 24 hours.

In Football: Questioned as to why they took so long to come to the aid of Neymar when he fell awkwardly and seriously injured his knee while playing for Brazil against Uruguay – medical staff said they were waiting on the Referee – who said he thought it was just another “fake dive” from the Brazilian star!

Neymar got 9 out of 10 for the dive!

And that’s a wrap!

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