Kia ora, Talofa lava, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 11 Episode 11 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Sunday morning 13 October 2024.
 
Happy Birthday Lute!
 
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is sprinkling and a warm 23 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning.
 
In Rugby Union: Fiji Water Flying Fijians Head Coach, Mick Byrne is reported as saying yesterday, that the selection of the Fiji Water Flying Fijians squad for the Europe tour in November, has nothing to do with the allegations of unpaid bonuses and corruption at Rugby House.
 
“I’ll pick the best players to play for the country in the tour,” Byrne said, after retaining Waisea Nayacalevu as one of his two Captains along with Semi Radradra, Albert Tuisue, Jiuta Wainiqolo, Samuel Matavesi and Meli Derenalagi, who all backed Nayacalevu’s allegations.

Interestingly, Fiji Rugby Union interim trustees Chairman, Peter Mazey is quoted as saying, “We (interim trustees) have no say."  
 
Mazey also said, “I can assure everyone that the Trustees were appointed to address these issues only 14 months ago.”
 
So Peter Mazey and his fellow interim trustees were in place and in control for 14 months by the July 2024 northern trip by the Fiji Water Flying Fijians.

The rugby fans of Fiji forgive them for whatever happened around the RWC2023, because they had only been in place for four months, but how do the interim trustees measure up on the July 2024 northern trip after 14 months in control of Rugby House?
 
Meanwhile, an international arrest warrant was issued on Friday against former Wallabies Captain Rocky Elsom, who was sentenced in his absence to five years in prison by a French court for misuse of corporate assets.
 
Charges were brought following Elsom’s spell as President of French club Narbonne between 2015 and 2016.

Backrow forward Elsom, who played 75 times for the Wallabies, was also found guilty of forgery and ordered to pay back 705,000 euros.

In Rugby League: The Fiji Bati host the Papua New Guinea Kumuls next weekend and the Cook Islands Aitu on 26 October in Suva, and Head Coach Wise Kativerata has named some of the NRL’s biggest stars headed by Viliame Kikau, Maika Sivo, Sunia Turuva and Tui Kamikamica for the Pacific Championship tournament.
 
In Football: Former Chelsea, PSG, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich boss, Thomas Tuchel is in "advanced negotiations" and a deal could be struck for him to take over from interim boss Lee Carsley "quickly" as England Manager.
 
Tuchel has regularly been linked with a return to England, with Man U also known admirers of the German, however, the Red Devils are expected to stick with current boss Erik10.
 
In Boxing: Artur Beterbiev beat Dmitry Bivol on points over 12 rounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia earlier today to claim the undisputed Light Heavyweight World Champion title.
 
One judge scored the fight a 114-114 draw. The other two judges scored the fight 115-113 and 116-112 for Beterbiev.

Bivol connected with 50% of his power punches, while Beterbiev only landed 29% of his.

Bivol landed 33 power punches over the first six rounds, while Beterbiev landed 23.

However, Beterbiev turned the tide over the last six rounds by landing 67 power punches to Bivol’s 51.

In rounds 11 and 12, Beterbiev landed 29 power punches, while Bivol landed 19.

The combatants were separated by 4 or less landed punches in 8 of the 12 rounds fought.

So it was very close.

And that’s a wrap peeps!

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