Kia ora, Talofa, Ma’lelei, Bula, Aloha and Welcome to Season 10 Episode 85 of Breakfast Bites, by TEIVOVOdigital.com – a wrap of Pasifika people’s sports news, on Friday morning 27 September 2024.
 
Happy birthday Ruby Keil-Philp!
 
Coming to you with tons of hanisi from the 180th meridian, in the middle of the Blue continent, where it is a near record freezing 19 degrees Celsius at 5am this morning.
 
In Rugby Union: OILEI things are going from bad to worse for Interim Fiji Rugby Union Chairperson Peter Mazey – not one Provincial Rugby Union in Fiji has spoken out in support of Rugby House in their stoush with the players over pay!
 
And their Annual General Meeting is just around the corner.
 
Thank goodness, the WXV3 Tests starting in Dubai tomorrow are a welcome distraction: At 2AM Fiji time it’s Fijiana vs Hong Kong China and at 4:30AM Apia time Samoa play the Netherlands.
 
In Rugby League BREAKING NEWS: The Broncos have sacked Head Coach Kevin Walters after a brutal review into their disappointing 2024 season.
 
The Courier Mail reported the Broncos terminated the contract of the Club legend last night, while an anonymous source with knowledge of the situation told SMH, that it was a mutual decision.

The Broncos later put out a statement claiming it was Kevie’s decision to quit the Club.

In Football: Man U boss Erik10 slammed his Manchester United flops, after a costly mistake from Christian Eriksen condemned them to a 1-1 draw against FC Twente, in their Europa League opener.
 
Eriksen’s 35th-minute blast put United ahead, but the Danish midfielder gifted Twente their second-half equaliser at Old Trafford.

Same old same old!

In Combat Sports: Win on 12 October against former Commonwealth Champion Liam Cameron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is the key to big money fights in the US for rising British boxing Light Heavyweight star, Ben Whittaker, according to his promoter.
 
In Sports Biz: Caitlin Clark’s run in the WNBA postseason lasted just two games.
 
The Indiana Fever were swept out of the playoffs following an 81-87 loss to the Connecticut Sun yesterday at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Conneticut, where Clark scored 25, dished out 9 assists and grabbed six rebounds.

Attendance for the entire WNBA is up nearly 50% this year, and Indiana leads all teams with an average attendance of 17,035, up 319% from last year.

The Atlanta Dream, Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics all moved games to bigger arenas, when they hosted the Fever.

Merchandise sales are also up 450% for the WNBA, according to Fanatics, and Clark was the top-selling player and fifth among all athletes across all sports in the US.

Until Next Year, Caitlin

In the NFL: Is Taylor Swift affecting Travis Kelce’s on-field performance?

Kelce has caught only eight passes for 69 yards and no touchdowns through three games this season.

“Are we not allowed to say that he’s out of shape?” NFL analyst Todd McShay asked? “That he’s been partying all offseason? He’s been jet-setting around with the most famous person, probably in the entire world.”

His superstar quarterback, Patrick Mahomes looks at it differently: “We’re calling a lot of plays for Travis, and it’s like two or three people are going to him.”

A contract extension this offseason gave Kelce the highest annual average salary among Tight Ends at US$17Million.

Off the field, Kelce and his brother, Jason, cashed in with a three-year, US$100M deal to sell the rights to their podcast – “New Heights”, to the Amazon-owned publisher Wondery.

And that’s a wrap!

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